Category Archives: MSU

Michigan March Madness!

The Michigan State University women's basketball team defeated Kansas, 58-54, in the third round of the Women's National Invitational Tournament at the Breslin Center and the University of Michigan's women's hoops squad dispatched Southern Miss 59-45. Now the Spartans and Wolverines will meet in an all-Big Ten, all-Michigan WNIT quarterfinals on Sunday at 2 PM [...]

Photo Friday: Munn Ice Arena by canukr

Ryan took this photo at Game 2 of the CCHA semifinals between Northern Michigan vs Michigan State (NMU won the series 3-2 btw).
He seems to enjoy hockey & ruins more than just a little and is also a member of Team Lazy.

Photo Friday: Sparty & Bo Pumpkins by sage_82

To say that sage_82 (Mark Ratliff) is a master of the art of pumpkin carving is a huge understatement. His 2006 tribute to Michigan football legend Bo Schembechler and his 2007 Sparty are simply incredible.
Take a moment and check out some of the pumpkins he's carved (view the slideshow).

Michigan vs Michigan State Football Rivalry

Editor's note: I might as well call this "Me vs. Charter Internet Rivalry" as my connection seems to be struggling to stay in the game ... we'll add more to this later today including some blogs to watch and photos!
This Saturday the University of Michigan Wolverines travel to play the Michigan State University Spartans at [...]

Blogs We Dig: The Hometown Invasion Tour

The Hometown Invasion Tour is a documentation of the travels of Justin Sailor (a Michigan native) and friend (Rice the plastic squirrel) through each of the 50 states, staying "with a different family in each state, documenting hometown life through photography, interviews, and journal writing." His project is online so that people can follow [...]

Michigan Tourism Strategic Plan unveiled

The Michigan Tourism Strategic Plan was unveiled Monday at the Driving Tourism 2007 conference by the Michigan Tourism Planning Council. Michigan's tourism industry generates $17.5 billion dollars in annual revenue, 200,000 jobs and almost $1 billion in state tax revenue, and the architects of the plan have set the goal of growing Michigan to [...]

Michigan Cherries

In honor of National Cherry Month and Michigan's vital and growing cherry industry, we present this special features from Taste the Local Difference by Carolyn Kelly

A Fuel-Based Michigan Corn Boom?

reaching to the moon by oldbrushes
As the state's auto industry takes one hit after another, Michigan residents now have one more reason to consider heading back to the farm, corn-based ethanol. Today's cover story in the Lansing State Journal looks at how corn may change the face of automotive fuel.
The rising emergence of ethanol-producing plants [...]

A Very Good Point

Jack Lessenberry says that even though he voted against Proposal 2 last month, and would vote against it again and is a a proud member of the American Civil Liberties Union, he thinks that the suits filed by the ACLU and the NAACP are flat-out wrong.
Find out why over at Jack's blog.
Photo: Thirds Rule [...]