MSU will pay Bobby Williams $550,000 to end his contract with the university, officials announced Wednesday.The buyout deal is more than twice what the university had to pay under the terms of its 5-year rolling contract with Williams, which was in its third year.
Coming off a thrilling five-game win over Northwestern on Friday night, the Spartans had a great deal of momentum heading into Saturday's contest against Wisconsin.But no amount of momentum was going to stop the No.
Findings of a review into purchasing practices by Lansing Community College is expected Dec. 9.A million dollar emergency expenditure authorized by the school's governing body has raised a collective eyebrow, spurring an investigation of its own policies and practices last summer.A campus initiative to revamp the college's technology prompted a $1.25 million purchase in May.
In my family, we don't buy our turkeys at the store. Nope. We like to chase the fat fools down with our SUVs on the highway and haul 'em in fresh.
Organization Meetings• The MSU Chess Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. Monday in A-517 Wells Hall.
After a 20th place finish in the NCAA Championships on Monday in Terre Haute, Ind., junior Michelle Carson earned All-American status.All-American status is granted to the top 30 American finishers and the top 30 finishers overall.Carson was named Women's Big Ten Cross-Country Athlete of the Year earlier this season and was also named Big Ten Athlete of the Week twice this season.She led MSU to a second-place finish at the Big Ten Championship, losing to Michigan 73-70, marking the closest margin of victory in the history of the women's Big Ten Championships.Two other cross-country athletes - juniors Jamie Krzyminski and Andrew Marsh - barely missed getting All-American status.
It is clear Mike Pendracki is a member of the "Chefs," the 1979-81 original pie pranksters ("Pie prankster gag was not original," SN 11/26). He has encoded his confession in his writing and who else would get so worked up about pie pranks as to know about the radio spot, the book about pie attacks and the Web site to find the book? Pendracki refereed to the original pie "hits" as a "reign of terror," clearly reminiscing about the good ol' days with his pie-tossing gang. Although the 25 professors who endured the creamy attacks decades ago are really old now, and probably can't throw a cream pie all too well, I suggest they team up, find Pendracki, and give him the pieing of a lifetime.
An attempt to provoke discussion with faculty and students about the conflict in Iraq failed Tuesday at Academic Council. But after the meeting adjourned, discussion erupted about whether MSU should be taking a stance on political issues in the Academic Governance system. For the council to officially discuss the issue, a majority of the members had to vote to end the meeting and to enter into a "committee of the whole" setting, where discussion would not represent the council.
MSU police Officer Paul Schofield is hanging up his blue uniform after 30 years of policing to wear a suit and tie.Schofield, 52, is joining the MSU Department of Police and Public Safety detective ranks on Dec.
Thanksgiving gives people a chance to gather with loved ones and be thankful for what is important in their lives - it signals the start of the holiday season, and it's a prime time to overeat without guilt and scarf down loads and loads of turkey. Unless... for some reason, whether it be ethical or having a distaste for the animal, you're a vegetarian or vegan. Vegetarians are those who do not eat any meat, only vegetables, fruits and sometimes eggs or dairy products.
Despite the fact that MSU won't be playing in a bowl game, senior quarterback Cedric Henry will strap on his Spartan helmet one more time."Cedric Henry has accepted an invitation to play," East-West Shrine Game spokesman William Homer said.
If you think "Steal This Album!" is a new album, you're mistaken. It's the left over music that never made it to a record. This 16-track collection of original, completed and unreleased material originates back to before System Of A Down signed with American in 1995 to as recently as the 2001 "Toxicity" sessions. The band claims the songs are as good, if not better than the songs that did make it to the albums - but artists always say that crap.
In his column "Don't leave college as an assembly-line product, think about life" (SN 11/25), Shawn Wozniak claimed he wasn't attacking certain majors.
John Bice is yet another atheist in a long list who seeks to defame his opposition without understanding it, all the while accusing them of the same wrong ("Religious majority doesn't understand atheist views," SN 11/26). Life is not so polarized that anything religious makes it inherently contradictory to science. Creationists do not blindly believe evolution to be false, but rather, believe in creation because they are aware of the inherent flaws in a naturalistic worldview.
Grand Ledge - Retired math Professor John Masterson discovered pottery as an outlet for coping with the loss of a loved one 16 years ago. "I needed something else to occupy my mind when my daughter died in a car accident," he said.
Two young men attending a Halloween party may have gone too far when choosing their costumes this year.The University of Virginia chapters of Kappa Alpha Order and Zeta Psi Fraternity were suspended after two male guests showed up for the event at the Zeta Psi house in blackface dressed as tennis players Venus and Serena Williams.National leaders from both organizations conducted investigations following the incident."We temporarily suspended operations at the Lambda chapter until our investigation was complete," said Todd Shelton, Kappa Alpha Order's communications director.
While many people will be warm, cozy and contemplating Thanksgiving dinner, four members of the MSU Sailing Club will be braving the cold Chicago weather as they race against 15 other schools in the 56th annual Timme Angsten Memorial Regatta this weekend. "This is our biggest competition for the fall," said Mary Vorel, a pre-veterinary sophomore and team racing captain.
The MSU men's basketball team will be heading into some unusual territory Thursday. The No.
The future of Blue Note Coffee Café is becoming clearer after the shop's landlord said an agreement has been reached between parties. It appears the cafe's owners are closer to knowing whether the five-year-old business will continue from its current location.