No longer can junior right wing Adam Hall hide out at the side of the net without opposing defensemen noticing.Hall amassed 42 goals in his first two seasons with the Spartans because he wasn’t the focus of attention.
However much I disagree with Ashley Bell’sopinion of Michigan’s new concealed weapons law (“Concealed weapons will increase guns,” SN 3/23), I commend her for explaining the bill objectively, as many people like the “Million” Moms (numbering closer to five) and the press fail to do.
John Johnson, president of Shaw Hall Black caucus, said the Tomi-Terre Hollingshed Memorial Scholarship gives remembrance to a woman who touched many lives.“It really keeps Tomi’s spirit alive and it gives us time to reflect on her life and everything for Shaw Black Caucus,” the advertising junior said.The $1,000 scholarship, named for an MSU student who was murdered in Detroit in 1997, will be presented for the third year at 4 p.m.
Speaking as an orange- and blue-blooded Fighting Illini fan, I want to wish the Spartans good luck against Arizona this weekend in the Final Four.
MSU’s Jewish Studies Program will remember the deaths of more than 6 million Jews by holding its annual Commemoration of the Holocaust.The international memorial has been supported by MSU for the past eight years, Director of Jewish Studies, Steve Weiland said.The commemoration includes lectures, a workshop for teachers and a newly adapted version of “The Diary of Anne Frank” by the MSU Theatre Department.“It will help students learn about this particular time in history and the many dimensions of these events,” Weiland said.Today David Roskies will give the 2001 David and Sarah Rabin Memorial Lecture at the Union.
You wouldn’t think it.After all the honors and milestones Charlie Bell has helped MSU accomplish in his past four seasons, what’s excited the senior guard most lately has had nothing to do with banners or trophies.
The crackle of a record needle emanated purposefully from Wharton Center’s main stage speakers, and several audience members turned to each other and murmured versions of the phrase “It’s just like a record” - a record no one had heard in years, judging from the head bopping, clapping and stomping that was soon to follow.The spotlight hit Jewel Tomkins, draped in a floor-length, flashy pink sequin number, who belted out, “I Can Hear Music.”This song, by Ellie Greenwich, was one of roughly 30 numbers performed by the 13-member cast of “Leader of the Pack” at Wharton Center on Tuesday.
“The Diary of Anne Frank” will explore the lives of seven people trapped in a small attic for two years, fighting stir-crazy tensions and discovery, while hiding from the Nazis in Amsterdam during World War II and the Holocaust. MSU students have been rehearsing since February for the show, which debuts tonight in the Wharton Center’s Pasant Theatre. Megan Milota, a theater freshman, plays Anne. “The most important thing about Anne is her intelligence,” Milota said of Anne’s portrayal.
Last weekend, I went back home to Kalamazoo. I was driving around with my friends trying to find a parking spot at Warehouse Records when all of a sudden, a black car with tinted windows pulled up alongside me.
Longevity is the only requirement for becoming a dynasty. Three straight Final Four appearances and four consecutive Big Ten Championships can’t begin to tell the tale of today’s MSU hoop dream. Former MSU leaders like Mateen Cleaves and Morris Peterson are entrenched as legends, leaving head coach Tom Izzo - the prophet - to mastermind future championship teams.
Coach Izzo deserves congratulations for what is already another great season, but he deserves even more respect for how he and his team reached this point.
Five recruits have signed letters of intent to join the Spartan field hockey team next fall.Jaqueline Ahinga, Christina Kirkaldy, Kelly Collier, Katie Minns and Michelle Carstens will start their collegiate careers suiting up for the Spartans.Ahinga and Collier will bolster the team’s backfield and have a chance to contribute defensively.Head coach Michele Madison said she expects the freshman defenders to have an immediate impact.“We look for the freshman to help us defensively from the start,” she said.“Kelly has a great attitude and desire to play for the Spartans.
Judy Shepard, the mother of a gay University of Wyoming student who was beaten to death more than two years ago, will visit campus Monday to discuss the effects of hate on America. Matthew Shepard died in October 1998 after being severely beaten and left to die tied to a fence near Laramie, Wyo.
Thousands of Spartan fans came to say farewell to the men’s basketball team Wednesday - many carrying signs saying the squad is “Ready to repeat.” The team, prior to departing for the Final Four in Minneapolis, Minn., where it will take on Arizona on Saturday, emerged from the tunnel in the Breslin Student Events Center wearing matching green warm-ups. And head coach Tom Izzo and his players promised the crowd they’d do their best to bring home a win against the Wildcats.
Tim Hearon hasn’t had a weekend free from hockey games since Christmas. The freshman center and the rest of the top-ranked MSU hockey team has raced around the Midwest every weekend for the past three months, fulfilling its CCHA schedule and maintaining its No.
It’s become part of her spring wardrobe.Jennifer Pease is sporting the same Spartan fashion she did a year ago - Final Four garb.The interdisciplinary studies senior, who will be packing away a Final Four sweatshirt today in time to travel to see the Spartans compete against Arizona in Minneapolis, Minn., browsed through racks of green and white merchandise in hopes of finding a perfect outfit to wear Saturday.“I’m sure I will buy Final Four merchandise,” Pease said Wednesday as she took off a sweatshirt before eyeing a pile of T-shirts.
College basketball is filled with McDonald’s All-Americans and blue chippers that should have been great.But when one blossoms, it’s truly something special.As a freshman, many demand to start, demand the ball and demand the spotlight.
It was a case of good news and bad news for the MSU softball team in its home opener Wednesday at Old College Field.
A federal court ruling ordering the University of Michigan law school to stop using race as a factor in admissions is getting mixed reaction at MSU. Third-year MSU-Detroit College of Law student Michael Bell disagrees with the decision, saying the ramifications of the case are enormous. “In my opinion this case ranks up there with the Dred Scott case, Plessy v.
Victor Davis Hanson, a renowned author and professor, will address agricultural issues during a special visit to MSU today.His speech, “The Legacy of Family Farming from Ancient Greece to Contemporary America,” is scheduled for 7:30 p.m.