English senior Amanda McClintock was a little nervous Friday night at Lower Level Records, 611 E. Grand River Ave., Suite 100, when she heard that one of the bands performing at a benefit show for “Students for a Free Tibet” was having trouble locating one of its members. That fear was quickly diminished when 9:00 p.m.
SAULT STE. MARIE - Something was weird in the Upper Peninsula this weekend. I don’t know if the stars were misaligned or there was an ion imbalance in the air or what, but this definitely was no ordinary trip to the Soo for the Spartan hockey team. First of all, it’s mid-January and I was walking around without a jacket.
Here I am in my final year at MSU and am thinking how amazing it is that nothing in The State News has irritated me enough to write in.
A Chevrolet Beretta rear-ended a Pontiac Grand Prix at around 12:30 p.m. Monday, causing a four-car pileup on Grand River Avenue in a high traffic area just east of Okemos Road in Meridian Township.
SAULT STE. MARIE - Two last-minute goals enabled the top-ranked Spartans to escape Lake Superior State with a 2-1 overtime win and a series sweep Sunday.Senior center Andrew Bogle batted in a power play goal with five seconds left in regulation and senior right wing Rustyn Dolyny scored with 20 seconds left in overtime as the Spartans (18-1-4 overall, 10-1-3 CCHA) kept alive their 20-game unbeaten streak (17-0-3) with a 2-1 win.Laker goaltender Jayme Platt tamed the MSU offense for almost 60 minutes, but a five-minute major penalty with 4:18 left in the third period proved too much for the Lakers (10-16-0, 6-12-0) to overcome.Laker center Mike Vigilante received the penalty and a game misconduct from referee Brian Aaron for hitting MSU freshman center Jeremy Jackson into the boards from behind.Jackson laid motionless, face-down on the ice for about five minutes before being helped off the ice.
SAULT STE. MARIE - Usually when a team is struggling for goals it will turn to one of its offensive superstars to make something happen.During the past four games, top-ranked MSU has turned to grinding right wing John Nail.The senior scored his team-leading fourth game-winning goal of the year with 1:26 left in the game as the Spartans (17-1-4 overall, 10-1-3) avoided a letdown against Lake Superior State (10-15-0, 6-12) Friday night at Taffy Abel Arena with a 2-0 win.
No. 3 MSU went on a 12-2 run in overtime to defeat No. 17 Wisconsin Saturday afternoon, 69-59. The win extended the Spartan’s home win streak to 39 games.Senior guard Charlie Bell hit a three pointer with 28.5 seconds remaining in regulation to tie the game at 57.
SAULT STE. MARIE - MSU head coach Ron Mason will be a little late to his birthday party Sunday.Mason and the Spartans now have to play the back-end of their two-game set with Lake Superior State at 2 p.m.
The performance never stops at MSU’s Wharton Center, and isn’t confined to the stage. Every day is a new act for the house management staff, which ensures the show goes on in front of the curtain as well as behind.Assistant House Manager Melissa Byers led the house troops during Wednesday’s performance of “Cabaret,” which plays at Wharton through Sunday as part of the center’s annual Broadway series.“It’s really more of a team effort,” Byers said.
By BRANDI LEWANDOWSKI The State News On Tuesday night Professor Michael Lawrence will show his MSU-Detroit College of Law students a side of him they’ve never seen before. Lawrence will play guitar and sing in the MSU-DCL staff and faculty talent show called “You Saw Them Rumble, Now Hear them Roar.” The show is at 8:30 p.m.
In last year’s national semifinal game - which inspired the NCAA Rules Committee to start cracking down on physical play - MSU and Wisconsin combined for 37 fouls in a 53-42 slugfest.Saturday’s rematch at Breslin Student Events Center, the fifth meeting for the two ranked teams in less than a year, could spark different statistical results with referees emphasizing more on personal fouls this season.MSU head coach Tom Izzo said he will prepare his No.
The grounds behind Old Horticulture Building are adorned with a snow sphere reading “Support the Student Greenhouse Project.” Most students passing by were perplexed about the message, which also contained the Web
A local artist has decided to take the idea behind family quilts and heirlooms and weave a history encompassing the greater Lansing community instead.Nancy McRay, a fiber artist, is putting together a room-sized tapestry she hopes will reflect society as it is today.
When Ron Mason takes his No. 1-ranked Spartan hockey team to Sault Ste. Marie this weekend, he promises that hockey is first and foremost on his mind.Mason will be returning to Lake Superior State, the school that gave him his first head coaching job 35 years ago, for a two-game series tonight and Saturday.
It’s funny how rap music is always under the microscopic eye of the public and politics. No one criticized Quentin Tarantino about his overtly violent and controversial films.
By TYLER SIPE The State news On Monday the Capital Area Transportation Authority will begin a weeklong promotion thanking MSU student riders for their loyalty.
I am writing in regard to Keith Dunlap’s column “‘U’ sports give fans big relief” (SN 1/10). While I agree with his points that the major Detroit franchises are either on the decline or have been in shambles for years, I have a problem with his usage of John Madden’s name in his column.
AUBURN HILLS - They spotted each other from across the court and immediately headed toward the center during the pregame shoot-a-round at Wednesday’s Detroit Pistons-Toronto Raptors game.
The people who work there affectionately refer to room 40 in the basement of Giltner Hall as the “cherry pit.”There Patrick Oriel, a professor in the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, has been working on a way to create a new product - tart cherry-based alcoholic cider.The project is sponsored by the state of Michigan under Project GREEEN, or Generating Research and Extension to meet Economic and Environmental Needs.
While I agree with The State News (”Our Voice” SN, 1/9) that President Clinton’s visit to campus Tuesday brought honor and positive attention to MSU, more attention must be paid to the denial of citizens’ constitutional right to free speech that coincided with this visit.First, the order that no signs be allowed into Breslin Student Events Center, enforced by security at the entrances, is a denial of an American citizen’s right to free speech.