After enjoying its winningest season since 1986, going 13-6-1 in 2001, the men’s soccer team is looking toward another tournament run. The Spartans advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament last year before losing to then-No.
No. 10 Michigan vs. No. 9 Washington In a game that pits two tough top-25 teams against each other, the U-M-Washington matchup seems to be the main event this weekend. U-M, which was 12th in the nation in total defense last season according to ESPN.com, returns a tough defensive line, along with linebacker Victor Hobson, who has a shot at defensive player of the year honors.
They’ve heard all the hype. They know the expectations. They’ve answered countless questions.
I read a report Tuesday from a Harvard University study claiming merit-based scholarships are biased in favor of white upper-class students. The study found this because these students are better prepared for standardized tests.
As no-preference freshman Erin Blacha walks from Holden Hall to Spartan Stadium for her first ever MSU football game she will likely meet the rowdy tailgaters, see alumni parties and hear the sounds of the Spartan Marching Band - and she plans on joining in. “I’m supposed to go tailgating with some friends,” she said.
The MSU Department of Theatre’s fall productions are about to get a brand new look.Kirk Domer, the department’s newest faculty member, is fresh out of graduate school from the University of Wisconsin and hopes to bring a different slant to a position previously held by Stan Jensen.“Basically, it’s lighting versus set design,” Domer said while relaxing in his basement office among miniature scenery models for “West Side Story” and Aristophanes’ “The Birds.” “Scenery and lighting design are often grouped together.
When thousands of football fans arrive in East Lansing on Saturday, it will be the beginning of a new year - with the same tradition. The rock on Farm Lane and the tennis courts south of the Duffy Daugherty Football Building will fill to capacity, and traffic will be pouring in from all directions.
The Creole Gallery begins its fourth season next week - complete with a lineup of established artists and newcomers slated to satisfy all genres of music lovers. The gallery, located at 1218 Turner St.
Men’s cross country ranked No. 14 in preseason poll The men’s cross country team is ranked No.
I was getting fully dressed before I went to bed last fall because there is nothing worse than waking up in a room where you could hang meat from the ceiling.
Seven of the Spartan hockey team’s eight freshmen are on campus, going to class, skating at Munn Ice Arena and generally getting acclimated to college life. The only rookie missing is Nenad Gajic, a skilled forward from Burnaby, British Columbia, who is still with his club lacrosse team that’s fighting for the Canadian junior national championship. Gajic, who is also a forward in lacrosse, is pursuing the Minto Cup with the rest of his Burnaby Lakers teammates.
When Jenny Kish drives to Mackinaw City with her church group this weekend for the 2002 Labor Day Bridge Walk, she hopes to dodge as many orange construction cones as possible.But relief from the roadwork that plagued Michigan roads during the summer could be in sight for Kish, and more than a million others who are expected to take to expressways this weekend.
Ypsilanti - The Eastern Michigan Eagles know what they must do in to win it’s season opener Saturday at Spartan Stadium - slow down junior wide receiver Charles Rogers. The problem is they don’t know how.
Show of hands: How many of you are deathly afraid of the real world? I’m not talking about the seven-strangers-picked-to-live-in-a-loft kind, I’m talking about the one after graduation. To be honest, I don’t think the real world is all that much harder than college life, especially if you’ve had some experience living off campus and worked while in school. In the real world, at least, you don’t have to juggle classes, jobs and maintain a somewhat decent social life - all while trying to scrape by with enough cash to pay the bills. It’s not the possible difficulty of post-college life that scares me - I can handle that part just fine.
Despite warnings and horror stories about protecting rented homes and apartments, a study released this week says more than 80 percent of college students living off campus don’t have proper insurance to protect their belongings. Many students do not realize insurance plans can change when they leave for college, said Bob Pierce, CEO of the Michigan Association of Insurance Agents, which released the survey conducted by Insurance Agents & Brokers of America. He said most insurance policies will let a college student be listed as a dependent only if he or she is a full-time student, leaving part-time students to fend for themselves. “When the student moves away to go to school, the parents should contact their insurance agent to determine how much coverage the student will have,” Pierce said.
Before the construction of Shaw Hall or Sparty, before it was MSU, Margaret Halava was a junior on campus, pursuing her degree in music education. But when she was offered a job as a music teacher at Lansing’s Resurrection School in 1938, Halava couldn’t resist it. “It was very hard to find a job at that time - it was the Depression,” she said.
MSU’s College of Education was awarded a five-year, $2.3 million grant from the National Science Foundation that will allow university educators to collaborate with K-8 teachers from Lansing Public Schools to improve science learning.
MSU’s fall 2002 freshman class is the smartest yet - based on ACT scores and grade-point averages.
The MSU student body will decide in the spring whether the Interfraternity and Panhellenic councils will have a vote on the ASMSU Academic Assembly.The Academic Assembly voted 10-2 Tuesday night to hold a referendum to allow the greek councils a vote on Academic Assembly.