A long bus trip to Minnesota and Iowa to face the No. 1 and No. 3 teams in the nation may not be the most desirable route to redemption, but that’s exactly the challenge the MSU wrestling team will face this weekend.The No.12 Spartans are coming off losses to Ohio State and Purdue last weekend.
Working through college is common practice for MSU students, but many working in their residence halls say working on campus has advantages not found off campus. From location to time management to schedule flexibility, on-campus employees have found that working while at MSU doesn’t mean crossing Grand River Avenue. Elementary education sophomore Holly Heymes is a desk receptionist in Wonders Hall, where she lives.
At 3:30 a.m. most insomniacs are finally getting some sleep. For English freshman Jacqueline Boehm, her day is just beginning. Early Monday morning, Boehm prepares for her job as night receptionist at South Hubbard Hall. With only two hours of sleep, Boehm applies a frozen ice-mask over her face in an attempt to wake up.
After months of in-home visits and constant wooing of potential high school football recruits, MSU head coach Bobby Williams announced from inside the Clara Bell Smith Student-Athlete Academic Center the names of 21 recruits who signed a National Letter of Intent with the Spartans. “It really wasn’t an easy decision,” said Gordon Niebylski, a recruit from Birmingham Brother Rice High School in Farmington, Mich.
MSU has more than just ending a seven-game slide on its mind. These women are hungry for redemption.“It’s a pride thing,” head coach Joanne P.
By HOLLY PETERSONThe Daily Universe (Brigham Young U.) PROVO, Utah - DVD and VCR. Both are three-letter acronyms and both are used to watch movies.
Brassy Got It Made Wiiija Records “Nothing, can compete, with the B-R-A-Double S-Y Beat!” At least, that’s what Brassy chants in the opening track of their debut effort entitled, appropriately enough, “No Competition.” The boggle is, they have a lot of competition.
Last Sunday during halftime of the men’s basketball game at Breslin Student Events Center, the 1951 men’s tennis team was awarded for its efforts of a half century ago.
The East Lansing City Council approved Tuesday a request for a legal opinion on the placement of video cameras at some city intersections.If approved by the council, the cameras will be placed at some intersections to photograph the license plates of cars running red lights.
Students who consider using the Internet as a method of academic dishonesty should second guess themselves before they click twice.There are many sites, such as www.plagiarism.org, designed for professors to find out if work has been forged.Rosemary Johnsen a visiting assistant English professor at MSU, said she did not used to be concerned with students taking work off the Internet.That was until last semester - when she caught a student in the act.“I checked it out because it was so obviously not the student’s own work,” she said.
A plan to put video cameras at some East Lansing intersections to monitor those who run red lights could have some good results, but there are issues with the plan that need to be addressed before further action is taken. The East Lansing City Council is considering a plan to put cameras at intersections.
MASON - A new Heavy Rescue Unit Vehicle, equipped with flashers, sirens and a spotlight system lined in brown and gold, branded with the insignia of the Ingham County Sheriff’s Office was introduced Tuesday.The $38,350 white Ford F550 Diesel is equipped with $11,260 worth of tools - lighting system, a generator, the jaws of life and a temporary helicopter landing site - that are used in emergencies.“We can deliver services to the public better, more efficiently and be assured the units will be there,” Ingham County Sheriff Gene Wriggelsworth said.Wriggelsworth announced the new vehicle Tuesday at a press conference in the sheriff’s garage.The sheriff’s office assisted seven fires and two extractions in 2001.
Several Lansing vehicle dealerships will be inspecting child safety seats for free next week to help keep children secure during vehicle crashes - the No.
A report released Tuesday suggests Michigan charter schools may be excluding secondary and physically disabled students.
Applause seems called for, considering the swift progress of our new president. George W. Bush has branched out from his familiar territory of murder by execution in our racially-biased justice system.
By JULIE KNAPP For the State News In the spirit of Valentine’s Day, the Food Science Club is hosting a Love Cans fund-raiser, selling gifts far from the traditional red roses or heart-shaped boxes of chocolates. Love Cans are soup cans filled with Hershey’s Kisses, Laffy Taffy, Ring Pops, sour candy and Tootsie Rolls.
As an undergraduate, Christa Robinson was petrified to walk around campus on her own.“They show you a film to freak you out,” the telecommunication graduate student recalled of her first days on campus.
With spanking-new theatrical Spartan blood and lots of enthusiasm, two freshmen will put their talent to work and lead the MSU Department of Theater’s spring productions, “Sylvia” and “The Diary of Anne Frank.”“We give the roles to the talent,” said Frank Rutledge, MSU professor of theater, of his decision to cast no-preference freshman Megan Milota as Anne in “The Diary of Anne Frank.” “It’s how professional theater works, and university theater should echo pro theater as much as possible.”Anne is a character who possesses an unbridled amount of spirited girlish charm, which develops to a somber maturity beyond her years, and the play covers serious and accurate areas of history.
Michigan’s Republican governor and Democratic attorney general brought a unified message to the Kellogg Center on Tuesday: Government should keep its hands off the high-tech industry. Gov.