Lansing resident Madalyn Lee teetered a sign that read "Coach Williams We Love You!!" back and forth in her hands as she walked through campus with seven other pro-Bobby fans. The group made its way Monday night from the Union to Spartan Stadium on a Shine-A-Light Walk for former MSU head football coach Bobby Williams, who was fired Nov.
Theater graduate student Jay Burns picked a winning combination by staging relationship-oriented "Crimes of the Heart" in the Auditorium's intimate Arena Theatre. Playwright Beth Henley's grown-up sibling rivalry of the three McGrath sisters, Lenny, Meg and Babe, is perfectly placed in the middle of an audience, whose members sit on all four sides of the action.
Honesty and integrity are becoming staples in the search for new job candidates compared with years past, according to a recent survey of America's chief financial officers.About 58 percent of 1,400 chief financial officers polled around the nation find "honesty and integrity" to be the most important quality in an applicant aside from ability and willingness to do the job, according to a study developed by Robert Half International Inc. - a Grand Rapids-based staffing service.Only 32 percent of CFOs responded similarly when the same survey was conducted in 1997.
MSU's Board of Trustees will discuss Friday ways to strengthen the College of Education via a $5 million grant awarded earlier this semester and review recent findings of the Red Cedar Greenway Master Plan study.The university was one of four institutions to receive the grant from the Carnegie Corp.
If two campus groups have their way, MSU administrators will help breathe life into their ideas and campus could be a lot greener in the future. But these groups have different hopes.
In response to the letter to the editor “Groups needed, racism still exists” (SN 11/8), it is remarks like those stated in the piece that is the reason racism still exists today. Until people stop using skin color as a reason why things do or do not happen, racism will never be beaten. If the description of a wanted criminal were of a white male, could I cry discrimination because I got pulled over for no reason?
Everyone seems to be an expert, or at least they try to sound like one in conversation. I guess it’s possible for someone to want to seem like they know something when they don’t. We live in a world where we experience more learning opportunities in a single day than the average person living in the Dark Ages did in an entire lifetime. Information is literally at our fingertips all day, every day.
As Sarah McLachlan’s anthem of mourning, “I Will Remember You,” poured out across the Red Cedar River, more than 75 of Clare McCormick’s friends and family gathered Saturday night to share and celebrate memories of a life ended so suddenly.
For those who knew Chang Sup Yoon, they remember him as social and extremely friendly, a dedicated athlete and a hard-working student.
The Michigan House Democratic Caucus unanimously elected state Representative-elect Dianne Byrum House Democratic leader Friday, marking her the first woman to hold the position in the state’s government.Byrum, D-Onondaga, was elected to the House last week after term limits forced her to relinquish her seat in the state Senate.
Students at Texas A&M University want to revive a 90-year-old tradition that was put on hold after a fatal accident several years ago, and Aggie administrators should seriously consider one group’s efforts and hopes to rekindle old flames. Traditionally, Texas A&M students held a bonfire each year on the eve of their team’s football game against its intrastate rival - the University of Texas - but the tradition came to a halt in 1999 when a 59-foot-high bonfire tower collapsed during construction.
Dominique White came to Breslin Center to see her future husband Friday night. “Bow Wow is so fine!” said White, a 15-year-old Charlotte High School sophomore.
The never-ending movie battle between sex and plot comes to a head in Brian De Palma’s “Femme Fatale” - but the result has sex walking all over this film’s plot, leaving the audience to wonder what it is about. Laure Ash (Rebecca Romijn-Stamos) is a jewel thief who targets model Veronica (Rie Rasmussen) for her gold and diamond bra, which by the way, couldn’t have been designed with comfort in mind. When Laure takes off with the diamonds, she leaves her partners (Eriq Ebouaney and Edouard Montoute) behind to take the blame.
Since the firing of Bobby Williams as football head coach, some people around campus have been saying MSU has an obligation to find another African Americans to head the football program in the spirit of diversity and fairness.
For Naima Rehman, the holy month of Ramadan is a time for self-improvement and social awareness. "You're developing your awareness of what it's like to be deprived," the human biology senior said.
The Spartan football team played to its potential on Saturday. I don’t know if it played well because the players were upset from former head coach Bobby Williams’ termination, or if it was because Williams was so bad he kept the team from being as good as it is.
Spoken words were filled with energy, emotion and rage Saturday night at the Black Poets Society event “Bum Rush the Stage” in the packed Erickson Hall Kiva.The poets blended a slew of topics including civil rights, history and relationships.
As the Spartans rolled over the Indiana Hoosiers 56-21, junior wide receiver Charles Rogers returned to his early season form that shattered records and had many whispering Heisman. On Saturday, the 6-4, 205-pounder compiled 168 yards of total offense with two touchdowns on just seven touches.
Noise battles will continue at Tuesday’s East Lansing City Council work session, as council members consider city-quiet zones, varied community service and stricter party penalties.
The MSU wrestling team got a good look at its competition by hosting 18 teams and about 400 wrestlers at the MSU Open this weekend at Jenison Field House. And head coach Tom Minkel said he was very pleased with where his team stands after its second tournament of the year. “The level was really high and intense this weekend.