Landon Donovan’s extra time goal lifted the United States past Algeria in the 2010 World Cup and sent the 100 or so spectators in the Clara Bell Smith Student-Athlete Academic Center into a frenzy. There’s little doubt the actions of the U.S. National Team left an impact greater than on the hundreds of young soccer players gathered at MSU to watch the all-important game Wednesday.
Landon Donovan is the one U.S. soccer player even the most casual soccer fans — or non-fans — know. The weight that’s carried with his name makes the goal against Algeria on Wednesday morning so much more special. He once was just the name of U.S. soccer for people who didn’t follow the sport and an underperforming star in the eyes of true fans. But now, he might become the first sports hero from the increasingly popular American sport — soccer.
For the fourth consecutive year, MSU students and fans can vote for the design of the football student section T-shirt, which comes along with the student season ticket package. Three different designs for both the front and back of the 2010 edition of the shirt are posted on msuspartans.com for voting, which will continue through July 14.
The annual Festival of the Moon and Festival of the Sun will take place from 6-11 p.m. Friday and from 2-10 p.m. Saturday at Turner Street and Grand River Avenue in Lansing’s Old Town. The festivals include beer tasting with Bell’s Brewery, Inc. on Friday, wine tasting from a variety of award-winning wines and an array of local food vendors on Saturday.
The Summer Circle Theater will be presenting a version of “Alice in Wonderland” at 8 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday at the Outdoor Theater on the banks of the Red Cedar River. The play is based off the Lewis Carroll novel and a script made by Andre Gregory’s “experimental theatre troupe,” and is directed by Mary Job.
I was appalled when I read Craig Gunn’s column (Soccer deserves a better class of fan,” SN 6/21) about soccer fans. Was he being serious? Soccer is the sport of the world — like it or not. Name one other single sport that can bring so many nations together in celebration, and yes, even fights.
Ah, marriage. A beautiful commitment of love, a consummation of desire and the cultural recognition of two people’s coupling — how has it become so disdainful, so wrought with seclusion and denial?
MSU plans to spend nearly $500,000 for a complete makeover — hair, nails, the works. Specifically, it wants to project a consistent image. To create that image, it has asked alumni across the country and world to submit stories of their contributions and accomplishments.
A tornado watch has been issued for Ingham County until 1 a.m. Thursday, said Walt Felver, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Grand Rapids. East Lansing-area residents should be more concerned with heavy rain and gusty thunderstorms throughout the next few hours, Felver said.
There have been at least four reports of tremors and buildings swaying across campus coming into the MSU Department of Police and Public Safety shortly before 2 p.m. Wednesday after an earthquake in Canada, MSU police inspector Bill Wardwell said.
The city of East Lansing set two additional public hearings for an already packed July 20 meeting and discussed several future developments in the city during its meeting Tuesday night.
After more than four years at the bottom of the list, Michigan has shed the dubious distinction of being the state with the highest unemployment rate in the country. Nevada took the top spot for the month of May with 14 percent unemployment, according to a report released Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, a federal organization that tracks labor economics and other statistics. Michigan had the second-highest rate with 13.6 percent unemployment, followed by California with 12.4 percent.
Lansing’s Old Town puckered up for the SMOOCH! Project at the Perspective2 Studio, 319 E. Grand River Ave., in Lansing, on Tuesday in an effort to reduce violence through human affection. The SMOOCH! Project is a documentary record of the human demonstration to willingly share and welcome love and affection with no regard to social, economic or political boundaries.
The Ronald McDonald House is a building that can house up to eight families at once, said Lisa Gnass, Ronald McDonald House of Mid-Michigan executive director. The house celebrated its 10th anniversary of operation Tuesday afternoon in Lansing. The anniversary event featured an open house for the public, refreshments and a silent auction. Additionally, leaders from the Lansing community, such as state Rep. Joan Bauer, D-Lansing, gathered to speak.
Lansing area residents should be on guard for the possibility for severe weather Wednesday, said George Wetzel, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Grand Rapids, on Tuesday.
A 21-year-old female MSU employee was injured last Wednesday morning in the lobby of Snyder Hall, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
The proposed demolition of 110-year-old Morrill Hall is bittersweet. The $38 million project, which includes adding onto Wells Hall and renovating the Old Horticulture Building, is scheduled to begin in September, when construction on Wells is slated to start.
For those who enjoy The Postal Service songs that include a female singer, but were always left wishing they were a little less electronically enhanced, Stars’ new release “The Five Ghosts” is the album you’ve been waiting for.
Recognized for their excellence on the playing field last season, MSU football linebacker Greg Jones and field hockey midfielder Floor Rijpma were named the George Alderton Male and Female Athletes of the Year, MSU announced Monday. The award is given to the top male and female Spartan athlete at the end of each year.
Voting has begun for the design of the 2010 MSU football student section T-shirt. For the fourth year in a row, fans can vote for different designs on the front and back of the T-shirt that comes with the purchase of student season tickets.