After nearly a month of practice with the Detroit Shock, forward Syreeta Bromfield was waived from the team Tuesday. A spokesman for the Shock confirmed Bromfield's release. A two-time MSU women's basketball team Player of the Year, Bromfield was chosen by the Shock in the third round of the 2003 WNBA Draft April 25.
While the East Lansing City Council was happy to approve a budget that does not dip into reserve funds, some worry the fix is a temporary solution.
In regards to the construction column ("Excessive summer construction a nuisance for students who stay," SN 5/19), it seems Natosha Diggs didn't do her homework.
During the summer months, only about 25 percent of the student population remains on or around campus.
On Sunday, the MSU baseball team retired its first two numbers in school history.Former MSU greats Danny Litwhiler and Robin Roberts were on hand for the ceremony, in which the fence in left center field was adorned with banners brandishing the numbers one and 36, respectively."It was a great day for Spartan baseball," MSU manager Ted Mahan said.
Soil biophysics Professor Alvin Smucker joins the list of MSU faculty who have been honored with the Humboldt Research Award.
The East Lansing City Council expects to pass Tuesday one of the city's toughest budgets in a decade. City officials are planning to adjust to $1 million in proposed cuts included in Gov.
Lansing - A tearful Earvin "Magic" Johnson returned to his hometown for the opening of the 11th Magic Johnson HP Inventor Center Thursday at the Black Child & Family Institute, 835 W.
The MSU softball team's cinderella season came to a close this weekend following a 5-0 loss to No.
It's the summer. A time most students are grateful for. It gives us time to relax and not have to worry about finals, professors or grades.But this is not the case for all Spartans.As I was driving to Student Services on campus, I was extremely annoyed about the amount of detours I was forced to take.
As people throughout the state were drawn downtown for the 40th East Lansing Art Festival, businesses in the city experienced high exposure and even higher profits.
Officers and former officers of the MSU Department of Police and Public Safety celebrated 75 years of safe-guarding the campus Sunday afternoon.Friends and family of officers were shown a video about the history of the department, newspaper clippings about the department and pictures of former officers taken through the years.Exhibits of officers riding on bicycles and motorcycles along with K-9 units and firearm displays gave visitors plenty to see.Richard Bernitt, police chief from 1960 to 1986, said there was limited technological options when he was a officer."In those days we had Colts and Smith & Wessons," Bernitt said.
Senior center Brain Ottney announced he will forgo his fifth and final year of eligibility because of chronic knee problems.
Former MSU researcher Scott Doree plead guilty Friday to lying about the theft of his research fall semester when federal officials where investigating the case.Doree, a former microbiology graduate student, likely will face 10-16 months in prison once he is sentenced this summer.In September, Doree called campus police alleging materials for his $400,000 federally-funded research project had been stolen from the Biomedical and Physical Sciences Building.
A state judge in Oklahoma added two new murder counts to the 160 murder charges against Terry Nichols, the Oklahoma City bombing conspirator. Two of the women killed in the bombing were pregnant.
Students who take out loans for college will see increased savings in the fall under a revamped borrowing system, university officials say. Under the Federal Family Education Loan Program, students and parents will save $140 for every $1,000 they borrow, said Rick Shipman, director of the Office of Financial Aid. "That's a lot of money if you compare it to the basic student loan program," said Shipman, adding no other school has taken advantage of the kind of benefits this loan package offers. The program allows financial aid to come from commercial lenders instead of the federal government.
The Legislature has moved one step closer to commemorating the legacy of a man who fought for the rights of migrant farm workers. A bill introduced by state Sen.
The MSU women's crew team took home fourth-place overall honors on Sunday in the 2003 Lexus Central/South Region Sprints on Melton Hill Lake in Oak Ridge, Tenn.
Offensive guard Paul Harker has been granted a sixth year of eligibility by the NCAA, coach John L. Smith announced on Saturday.
Lazy. Adj. "Not eager or willing to work or exert oneself; indolent; slothful."This is the definition Webster's New World Dictionary gives us.