Dan Hartley already knew student filmmakers were talented, but even he was surprised at the acting, editing and production skills he saw on screen. Hartley is a programming director for the first-ever Capital City Film Festival, or CCFF, which will showcase independent films throughout Lansing Thursday until Sunday.
Two weeks ago, while reading a book at bedtime, 6-year-old Maxwell turned to his mom, Grand Ledge, Mich., resident Sandy Wojcik, and asked, “Is my daddy going to die?”
When Audra Russell was preparing to take the Graduate Record Examination, or GRE, she opted to use a study book instead of taking a class.
ASMSU’s Freshman Class Council will put on Battle of the Late Night at 8 p.m. Friday at Jenison Field House.
The Main Library will sponsor a presentation of the 1976 movie “Hamlet” from 7-9:30 p.m. Thursday in Room W449.
In 1862, President Abraham Lincoln, having led the nation through a year of bloody war, wrote, “My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it; and if I could do it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that.”
It only was a few years ago as a college freshman that my classmates and I were outraged by the artfully depicted injustice in “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” — a book commonly found on the reading list of most high school or college students. As part of the discussion, my professor posed the question, “Has slavery been abolished?”
It would make sense that, when a city council passes an ordinance, it would take effect relatively soon afterward. Oddly enough, that is not the case with East Lansing’s recently passed medical marijuana ordinance.
If there’s one position the MSU football team doesn’t need to worry about, it’s running back. Whereas some teams have trouble finding one solid player to carry the ball, the Spartans have four viable options.
He might not have Aaron Bates’ all-around ability, but freshman punter Mike Sadler is hoping to prove his value as the Spartans’ new punter.
Junior tight end Brian Linthicum was sentenced to 12 months probation stemming from a March 10 incident when he was arrested and charged with third-degree assault and eluding arrest in Aspen, Colo.
It all began 20 years ago. In the fall of 1991, a snack shop stood in then-Brody Hall and provided students with hot dogs, popcorn, slushies and other items often found at concession stands.
Students voted in favor of renewing ASMSU’s student tax and continuing the group’s newspaper Readership Program, while also electing new representatives following the organization’s weeklong spring elections. ASMSU is MSU’s undergraduate student government. Association Director Kara Spencer said about 2.8 percent — or about 1,000 undergraduate students — participated in the elections, which ran April 4-11. The renewal of ASMSU’s tax — $16.75 per undergraduate student — passed with 758 students approving.
Lansing — For whatever reason, the MSU baseball team hasn’t been able to use the momentum gained in weekend series and translate it into midweek games in recent weeks. Two weeks ago, coming off a three-game sweep of Michigan, the Spartans fell to a struggling Central Michigan team on their home field. Coming off its first-ever three-game sweep of Minnesota, the Spartans only were able to split a double header against Oakland on Tuesday at Cooley Law School Stadium. The Spartans (21-8) won the first game, 7-1, and lost the second game, 9-7.
The city of East Lansing faces a $3 million defecit, meaning cuts impacting services such as police, fire and public works are likely. The East Lansing City Council began discussions on the city’s budget for fiscal year 2012 in a special work session Tuesday at City Hall, 410 Abbot Road. Council members were presented with more detailed highlights of the budget as drafted by city officials and ask questions of city staff regarding effects the budget would have on various departments. The city has a projected deficit of about $3 million without the inclusion of additional adjustments to the budget, East Lansing City Manager Ted Staton said.
A 19-year-old male student reported his cell phone allegedly was stolen from his dorm room between 1:30-2 p.m.
In late February, sections of a 12- to 14-foot-long, student-made, ceramic snake were taken apart and smashed in Snyder Hall.
Taking notes from two road losses to Iowa last weekend, the MSU softball team will remain on the road — playing a doubleheader against Northwestern on Today — setting out to accomplish the same goals it had before the weekend: play tough infield defense.
After watching helplessly as Japan endured one of the largest natural disasters in its history, many students across campus have lent a helping hand in an effort to raise money for a relief fund.
The most beautiful, exciting and intense two-month stretch of the year begins when the NHL playoffs kick off with the Detroit Red Wings hosting the Phoenix Coyotes tonight at 7 p.m. on Versus and FOX Sports Detroit. For the next two weeks, viewers will be able to enjoy three or four games on most nights as the field gets whittled down by half and the true contenders separate themselves from the pack.