Let's see if I have this right. When a Jeep, making a turn, runs down a pedestrian crossing the street, as one of those new timed walk signs is ticking down, it is the pedestrian's fault ("Getting hit by car is not my fault," SN 11/20). I have been complaining about pedestrian safety and right of way in East Lansing for many years, and unfortunately, this is typical.
Two MSU football commitments faced each other in the Michigan High School Athletic Association Division 3 state football finals on Saturday at Ford Field. Two-way lineman Darrell Davis-Budanauro and his East Grand Rapids team defeated wide receiver Mark Dell's Farmington Hills Harrison squad, 42-17. Davis-Budanauro (6-foot-4, 370 pounds) played both nose guard and offensive tackle, helping East Grand Rapids score five consecutive rushing touchdowns.
With the news that former MSU hockey player and current Buffalo Sabres goaltender Ryan Miller has a featured playlist on iTunes, we couldn't help but think what some other prominent members of the athletic community have on their iPods: OJ Simpson Shaggy — It Wasn't Me Bob Knight Akon — Smack That Former Michigan defensive tackle Larry Harrison Michael Jackson — Beat It Charles Rogers Rose Royce — Workin' at the Car Wash Allyssa DeHaan The Commodores — Brick House Drew Neitzel The Offspring — Pretty Fly (For a White Guy) Tom Izzo (to Matt Trannon) Player — Baby, Come Back Tom Izzo (to the MSU head football coach search committee) Jack Johnson — If I Could Drew Stanton Postal Service — This Place Is A Prison Kellen Freeman-Davis, Eric Andino, Barre Mackie, Jeremy McGinis Elton John — Saturday Night's Alright (For Fighting) John L.
The column by Jessica Byrom used the most idiotic and naive claims to support its arguments in, "Affirmative action discriminates, not Proposal 2; move on already" (SN 11/21). I would like to start by saying I have no stance on this issue, but the fact that this column was printed infuriated me.
In honor of East Lansing's 100th birthday in 2007, the East Lansing Children's Film Festival is seeking submissions for its spring event. It's looking for live action or documentary films to be 30 seconds in length, suitable for all ages and submitted by Michigan residents.
Top MSU officials said late Sunday night an 8 a.m. board meeting was planned for today with only one item on the agenda related to their search for a new football head coach. University spokesman Terry Denbow would not comment on who is likely to be named to the position late Sunday.
December graduates will hear commencement speeches from Kay Koplovitz, Deborah L. Wince-Smith and Andrea Van de Kamp. Koplovitz will speak at the 10 a.m.
Three quality opponents in one week. Three losses. It's exactly what the No. 6 MSU hockey team didn't want heading into a tough stretch of late-November games.
1. Junior guard Drew Neitzel has embraced his role as the team's go-to scorer. Neitzel averaged 33 points per game as a senior at Wyoming Park High School but was more of a distributor during his first two years at MSU, deferring to Paul Davis, Maurice Ager and Shannon Brown.
1. In previous seasons, Victoria Lucas-Perry and Rene Haynes have been, to some extent, overshadowed by the team's senior classes.
Mark Dantonio, who has been named by several sources as the man chosen by university officials to succeed John L.
The City of Detroit is seeking a firm to lead the auction of memorabilia from Tiger Stadium, which is scheduled to be demolished soon. Among the first items to be auctioned from the clubhouse: Cecil Fielder's artificial popcorn butter machine. Chicago Bulls head coach Scott Skiles is feuding with Ben Wallace after Wallace violated team policy by wearing a headband during a game. The spat comes on the heels of Skiles' complaints last week about the 3-foot long hairs he keeps finding in the locker room shower drain. Chadron State College running back Danny Woodhead set the NCAA single-season rushing record Saturday, finishing the season with 2,740 yards. Scouts at the game were amazed that they actually found the Chadron State campus. New Lothrop High School, which has just more than 800 students, captured its first ever state football championship Friday, beating Crystal Falls Forest Park in the Division 8 state finals. Internet message board posters immediately anointed New Lothrop head coach Jake Emmendorfer as the top candidate for the vacant MSU position.
After an increase in the area's drunken driving-related offenses, a group of MSU students said, it's time to raise awareness about how drinking and driving affects the community To promote awareness about drunken driving, Amy Gnotek, president and founder of Spartans Against Drunken Driving, or SADD, has helped organize a survivor forum giving students and community members the opportunity to share their drunken driving-related experiences with others. "It's basically an open-mic night for anyone to come and share a story about how drunken driving has affected them," Gnotek said.
Marquise Gray's college basketball career has been a roller-coaster ride. In three up-and-down seasons, the sophomore forward has battled several injuries and has struggled to live up to the hype that came with being an elite recruit. Gray's performance against Oakland (4-3) on Saturday was one of the "up" days.
It was a Thanksgiving weekend the No. 6 Spartans would like to forget. After dropping a 2-1 decision to intrastate rival Michigan, the Spartans went on the road for the weekend and lost a 5-4 heartbreaker to No.
Mike Lundholm gave his mother a simple explanation for his love of MSU. "He said he had green blood," Diane Sluis said.
This month is the time to get a flu shot before the influenza season hits in full force later this winter, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. More than 77 million doses of the flu vaccine already have been distributed across the country, and East Lansing residents can get theirs at Olin Health Center. The vaccine has a subsidized price of $15 for MSU students. "I've always thought the really old and the really young were the ones who needed it," said Lisa McDonald, who is studying to be a doctor. The premedical sophomore said she has no intention of getting a flu shot.
It was during Franklin Roosevelt's first term that Will Rogers is said to have joked: "I am a member of no organized political party — I am Democrat." As the dust of this momentous midterm election settles, that joke has been resurrected — mostly by people much less funny than Rogers — to describe the dilemma of the incoming Democratic majorities in both congressional houses.
As I arrived at Ford Field on Saturday to watch my alma mater, Dakota High School, play in the Division 1 state football finals, my expectations were low. I didn't think Dakota would come out with a win, seeing as it was the school's first appearance in the finals and its opponent was Rockford, which had won the last two state titles and has a lot of kids with more facial hair than I have now. And I didn't think I'd be all that excited by the game, seeing as I don't recognize any of the names on the jerseys anymore and my expectations had been raised by rooting for a real football team (kind of) for the last four years.
Michigan's Senate Finance Committee will hear testimony on tax replacements for the Single Business Tax on Wednesday afternoon. Michigan lawmakers have about two more weeks in this session to find a replacement for the hotly debated Single Business Tax, which is set to expire in 2007. Gov.