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MICHIGAN

Face time: George Lahanas

George Lahanas’ longtime goal of working with city government led him from New York to several locations in Michigan, ultimately leading him to East Lansing. After almost 13 years of moving through the ranks, Lahanas has found himself in the city manager’s office.

Brooks Laimbeer ·
MSU

Housing fair gives students options

Poster boards, flyers, T-shirts and plastic cups filled the tables on the first floor of the Union on Wednesday afternoon as students searched for possible homes to live in next fall.

MSU

Word on the street

The Detroit Tigers currently are competing against the Texas Rangers for the American League championship. The Detroit Lions are 5-0 for the first time since 1956, having gone undefeated so far in the regular season of the National Football League.

FEATURES

MSU wrestler has acting advantage

Curran Jacobs is always on stage. When he’s not the 157-pound starter for the MSU wrestling team, he’s a senior theatre major starring in plays across campus. Currently in the middle of wrestling’s preseason, Jacobs also has the lead role of Stanley Kowalski in Tennessee Williams’ Pulitzer Prize-winning play, “A Streetcar Named Desire,” which opens Friday at Pasant Theatre at Wharton Center. When it could be challenging to balance varsity athletics and a demanding major, Jacobs combines both, achieving success in each world. As a longtime admirer of Marlon Brando — who played Stanley in the 1951 film — Jacobs said Brando solidified why he wanted to be an actor and subsequently made this his dream role.

COMMENTARY

Keg ID law will not alter drinking norms

A new state law aimed at irresponsible keg use likely won’t do much to curb the problem of underage drinking. The law requires the keg buyer to attach his or her name and information to the keg as of Nov.

COMMENTARY

Obama favors Occupy Wall Street

If the Tea Party movement can be associated with elderly ultra-conservative voters, the Occupy Wall Street movement sweeping major cities across the country can be attributed to the young far left, as the majority of those protesting are in their 20s.

COMMENTARY

MSU gym hours cater to demand

I’d like to thank Victoria Merritt for caring enough about access to campus Intramural facilities that she took the time to submit a well-written opinion in The State News (10/10). I agree with everything she writes and certainly as Director of Recreational Sports and Fitness Services support her views on the value of physical activity and healthy behavior choices. I only wish to explain how building hours are established at IM Sports-West, East and Circle.