Spartan football fans have the opportunity to shoot green and white paintballs at Wolverine fans for three hours Saturday in the first MSU vs.
While Proposal 3 might have state employees’ best interests in mind, it would prove costly for Michigan taxpayers in the long run. If approved, the proposal would guarantee about 60,000 state employees the right to collective bargaining with binding arbitration. On the surface, this proposal seems fair, as it might give state employees more equal footing in contract bargaining.
While listening to sports talk radio Thursday morning, I heard some Spartan news. No, it’s not anything about the dismal football season or even the hopes of the basketball team.
The MSU football team enters the eighth game of the season looking to gain some respect and pick up a win after two consecutive blowout losses to conference foes.The Spartans (3-4 overall, 1-2 Big Ten) were pummeled at Spartan Stadium last week in a 28-7 loss to Minnesota and two weeks ago were embarrassed by Iowa 44-16 in Kinnick Stadium.After the games, Golden Gopher (7-1, 3-1) and Hawkeye (7-1, 4-0) players questioned the Spartans’ toughness; and head coach Bobby Williams admitted his team needs to be tougher offensively and defensively in the running game.In last week’s defeat, the Golden Gophers’ running attack racked up 390 yards, while their defense held MSU to 51 yards on the ground.The Spartans face the prospect of losing their fifth game of the season - which would be as many as they had all of last year - and falling two games below .500.MSU has dropped four of its last five games - three of them lopsided defeats - and another loss would put its bowl hopes in serious jeopardy.The Spartans will try to turn things around against Wisconsin at 7:05 p.m.
No. 21 Penn State at No. 4 Ohio StateThe biggest part of this game may be last year’s memories, but mixed in with those are this year’s ramifications.Last year, the Nittany Lions rallied from an 18-point third quarter deficit to stun the Buckeyes 29-27.
Junior quarterback Jeff Smoker was indefinitely suspended Thursday for violating unspecified team rules and will not play in MSU’s nationally televised game Saturday against Wisconsin. “I can’t really go into any detail as far as what the extent of the problem was,” MSU head coach Bobby Williams said.
He’s taken less than 50 snaps this season, but now sophomore quarterback Damon Dowdell has to rise to the challenge of becoming MSU’s new leader. “I’ve got to be a leader for this team Saturday night,” he said in a statement released Thursday by MSU Sports Information.
Lansing police plan to contact the Washington, D.C.-area sniper investigation squad to see if there is a connection with an unsolved 2001 long-range shooting at Potter Park Zoo, officials told The State News Thursday. After three weeks of an unknown sniper terrifying residents and gunning down citizens performing daily tasks, the squad is believed to have solved the case.
Virg Bernero sat in attack mode, just two feet away from Paul DeWeese on Thursday night.The two appeared at the Union to convince voters to choose them in the 23rd District state Senate seat race.In front of about 65 people, the two representatives expressed their views on several issues, including the environment, ballot proposals and higher education funding.When DeWeese, R-Williamston, said he supports Proposal 4, Bernero, D-Lansing, stared at DeWeese until he had his turn to speak.
I am shocked to learn MSU has gained the reputation of being a “party school” (“ASMSU calls for removal of party status” SN 10/24). What would former MSU President John Hannah say? What next?
As a volunteer firefighter, I have been involved in several hazardous-material sessions, both as a recipient of the scrubbing and a scrubber. Although the Linton Hall matter of Oct.
When former Spartan star T.J. Duckett declared for the NFL Draft, many knew it would have an impact on the Spartans’ offense. But no one knew how much. With Duckett in the backfield, the Spartans forced most teams to put eight defenders near the line of scrimmage to stop him from running wild, which opened up the passing attack. Last season, Duckett accounted for 77 percent of MSU’s rushing offense and finished third in the Big Ten in rushing. But many seemed to overlook his absence as the season neared.
Business owner Young Oh connects with his customers by providing free Internet access at his local coffee shops. Oh recently added the amenity as a way to accommodate his customers at Caffe Latte, 130 Charles St., and attract new ones to Café Mania, 547 E.
When the MSU volleyball team needing someone to step up because of injuries, a 6-foot-3 redshirt freshman middle did just that this past weekend.
After two weeks of practicing, the MSU men’s basketball team will have a chance to perform in a game situation Saturday at Breslin Center in the team’s Green and White game. It’s the first Green and White game in two years.
Okemos - Megan Long rested flat on her back as a series of small needles were placed into her feet, hands, head and ears.Acupuncture is a traditional Oriental medicine that dates back 4,000 years.
This year’s Heisman Trophy race has become a strange one.Every time someone is labeled the front-runner he seems to fall on his face that very weekend.
Football head coach Bobby Williams is not the answer for MSU. The time has passed for mediocrity. It is time to establish a program that aims to not settle for simply going to the weed eater bowls of college football.
Popular East Lansing eateries are attracting some new clients this fall thanks to a new off-campus meal plan being offered to students against the wishes of university residence halls. The Spartan Select Meal Plan offers students a debit card redeemable at participating restaurants that can be bolstered with parent or student cash throughout the year.