To say I am disappointed with the lack of attention our hockey team gets would be a gross understatement. MSU is blessed with the winningest coach in college hockey history, the best player in all of college hockey (Ryan Miller), and a team that is ranked fifth in the nation.
Lansing - MSUreceived $326 million in funding Tuesday.The state Senate approved budgets for universities and community colleges that deny them funding increases but protect them from cutbacks.On a 36-1 vote, without debate, senators approved a $1.7 billion budget for Michigan’s 15 universities in the fiscal year beginning Oct.
The women’s basketball team knows it needs a strong showing in the Big Ten Tournament to prolong the season.Winning it all in Indianapolis is probably the only way the Spartans (16-11 overall, 6-10 Big Ten) will earn a trip to the NCAA Tournament.
Warning. What you are about to read may shock you. Prepare yourself. Here it comes. The State News Opinion Page is full of biased propaganda. “No,” you say.
The interests of workers around the world will be discussed at 7 p.m. today. The Journal of International Law will present “Labor Rights in a Free Trade World: Paradigm or Paradox?” at the Wharton Center’s Pasant Theatre. A panel of trade representatives, business leaders, economists and scholars will be moderated by MSU President M.
Photographer Jan-Michael Stump was named the 2001 College Photographer of the Year by the Michigan Press Photographers Association.
by SHANNON HOUGHTON For The State News Freshman year in high school was a turning point for me.
Love her or hate her, she’s going to continue making records for quite a while - so it’s important to take her for what she’s worth, even if she’s way past her prime.
The State News is wrong to not back President Bush on oil drilling. Firstly, fuel cells and hybrid cars will mostly likely phase out the combustion engine in the future, but hybrids still require gas.
Josh Clayton-Felt is someone who needs to be heard. The former School of Fish leader died in 2000, at 32, of cancer.
An East Lansing district court judge ruled Tuesday that the husband of a slain MSU graduate student will stand trial for her death.Dennis Salerno appeared in court nearly a year after his wife Michelle Salerno’s body was found near Bowling Green State University in Ohio.
Art • Barista Cafe, Case Hall: Exhibition, until Thursday. The “Art on the Wall” program presents “A Celebration of African American Heritage - Art and Artifacts.” For more information, e-mail knightt@msu.edu. • Kresge Art Museum: Gallery talk by Maya Islas, 5-6:20 p.m.
Former Spartan head coach Gus Ganakas will receive the 2002 Men’s Basketball Distinguished Alumnus Award, the university announced Tuesday. Ganakas, who is currently the team’s color commentator on the Spartan Radio Network, is the sixth recipient of the award.
Kellogg Co., a longtime contributor to MSU, has made another donation to the university.The MSU Board of Trustees, in a special meeting via conference call, approved Tuesday the donation of two sets of patents.The 11 U.S.
Whatever happened to Kevin Costner? Once upon a time he was great, starring in movies like “Bull Durham” and “Dances With Wolves.” But now he seems to pick movies by throwing darts at scripts, and he hasn’t gotten a good one yet.“3000 Miles to Graceland,” “Thirteen Days” and “The Postman,” for God’s sake?
By NICOLE BIRKHOLD For The State News As Sarah Hughes and Michelle Kwan celebrated bringing home two Olympic medals in women’s figure skating last week, some MSU figure skaters prepared to accomplish dreams of their own. The MSU Figure Skating Club has qualified for the U.S.
Mason - Posts still stand where waterfowl and goslings were once raised, the old, rusted fencing and barbed wire lying nearby. Just across the trail, the remnants of last season’s prairie grasses stick up above the small amount of snow cover. The Ingham Conservation District has worked to clean up the land since receiving it two years ago but executive director Susan Tangora said there is still a lot to be done. Eventually the district wants to restore the 200-acre plot to a mix of beech-maple woodland, grassland and wetland areas. But a lack of funds limits the amount of work the small district can do. “Volunteers are a really good resource,” Tangora said.
I just wanted to take a moment to tell the MSU men’s basketball team how proud I am of the extraordinary job that it is doing.
A presentation titled “Mexican Immigration Workers: Is Working in the U.S. Good or Bad for Health?” will be held noon Thursday in 301 Nisbet Building.
As people strive to figure out their place in the post-Sept. 11 world, it’s crucial for them to learn as much as possible about the circumstances that led to such a tragedy. The events of that morning are among the most significant in our history - it’s imperative we learn about them.