Food industry management junior Elizabeth Manning said students in her statistics class are livid after two masked assailants hit their professor in the face with two "cream" objects during their Wednesday night class.The class, a review session for a test, had to be ended minutes after the attack."Everybody was pretty shocked," Manning said.
This one is for Bobby. As controversy clouds begin to push on past Spartan land, home to the season of shame, I finally found one of those "positives, positives, positives, positives," he was speaking of only weeks before his firing. Suit up senior strong safety Thomas Wright. Known by those close, "T" is the leader of the 2002 Spartan squad. He became the role model junior quarterback Jeff Smoker wasn't during a season desperately looking toward somebody, anybody, with answers. Whether he wanted to, the head-shaved, goateed leader assumed the role of the go-to captain, as senior tailback Dawan Moss and Smoker found themselves indefinitely suspended. And so Wright's casual stroll out of Duffy Daugherty says "follow me." His play inside Spartan Stadium says "play at my level." His walk talked all season.
season marred by disappointment and controversy will come to an end for the Spartans in University Park, Pa., against Penn State. The entire coaching staff from this season will be relieved of duty at the end of the season, and the program will be under completely new reigns. At this point, Athletics Director Ron Mason hasn't picked anyone to lead the team, making it impossible to know the program's direction.
Feel like a little serenading? The Accafellas will get you in the mood with their fall concert at 7:30 p.m.
With the help of an MSU student, the Residence Halls Association's quest for a new logo ended Wednesday at its weekly meeting. The general assembly voted to use chemistry junior Carrie Thomas' design for RHA's new logo.
No. 9 Michigan at No. 2 Ohio State Buckeye faithful don't want to even think about the past while Wolverine fans are hoping for déjá vu all over again. Once again, Ohio State will bring an undefeated mark into its contest with U-M, and if recent history is any guide, the Buckeyes will exit Ohio Stadium with a blemish in their record. In 1993, an unranked Wolverine squad demolished the No.
The Spartans are expected to pick up their first two-win weekend since Oct. 25-26, the last time they played Purdue and Illinois, but they know the task won't be an easy one. MSU has struggled on the road all season long, especially in the Big Ten.
The MSU football team has virtually nothing to play for in the last week of conference play.The Spartans (4-7 overall, 2-5 Big Ten) sit alone in eighth place in the Big Ten standings, and their final push for a bowl bid was thwarted last week in a zany 45-42 loss to Purdue (5-6, 3-4) at Spartan Stadium.But senior offensive guard Paul Harker said in addition to playing for pride, ending the season with a win is enough incentive to play hard."This is the last game we'll play together with these guys," he said.
The Interfraternity and Panhellenic councils will hold the Greek Music Fest from 2-9 p.m. Saturday in the IM Sports-West arena to benefit the Burcham Hills Retirement Community. A donation of $10 to benefit Burcham Hills will be requested at the door. Numerous local Michigan bands and DJs will be featured. The Flutor's, Eyes Like Damn, Green Street, Pushing 33 and Until Sunday will be performing along with the Tech Avenue DJs. "Hopefully this will turn into an annual event," said Angela Corsi, Panhellenic Council vice president for external relations.
It's a strange race for the Heisman Trophy this year. The nation's best athletes - Marshall's Byron Leftwich, Ohio State's Maurice Clarett and MSU's Charles Rogers - have been eliminated by injuries or a terrible surrounding cast.
Research on sweet potatoes in Africa has helped the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources earn $4 million in grants. The grants include $1.2 million from The Rockefeller Foundation and $2.4 million from the U.S.
On Monday, The State News published "ACLU official protests closed meeting" about how the university trustees closed a budget meeting to the public.
In my 15 years of working with The State News, providing information on behalf of political leaders and clients, I have never experienced frustration as I have in the last week.
In response to Daniel Bednar's letter to the editor, "Weapon bans run dangerous risks" (SN 11/21), it seems that he misses the point of why there are such things as firearms bans.
MSU's field hockey head coach is back in the Final Four - but this time she's piloting the ship.Michele Madison began her career as an assistant coach for the Iowa Hawkeyes from 1982-89, winning the NCAA Championship in 1986.
For anyone who's ever been involved in the crazy dating-and-mating game, the BoarsHead Theater's newest production is the perfect fare for a weekend evening. The title, "I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change" is a tongue-in-cheek reference to the fickle nature of love and lust among singles, or "hopeful heterosexuals," as the show calls them. The longest running musical revue on Broadway, Joe DiPietro and Jimmy Roberts' "I Love You" has been called the most "proposal-friendly" show in New York.
Gov. John Engler is expected to sign an executive order cutting state appropriations for the current fiscal year to Michigan's 15 public universities.The order, expected after lawmakers return from a Thanksgiving recess, would effectively renege on a promise to maintain state funding at last year's levels in exchange for a pledge to keep tuition increases at or below 8.5 percent or $425, whichever is greater.MSU's Board of Trustees voted in June to raise tuition rates by 8.5 percent for this academic year.
Shooting Guard: Sophomore Chris Hill - After the early departure of Marcus Taylor, Hill is expected to play major minutes at the helm of MSU's offense.
I have been walking around campus lately, only to notice the recent additions to the residence halls.