WASHINGTON - In his first speech as the nation’s chief executive, President Bush delivered a stunning address capable of reuniting a nation bitterly divided, many say. A plethora of flags hanging behind the U.S.
Like teenagers and parents who disagree about curfews and music, students and nonstudents in East Lansing sometimes disagree about the neighborhoods they live in, according to survey results from the Community Relations Coalition.The survey was sent in October to 543 residents in two sections of the Bailey Neighborhood, one section of the Oakhill Neighborhood and most of the Red Cedar Neighborhood.The survey asked questions relating to neighborhood relations.
WASHINGTON - It’s like attending the Academy Awards, minus a nomination.While U.S. Sens. Debbie Stabenow and Carl Levin are no thespians, they can likely relate to the actors who attend the annual glitzy gala despite lacking a chance to win.You see, Michigan’s two senators are Democrats.And this was no Democrat weekend.
WASHINGTON - MSU Trustee David Porteous loves an inaugural ceremony.“It reminds me of going to the Final Four in Indianapolis last year,” Porteous said Friday night, while attending a pair of glamorous galas.
In the first few weeks of the new year, MSU football has made a push to boost its 2001 recruiting class.News of their most recent addition came Tuesday when Robert Strickland, a four-star wide receiver out of Detroit’s Denby High School, verbally committed to the Spartans.Strickland, a 6-foot-4, 205-pound senior is ranked the twenty-ninth best wide receiver in high school football by popular recruiting publication www.rivals.com.
GRAND RAPIDS - Not having enough safe clean drinking water is a future problem many researchers face, and MSU is working with organizations across the state to solve that problem.Global Enterprise for Water Technology, a nonprofit organization, is planning on reinventing an old Grand Rapids water filtration plant in order to do research on water.“It would be one of the largest experimental sites for new technologies for treating drinking water,” said Jon Bartholic, director of institute of water research at MSU.
Nationally known political commentators will attempt to make sense out of the 2000 elections through the MSU Department of Political Science’s 12th annual lecture series.This year’s lecture series, “Politics After the Election of 2000,” kicks off at 8 p.m.
LANSING - Hollywood met hoops Saturday as stars laced up for charity.Eleven stars from across the country participated in the Hollywood Hoop Fest to benefit MSU’s Martin Luther King Scholarship Fund.
Today campus groups will begin to recognize the 28th anniversary of the 1973 Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision which legalized abortion.Zoology junior Hillary Noyes said there will be representatives from Planned Parenthood of Michigan at the Union from 11 a.m.
On Jan. 19, the MSU Students for Life sent an e-mail to all Honors College members advertising a candlelight vigil in remembrance of the lives lost to abortion.
The MSU wrestling team rebounded from a tough loss last week at Oklahoma State with convincing victories over Division II Findlay (Ohio) and Grand Valley State.
Top-ranked MSU had only five team shots 14 seconds into the second period Saturday night, but senior right wing John Nail already had three goals.Nail’s hat trick and another shutout from sophomore goaltender Ryan Miller lifted the Spartans (20-1-4 overall, 13-1-3 CCHA) to a 5-0 win and sweep of Miami (11-11-2, 8-7-1) at Munn Ice Arena.The win runs the Spartans’ unbeaten streak to 22 (19-0-3), one short of the school record set two years ago.The Spartans have only allowed one goal in six games in 2001 and 18 goals in their last 19 games overall.
WASHINGTON - Rain. Snow. Frigid temperatures. Thousands of people scattered across increasingly muddy turf.It didn’t matter, as this capital city was no less patriotic.Very little seemed to damper the spirit of the nation’s 54th inauguration celebration.A plethora of flags hanging behind the U.S.
MSU made Miami (Ohio) play “Spartan hockey” at Munn Ice Arena on Friday night and the RedHawks couldn’t play it as well as the Spartans themselves.The top-ranked Spartans’ NCAA-leading defense stymied the potent RedHawk offense, allowing only 17 shots in a 1-0 win.Senior left wing Damon Whitten notched his 10th goal of the season late in the first period and sophomore goaltender Ryan Miller made it stand out as the Spartans (19-1-4 overall, 12-1-3 CCHA) extended their unbeaten streak to 21 (18-0-3). The teams will rematch Saturday at 7:05 p.m.Entering Friday, the RedHawks (11-10-2, 8-6-1) averaged 3.36 goals per game in league play but they couldn’t crack Miller, the nation’s leading goaltender.
Top-ranked MSU had only five team shots 14 seconds into the second period Saturday night, but senior right wing John Nail already had three goals.Nail’s hat trick and another shutout from sophomore goaltender Ryan Miller lifted the Spartans (20-1-4 overall, 13-1-3 CCHA) to a 5-0 win and sweep of Miami (11-11-2, 8-7-1) at Munn Ice Arena.The win runs the Spartans’ unbeaten streak to 22 (19-0-3), one short of the school record set two years ago.The Spartans have only allowed one goal in six games in 2001 and 18 goals in their last 19 games overall.
WASHINGTON - Rain. Snow. Frigid temperatures. Thousands of people scattered across increasingly muddy turf. It didn’t matter, as this capital city was no less patriotic. Very little seemed to damper the spirit of the nation’s 54th inauguration celebration. A plethora of flags hanging behind the U.S.
MSU men’s basketball assistant coach Brian Gregory is in an envious position. As a top assistant to head coach Tom Izzo, Gregory finds himself on the bench of the reigning NCAA Men’s Basketball National Champions, which the No.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The celebration began Thursday for the inauguration of the 43rd president of the United States, George W.
The assembly approved a measure Tuesday proposing the use of Latin terms such as Magna Cum Laude and Summa Cum Laude in place of the English graduation honors used by the university.
Fredro Starr of “Save the Last Dance” and Morris Chestnut, star of “The Best Man,” will meet and greet fans today from 5 p.m.