Rodney Whitaker, director of jazz studies at MSU, stood at a small black music stand in front of a handful of students gathered in the Music Practice Building on Monday evening.
Kansas City, Mo. - A trip that started in Indianapolis for the No. 1 seed MSU women's basketball team will end in Indianapolis after the Spartans advanced to the Final Four with a win over No.
Only three days until the Final Four. That means the MSU men's basketball team is trying to keep all the distractions out as the Spartans tune up for the biggest game of their college careers. After beating two of the best college programs, Duke and Kentucky, the Spartans don't have much time to celebrate as Saturday's game against North Carolina is quickly approaching. "Focus is probably the number one key of this week," MSU head coach Tom Izzo said.
At one time, it seemed like the purpose of photography was to document social interaction, not create it. But as cameras find ways to stick themselves on almost any device, computers make sharing easier and people become obsessed with self-expression, creating interaction seems to be the norm. This notion came to me the other night when I was running around covering the hundreds of fans who were celebrating the MSU men's basketball team's defeat over the University of Kentucky.
It's kind of a pain to park here on the week days. No matter where you park, it seems like you get a ticket anyway. Chris Bell film studies sophomore They're pretty blatant about raising (ticket) prices.
East Lansing Deputy Chief Tom Wibert knows what it's like to be a college student. He got his master's and bachelor's degrees from MSU and has four college degrees total.
In 2000, for the second year in a row, Mateen Cleaves and Morris Peterson led the Spartans to the Final Four, but this time the team took it a couple steps further. After the Spartans claimed their third consecutive regular-season championship and won three straight games to win the Big Ten Tournament, MSU headed to Cleveland, Ohio, to begin its quest for a national championship. The No.
Even though ASMSU's new representatives are still unknown, this year's student government session has approached its final week.
These are the elected candidates for the ASMSU election, including write-ins, with vote totals: Academic Assembly College of Agriculture and Natural Resources Lauren Polinsky 61 College of Arts & Letters None Eli Broad College of Business Jordan Catrine 114 Karen Guzdzial 104 College of Communication Arts and Sciences Kristen Ditta 121 College of Education None College of Engineering None College of Human Ecology None James Madison College Alexander Plum 116 Ian Mattoon 113 College of Natural Science Matthew Hovey 205 College of Nursing None College of Social Science Raman Agrawal 115 Robert Murphy 129 University Undergraduate Division None College of Veterinary Medicine None Student Assembly College of Agriculture and Natural Resources Lauren Kramer Olson 54 Lauren Polinsky 52 College of Arts & Letters Erik Green 134 Craig Burgers 34 (write-in winner) Eli Broad College of Business Scott Lachman 162 Tahera Sakarwala 149 Harry Wang 151 Yusaf Sumbal 169 College of Communication Arts and Sciences Jessica Kunnath 92 Derek Wallbank 97 Kristen Ditta 94 College of Education None College of Engineering Ryan Blair 94 College of Human Ecology None James Madison College Jacob Tornga 84 Steven Irlbacher 106 College of Natural Science Timothy Jordan 199 Matthew Hovey 194 Kevin Ogden 30 (write-in winner) College of Nursing None College of Social Science Hallee Winnie 116 Mike Leahy 104 Nicholas Romley 109 Katie Derthick 114 University Undergraduate Division None College of Veterinary Medicine None Source: ASMSU
The East Village Planning Team isn't quite done defining their master plan. Although the group assembled Tuesday, it did not vote on the plan, stating it was still incomplete. "We are getting to the point when we would have a polished plan," said Jim van Ravensway, East Lansing planning and community development director.
Since last June, when Gov. Jennifer Granholm signed the bill to allow mourning dove hunting in Michigan, the Committee to Restore the Dove Shooting Ban has been working to reverse the law. The committee submitted more than 275,000 petition signatures to the Michigan Bureau of Elections on Monday.
Flash back to Oscar night a few weeks ago. The buzz didn't seem to circulate around who was wearing what designer or who would take home a trophy, but rather around who was hosting the show - and understandably so.
The Residence Halls Association is beginning to fill its top positions for next year. At last week's meeting, David Sahlin was elected over two other candidates as the group's vice president for next year. Sahlin, a telecommunication, information studies and media junior, said he wants to collaborate with each dorm to find ways for groups to harness their potential. "One of the biggest issues was that a lot of people didn't really believe that hall governments are empowered enough to do everything that they can," Sahlin said.
It's been a hard year to be an Izzone member. Between stiff dress codes, tracked game entrance times to determine future membership eligibility, limited absences to retain tickets and other things, the Izzone fan, arguably MSU's most dedicated sports enthusiast, has been put through the ringer. As the MSU men's basketball team advances to the Final Four, fans have weathered the storm to reach the Izzone leaders' goal to become the nation's largest student cheering section.
Before I even start, let me say this: I am not one of those vegetarians who lectures everybody they know about how eating meat is a cruel, inhumane and barbarous practice.
The life of Cesar Chavez will be commemorated in a variety of events Thursday on campus. The Main Library will honor the civil rights leader at 3:30 p.m.
It's not surprising that many students probably perceive the Red Cedar River as filthy and sludge-ridden.
Patrick O'Donnell plans to head to Holland this fall, a country famous for wooden shoes and alternative French-fry toppings, as a Fulbright Distinguished Chairs winner. O'Donnell, a professor of English and chairman of the department, is one of 36 winners who will spend September through December teaching in another country.
Standing in Student Book Store, 421 E. Grand River Ave., on Tuesday, East Lansing High School senior Denny Schwarze held up two shirts trying to decide. It was between a green Nike Final Four T-shirt and a white Gear Final Four T-shirt - the official one the MSU basketball team wore while celebrating its 94-88 victory over Kentucky. "It's the first time in a while since we've been this far in the tournament," Schwarze said. Spartans fans filled area stores on Tuesday trying to get their hands on the latest Final Four apparel.
All Izzone season ticket holders who applied for Final Four tickets have been accepted for tickets, the athletic department said Wednesday. And the good news doesn't stop there. Not only will all students who applied for tickets be able to attend the Final Four, but they have been upgraded to the lower-level bowl in the Edward Jones Dome in St.