T.J. Duckett’s decision just continues a disappointing trend in MSU athletics. Zach Randolph, Jason Richardson and Plaxico Burress all bailed out after seasons of personal success.
After experiencing one internship at Ford Motor Co., a second internship may be far from guaranteed for Bryce Roebke.“It’ll probably be much tougher to get one,” the mechanical engineering freshman said.
The MSU men’s basketball team has a chance to earn its first Big Ten win of the season Wednesday.Purdue (9-9 overall, 1-3 Big Ten) comes to Breslin Center to face the Spartans (9-7, 0-3) in a battle of conference bottom-dwellers, and MSU head coach Tom Izzo is confident his squad will be able to its winning woes around.MSU is winless in its last four games.After Wisconsin snapped the Spartans’ 53-game home winning streak Saturday, the team has dubbed Wednesday’s game a must-win contest.
Michigan can now receive assistance from other states during an in-state emergency or disaster under legislation signed by Gov.
The cheers and hollers that usually fill Spartan Stadium have been replaced by the sounds of bulldozers digging through asphalt underneath artificial turf. Beginning next fall, the Spartans will play on a softer, more forgiving surface - natural grass grown by MSU’s turf management program. The MSU Board of Trustees hired Haussman Construction Co. of Lansing in October to remove the artificial turf, asphalt and drainage system, replace the irrigation system and lay down new asphalt.
Many lawmakers expect Michigan’s budget woes to be reinforced at a meeting with economists today in the Capitol. The directors of the House and Senate fiscal agencies as well as Treasurer Doug Roberts will report to lawmakers on how much the state can expect to collect in taxes this year.
After 25 years of preaching, Nathaniel Thomas still gets nervous every time he approaches the podium.
Andrew Goetz’s column (“ ‘Election reform’ bill...” SN 1/14) draws deserved attention to the problems Senate Bill 173 will inevitably create, but he fails to highlight the most disturbing facet of the Republican-led elimination of straight party voting.
Many years ago in a galaxy far, far away, I traveled to Japan as an exchange student. While there, I got a nice look at a different culture and gained a whole new respect for people all over the world. There, while hanging out at my host family’s home, we flipped on the television and started watching game shows.
The Supreme Court decision to reject the case of Rodney LeVake, a Minnesota biology teacher, is the latest defeat for parents who want their public school children to receive a competent science education.
As a land-grant institution, MSU should do all it can to make itself accessible to students of all economic backgrounds. A study released last week by the Lumina Foundation for Education said that four-year public colleges in 45 states, Michigan included, are not affordable to low-income students without financial aid. Even after utilizing all the financial-aid options available, many students still cannot afford to attend college, but one of the founding principles of a land-grant university is to provide education to the everyday man.
Don Jordan felt the sting of tuition last year, but didn’t bother to feel the pain again April 15. He didn’t fill out his tax forms. He said the forms were to confusing and he was too lazy. “One thing that really gets me is there are so many forms,” he said.
Lansing - City council members abandoned a proposal Monday night that would have ended the broadcast of some public comment periods on local cable television.Instead, the council voted 6-2 to shorten the amount of time the public has to speak, hoping to end what some council members call theatrics by overzealous residents.Under the last-minute compromise plan proposed by Third Ward Councilmember Tony Benavides, the public comment period at the end of meetings earmarked for nonagenda items will be merged with an earlier chance to speak on items up for a vote.
T.J. Duckett made a terrible decision to enter the NFL. The guy is too slow for NFL linebackers, who are every bit as strong as he is.
For the first time in the history of East Lansing, ASMSU’s Academic Assembly and city council are collaborating to gain a better understanding of student and city issues. Mayor Mark Meadows and Academic Assembly Chairperson Matt Clayson, decided this meeting would be a valuable opportunity for the entire community. ASMSU is the undergraduate student government. Clayson, who worked with city council officials to organize tonight’s agenda, said he is looking forward to the joint meeting. “It will be a learning experience for me to see how a small city government operates rather than just an academic government,” Clayson said. But more than focusing on the operating strategies each body possesses, Clayson said he would like to build an academic relationship with the city.
A glance at the Spartan women’s basketball team’s spot in the Big Ten conference standings might not fairly portray where the team is at.
The sixth-ranked Spartans are in the midst of a rare eight-day, three-game stretch against three different schools at three different arenas. Behind MSU is a 2-0 loss at Western Michigan on Saturday night. Looming on the horizon is a main event showdown against the co-first-place Michigan Wolverines at Yost Ice Arena this Saturday. But for the only time this season, Tuesday is a game-night this week.
Lansing’s BioPort Corp. became one step closer to distribution of its anthrax vaccine, an official for the U.S.
The MSU Department of Police and Public Safety has created a new post to better police-student relations on campus, as a university task force looks to do the same. The department announced a new division on Monday, in light of recommendations from the Task Force on Student-Police Relations, in hope to increase communication between students and officers. The Student Support Division will be overseen by Capt.