Women’s golf coach Stacy Slobodnik-Stoll will coach Team USA against Team Japan at the Glen Club on July 15-17 in Glenville, Ill. Slobodnik-Stoll will coach the top four female U.S.
Term limits are driving Gov. John Engler out of office - along with many other Republicans.In late January, Engler accepted the resignations of State Police Director Col.
The Spartan men’s basketball team may have to gun down Big-Ten-leading No. 16 Ohio State on Sunday at Breslin Center without its most effective weapon available. Sophomore guard Marcus Taylor could still be shelved for the Spartans’ (13-9 overall, 4-5 Big Ten) 1 p.m.
Students from 10 Michigan campuses gathered in Lansing together during the weekend to discuss anti-Semitism, Israel’s history and upcoming elections.
Lansing - A promise not to cut higher education funding by Gov. John Engler to Michigan’s university presidents was one of the many items formally unveiled Thursday when Engler released his 2003 budget. Universities will receive no cuts in funding as long as they keep tuition increases at or below 8.5 percent or $425, whichever is greater. University presidents have verbally agreed to the measure, but they must officially sign on by Feb.
For the second year, MSU will host a benefit concert Saturday at IM Sports-West for St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tenn.The event will have free food, prizes, a palm reader, a psychic and will feature local rock acts Mason’s Case, Lucid Jones and Under Construction.Cara LaCroix, an international relations and finance senior, is the executive director of the benefit concert, titled “Up ’til Dawn.”“Last year we were able to raise a couple thousand dollars for the hospital,” she said.
I am writing in response to the letter “Abortion fueled by casual sex culture” (SN 2/5). The letter writer writes, “Until we get past our view of sex as recreational sometimes and reproductive other times, we will continue to rely on abortion,” and, “In order to maintain our current lifestyle, abortion is necessary to clean up the mistakes.” First of all, sex is recreational at times, and this is not specific to our own culture.
Which Jesus? Which differences? Those were my two questions as I read Matt Treadwell’s column “When it comes to faith, big picture more important than minor details” (SN 2/6). Some differences like ice cream preferences don’t matter.
By now the air has cleared on recruiting and 19 new players have added their names to the MSU football roster for fall 2002.
For anyone who’s interested in classic films, the movie “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” is definitely a milestone.
Although the name Lloyd Ward may not be spoken in the same breath as U.S. Olympians, the 1970 MSU graduate will play an important role in the 2002 Winter Olympic Games. Ward was appointed Nov.
Thank you for the editorial on Gov. John Engler’s crude, self-serving attempt to become president of our university (“Musical chairs,” SN 2/7). It is amazing when one considers how stupid he must think his fellow Spartans are to believe him when he says he wouldn’t let political considerations influence his decisions on who should serve our university.
Those looking to get themselves in gear for Valentine’s Day may find their solution with a love poetry reading this weekend. The Arts Council of Greater Lansing will present “Burning Desires” on Sunday at Otherwise Gallery, 1207 Turner St.
Fourth-ranked MSU’s highly touted defense won the battle against Notre Dame’s high-octane offense, shutting it down for a 2-0 win Friday night at Munn Ice Arena.Equally impressive, however, was the Fighting Irish’s defense, which was third worst in the league coming into the game.
This weekend, everyone in town has the chance to use the word “rotoscoping” in a conversation.
The high school grade-point averages of incoming freshmen to MSU have been increasing steadily during the last seven years - and this year’s freshman class is no exception. The average GPA of MSU’s 2001-02 freshman class is 3.52, an increase from the 2000-01 freshman class average of 3.48. In 2001, more than 37 percent of incoming freshmen took Advanced Placement exams.
The Residence Halls Association members voted 17-1 with six abstentions to send two letters to people involved with a Toughman Contest last month.Representatives will send one letter to MSU’s Alliance of Lesbian-Bi-Gay-Transgendered and Straight Ally Students and another letter to AdoreAble Promotions Inc.Members of the LBGT community became concerned after the promotions company put on a “homosexual match” during the competition last month, which pitted two men in a mock bout.RHA’s special events program sponsored the trip to the contest at the Palace of Auburn Hills on Jan.
The MSU women’s basketball teams’ NCAA Tournament hopes have been dimming, but the dream is still alive. The Spartans (14-9 overall, 4-8 Big Ten) are looking to stop a two-game slide when Illinois (13-7, 6-4) comes to Breslin Center Saturday. To keep its tournament hopes alive, a win is almost a necessity for MSU. “The game is very important,” junior forward Syreeta Bromfield said.
In response to “Detainees deserve humane treatment” (SN 2/6), all I can say is Mara Wolke should be utterly ashamed of herself.