More than 200 people gathered to voice conflicting viewpoints on two issues to the Black Student Alliance on Thursday night - the firing of former MSU head football coach Bobby Williams and coverage of racial issues in The State News. In the end, the alliance concluded it would gather and disseminate the ideas discussed and create a plan of action.
Former Spartan star Marcus Taylor was cut from the Columbus Riverdragons of the National Basketball Developmental League on Wednesday.
Friends and family of Clare McCormick will gather Saturday for a candlelight vigil to remember her life. McCormick, a 19-year-old elementary education and child development sophomore from Alpena, was hit by a car on Chandler Road on the morning of Oct.
The premiere of “8 Mile,” the story of Jimmy Smith Jr.’s (Eminem) escape from a dead-end life in Detroit, attempts to deliver a performance Michigan natives Jeff Daniels (Chelsea), Michael Moore (Flint) and - to a lesser extent - Steven Seagal (Lansing) have attempted in the past. Mo Nasor, manager of Celebration Cinema, 200 E.
Although Republican Mike Cox declared himself the winner in the attorney general race, Democrats say it’s too early for Gary Peters to throw in the towel.Cox, a Wayne County prosecutor, announced Wednesday afternoon that his nearly 5,000-vote lead was reason enough for state Sen.
Let’s exclude for a moment the arguments about Bobby Williams’ performance and examine Athletics Director Ron Mason’s statements from around a month ago.
Even though I really can’t stand Nate Allen’s cartoons - which obviously are pro-Democratic and pick on a president who is, in my opinion, doing the best damn job he can - I must say that when I opened Tuesday’s paper, I had a smile on my face accompanied by a childish giggle.
In her first act as governor-elect, Jennifer Granholm appointed former state legislator and Okemos resident Lynn Jondahl as director of her gubernatorial transition team Thursday at a Capitol news conference.Jondahl, the former co-director of MSU’s Michigan Political Leadership Program, will head a department that assists Granholm and Lieutenant Governor-elect John Cherry in tabbing 20 individuals to head Granholm’s administrational cabinet.“Lynn is committed to the five values we have articulated in this campaign,” Granholm said.
Friday • The Creole Gallery, 1218 Turner St. in Lansing, presents guitarist Laurence Gruber at 8 p.m.
As a Hispanic MSU alumna, I have never felt I was treated unfair because I am a minority. It really upsets me that MSU Trustee Joel Ferguson would lash out at Athletics Director Ron Mason and basically call him a racist. Ferguson discusses the importance of diversity, but when he speaks of this, he only discusses one minority group. I have never heard him stand up for Hispanics, who are a larger minority than African Americans. It’s sad that this has to turn into a race issue.
The No. 5 MSU field hockey team boarded the bus to Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday with visions of nothing less than a Big Ten Championship. “One more time, that’s what we tell (the players) every game,” head coach Michele Madison said.
When it comes to weight rooms, size is an issue for first-year MSU head coach Rick Comley. That’s why his hockey team has been commuting to the Duffy Daugherty Football Building for lifting sessions every Monday and Wednesday this year.
The Mount Hope United Methodist Church women present their annual Cookie Walk with crafts and collectibles from 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
First, I would like to say what a shame it is that Spartans jump off the band wagon as soon as it starts falling apart. A few years ago when Bobby Williams was named football head coach, his players stood behind him and worked hard to prove all of the naysayers wrong. Williams was put under a lot of pressure to change something in a blink of an eye when it normally takes weeks or months to turn teams around. Williams is not responsible for the personal lives of the athletes.
No. 16 MSU is hosting one of the nation’s largest tournaments this weekend. The Michigan State Open, held Saturday and Sunday at Jenison Field House, is a double-elimination tourney with each wrestler competing on an individual basis, and no team scoring. Last season’s event brought to the mats more than 300 wrestlers from 18 different schools, including five ranked squads. This year, the Big Ten features seven of its 11 teams ranked in the top 20, according to the National Wrestling Coaches’ Association poll released Wednesday. Minnesota, Iowa, Michigan, Ohio State and Illinois grace the poll’s top 10 list, with Minnesota nabbing the top spot.
For being an educational tool starring a Flint man asking simple questions, it could just be the best film of the year. Michael Moore bases his latest film, “Bowling for Columbine,” on one question: Why did Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold go on a shooting rampage at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colo., more than three years ago? The answer will scare you. The answer is, no one knows.
After a tight race for the single open Lansing City Council seat, Brian Jeffries rose as the winner early Wednesday morning. The 47-year-old ASMSU Legal Services attorney won 14,480 Lansing votes, or 51 percent, over Kathy Pelleran’s 13,752 votes, or 49 percent.
With most of Michigan’s government set to be dominated by Republicans after Tuesday’s election, its seems the governor-elect will have a tough road ahead of her. But it doesn’t have to be that way.
After a bye week, the MSU men’s and women’s swimming and diving squads return to action on Friday. MSU will meet Notre Dame in South Bend, Ind., at 5 p.m.
I was appalled to see Nate Allen’s cartoon in Tuesday’s edition of The State News. MSU quarterback Jeff Smoker might have made bad decisions, but that does not mean we shouldn’t support him on his road to recovery. But Allen chose to make fun of Smoker and make his journey to recovery that much more difficult. In the coming weeks, the MSU football program will come under much criticism.