MSU lost a bloody battle with Pennsylvania State University even before the Spartans were defeated on the football field Saturday. But it was for a good cause. Along with its football victory, Penn State took home a trophy for winning the sixth annual MSU-Penn State Blood Donor Challenge.
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. - There were bowl aspirations.There was supposed to be momentum from last week’s improbable 30-10 pounding of Purdue at Spartan Stadium.But after 15 minutes of football Saturday, MSU had nothing.Before the 96,070 fans at Beaver Stadium had a chance to get comfortable in their seats, host Penn State was already leading 28-0 after the first quarter.After the early disaster, the Spartans never got closer than 28-10.MSU head coach Bobby Williams said the large early deficit made things difficult on the visiting Spartans.“Our offense got off to a relatively slow start, and the field position really hurt us,” Williams said following MSU’s 42-23 loss.
That the United States still doesn’t have a president-elect is not news. Little has changed in the past week.But what effects the new president - when elected - will have on the state and national courts remains to be seen.
I am writing in response to all of the letters and columns against the Electoral College. The Electoral College is far better than the popular vote for deciding the president of our nation.
MSU had plenty of chances to beat Western Michigan at Munn Ice Arena Friday night, but it wound up having to settle for a 2-2 tie. The No.
A last-ditch effort by the MSU women’s basketball team Saturday was not enough to save it from a loss to Boston College during the MSU Chevrolet Classic championship game. After beating Arkansas State on Friday, the Spartans trailed Boston College the entire game, only to lose in the final moments 63-61.
The MSU volleyball team returned from its final road trip of the regular season with a renewed sense of confidence.The Spartans (16-11 overall, 9-9 in the Big Ten) entered the weekend unranked for the first time this season with their NCAA Tournament hopes still in limbo.After defeating Iowa (15-10, 18-16, 15-3) in straight games on Friday and giving No.
The Union swelled with families, Girl Scout troops, community members and students Sunday, as they sampled a chunk of MSU’s cultural pie at Global Festival 2000.The event showcased information and traditions of 24 countries and three regional groups with performances, exhibits and hands-on activities in an attempt to represent MSU’s international population, which is nearly 2,800 students deep.“This event promotes international awareness,” said communication junior Valentina Halimin, a master of ceremonies for the festival’s performance section.
For the first time since Oct. 17, the East Lansing City Council will hold a meeting to discuss issues like pedestrian-activated traffic lights and free parking downtown during the shopping season.The council has the opportunity to approve pedestrian-activated crosswalk lights.
I’ve recently been reminded of why I get so excited for the holidays. One of my cousins is pregnant so the whole Schewe clan - 40 people strong - gathered for a co-ed baby shower.We spent some time together as we celebrated the future arrival of a new cousin and it gave me a taste of the holidays ahead.Thanksgiving always was such fun because it meant my siblings would be coming home from college and we would be making a pilgrimage to Detroit for the annual feast with the extended family.
The State News strikes again. I read in Wednesday’s State News that Ruth Hubbard would be visiting MSU’s campus to give the McPherson Professorship lecture on “How the Genome Became the Book of Life” Thursday night at 7:30 p.m.
I did not choose to get off the Capital Area Transportation Authority bus Wednesday three stops before my usual one.
LANSING - The city council will host public hearings tonight on changes being made to the capital city’s Housing Code.The council radically changed the code two years ago and had promised to review the code a couple years after the revisions were made.The changes made this year come from putting the code in compliance with the International Property Maintenance Code 2000 so the code would be uniform with other U.S.
Two things haven’t happened at MSU since the Earvin “Magic” Johnson era. The men’s basketball team hadn’t hung an NCAA national championship banner from the rafters, and no Spartan player had recorded a triple-double.Those both changed Sunday.The game against the Golden Grizzlies of Oakland began as the coaches, players and fans got to watch the green and white NCAA national championship banner drop from the ceiling.And MSU’s 97-61 victory ended when senior guard Charlie Bell became the second Spartan to ever tally a triple-double, recording 13 points, 10 assists and 11 rebounds.
The MSU Extension will undergo a changing of the guard of sorts next semester when Margaret Bethel takes over as the acting director.Extension is the university’s statewide initiative that offers educational and informational resources to residents in dozens of Michigan communities.
GRAND RAPIDS - As Superdrag frontman John Davis finished tuning his guitar Friday at The Intersection in Grand Rapids, he peered at the eager rock and rollers with smoke seeping around his face from the cigarette in his hand and asked “Grand Rapids, what do you got?”Davis then began playing the opening track, “keep it close to me,” off their third full-length record “In the Valley of Dying Stars.”The crowd, consisting mostly of kids in their early 20s packed in like sardines, responded with a loud roar of approval.The band, best known for its brush with fame with its 1996 MTV “Buzz Bin” hit “Sucked Out,” didn’t play that song the entire evening, which seemed justified.
MSU President M. Peter McPherson knew where he was Friday.And because he was speaking to the nation’s GOP governors in Tampa, Fla., he felt obliged to shy away from talking about voting operations.Especially since recount after recount in Florida continues to unveil no winner in the nation’s heated presidential race.“I started off my speech by saying I didn’t expect to comment on voting technology,” he joked.
Jason Andreas?Adam Wolfe?That was the response given to the two freshmen ballers when they spoke to the more than 25,000 fans packed inside Spartan Stadium after winning the national championship.Perhaps it was being overshadowed by players like Mateen Cleaves, Morris Peterson and senior guard Charlie Bell.
MSU head coach Tom Izzo was worried going into Sunday’s season opener against Oakland University, a game which marked the unveiling of the team’s 2000 NCAA championship banner.