Los Angeles, Calif. - The Spartans defeated the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in the first round of the 2000 Division I Women’s Volleyball Championship on Saturday.MSU needed four games to defeat the Panthers (15-5, 15-4, 7-15, 19-17) despite taking a 2-0 lead.“We let them back into the match and got ourselves into a dogfight,” said MSU head coach Chuck Erbe.
I very rarely disagree with “Our Voice.” However, I must disagree with the opinion that Vice President Al Gore should concede ( “Recountdown,” SN 11/27). Under no circumstances should he even think about conceding.
By RON FOURNIER The Associated Press Al Gore’s lawyers battled for his political survival in the Florida and U.S.
I feel both the need and obligation to respond to Dallas Smoke’s letter, (Paper reviews unpopular music” SN 11/28). Let me start by quickly defending the CDs that did not please Smoke.
SWARTZ CREEK - David Garcia began a 55-mile journey on foot Thursday afternoon that would bring him to Lansing in an effort to draw attention to gay rights. After a stop at MSU this morning, Garcia planned to hold a 9 a.m.
With the holidays quickly approaching, many students are scrambling to find the perfect gift. The Union Activities Board’s Holiday Arts and Crafts Show just might be the place to find the presents for friends and family - or even something nice for yourself. “I would say anybody would be able to afford something here,” said Erecenia Friday, Union Activities Board office manager and a communication junior.
After successfully completing a stretch of seven games against teams with a 50-29-10 combined record, MSU will try to avoid being bitten by the underdog this weekend.
When Molly Buckman’s friends were planning for their high school prom, she was making other arrangements.“I was planning cancer treatment,” the pre-nursing sophomore said.Buckman is a three-time cancer survivor.“I wouldn’t trade having cancer for not having cancer, because I now look at things in a different light,” she said.First diagnosed at age two with astrocytoma, a neurological cancer, she battled it two more times before she went into remission two and a half years ago.Buckman had surgery to remove the tumor that was wrapped around her spinal cord and had to undergo extensive physical therapy to be able to walk and regain mobility.Buckman is now student coordinator of the MSU Cancer Support Network.
MSU volleyball kicks off its seventh-consecutive NCAA tournament this weekend at UCLA.The Spartans (17-12) will play Wisconsin-Milwaukee (23-4) on Saturday in the first round of the NCAA 2000 Division I Women’s Volleyball Championship.The match starts at 8 p.m., immediately following the first-round match between host No.
A controversial report recently released by the Coalition on the Academic Workforce found that nontenured track instructors make up almost half of the teaching staff in many humanities and social science instruction fields.But MSU officials say this university doesn’t fall into that category.
While Florida is the election hot spot, voters in Michigan’s 8th Congressional District will be getting a little slice of recount action Monday.Recounts will begin Monday for the contested U.S.
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio - MSU kept its lengthy unbeaten streak in tact, but this probably wasn’t what it expected.The top-ranked Spartans (10-1-3 overall, 7-1-2 CCHA) fell behind by two goals early and had to battle back to tie Bowling Green (2-7-4, 2-5-4) 3-3 Friday night at BGSU Ice Arena.The Spartans are 9-0-2 in their last 11 games, but are in danger of falling from their No.
Calling the upcoming second season of Comedy Central’s “The Man Show” unapologetic is an understatement.But does that have to be a bad thing?Not for returning co-hosts Adam Carolla and Jimmy Kimmel.The buddies show no mercy when it comes to expressing their comedic views on everything from beer and marriage to women and even their own “manhoods.” For viewers who have already experienced the comedic talents of both of the hosts last season, some very new, and very funny, episodes are ready and willing to please.
Max Gosling wishes the East Lansing music scene were more developed. That’s why the business junior invited New York-based record scratch-master DJ Logic to the Erickson Hall Kiva tonight. “This type of show usually doesn’t come to East Lansing,” said the program director of POP entertainment.
Hank Haberman would have appreciated the way 75 volunteers showed their devotion to AIDS awareness Thursday night despite pitch darkness and frigid temperatures.The volunteers tied 500 red ribbons around campus trees for the annual World AIDS Day ribbon tie-up.
ASMSU’s textbook tax elimination proposition could be a small benefit to college students, but the organization should not make it its top priority.
College students graduating in 2001 can expect to enter a strong labor market, making this the fourth consecutive year for increased recruitment activity, an MSU survey released today found.The market will expand six to 10 percent as employers from all sectors increase graduate demands, according to the 30th annual Recruiting Trends survey conducted by the Collegiate Employment Research Institute at MSU.Vernicka Tyson, the university’s director of Career Services & Placement, said the study is the most well-known and comprehensive report of its kind and has confirmed many observations made by career service offices.Phil Gardner, the survey’s author, said technical graduates like engineers are most desired, but all graduates will fare well next year.“There’s just more need than there are (graduates with) bachelor’s degrees,” said Gardner, director of research at Career Services & Placement.
LANSING - Making candy canes by hand is a dying art.Only a handful of people in the United States still do it.Machines have picked up the process, churning out tons of perfectly striped, equally sized, identical canes.But the personal touch is important to a Lansing family that has been making candy canes since 1924.“There’s so much tradition if we do it by hand, it would be silly if we didn’t,” says Dan Blair, a candymaker at Fabiano’s Candy Kitchen, 214 S.
In a spiking frenzy, the MSU men’s volleyball club kicked off its preseason with an impressive showing last weekend. The team hosted the Asics-Spartan Back to the Hardwood Classic, one of the largest tournaments in the nation with 42 competitors, including the varsity team from the University of Findlay. This competition helps determine the regular season rankings, and with a 4-1 record in the tournament, MSU is off to a good start. Sante Perrelli, 12-year volunteer head coach, said the team is young, but has handled that and other obstacles well. “We had to overcome a lot of adversities by running a tournament this size and playing well for two days, but the team handled it well.” MSU began its run by defeating Michigan, Louisville, Purdue and, in a close game, Findlay.
As the weather starts to get colder, an East Lansing event looks to help warm students and residents up.The city of East Lansing will host its 10th Annual Winter Festival and Chili Cook-Off from 2 p.m.