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.
After his pre-trial hearing Tuesday, MSU bandit Robert Flagg was bound over for trial on a charge of marijuana use. Flagg pleaded not guilty to the charges at his November arraignment, and a trial date has not been set. In a separate incident, junior defensive tackle Kevin Vickerson's charge for driving with a suspended license was dismissed for time served after his Tuesday pre-trial hearing. Vickerson was credited for one day of jail served from an earlier offense on Sept.
When Tom Dutch first arrived in Pearl Harbor, there was no memorial, nor tourists or a souvenir shop.
Local quirky popsters Mystic Shake are set to rock in East Lansing twice this weekend. The band, know for its interactive shows and unique songs, plays the Cappuccino Cafe, 1500 W.
Although scientists have made significant progress with cloning, an MSU researcher said they must first take a step back before moving forward. As one of MSU's pioneering stem-cell researchers, animal science Professor Jose Cibelli said researchers have to address the bigger problems inherent in cloning, particularly with animals. "So far, cloning animals has only had a success rate of about 3 percent," Cibelli said.
Two Michigan lyricists will bring their words to life next week as the Old Town Poetry Series kicks off their monthly poetry installment for December.
The office of the first black electrical engineering doctorate in the nation reveals little about his colorful past.One of the only distinguishing features in Percy Pierre's office in the Engineering Building is his dry-erase board, useful for recording ideas and making plans.This balance of creativity and sensible planning is what has helped this vice president for research and graduate studies for the College of Engineering in his commitment to innovatively solving problems."One of my best friends in grad school was an artist," Pierre said.
Lansing - Placing two human-sized green coffins on the Capitol steps during a rally Thursday afternoon, students, administrators and lawmakers sent a message to legislators about proposed budget cuts to MSU. Chanting "No more cuts at MSU" and displaying dozens of placards, the crowd, spearheaded by the Coalition of Labor Organizations, marched down Michigan Avenue to the Capitol to protest what they call the looming "death of Michigan State." "It's very realistic, truth be told," Scott Henkel, president of the Graduate Employees Union, said.
Quickly pacing through the rows of lively supporters, Dennis Kucinich made sure the East Lansing crowd knew he's the only Democratic presidential candidate with a plan to remove the troops from Iraq.Briefly stopping at the Hannah Community Center, 819 Abbott Road, on Thursday, Kucinich addressed a crowd of more than 200 people, ranging from college students to senior citizens.
A presidential candidate's daughter told students Tuesday they should take a look at all of the candidates and decide who can do the best job, rather than cheering for front-runners in the Democratic race.Vanessa Kerry, who is the daughter of presidential hopeful Sen.
The MSU Board of Trustees passed several proposals Friday that would create more parking and electrical power on campus and add gender identity to the university's anti-discrimination policy.Construction for a new parking ramp on the campus side of Grand River Ave.
A lot went down in 2003, from Operation Iraqi Freedom to our own university president heading off to Baghdad to rebuild the country's economy.
As the state waits for Gov. Jennifer Granholm to announce her final budget proposal, officials from the East Lansing Public School District say they're prepared for whatever comes their way.