The men’s tennis team (13-9 overall, 1-6 Big Ten) split six singles matches against underdog Penn State, but the Nittany Lions claimed the team doubles point and a 4-3 victory over MSU on Sunday in State College, Pa. Freshman Andrew Formanczyktm (No.
It’s a nice thought for the ASMSU Student Assembly to approve pay for a ropes challenge course on campus.
MSU placed 31 athletes from six different sports onto the Winter Academic All-Big Ten Conference Team.
Michigan is one of eight states without a hazing law, but that could change with a package of bills proposed by State Rep.
Lansing - Gov. John Engler signed the fiscal year 2003 community college budget Monday that will maintain 2002 funding levels for Michigan’s 28 community colleges. Engler signed a similar budget for the state’s 15 public universities April 1, stating the Legislature would not cut funding to the universities as long as they keep tuition increases at or below 8.5 percent or $425, whichever is greater. The community college budget for fiscal year 2003 will remain at $321.7 million with Lansing Community College receiving $32.2 million in funding.
The undergraduate student government’s Academic Assembly members last week discussed a way to become more accountable to their constituents by forming a committee to keep a closer eye on representative attendance at meetings.But ASMSU’s Student Assembly has yet to address the issue despite attendance inconsistencies.Student Assembly makes decisions on how to disperse more than $1 million of student tax dollars.By the end of the 2001-02 session, there were 22 members left on the assembly out of 25 members who started.
If Adam Schaffer gets his way, a nine-inch by four-inch card distributed in residence halls next year could save lives.Schaffer, an Olin Health Advocate and human biology sophomore, is working with residence life staff to distribute breast and testicular self-examination cards in residence halls.
For the 11th straight year, the MSU Board of Trustees may raise the cost of living in the residence halls. Trustees will vote Friday on a proposal that would increase the cost of living in residence halls by $254 for an academic year - a 5.4 percent jump from the 2001-02 school year.
The women’s tennis team. (11-8, 3-4) claimed two singles wins, but lost 5-2 to Ohio State on Sunday at the Indoor Tennis Facility. The Buckeyes (16-3, 4-2) swept the three doubles matches and also won at No.
MSU researchers may have found a way to control the number of fish killed by parasitic sea lamprey.Weiming Li, an associate professor of fisheries and wildlife, has been working on isolating the pheromones of sea lamprey.
East Lansing officials have gained support from members of ASMSU on a plan to give the city’s dilapidated homes a makeover. The program has surfaced as a new form of the rental buyback policy that failed three years ago. MSU’s undergraduate student government is supporting the buyback plan because the city wants to hold landlords responsible, said Jonathan Rosenthal, director of community affairs for the organization. “Basically, what is happening is students are not going to put up with it anymore,” he said.
The MSU softball team will ride its season-high seven-game winning streak into tonight’s game against Detroit.The Spartans (18-21 overall, 3-3 Big Ten) will kick off a doubleheader against the Titans (11-7) at 3 p.m.
As someone who is soon graduating from college, I look back fondly on my time here. On losing my virginity (no, it wasn’t last week), on getting drunk a lot in the dorms, or that time my friends and I horribly beat a hobo and hid his body in a Dumpster. Well, maybe not the last one.
The MSU basketball team received its first verbal commitment in a top 25 recruit for its 2003 recruiting class.Detroit DePorres junior point guard Brandon Cotton, widely considered a top prospect, told Spartan head coach Tom Izzo Monday that the two-year starter plans to don the green and white.Cotton said Izzo was the deciding factor in choosing MSU.“Coach Izzo wins a lot and produces good players,” Cotton said Monday night.
In response to Craig Sopo’s letter, “City government not college-oriented” (SN 4/5), I agree with him on Mayor Pro Tem Sam Singh’s comments regarding the city’s priorities with students.
“Equus,” performed last weekend at Riverwalk Theatre, brings intensity to the stage.
This inquisition must be stopped. Police and Ingham County prosecutors hope dragging five MSU students through criminal court will help teach other students about the dangers of excessive drinking.
Heavy rain and strong winds didn’t stop Jewish students Monday night from promoting peace and honoring those who have perished in the violence in the Middle East.Gathering at the rock on Farm Lane Monday, students from MSU’s Hillel Jewish Student Organization celebrated Jewish Heritage Month at the “Standing Together for Israel” event.
Ann Arbor - Amidst the watchful eyes of police officers, visitors to the 31st annual Hash Bash still managed to hit the hookah. The line to smoke the flavored tobacco from the pipe was just one of the attractions of the pro-marijuana event, which was kicked off with a rally on the Diag of the University of Michigan’s campus. Cheers of “Marijuana, marijuana, hey, hey, hey, get high,” were sung over and over again as signs proclaiming “Hemp: It’s food, not drugs” and “Legalize freedom” were held up by protesters on the Diag. “I think it went real well and I think it was a good crowd,” said Hash Bash organizer Adam Brook.