Michigan's weather and the MSU baseball team's bats had something in common Wednesday evening - both suffered a serious drop off. A day after lighting up the scoreboard with 13 runs against Wayne State, the Spartans' offense was tamed by Western Michigan in a 4-2 loss. "It was a tough day to hit today," MSU manager Ted Mahan said.
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From Staff Reports The State News MSU President M. Peter McPherson is in Washington today to discuss the financial reconstruction of Iraq with the Bush administration, university spokesman Terry Denbow said. This morning, McPherson told Peter Magrath, president of the National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges, he plans to leave MSU for at least two months to take part in the rebuilding of Iraq. Provost Lou Anna Simon will act as MSU's interim president during McPherson's absence.
The final shots in Baghdad won't signal an end to demonstrations in East Lansing. "Because the war has ended doesn't mean that our problems cease to exist," said Bob Alexander, facilitator for the Michigan Peace Network and member of the Greater Lansing Network Against War in Iraq.
"You could have been anywhere tonight. You chose to be here. We appreciate that." Those are the first words that escape Richard Mittwede's lips before every concert at The Underground, a rock concert hall in the basement of Christ Lutheran Church, 122 S.
Communication junior Darriel Tanner was devastated when her mother and grandmother died only a year apart from each other.
As ASMSU wraps up its business for the semester, several representatives remain in limbo as to whether they will return in the fall.A total of 45 students were disqualified from the MSU undergraduate student government's election in March after it was discovered they had been endorsed by political organizations on campus.According to the ASMSU elections code, "Any campaign material bearing the name of a candidate must be approved and submitted to the AUEC (All-University Elections Committee) in writing before distribution."The MSU College Republicans made fliers and stickers, sent e-mails within the organization and campus mailings endorsing certain candidates from colleges across campus.
The pain and embarrassment that was the Spartan 2002 football season just won't seem to stop haunting MSU's reputation. It was revealed on Monday former MSU star Charles Rogers used a substance to dilute his drug test at the NFL combine in February. It's now highly possible the consensus top-three pick in the April 26-27 NFL draft will be subject to the professional football league's drug evaluation program upon signing a contract with an NFL team. MSU doctors say urine-diluting substances are often used to hide the presence of illegal drugs.
While the introduction of Omi Japanese Restaurant might have gotten a late start, owners and new patrons still feel they came out with a bang.Journalism senior Hunter Stair said he didn't expect to go to dinner and eat "on the set of '2001: A Space Odyssey.'"Stair and his friend William Baldwin described the restaurant, located at 210 M.A.C.
MSU assistant coach Mike Garland is en route to Cleveland State to become the Vikings' new men's basketball head coach. The former assistant coach told senior Brian Westrick the news, as the two crossed paths in the Union on Tuesday morning. Garland's departure means MSU will have two vacancies to fill on its coaching staff next season.
Wide receiver to play for Smith next season The MSU football team will get a boost to a thin position on the depth chart. Samuel Champagne, a wide receiver from the Spartiates du Vieux-Montreal team in Canada, accepted an offer for financial aid to MSU.
In his recent column, Jason C. Miller would like to announce his victory in the ongoing pro-war/anti-war debate ("Protesters were wrong on Iraq; now it's time to help out" SN 4/14). I can picture him writing the column while pumping his fist in the air and occasionally exclaiming, "Boo-ya!" Did Miller have money riding on this war? Miller makes a valid argument when he calls liberals "hippies," which is a term you really never hear in regards to liberal-minded people.
Bright colors fill the garden, around you and under you. The cement walkway is painted in rainbow colors and small purple and yellow flowers are just starting to poke their heads up out of the ground. Crouching down to child size, you can enter the Secret Garden which leads to a maze of tall shrubs and brick columns.
When the U.S. News & World Report released law school rankings last week, MSU-Detroit College of Law Dean Terence Blackburn said he was surprised.
More than 200 MSU athletes were honored at the sixth annual Spartan Academic Excellence Gala on Sunday.
Holding two certificates, Liban Sheikhaden sat next to his mother, reading her the words on the page."She's really proud of my accomplishments," the computer science freshman said.Sheikhaden was one of several students recognized along with faculty during the 25th anniversary celebration of the Office of Supportive Services on Thursday in the Union.
Sometimes, things become too taboo to talk about. If you talk about them you face a risk of resentment from your peers, a backlash from authority and ultimately punishment from both sources, if not more. It's not the first time an article in The State News stirred up some already rough waters, but the cover story on last week's MS&U front ("House Party" SN 4/9/03) was received in an entirely irrational light by East Lansing authorities who obviously missed the point the story tried to make.
The ritual of excessive drinking in bars and restaurants on a 21st birthday hit a snag Tuesday as 16 bars and restaurants in East Lansing passed new management practices for the often-celebrated birthdays.Members of the Responsible Hospitality Council are hoping to avoid tragedies such as what happened to MSU student Bradley McCue, who died in East Lansing on his 21st birthday after drinking 24 shots in 1998."We're trying to change the ritual and change it to an appeal that on your birthday you can just go out and have fun," said Joe Goodsir, owner of Rick's American Café, 224 Abbott Road, and co-director of the council.Owners say they want to focus on friends of the birthday person to cut down on peer pressure.
"Get it together children," "You should be ashamed," "Grow up," "You're embarrassing us." Wow, I guess flipping to the Your Voice section in The State News really does get more interesting everyday. Except wait, that isn't our voice - these are comments printed and signed by our very own 1998 and 1999 local alumni ("Perception of 'U' goes down with riot" and "All students hurt by campus disturbance" SN 4/14). Are these people serious?
This is in response to "Protesters were wrong on Iraq; now it's time to help out" (SN 4/14). I am one of the "anti-war agitators," but I never said things such as "Saddam Hussein should remain in power," "Hussein's crimes were illusory" or "We won't be welcomed into Baghdad." I have never said Saddam is a good man or a good leader, and I would never protest to keep him in power. Instead, I was questioning Bush's motives for going to war.