Normally, we would be picking the BCS bowl games and the MSU bowl game, but we can't because nothing has been decided yet. The wonderful system known as the BCS has created a mess, leaving bowls like the Alamo and Outback waiting for the BCS to select teams.
It's everyone's favorite time of year. That special time in a college student's life when they hit the coffee and the books - finals time.
Spartan fans have great expectations for MSU's seventeenth bowl game, despite the uncertainty of its location. "What is our destination?" Sports Information Director Jon Lewandowski said.
Olin Health Center's health education services coordinator Nancy Allen was named the new director of Healthy U, MSU's health promotion program, this week.
The MSU volleyball team will host the first and second rounds of the NCAA Tournament starting at 5 p.m.
MSU Provost Lou Anna Simon and an advisory committee selected Chuck Salmon as the acting dean of the College of Communication Arts and Sciences.The recommendation will be voted on by the MSU Board of Trustees at its meeting today.Salmon, the associate dean for the college, will replace Dean James Spaniolo, who will become the seventh president of the University of Texas at Arlington on Feb.
You've been told that everything is bigger in it, not to mess with it and that the stars at night are big and bright (clap clap clap clap) deep in the heart of it.
In what was slated as a long-awaited battle between two top-college basketball programs, Duke marched into Breslin Center on Wednesday night and embarrassed MSU in front of an ESPN audience. Turnovers plagued the Spartans all evening, preventing them from establishing any momentum on offense.
Students Protecting And Representing Education, or SPARE, will hold a rally to maintain state funding for higher education at 9:30 a.m.
In response to Steve Schauer's letter "Math valuable beyond classes" I would like to say a few things. First off, when did this school become so uptight?
After several months of postponement, the East Lansing Planning Commission could soon make its decision on a new development proposed for the Northern Tier.
Members of the MSU community are highly interested in learning about diversity programs and services available on campus, evaluations of October's Best Practices in Diversity conference indicated. The conference aimed to share ideas on increasing diversity and multiculturalism between colleges and programs at MSU.
I wanted to my final column a wrap-up of my favorite beers in some way - some kind of "Beer Guy: Best Of." So I borrowed a roommate's car - and some of his money - and drove over to Lansing's Oade's Big Ten West, 314 E.
Get out your hankies, kids; this is my final address, not only as the film critic, but as a reporter for MSU's student-run newspaper.Since the fall of 2000, I've been hitting the keys of an iMac at 343 Student Services, always keeping an eye on the position I took this fall.It's been fun, and I hope those of you who read my stuff enjoyed it, thought of me as clever and even occasionally chuckled.
The City of Lansing will be collecting leaves and yard waste raked to the curbside this week. Residents can dispose of leaves and grass clippings in any large 30-gallon paper bag or 30-gallon rigid metal or plastic container that has a composting identification sticker. It's illegal for residents to rake leaves into streets, and all bags and containers must weigh less than 30 pounds or they will not be picked up. Identification stickers are available for free by calling the Waste Reduction Services Hotline at (517) 483-4400.
What is it with Hollywood? If one formula works, then why not do it again, right? Wrong. "The Haunted Mansion" is hot on the heels of "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl," the surprise hit of the summer. Only what "The Haunted Mansion" lacks is Johnny Depp,who made the other movie the hit it was.
The MSU Board of Trustees will decide Friday whether to add gender identity to MSU's anti-discrimination policy, and officials said an approval could push the university closer to acceptance of every person on campus. The amendment, which was first introduced about two years ago, would add the phrase "gender identity" and a footnote under the harassment section of the discrimination policy. "People need these kinds of things to protect themselves," said Henry Silverman, president of the Lansing Branch of the Michigan American Civil Liberties Union.
Industrialized nations would be smart to dust off their spectacles and realize the problem of global warming is looming much closer than it might seem. The United States and Russia, two of the world's biggest producers of greenhouse gas emissions, have rejected the accord aimed at putting an end to global warming.
According to Nicholas Kristof, an opinion columnist for The New York Times, "Americans are three times as likely to believe in the virgin birth of Jesus (83 percent) as in evolution (28 percent)." Somehow, Americans find a claim with no evidence more compelling than a scientific theory with a vast mountain of supporting data gathered from varied disciplines.
Graduate Employees Union officials said they fear a loss of jobs and the quality education because university officials could soon cut 40 teaching assistant positions. With a $920 million deficit in the state and the university removing $60 million from its budget, Assistant Provost Bob Banks said the future of about 1,200 TAs is uncertain.