The Spartans started practicing in full pads Saturday, only weeks away from their first game against Kent State. "This is the best first day we have had (in three years)," said head coach John L.
Last week, seven MSU students had their business skills put to the test as they were eyed by oil company executives for potential jobs. They were some of only 46 students from across the country who were handpicked to participate in a weeklong program hosted by Shell Oil Company at the Westin Mission Hills Resort & Spa in Rancho Mirage, Calif. But the week at the exclusive resort was no vacation, said MSU chemical engineering senior Peter Klemm. The students took part in Shell's Gourami Business Challenge, in which they were split into teams and given a case study asking them to develop a five-year business plan for oil production on the fictitious island of Gourami.
An MSU football player was sentenced by the 54-B District Court on Friday morning to serve five days of community service and pay $738 in fines for driving while impaired. Aaron Alexander, a senior wide receiver, pleaded guilty to charges of driving while impaired and must now participate in a victim impact panel run by Mothers Against Drunk Driving. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's Web site, a victim impact panel is a group of people who share stories about how impaired driving has affected their lives.
Police actions on the night of April 2-3 were unnecessarily forceful and likely increased student distrust, MSU administrator Lee June told the independent commission looking into the disturbances. On Friday, the commission heard testimony from Vice President for Student Affairs and Services June and eight of his colleagues, who gave their firsthand accounts of the events they witnessed after the men's basketball team's loss to the University of North Carolina. The nine colleagues were part of a group of about 15 university officials who took to the streets of East Lansing on April 2 to observe student reaction to the loss. "There was nothing that I would qualify as disruptive or violent behavior," said Cathy Neuman, assistant director of Student Life at MSU, who was downtown near the corner of Albert and M.A.C.
Professional drag queen Asio Aviance, aka. Corey Northern, was more than pleased in the dressing room before performing at Spiral Video Dance Bar, 1247 Center St.
Robert Farrell believes we're not alone in the universe. In his book, "Alien Log," Farrell said he relates his theories to the reader through a fictional story. "One day, I came to the realization that there was other life in the galaxy," Farrell said.
MSU junior wrestler Nick Simmons participated in the 2005 World University Games in Izmir, Turkey, on Saturday, finishing fifth in the freestyle event.
The city of East Lansing is a divided city - half is students and the other half residents. Cliché as this might be, many problems result from this simple fact.
David Morris sat behind a worn card table piled with papers, magazines and photo albums as he recalled exact years in his life. In 1945, he received his aviation license. Poultry was raised on his Grand Ledge farm until 1958. And this year, at MSU's Ag Expo, Morris announced that more than $7.5 million from his estate would go into endowment funds for future MSU agricultural-based research upon his death. "I can't take any of it with me," Morris said.
We were sold on the Iraq war by leaders who said Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction ready to use on the U.S.
I must take issue with columnist John Knowles' characterization of affirmative action as "offensive," and the Michigan Civil Rights Initiative, or MCRI, as an "inevitable impending victory for justice" (SN 8/11). As we all know, for roughly 400 years, Europeans uprooted and enslaved Africans by bringing them to the colonies and eventually portions of the United States, forcing them into atrocious conditions and attempting to instill in them an attitude of racial inferiority.
"If you can't make a game, you should be able to sell your ticket." Nate Bohm 2005 graduate "I don't think it should be on their (ID) card.
For those students who've stuck around the whole summer, squeezing in a few extra credits in hopes of graduating a little quicker or making the fall semester load a little lighter, final exams week has come.
MSU senior guard and team captain Lindsay Bowen has been named one of the top 30 preseason candidates for the 2005-06 Women's Wooden Award.
When Mark Collins watches an MSU football game, he pays attention to something many others might give little thought - the grass. Collins, farm manager at MSU's Hancock Turfgrass Research Center, was involved in growing the grass that now sits in Spartan Stadium and said the results give him a sense of pride in his work. "I expect this will be the same way," he said Wednesday, standing in the 4-acre plot of grass that will become the new home turf of the Lansing Lugnuts this September. The field, planted last September, is being grown by MSU employees at the turfgrass center, a 56-acre site south of the main campus. The new field to be located in Oldsmobile Park is part of a long-term arrangement by both the Lugnuts organization and the city of Lansing, which owns the ballpark.
Two MSU men's basketball players, senior guard Maurice Ager and senior center Paul Davis have been named as two of the top 50 preseason players for the Men's 2005-06 Wooden Award All-American Team. The preseason Wooden Award list is composed of 50 student athletes who are the front-runners for college basketball's most recognized end-of-the-season trophy.
MSU women's basketball forward Liz Shimek led the USA World University Games Team with a double-double scoring 13 points and 10 rebounds in an 88-64 victory over the Czech Republic in the opening game of the World University Games. Shimek was a starter and shot 6-for-12 from the field and was 1-for-1 from the free-throw line.
Although it's called a folk festival, East Lansing's Great Lakes Folk Festival isn't just about the traditional idea of the genre - simply a singer and a guitar for instance - it encompasses all types of music, from Cuban to polka.
Last week, film director and Assistant Professor Jeff Wray pulled up to a dilapidated building in a white minivan to begin shooting another scene for his most recent film. Wray, who began filming "The Soul Searchers" on July 25, focused on various parts of East Lansing and downtown Lansing to tape scenes for his movie. "Lansing, just like the Midwest, is an undiscovered jewel," said assistant director K.I.
Four names - including one MSU student - will appear on the November ballot for East Lansing City Council candidates. Political theory and constitutional democracy senior John Fournier and former Planning Commission Chairman Kevin E.