COMMENTARY
Rivalry
Go green, go white or go home. Saturday's game is unlike any other Spartan-Wolverine matchup from the recent past.
SPORTS
No. 5 field hockey faces tough Buckeyes
Despite a disappointing loss to Michigan earlier this season, the MSU field hockey team has come out ahead of U-M in the latest poll released this week. MSU is No.
COMMENTARY
Izzone campers behaved just fine
The students who camped out with the Izzone two weekends ago were a well-mannered and good group. There were no incidents whatsoever.
COMMENTARY
Backing Tony
As Lansing residents take to the polls Tuesday to choose a leader for Lansing, we hope they will consider voting for incumbent Mayor Tony Benavides.
MICHIGAN
Starkly different candidates might seem similar
Lansing mayoral candidates Virg Bernero and Tony Benavides both are Democrats. They both speak passionately about eliminating crime in the city and making sure kids stay in school, and they both feel that Lansing needs to make itself more attractive to small businesses and young people.On the surface, it would seem as though the two men disagree about very little.
NEWS
Heisman watch
With the season reaching its stretch run, wins have become more important in the Heisman Trophy picture. With a perfect season in the works, Oklahoma quarterback Jason White remains the favorite to win the trophy this season.
NEWS
Team breakdown: Rivals match up well, Spartans have slight edge
Quarterback This might be the most intriguing of all of the matchups, with both senior signal callers having taken much different roads to a successful final season. Jeff Smoker took the long road, missing the end of last season after a substance abuse-related suspension and returning to become one of the country's most efficient passers.
SPORTS
WEB ONLY: 'U' hosting 2003 Big Ten Cross Country Championships
MSU will be home to the 2003 Big Ten Cross Country Championships on Sunday. The teams will compete at the Forest Akers East Golf Course with the first women's 6k race beginning at 10:45 a.m.
BASKETBALL
Men's basketball team ranked No. 3 in poll
The hype surrounding the MSU men's basketball team was finally put in writing Thursday evening when the Spartans were ranked No.
COMMENTARY
No more Wharton shows for resident
On Oct.12, there appeared in the Lansing State Journal a huge advertisement that the United States Marine Band (the President's Band) would be appearing at Wharton Center for a concert on Nov.
NEWS
U-M secondary hopes to stop spread offense again
Senior quarterback Jeff Smoker and the Spartans have scorched Big Ten opponents this season with a precise aerial attack that they've come to rely on heavily.
MICHIGAN
E.L. Pumpkin Walk treats local kids
Vampires and princesses frolicked around downtown East Lansing on Thursday evening, playing spooky tricks and gathering sugar-filled treats. The disguised children participated in the 13th annual Great Pumpkin Walk, sponsored by East Lansing merchants promoting safe trick-or-treating. Ariel from "The Little Mermaid," one of many costumed children, enjoyed a can of Orange Crush as she left Flat's Grill, 551 E.
MICHIGAN
Group pickets anti-affirmative action initiative in Lansing
Large trees showering red and yellow leaves line Tulane Drive in north Lansing. The residential street is an unlikely location for a protest. But Thursday morning, a dozen protesters from By Any Means Necessary gathered at 2510 Tulane Drive to protest an anti-affirmative action petition. Being careful to follow Lansing police orders not to step on the lawn, members of the national affirmative action group circled the driveway of the two-story gray house. The house is the business office for National Petition Management, a petition-collection service contracted by Ward Connerly of the American Civil Rights Institute in California.
FEATURES
'U' student makes listing of Cosmo's hunkiest men
If you flip through the pages of the November issue of Cosmopolitan Magazine, you might notice a familiar face from one of your classes. Michigan's hunkiest bachelor, according to editors of the magazine, is human biology senior Jamie Batzer. So what is it like to be a hunk?
NEWS
Navarre sheds critics, leads team in title hunt
No matter how much criticism and second-guessing John Navarre has faced during his time at Michigan, his coach is confident the senior quarterback's play will speak for itself when that time is up. "Well, you know, in seven, eight months, John Navarre is going to be making a hell of a lot more money than all those people who criticized him," U-M coach Lloyd Carr said. Though Navarre's future as an NFL quarterback remains uncertain, those within the Wolverines' football program don't doubt he is the right man to lead them toward its goal - a Big Ten championship. "From the outside, in the public eye, he is (under-appreciated)," junior tight end Tim Massaquoi said.
FEATURES
Porn biopic offers little insight into subject, crime
When a movie forces you to go elsewhere for information about its plot, then you know you're in trouble. "Wonderland" is an interesting movie, but it left more questions than answers by cheating the audience out of the facts. To bring you up to speed, John Holmes was the first well-known porn star.
VOLLEYBALL
Spikers want to break 1-1 funk
The MSU volleyball team is where it always seems to be at this point of the season - in the middle of the pack.The Spartans are 5-5 in conference play, tied for sixth with Purdue, right about where they have been the past couple of seasons.
NEWS
Big Ten
No. 8 Ohio State at Penn State Normally a key conference game, this season's Penn State-Ohio State game has a lackluster feel. The Nittany Lions (2-6 overall, 0-4 Big Ten) are headed to one of their worst seasons ever, amidst some controversial off-field issues. Thomas McHugh, a Penn State sophomore offensive lineman, was charged with harassment, public drunkenness and underage drinking and was kicked off the team.
NEWS
Spartans, U-M boast special teams weapons
When No. 9 MSU and No. 11 Michigan go head to head this weekend in their traditional Big Ten smashmouth rivalry game, a bunch of kickers and return men might end up stealing the show. "I think this game might come down to special teams, whoever makes the bigger plays," said MSU junior linebacker Mike Labinjo, who plays on some special teams. "I think that we've got some good special teams, especially our kickoff return team." Spartans sophomore running back DeAndra Cobb is the only player in the nation to return two kickoffs for touchdowns this season. U-M's Steve Breaston continually breaks Big Ten and Wolverines records as a punt returner. "The guy I'm most impressed with is their return guy," MSU head coach John L.
NEWS
Student's fashions to appear in benefit show
When Kristy Pollina was younger, she and her sister used to wish they could design clothes for their Barbie dolls.