By JACKIE FROEBER For The State News The dancers who share their talents on the sidelines of MSU football and basketball games celebrated their own victory when they became one of the highest ranked dance teams in the nation - again. The MSU Motion team placed third at the Universal Dance Association College Dance Team National Championship in Orlando, Fla.
There is just one word to describe the Pulitzer Prize winning play “Wit”: astonishing.“Wit” is the heartfelt story of Vivian Bearing, a scholar and professor of English who is diagnosed with terminal ovarian cancer.
I was very upset and disappointed by the cartoon Nate Allen drew of Dave Thomas and cows (SN 1/14). It’s too bad Allen or the editorial staff never got to know Thomas by reading his books, meeting him or knowing the good things he has done for thousands of people.
Like many recent graduates, times are tight for me right now. I have a full-time job making decent money, but paying off student loans and trying to establish a relatively respectable credit rating have really put a clamp on my pocketbook. As I’ve recently moved back to the MSU area, I thought a great way to save some extra dough would be to simply use the intramural facilities at MSU rather than spending a ridiculous amount of money on a gym membership. Imagine my disappointment when I learned that although I paid about $40,000 on my education and will be paying off student loans until my children are ready to go to college, it costs $10 for an IM alumni pass and $5 each visit to an IM facility.
I thought Monday was supposed to be a day to celebrate the life and message shared by civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.
Liquor resellers can now point and click for their products.The Michigan Liquor Control Commission and the Department of Information Technology has developed a price quoting Web site for liquor suppliers.Suppliers can now send in price quotations and commission staff can view the Web sites to determine whether products meets federal standards.The system, launched last week, is also part of the state government’s initiative to create more Internet commerce in Michigan.
Coming off its first road win at Penn State, the MSU men’s basketball team looks to duplicate that feat in Iowa.Like MSU (11-7 overall, 2-3 Big Ten), the No.
Ann Arbor - Coming out of Saturday night’s showdown with No. 8 Michigan at Yost Ice Arena, fifth-ranked MSU is still where it wants to be - alone in first place in the CCHA. Things could have been better for the Spartans - they took a 1-0 lead into the game’s final seven minutes - but they sounded more pleased than disappointed after the 1-1 tie with U-M kept them two points up on the Wolverines in the CCHA standings. “It’s a great tie for Michigan State,” MSU head coach Ron Mason said.
Whether at a campus vending machine or local bookstore, students realize they are getting ripped off.
As Beaumont Tower chimed the melody to “We Shall Overcome,” a group of about 900 students, faculty and staff headed toward Wharton Center’s Great Hall in the brisk cold of Monday night to end the 21st annual Martin Luther King Jr.
Suzi Dibiasio once faced depression alone. The theater freshman, who believes she experienced it undiagnosed during her middle school years, endured it every day, as many do now. A study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association reported the number of Americans who have been treated for depression has soared from 1.7 million in 1987 to 6.3 million in 1997.
News from the state Capitol about higher education appropriations has been grim - to say the least. State Sen.
I just wanted to say the joke State News cartoonist Nate Allen made at Wendy’s hamburger chain founder Dave Thomas’ expense was in very poor taste (SN 1/14). Do you realize how much he did and gave toward children who want to be adopted?
Penn State head coach Rene Portland wasn’t happy after losing 66-62 to the Spartans on Sunday at Breslin Center, and she had good reason.Her Nittany Lions led for most of the second half and held a one-point advantage with 1:14 left after forward Jessica Brungo’s free throws made the count 62-61.But in the final minute, Penn State did one thing the Spartan women’s basketball team didn’t - they played young.After freshman center Kelli Roehrig’s layup put the Spartans back on top 63-62, the Nittany Lions couldn’t answer.
Gov. John Engler, is his final State of the State Address at 7 p.m. Wednesday, is expected to promote his new HiSpeed Internet plan, talk of increased health care coverage and discuss the state’s ailing budget.“We’re in such poor financial shape right now that I expect him to talk about the budget,” said state Rep.
Iowa City, Iowa - The MSU men’s basketball team fell to Iowa 75-71 Tuesday night.The Spartans (11-8 overall, 2-4 Big Ten) had their chances to win - most notably a three-point shot from sophomore guard Marcus Taylor in the final seconds - but the Hawkeyes (14-7, 3-4) were too strong.MSU shot out to an early lead in the second half, scoring the first two buckets, but missed box-outs and lackluster defense led to two consecutive scores by Iowa forward Reggie Evans, making it a three-point game, 44-41.
Lansing - The Unity in CommUnity Forum met Sunday and welcomed new members from Grand Ledge, DeWitt and Haslett. For four hours, more than 50 people divided themselves into different rooms of the Union Missionary Baptist Church, 500 S.
A corporation is not at all like what you’d normally think of as a business, where owners start their own enterprise, pay their workers and are held responsible for the actions and successes or failures of their own company. A corporation is owned by members of the public - its shareholders.
College competition has moved from fields to hospitals with a new program designed to promote blood donation among students. “Points for Pints,” created by the American Red Cross, is in its first year and is placed during the 2001-02 NCAA men’s basketball season. MSU is one of 19 schools participating in the blood drives and contending for an award based on the amount of blood donated between Nov.