After reviewing a tape from Saturday’s 27-10 win over Rice, one thing was clear to Spartan head coach Bobby Williams. “After looking at the film, we probably should have thrown it to (junior wide receiver) Charles (Rogers) 10 to 15 more times,” he said.
Norm Sauer worked in New York and in Pennsylvania identifying bodies in the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.Though the anthropology professor said he worked amid “a complete destruction of humanity,” he tried to focus on the job at hand.“When I got home, my wife pointed out that I was distant for a few weeks,” Sauer said.
Tomorrow is Sept. 11, but I will not be joining the blathering voices flooding the media with calculated sentimentality.
Peoria, Ill. - After securing the Eastern Division Championship on Sunday, the Lansing Lugnuts opened game one of the League Championship with a 9-2 blowout loss to Peoria on Monday night. “We’ll just chalk it up as a butt-kicking, that’s what we got,” Lansing manager Julio Garcia said.
A 30-year-old male MSU faculty member was found dead in his East Lansing apartment today, university officials said. An acquaintance of the man requested that the MSU police check on the man because he had not been seen recently. MSU police are investigating, but the death is not being ruled as suspicious. The man’s name is not being released until his family has been notified. Visit Statenews.com throughout the day for more information.
Michigan Attorney General Jennifer Granholm will speak on campus today in an effort to sway legislative votes, which could determine the future of MSU’s fire station. Granholm, who is the Democratic candidate for the Nov.
It’s pretty much a fact of life - things don’t often work out the way people expect them to, especially the first time around.
Students can look forward to a variety of programs sponsored by black caucuses in residence halls this year. Black caucuses at MSU is an excellent outlet for minorities to connect through service and programs, Mark Rinella Rather Hall Residence Life director said.
Students sporting T-shirts and shorts congregated students congregated in air-conditioned stores, under umbrellas and in obscure shady retreats Monday to escape the intense heat beating outdoors.
Case closed; Biggie murdered Pac. One of the most well-respected newspapers in the world alleged Friday that the true culprit in the killing of rap phenom Tupac Shakur was his lyrical foe, the Notorious B.I.G.
Black Greek Week began Monday and will run until Friday. An icebreaker, scheduled for Saturday night, will culminate the week long event. A symposium will be held from 8-10 p.m.
MSU President M. Peter McPherson released a draft of new rules Monday aimed to protect political and social activism on campus from undercover investigations. The move comes more than a year and a half after an undercover investigation of a campus activist group by MSU police was unearthed, leading to an outcry from many students, faculty members and area civil liberties leaders. University officials have admitted an undercover officer posed as a student to gain entry into United Students Against Sweatshops, now known as Students for Economic Justice, for about four months beginning in February 2000. In response, the MSU Board of Trustees approved a resolution in September 2001 authorizing such an investigation only under “extraordinary circumstances” and with the approval of the university president.
By midmorning, the day’s heat was already overwhelming as the white Grand Marquis transporting Jennifer Granholm, the Democratic gubernatorial candidate, jumped a curb to park on the grass next to MSU’s fire station. Earlier, sirens sounded as students, government employees and emergency response teams arrived, marking the return to daily campus clamor.
MSU will benefit from a visit from another prominent figure as students might have the chance to have their fears and concerns about life after the Sept.
Just three weeks into the semester, and it’s happening already. Despite my feeble attempts to resist, I’m slipping into the abyss of college ignorance. I’m not talking about stupidity.
Can you remember when the men’s basketball team won the NCAA National Championship in 2000? MSU finished 32-7 that year, but it wasn’t all highs during that season. On a cold December evening, the Spartans took a 9-3 record down to Dayton, Ohio, for a contest with the 2-8 Wright State. As 23-point favorites, the Spartans were expecting a relatively easy contest.
Detroit - President George W. Bush introduced a plan Monday that could cut delays at the Detroit-Windsor border while preventing terrorists from using the area as their gateway. The president, standing under the Ambassador Bridge in front of 1,500 people, joined Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien and Gov.
Finance senior David Nedorezov is expecting to graduate this December - but he still has not looked for a job yet because he is busy with work and class. “It’s probably harder to find a job now,” Nedorezov said.
In this world of typecasts and the same old song and dance, it’s refreshing to see actors placed into new storylines. Fortunately, “City by the Sea” comes as close as humanly possible to meeting the criteria for new ideas. The film portrays New York City police officer Vincent LaMarca (Robert De Niro) unwilling to face his past.
This week, the university community will gather to remember and reflect on the terrible events of Sept.