Lansing - Jennifer Granholm stood smiling as she attempted to hush thousands of union workers, teachers, students, parents and politicians Sunday at the Lansing Center.
After months of speculation, it’s official - goaltender Ryan Miller is turning pro. The All-American goalie would have been a senior this season.
Prior to the MSU volleyball team’s Green & White game Saturday, head coach Chuck Erbe called the inter-squad scrimmage a “coming out party.”Anyone who listened to the radio or was in attendance at Jenison Field House didn’t have much of an argument.
Detroit -They’re back. After 25 years in the suburbs, the Detroit Lions returned downtown Saturday to open Ford Field, their new $500 million home. The indoor stadium was designed to be everything the Pontiac Silverdome wasn’t: charismatic, innovative and state-of-the art. Fans who packed the 65,000-seat venue for an afternoon exhibition contest with the Pittsburgh Steelers certainly took notice. “It’s absolutely beautiful, gorgeous,” Tim Jones, a 35-year-old sales manager from Farmington Hills, said before entering.
Lansing - In a play about the fragility of life, two Lansing area men meet for a moment on the Riverwalk Theatre stage and offer their audience a chance to be changed.
Lansing - Daina Ramey Berry looked out at the crowd of women gathered in the basement of the Michigan Women’s Historical Center.
Two sumo wrestlers collided with monstrous force Friday, toppling each other into the unforgiving floor. The silence was broken when muffled laughter from under the excess baggage was liberated as the suit came off and the frail body within stepped out - victorious. The University Activities Board provided 14 free activities for students to lose themselves in at the 26th Annual U-Fest at the Union. The energetic students were allured by the bouncy boxing and sumo wrestling, that students found to be some of the most amusing and embarrassing activities. For the more artistic bunch, there was a craft area, caricatures, airbrush tattoos, wax hands and palm and tarot card readings.
The first batch of students have moved in and settled within Shaw Hall since it closed in 2001 for a $12 million renovation project.But many students living in the building expressed concerns about using the new hot tub-style bathtubs.“I don’t know what goes on in there,” said education sophomore Andrea Mitchell.
Evidence continues to mount that Spartan goaltender Ryan Miller will forego his senior year of eligibility in order to turn professional. Miller, reached at his parents’ house Sunday afternoon, pleaded the fifth on the issue, as he has all summer.
Walk-ons for the men’s basketball team usually help the team by competing hard against the scholarship athletes in practice.
State political veterans were among those chosen to represent the two major parties in the Nov. 5 statewide elections.
I hope you won’t have to see my face in this spot for the rest of the semester. You see, this spot is usually reserved for letters to the editor.
Incoming freshman and returnees alike were introduced to hockey, basketball and football players Friday - without even buying a ticket.Despite a steady drizzle all day Thursday, thousands of students flooded Spartan Stadium for the annual Spartan Spirit rally to support their school.The event provided a familiar atmosphere for new students who were feeling a little overwhelmed by campus, classes and being away from home.Hiroaki Toda is in his first year of study at MSU.
The MSU hockey program held its version of a family reunion last week, but instead of burgers, beer and dorky party games, there were pucks, slap shots and shards of glass.For the third-straight summer, Spartan assistant coach Tom Newton welcomed back former MSU skaters for a weeklong “pro camp” at Munn Ice Arena.
Eric Jorgensen isn’t used to this kind of attention. The MSU senior golfer can’t drive a cart 10 yards at Forest Akers West Golf Course, home of the MSU golf team, without someone stopping to congratulate him on his successful summer.
Emerging from a huge silver submarine, Candace Elliott said the mission inside wasn’t easy.“I was supposed to kill my friend,” the marketing sophomore said of the blow-up laser tag game.
The men’s and women’s soccer teams finished a combined 2-0-1 over the weekend. The No.
With food and friendly faces, minority groups across campus are welcoming new students with receptions this week. The events will begin Monday with the Asian American and Pacific Islander Welcome Reception. Free food will begin the reception, along with a welcome from university administration, said Marc Johnston, co-president of the Asian Pacific American Student Organization. “It’s a building of community and making sure people have contacts,” Johnston said.
For the 2003 edition, MSU is back on Princeton Review’s “party school” list.For the past two years, MSU has not made the Princeton Review’s top 20 party schools in the nation, this year campus has earned the No.
Two incumbents and two longtime political playmakers will duke it out Nov. 5 for two open seats on the MSU Board of Trustees.Democrat incumbent Colleen McNamara and Republican incumbent Donald Nugent will face off against state Sen.