MSU has prided itself on how strong it finished games this season.But there was nothing to be proud about Saturday as the Spartans failed to tame Northwestern’s offense and finished with a 37-17 loss.Turnovers and miscues on offense and a defense that surrendered 506 yards keyed in MSU’s defeat - the team’s first loss under head coach Bobby Williams.
Every underground act seems to hate pop music and everything it stands for. They hate “Total Request Live” and teeny bopper Britney Spears going diamond when most underground acts can’t even ship enough copies to go gold.Being a star doesn’t mean you don’t love music.
The honeymoon is over. After starting the season 3-0, MSU head football coach Bobby Williams suffered the first loss of his career, preventing him from becoming the first coach in school history to win the first four games of the season. Going 3-0 in his first season is still quite an accomplishment. The sports radio shows, magazines, Internet sites and newspapers - including this one - have finally begun to cease the constant comparisons and differences between him and former MSU coach and current Louisiana State leader Nick Saban. Some MSU fans haven’t. After a 37-17 clawing by the Northwestern Wildcats on Saturday, it was evident that there are some green and white faithful out there that are spoiled - spoiled from experiencing one of the greatest eras in Spartan athletics history last season.
It’s a bird. It’s a plane. No, it’s just Brady Brown whizzing by on his brand-new bike. After the 13-year-old East Lansing boy wrote a letter to the editor in The State News describing how his $250 stunt bike was stolen while he was on campus, Theta Delta Chi and donors throughout the community united to buy Brady a new bike. “After I read his letter, I felt so bad,” Jason Brisboe, philanthropy chair of Theta Delta Chi, said.
LANSING - Mateen Cleaves just can’t get away from the Lansing area.The former MSU star point guard signed autographs and posed for pictures with Spartan fans for an hour Friday at Meijer, 5125 W.
ASMSU, the university’s undergraduate student government, will sponsor the first open debate between state House hopefuls Bill Hollister and Gretchen Whitmer at the Kellogg Center tonight. Democrat Whitmer and Republican Hollister are vying for the 70th District state House seat currently occupied by Laura Baird, D-Okemos.
With the intrasquad Green and White Game behind them, the MSU ice hockey team faces its first test against real opposition Tuesday.The USA Development Team, a fertile breeding ground for MSU recruiting, will visit Munn Ice Arena at 7:05 p.m.
I am writing in response to a State News letter written by Dave Wirth (”Runners shouldn’t sweat cat-calling,” SN 9/18). I just wanted to thank Wirth for setting me straight about the behaviors of males, especially groups of college men.
Maybe the only team that can beat MSU goalie Ryan Miller is MSU.The sophomore surrendered three goals in the Green and White intrasquad hockey game Saturday night, which the White team won 4-2.Miller set school records for goals against average (1.53) and saves percentage (.932) last year while totaling eight shutouts.
John Ewing sits in prison today, sentenced to life for multiple rape charges in 1984. He had no prior record.
The No. 18-ranked Spartan field hockey team remained in East Lansing on Friday to face off against No.
Providing a catchy alternative to professional wrestling and other popular combat sports, Comedy Central added a new series to its lineup of sitcoms.“BattleBots,” an action-packed series consisting more of homegrown strength than loud, exaggerated wrestlers with colorful costumes and even more colorful names, brings reality-based fighting to a whole new level.The show, which consists of one-on-one battles between metallic robots built entirely by contestants, is proving to be hot after just a few episodes.“‘BattleBots’ is probably one of the most amazing shows I have ever seen,” Lyman Briggs freshman Manish Shah said.
Dan Lerner had one goal Sunday morning.“I tried not to get passed by anyone running with a baby jogger, even though that did happen,” the Lansing resident said jokingly, shortly after finishing the 15th annual Dinosaur Dash.The 5K race, sponsored by the MSU Federal Credit Union, is held each October and benefits educational programs and exhibits for the MSU Museum.So while Lerner didn’t accomplish his goal, he said he enjoyed supporting the fund-raiser.“It feels great to finish the race,” he said.
I enjoyed the article in The State News (“Driving pizzas proves to be an adventure,” SN 9/22) by Jennifer Meese, about delivering pizzas in a college town.
While I approve of William Robertson’s attempt to add to the debate on school vouchers (“Vouchers combine church and state,” SN 9/21), I find his letter to be shortsighted and to misconstrue the issue. If it were possible to “separate church and state” as he implies, this separation would privilege atheism, which is, in its own way, just as much of a belief system. The above cliché that is thrown about with so much rhetorical glee obfuscates the Constitution’s true intent as I see it.
A proposal to ban smoking in all public indoor establishments in Ingham County just plain stinks.The Ingham County Board of Commissioners will hold a public hearing on the proposal at its 7 p.m.
After last weekend’s loss at Ohio State, the MSU women’s volleyball team rebounded with wins at Purdue and Illinois.“It feels so good to come out of the weekend 2-0,” said MSU junior outside hitter Erin Hartley.
When the Black Student Alliance boycotted The State News in January for what many members called a lack of minority coverage, the newspaper staff realized something had to change.“The boycott really opened our eyes,” State News Editor in Chief David Miller said Sunday.
Break out that warm-up suit and dust off those sneakers - Oct. 21 marks the 10th annual America’s Walk for Diabetes in Lansing.