The old sports cliché “catch the ball with two hands” haunts Kelvin Torbert after Saturday’s 64-63 loss to Wisconsin.In one motion, the freshman guard caught an inbound pass, cradled the ball and banked in what seemed to be the winning shot as time expired.But after officials reviewed the play, the shot was disallowed.
For Mike Skamiera, a two-week $10 allowance stretched a long way for his first few years at MSU. It was how he afforded school.
Drummer Bill Shaltis admits that it’s more difficult to play acoustic than electric with his band, everything’s fine. “There are a lot of things missing in an acoustic set that you can add in an electric set,” said Shaltis, a music education junior said. “An acoustic set is more intimate and there’s a lot more crowd interaction - it’s more like putting your heart on the line.” Everything’s fine performed Friday night at Caffé Latte, 110 Charles St., for a sizeable crowd. Journalism sophomore Andy Kryza books bands for the venue. “This is probably the second most I’ve ever seen in here for a band,” Kryza said.
On this soundtrack, it rains when it pours. The good songs are amazing and perfect for a mix tape, whereas the weaker songs are terrible. With great numbers by the Foo Fighters, 12 Rods, Pete Yorn and Creeper Lagoon,this record is one of the early forerunners of “best soundtrack of 2002.” The only downfall is that it is more directed toward the pop-ridden theme of the MTV generation than connoisseurs of quality music. It features “Butterfly” by Crazy Town, the most annoying song of 2001, along with a weak tune by Bad Ronald and an Offspring song, “Defy You,”which sounds more like Limp Bizkit than decent alternative rock. “Everything’s Cool” by Lit is nothing out of the ordinary for the band, while Cake’s piece of the pie tastes very good. Perhaps the best part of the disc are the two great songs by Brian Wilson, “Lay Down Burden” and “Love and Mercy,” which both hum with the easy going sweetness of Wilson’s intrigue. Phantom Planet also contributes “California,” a great song accompanied by a tickling of the ivories. Despite some of the songs shooting it in the foot, this record shines more than it dulls and is saved by contributions from some of the best names in rock.
After a roller coaster of emotions through the past football season, I thought I could finally relax and regroup for next season.
Auburn Hills - Bodies hit the floor all night long Friday, but in the end it was MSU’s John Lesneski who remained standing with his arm raised in victory. MSU defeated Michigan 11-9 in the first-ever Toughman Contest fueled by a college rivalry. The kinesiology senior was the fighter who put MSU over the top by winning all four of his contests, including the championship, at the Palace of Auburn Hills. “My head hurts really bad, my thumb is a little messed up, but I’m really happy,” Lesneski said. Lesneski fought four fights in a three-hour time period, explaining his loss for words and desire for aspirin.
I read Sean McGowan’s letter (“Duckett is another Spartan sell out,” SN 1/11) and was very disappointed.
Champaign, Ill. - Despite their best comeback attempts, the Spartan women’s basketball team dropped their third straight game 72-66 to Illinois at Assembly Hall. The Spartans (10-6 overall, 0-5 Big Ten) trailed by as many as 11 to the Fighting Illini (11-4, 4-1) and faced an eight-point deficit at halftime, before staging a second-half comeback that came up just short. Spartan head coach Joanne P.
MSU researchers are trying to fill fields and grocery stores with strawberries - even when the red fruit is out of season. Researchers are investigating the possibility of cross-breeding wild strawberries with conventional short-day breeds to produce a new variety of strawberry that can produce fruit throughout the growing season. Instead of the usual short growing season consisting solely of the beginning of summer, these strawberries would produce fruit from spring through fall. The primary trait researchers are hoping to adapt into the strawberries is a resistance to a particular fungus that causes a condition called black root rot.
Have you ever seen that episode of “The Simpsons” in which Homer Simpson and a group of townspeople, after searching for buried treasure, are sitting at the bottom of a large hole in the ground, pondering how they will escape?
Gymnastics season off to record beginning The MSU women’s gymnastics team opened the season Friday at Jenison Field House with a second-place finish. The four-team field included No.
Here lies the 53-game home winning streak of the MSU men’s basketball team at Breslin Center. Thanks for the memories - Nov.
Children’s sports should never become a matter of life or death. The case of Thomas Junta, the Massachusetts hockey dad who beat another father to death at their sons’ practice, illustrates that point. Junta, 44, was found guilty Friday of involuntary manslaughter for the death of 40-year-old Michael Costin, who died as a result of a ruptured artery in his neck.
Contemporary American playwright and screenwriter Roger Hedden visits MSU’s Department of Theatre to lecture the cast of his latest play, “Been Taken.” The play debuts next Thursday at the Auditorium’s Arena Theatre.During the visit, Hedden will give telecommunication and theater students advice on the film industry, screenwriting, directing and acting.
Pastor’s United will be holding a birthday observance Tuesday in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Kalamazoo - Sixth-ranked MSU had the pedal to the metal in Friday’s 6-3 win over Western Michigan, but the Spartans’ offensive fuel tank went dry a night later as they sputtered to a 2-0 loss in Kalamazoo.The Spartans (16-5-2 overall, 11-4-1 CCHA) seemed to get all the bounces in the series opener at Munn Ice Arena, but MSU players and coaches were left scratching their heads after their luck took a 180-degree turn Saturday at hostile Lawson Arena.Western (12-9-3, 6-8-2) packed 4,575 rowdy fans into Lawson for a “Black Out” promotion Saturday, and the arena continued to be an Achilles’ heel for the Spartans.
What’s with student athletes thinking they can just leave mid-education? People pay to go here and, most times, athletes don’t.
As the weather takes a milder turn in the next couple weeks, Michigan residents can expect a break from the harsh conditions many come to expect from the early part of the year. But this kind of weather isn’t unusual for this time of year, said Walt Felver, a meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Grand Rapids.Temperatures are still around average for the month. “We often have a mild period in January,” Felver said.
Spartan Stadium has bid farewell to artificial turf.Two weeks after the Dec. 1 home finale against the University of Missouri, the turf came up.
Champaign, Ill. - Despite a solid comeback attempt, the Spartan women’s basketball team dropped its third straight game 72-66 to Illinois at Assembly Hall today.The Spartans (10-6 overall, 0-5 Big Ten) trailed by as many as 11 to the Illini (11-4, 4-1) and faced an eight-point deficit at halftime, before staging a second-half comeback that came up just short.The Illini shot 70 percent from the field in the second-half, squashing the Spartans comeback.Illinois center Iveta Marcauskaite led all scorers with 21 points.