MSU's football staff has added two more skill position players to its recruiting class.Tailback Kris Bush, from Louisiana's John Curtis Christian High School, and defensive back Delton Ashburn Jr., from Virginia's Fork Union Military Academy, have both verbally committed to MSU.Bush, a 6-foot-1, 195-pounder, ran for 1,200 yards and 20 touchdowns last season.
James Madison College Professor Bryan Ritchie was awarded the Distinguished Dissertation Award by the Council of Graduate Schools. Ritchie's dissertation, titled "The Political Economy of Technical Intellectual Capital Formation in Southeast Asia," focused on the importance of integrating technology into the political economies of countries like Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand.
The world has gone to pot. I used to think only my grandparents spoke about "the good old days," but now I find my memory winding back to the 1980s more and more. Those were "the good old days." Those were the days when the biggest decision I had to make was where to hide when the whole block was declared "in bounds" for a game of hide-and-seek. Those were the days when summers lasted a year and the chill of winter was tamed with a sufficient hill and a sled.
It's a vicious cycle.As one panting, red-faced defender stands in the center of the room, pair after pair of attackers try to take the student down."Next two," instructor Jeff Friedlis says.
For the second time in as many games, the MSU basketball team locked in to the opponents' leading scorer and shut him down.But unlike Sunday's loss to U-M, the Spartans' (11-8 overall, 3-4 Big Ten) defense on Indiana guard Bracey Wright proved to be crucial and, arguably, the difference in Tuesday night's 61-54 victory over the Hoosiers at Breslin Center.Against the Wolverines, MSU held U-M's leading scorer LaVell Blanchard to only two points.Wright, who had missed Indiana's last four games and hadn't seen any action since Jan.
Ladies, I'm going to be a rich man, so snag me quick. I'll be raking in the loot, kicking it on the deck of my $500,000 pool, drinking Cristal and pitching film ideas to Jerry Bruckheimer from my leer jet. What's more, I'm not going to work for my fortune.
The MSU Athletic Department and the 15th-ranked Spartan wrestling team are offering a ticket package of six meets at Jenison Field House. The "Six-Pack," includes home matches against five teams ranked in the top 25. The first match in the package is against No.
The growing Hispanic population has some MSU officials expecting increased enrollment and more programs for Hispanic students in colleges and universities. Last week, the U.S.
Katie Kerekes is pleading for East Lansing officials to keep Spartan Village Elementary open."It really is an amazing place," the MSU intern at the elementary said.
Potential layoffs have been on the minds of many members of the Clerical-Technical Union of MSU. Union members are expected to meet today to discuss negotiations with university officials.
At first glance, Rosemary Coscarelli wasn't sure if she and her "buddy" would get along.
Grand Rapids - President Bush came to Michigan on Wednesday to promote his plan for improving Medicare, but his remarks were largely an encore of his State of the Union address the night before.
Students living on campus can expect to be charged for Ethernet use beginning in fall.University officials say keeping up with traffic from file-sharing programs have increased the cost of Internet usage.Beginning in August, students will be charged about $57 per year to use the high-speed Internet service.
East Lansing will welcome a new sandwich shop next month along with a retail clothing store filling the void left by businesses on Grand River Avenue.Roly Poly, a Georgia-based sandwich company, has already opened a store in Okemos and is coming to the MSU community by mid-February, co-owner Russ Horton said.
I've come to realize I could never get an abortion if I one day became pregnant. However, I respect the decision thousands of women make to get one.
Goaltenders, by nature, are set off on an island.They can't hide much. If the puck stays out of the net, it's a job well done.
The question on whether our country should forcefully remove Saddam Hussein from power in Iraq is important.
President Bush will be in Grand Rapids today to deliver a speech on health care issues. Bush is scheduled to arrive on Air Force One at Gerald R.
Kathleen Kelley's letter from Monday ("Opinions shouldn't be stated as fact," SN 1/27) is ridiculous in its naiveness.
Capital Area United Way attorneys are expecting to recover only a small percentage of the at least $1.9 million embezzled over the past seven years. Attorneys for the chapter have arranged for former finance chief Jacquelyn Allen-MacGregor to sell some of her assets.