It's not just another election day. The weather is perfect, voters are excited, and lines have never been longer.

At 11:30 this morning, lines in the Wilson dorm at Michigan State University were about 100 feet long. Observing the lines 45 minutes later, they had easily doubled in length. Students are filling their time with homework, listening to iPods, and making phone calls. Some students are missing classes, because they were not anticipating the length of the lines.

Some students walking into the building didn't know where to start. Volunteers were trying to organize groups of students in alphabetical order to make thing easier when they reached their turn. Efforts were made to keep it organized, however, there was still some chaos.

I plan to vote after class today, and after seeing the lines multiply after only half an hour or so, it's clear that I will be in line for possibly several hours. 

Spartans take win in final seconds

The Spartan's football season is coming to an end. The team is now 8-2 after an astonishing win last Saturday over Wisconsin at Spartan Stadium in East Lansing. Spartans won with a score of 25-24 in the final seconds of the game.
The game proved to be a difficult one. The Spartans were never leading on the scoreboard. Ringer, the Spartans leading scorer, did manage two touchdowns, however it proved to be possibly his worst game all season (he only managed 54 yards). But he was not the only one to make mistakes. The Spartans could not seem to get their team going.
In the final minutes of the game, the Spartans were trailing by two (24-22). In the Spartans final drive, the team managed to move the ball down the field quickly to put them in field goal range. On fourth down and six to go, Swenson came on to kick a field goal from the 44 yard-line.
Wisconsin called a time out, followed by another to try and ice the kicker. However, with twelve seconds left on the clock, Sweson made the field goal, putting the Spartans on top for the first time that day.
Seven seconds remained, and the Spartans kicked off to Wisconsin, who tried a latteral play to return the ball for a touchdown with no time left. The plan failed, and the Spartans managed to pull out a win.
Michigan State will play two more games: a home game versus Purdue, and their final game, at Penn State, the number one ranked team in the Big Ten.