For the last three weeks, the Bush administration has been warning Taliban officials they had better accede to our country’s demands, “or else.” Sunday, the first wave of our “or else” struck targets in Afghanistan, including the capital city of Kabul. B-2 stealth bombers and cruise missiles were used in attacks throughout the Texas-sized nation beginning about 12:30 p.m.
Two things were expected going into “The Cold War” on Saturday at Spartan Stadium - it would be big and the game would be a close one.After 74,554 MSU and Michigan fans spilled into the stadium’s stands and aisles, easily breaking the world record for attendance at a hockey game, that much came true.And after overtime ended with a 3-3 tie, most of those fans gathered their blankets and hats and walked down the ramps to the concourse without a second thought that a game between two top-five teams should have ended any differently.But it was unexpected factors - the crowd, the noise, the pregame hoopla, the lighting, the cold, the board and ice conditions - that made the night one the Spartan players and fans said they won’t soon forget.“As soon as we walked out and everyone in the stands saw us, they just started going nuts,” senior right wing Adam Hall said.
After all the hype and anticipation, “The Cold War” finally ended with dramatic fire blasts shooting from black bins surrounding the portable ice arena in Spartan Stadium and the scoreboard reading
It might have looked like a protest along Grand River Avenue on Sunday when groups of students and community members lined the roadway with white signs, but a closer look showed that the “protesters” were praying quietly for life.The groups were participating in the Life Chain, a national non-denominational movement on the first Sunday of October to promote pro-life thinking.“We’re not a political group, we’re a prayer group,” said Marty Johnson, an East Lansing resident who helped plan the event.
Irving Zane Taran’s retrospective selection of art is enjoying its last exhibit at Hankins Gallery.Taran’s paintings from the 1960s and 1970s are slowly being sold, so when the exhibit ends in mid-November, his early work will be unavailable for display.“We won’t do a show that traverses this much time and space again,” he said.What remains for this exhibition are selections that in 1997 hung in the walls of the Midland Center for the Arts along with a Mark Rothko exhibit.Part of his success, he says, can be attributed to the atmosphere of East Lansing and MSU.“This is my community,” he said.
The area surrounding the Sparty statue is a death zone for pedestrians and drivers traversing Kalamazoo Street.
Senior cornerback DeMario Suggs broke his left ankle in practice Thursday, a day after redshirt freshman cornerback Jason Harmon broke his right ankle in practice.Both Suggs and Harmon suffered similar injuries and will miss eight-to-10 weeks, Assistant Athletics Director John Lewandowski said.“He was on punt coverage,” Lewandowski said.
A pair of brothers and a friend play a prank on a lonely trucker and pay the price.That’s the basic plot of what is expected to be one of this weekend’s big money-makers, “Joy Ride,” starring Paul Walker Steve Zahn and Leelee Sobieski.
The No. 7 MSU field hockey (10-4) team continued its winning ways by downing Miami (Ohio) 4-0 in the Duffy Daugherty Football Building on Sunday. Junior forward Julia Adams scored the game-winning goal on a penalty corner with 2:59 left in the first half. Sophomore forward Theresa Pusateri and freshman back Judith van Haeringen padded the score before senior forward Maureen Halstead capped the rout off with her tenth goal of the season with 17:47 left in the game. The successful day ended a winning weekend for MSU.
Chandra Thomas said seeing a snake was frightening. “My dad was scared of it and I was too,” the eight-year-old Lansing resident said. Chandra, her two-year-old sister Amari and father Stephen Thomas were just some of the families at Conservation Day. The event was sponsored by the Potter Park Zoological Society and held at the Potter Park & Zoo, 1301 S.
The MSU women’s soccer team (5-4-2, 2-3-1 Big Ten) split the weekend winning Sunday 1-0 at Ohio State and losing 4-0 Friday at Penn State.
When senior outside hitter Erin Hartley landed on the foot of junior middle blocker Angela Morley and went down with a sprained ankle in the second game Saturday at Purdue, it was reason to be worried. “She’s the primary player on our team and it takes a lot away from us,” Spartan head coach Chuck Erbe said. But when Hartley returned midway into the same game, it was reason to be inspired. “We got a big lift when Erin came back into the game, and she played great,” junior outside hitter Kyla Smith said.
The heated rivalry on the ice during Saturday’s “Cold War” was melted into a night of lines and friends for many.East Lansing night spots were filled with students, alumni and visitors for the hockey game.With the temperature at 41 degrees and the wind chill at 32 degrees, people still traveled or stood in line to celebrate the game with friends.Dave Milligan, owner of Crunchy’s, 254 W.
MSU freshman center Jim Slater wasn’t about to let his first collegiate hockey game end in a loss to archrival Michigan in a season-opening CCHA battle in front of a world-record crowd in Spartan Stadium.So Slater introduced and endeared himself to the Spartan hockey faithful with a memorable game-tying goal late in “The Cold War” on Saturday night as No.
Sports fans proved Saturday that weather, time and even sporting genre don’t matter when universities put on their game faces.The only thing that does matter is rivalry.“I don’t care if they’re playing Tiddlywinks, this is MSU versus U of M,” said Tom Ludwig, a resident of Chelsea who began tailgating at 2:30 p.m.“You can watch this on TV tomorrow, but there’s no replacement for seeing this live.”Spartan and Wolverine fans alike packed campus for “The Cold War”, the record-breaking hockey game between U-M and MSU in Spartan Stadium.With temperatures hovering just a few degrees above freezing at their coldest, the number of tailgaters entering campus just as the sun began to shine were down from the average football game.But by noon, the hockey Saturday looked just like a football Saturday.Most lots normally designated for alumni donors were open to the public, giving students and hockey fans a chance to feel the thrills and chills of tailgating and rivalry for their sport of choice.And there were chills for hockey tailgaters to match the ice crystallized over Spartan Stadium’s turf.“We’re beyond freezing,” said telecommunication senior Miranda Dietrich, who had been hopping up and down for warmth at her tailgating spot, near the tennis courts on Wilson Road, since 9:30 a.m.“We’ve got layers and layers.
A persistent drizzle Friday night forced Michigan to cancel its only scheduled outdoor practice before “The Cold War” and take shelter inside Munn Ice Arena.But the host Spartans braved the elements and skated on the portable rink inside Spartan Stadium for about 30 minutes Friday.
The women’s tennis team takes on intrastate-rival Michigan at 10 a.m., today at the Wolverine Fall Invitational in Ann Arbor. MSU will send nine members to the tournament - its second of the year - to compete against host U-M, Bowling Green, DePaul and Marquette, among others. Freshman Mandy Caldemeyer will be looking to build on her strong performance last weekend at the MSU Spartan Cup.
It’s not a cold war, it’s a green war.The Potter Park Zoological Society, 1301 S. Pennsylvania Ave.
Possibly no one pulled themselves back together after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks quicker than the members of the Ballet Folkl?rico de México. The company was scheduled to perform for U.N.