NEWS
BC leads the way over 'The Boss'
Well folks, The Boss did it - he broke the .500 mark, improving to 10-9 this week, after a 3-1 week.
MSU
Jazz dinner features speakers, live music
The 17th annual Black Student Alliance Jazz Dinner is at 8 p.m. today in the Kellogg Center. The Fuzz Band will play contemporary jazz during dinner and a ceremony to present an academic scholarship and achievement award for an MSU faculty member. The dinner's theme, "The Beautiful Struggle," is about overcoming adversity and roadblocks in the road to equality, said sociology graduate student Temple Smith. "Historically, there have been lots and lots of struggles for equality, but in spite of all of that, there is continued optimism," Smith said.
NEWS
MSU faces tough test
This will be an interesting game for MSU as it faces a hungry Purdue team, who is riding hot off a mild upset at home over Iowa on Wednesday. MSU (18-4 overall, 9-2 Big Ten) comes into the game on a modest four-game winning streak, since its loss Feb.
MSU
Cafeteria celebrates black culture
Getting down and filling up were the main orders of business in the Holden Hall cafeteria Thursday, during the fifth annual "Holden's Soul Food Extravaganza." The event was sponsored by the Holden Hall cafeteria and brought food and entertainment together in a celebration of black culture. "We wanted to do something for Black History Month that wasn't so preachy," said Holden Complex Director Joshua Gillespie.
NEWS
Spartans fans should go to Sunday's game
March is approaching very fast and that means only one thing to sports fans - March Madness. Not just the men's basketball team that is going to be playing in March.
COMMENTARY
Bush budget is too reliant on deficit
In your editorial "War chest," (SN 2/16) you make the claim: "the fact that (President Bush's) budget inadvertently is calling for restrained spending on a variety of government programs shouldn't be ignored by any means." I don't understand that sentence, and I doubt many people did.
NEWS
WEB ONLY: School board members, parents engage in heated debate over 6 Lansing school closings
Seven-year old Nick Snider isn't worried about the Lansing School Board's Thursday night decision to close his school.
SPORTS
MSU players, fans react to NHL's cancellation
The effects of the canceled National Hockey League season go far beyond just affecting the NHL players - there are many secondary effects in relation to the future careers of drafted college players and the NHL Entry Draft. Following Commissioner Gary Bettman's official cancellation of the 2004-05 NHL season Wednesday, players worldwide are all playing a wait-and-see game, including many current Spartans. Senior captain Jim Slater, a first-round 2002 draft pick of Atlanta, faces an uncertain professional career with the current position of the NHL's negotiations. "Until they get everything situated and figured out, then you can't really tell," Slater said of the affect the lockout might have on him. "I just love to play hockey and that's what I want to do, and if that means playing under new terms, then that's fine." Sophomore defenseman A.J.
NEWS
MSU ends new Brody dorm plans
The university has canceled year-long plans to construct a seventh dorm in the Brody Complex due to high construction costs and limited space. The projected site, located between Brody Hall and Harrison Avenue, also is located on a floodplain, an area of low-lying land that is susceptible to flooding, said Fred Poston, vice president of finance and operations. The hall would have been the first new dorm built on campus since Holden Hall in 1967, and plans have been in the works throughout 2004. If the new Brody residence hall were constructed, floodwaters would not be able to occupy that space and ultimately would end up flooding another area more heavily, Poston said, adding that state law requires accommodations be made for runoff water. "It's disappointing, because we were looking forward to (the new dorm)," Poston said.
NEWS
Budget divides committees
The House and Senate appropriation committees were split on Gov. Jennifer Granholm's budget proposal Thursday, with the House group approving the budget and the senators rejecting it.
MICHIGAN
Wasp could stop ash borer spread
About three years ago, U.S. Forest Service researcher Leah Bauer was studying the Chinese long-horned beetle in China, when she heard an Asian beetle called the emerald ash borer had established itself in Michigan. Since then, the ash borer has spread to 28 U.S.
MICHIGAN
WEB ONLY: One person injured in Meridian Township crash
A vehicle traveling east on Hamilton Road in Okemos lost control and crashed into a telephone pole at 1:45 p.m.
MICHIGAN
E.L. speed limits changed this week
After a year of conducting traffic studies, the Michigan Department of Transportation approved raising the speed limits along parts of Grand River Avenue and Saginaw Highway. Because of the studies' findings, which concluded traffic was moving too slowly along parts of each area, speed limits were raised by 10 mph.
NEWS
Bograkos at the end of solid career at MSU
Tim Bograkos wasn't supposed to be there. But as he stepped to the free-throw line Feb. 5 in Iowa City, with the Hawkeyes quickly closing in on MSU's lead, the fifth-year senior could only smile. He told MSU head coach Tom Izzo he would sink the two free throws and add to the Spartans' 3-point lead.
NEWS
Keepin 'em together
Slashing past Michigan forward Chris Hunter, MSU swingman Alan Anderson threw down a two-handed dunk and slowly backtracked down the court with a determined look.
NEWS
No. 9 Spartans defeat Hawkeyes by 7 in 'tough situation'
Hard work and consistency have been the cornerstone of the No. 9 MSU women's basketball team season, and it showed up once again in Iowa on Thursday during MSU's 67-60 victory. The Spartans (23-3 overall, 12-2 Big Ten) led through the first half, but late in the second half, the Hawkeyes (16-8, 5-8) found their shot from the 3-point range and took a 50-48 lead before the Spartans answered. MSU quickly went on a 6-0 run after and never looked back en route to pick up a record-tying victory for the team's most wins in a season. "I can't say enough about this team's effort tonight," MSU head coach Joanne P.
SPORTS
Bowen, Shimek, Hill earn academic honor
Three MSU basketball players have earned academic honors this week. The ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District IV University Division Women's Basketball First Team has named junior forward Liz Shimek to the team, along with junior guard Lindsay Bowen, who received second-team honors.
COMMENTARY
Mitten state does not deserve its redneck-riddled reputation
Recently, I was in California visiting my Marine boyfriend who recently returned from Iraq. During this trip, I was made to feel like a hick because I am from Michigan.
COMMENTARY
Scare tactics
It's time to start examining the reasons behind the terror threats that sporadically befall our country.
MSU
Diversity, heroism honored in presentation competition
The legacies of Fredrick Douglass, Rosa Parks, Nelson Mandela, Susan B. Anthony and George Washington Carver were brought to life by MSU students Wednesday night in the fourth annual MSU Multicultural Heroes Hall of Fame competition. For the last month, five teams of three members gathered information about an assigned hero to make a 10-minute presentation to three university officials about why that person should be inducted into the hall of fame.