MSU officials, including representatives of the MSU police, met with students Thursday night in Shaw Hall and addressed racial insensitivity and the importance of black caucuses after a derogatory flier was found in the building Jan.
One of MSU's most promising young football players said Thursday he has left the team. Freshman tailback David Richard, the Spartans' leading rusher last season, said he plans on transferring. "It's true," Richard said.
South Bend, Ind. - It wasn't easy, but the Spartan hockey team scratched out its sixth straight victory with a 2-1 decision over Notre Dame on Friday night at the Joyce Center.Sophomore goaltender Matt Migliaccio was superb for MSU (14-9-1 overall, 10-6-0 CCHA), turning away 40 shots, including 19 in a hectic third period.The Fighting Irish (9-12-4, 7-9-1) hounded the Spartans in the third, keeping the puck in the MSU zone for most of the frame.
If you're in the mood for a night of jamming and wild dancing - and maybe a little bit of a patchouli - tonight's Umphrey's McGee concert at The Temple Club, 500 E.
A female MSU student has been diagnosed with meningococcemia, a disease similar to bacterial meningitis, university officials confirmed Friday. The disease is a "very grave" illness, MSU spokeswoman Deb Pozega Osburn said.
Students and professors who use the course management system Blackboard will notice a change after MSU announced Tuesday it will switch to a new program. ANGEL, or A New Global Environment for Learning, is similar in appearance and will provide many of the same services as the 4.0 version of Blackboard MSU uses. "Version 4.0 reached the point where we couldn't make it hold as many users as MSU needed," said David Gift, vice provost for libraries, computing and technology.
MSU's Residence Halls Association said Thursday the 2001-02 movie budget was never overspent. "The RHA administration told the general assembly that they were going over budget," said Brian Winters, the association's public relations director.
Lansing - Standing in front of a 4-H Club judge, with a dead chicken in his arms and his shirt covered in chicken vomit, state Rep.
Ann Arbor - They're back. It has always taken two teams to make a rivalry, and after an extended hiatus, it seems Michigan is ready to hold up its end of the bargain.
I am writing in response to Melanie Thomas's letter to the editor ("Right to abortion needs to remain," SN 1/23). It is quite obvious we are living in dark times right now.
Writer/director P.T. Anderson just might be unstoppable. With the critically acclaimed films "Hard Eight," "Boogie Nights" and "Magnolia" under his belt, the director took on a new challenge - turn gross-out comedian Adam Sandler into a respectable actor with "Punch-Drunk Love." The two must have done something right.
The Spartans sent a message to No. 10 Minnesota on Thursday night - no one comes to their house and pushes them around.For the first time this season, the Spartans (10-7 overall, 3-3 Big Ten) remained calm under pressure, downing the Golden Gophers (15-2, 4-2) 74-71 on Thursday.
To say the least, the MSU men's basketball team hasn't lived up to any of the preseason hype. In fact, they have turned Final Four aspirations into mediocrity.
Even though material success is promoted by the American culture, blacks with flashy things tend to be looked on negatively.
While her roommate is being treated in Sparrow Hospital for a meningitis-like disease, the journalism sophomore shook her head in disbelief as she told The State News on Friday illness had invaded her roommate's body.She thought it was the flu.Thursday morning, the woman went to Olin Health Center and was immediately sent to Lansing's Sparrow Hospital.
Along with securing a passport, packing bags and filling out paper work, MSU health officials encourage students to take health precautions when studying abroad.
After making it big, artists are known for breaking out of the town that fostered them on their journeys to success. Marcy Marxer, who used to work in the catalog department at Elderly Instruments, 1100 N.
MSU senior defenseman John-Michael Liles has plenty of friends on the Notre Dame hockey team - he was teammates with Fighting Irish forwards Connor Dunlop and John Wroblewski and defenseman Brett Lebda in the U.S.
Eight days after the MSU women's basketball team wiped the floor with Indiana at Breslin Center, the Spartans will try to complete a regular-season sweep. In the last meeting, the Spartans (9-7 overall, 2-3 Big Ten) came away with a 70-44 victory over the Hoosiers (9-6, 2-3). But sophomore guard Kristin Haynie said she knows some things will be different when the Hoosiers have home-court advantage.
Women love sex as much as men do and shouldn't be afraid to admit it, say the organizers of tonight's celebration "Women, Sex, & Music." The free event at the Union will feature local estrogenic entertainment and offer information on women's health issues, focusing on increasing sexual pleasure. The event is part of Women's Healthy Sexuality Month and is the brainchild of both Olin Health Center and the University Activities Board. "We're trying to raise awareness of the benefits of becoming a sexually aware woman," said Amber Wilson, an interdisciplinary studies in social science senior.