Beer has become an intricate part of Ron Jeffries' life. Some days Jeffries spends up to 12 hours making beer at his microbrewery, Jolly Pumpkin Artisan Ales in Dexter, about an hour away from campus. Jeffries, who opened the microbrewery two years ago, does everything from his own brewing to bottling and labeling the finished product at Jolly Pumpkin.
For the past few weeks, I wanted to write a column about the Michigan Civil Rights Initiative, or MCRI, and affirmative action, but lacked the time.
Soccer players might soon be able to see million-dollar renovations to the East Lansing Soccer Complex from the East Lansing Planning Commission's proposals, which include improved lighting for the fields. The commission annually releases a list of suggestions to the East Lansing City Council on how to improve the city in the Capital Improvements Program. The council uses the Capital Improvements Program to help plan the budget, ultimately deciding whether to approve the funding. The $1.4-million soccer renovations, as well as road maintenance on Abbott and Chandler roads for $2 million, are some of the proposals in the program. Some of these ideas, however, might not come to light due to lack of funding to finance the entire list, said City Manager Ted Staton. "There's no way all these things will happen," Staton said.
The MSU Board of Trustees voted unanimously Thursday to raise housing rates for fall 2006, in what has become a springtime tradition at the university. The change means students will have to pay about $300 more next year for a room and basic meal plan.
Lansing — Chris Hickey knew very well that time wasn't exactly on his side. Walking into Lansing's U.S.
Some people dig March Madness while others live for the NFL and NBA playoffs. And a large percentage of the United States is fascinated with the MLB playoffs (which seem to last deeper into October each year). Not to say I don't enjoy watching those events, but the NHL playoffs are my sports Christmas, and, to my delight, are soon to be back. There are so many things to watch for come playoff time.
MSU's College of Human Medicine should have contracts inked with Grand Rapids hospitals within weeks to launch its new medical school, university officials say. The college plans to create a second four-year campus in Grand Rapids by 2010. On Thursday, the MSU Board of Trustees made those plans official, authorizing MSU President Lou Anna K.
By Erik Adams For The State News As an avid viewer of the late VH1 show "Pop-Up Video," I know that LL Cool J is an acronym for "Ladies Love Cool James." As someone who has heard LL's new album "Todd Smith," I now feel that moniker may be truer in reverse. Over the course of "Todd Smith," LL finds himself making legit claims of female admiration while also begging for in-club hookups and forgiveness from ex-girlfriends.
Bradley Wilson's 4/13 letter, "ASMSU benefits its members, not MSU" takes a narrow view about who does and does not benefit from ASMSU, MSU's undergraduate student government.
I would like to expand on what J.C. Kibbey started to address in his editorial about students acting and not just complaining, "Students should act, not just complain" (SN 4/6). The fact is that no one cares about what is happening to this country, and no one is taking the time to educate others about it.
When young Princess Ann (Audrey Hepburn) escapes from her overwhelming schedule full of public interviews and meetings while on a royal tour in Rome, she unknowingly meets an American reporter named Joe Bradley (Gregory Peck) as he tries to get the inside scoop on the princess who has gone AWOL.
MSU's apparel and textile design program could find a more permanent home in the College of Arts & Letters beginning next fall. A proposal in the Academic Governance system would move apparel and textile design from its present location in the College of Human Ecology, but officials are not sure yet if Arts & Letters would be a good fit for the program. "This could be a wonderful match, but how the major fits in — we don't know yet," said June Youatt, dean of undergraduate studies and acting dean of the College of Human Ecology.
The college careers of wide receivers Kyle Brown and Aaron Alexander are over. Now it's time for seniors Matt Trannon, Jerramy Scott, Kerry Reed and junior Terry Love to help the offense live up to the expectations as one of the Big Ten's best. In 2005, the passing game was the deadliest attack for the Spartans.
Even as everyday technologies get more complex and demand more power, boosting energy conservation can be easy. Ah, the olden days.
MSU football player Cole Corey's sentencing for pleading guilty to a single count of possession of a controlled substance has been adjourned until May 18. The sentencing was supposed to come down Thursday morning in the Lenawee County Circuit Court, but was adjourned to allow Corey and his attorney to argue some factors that could affect his sentence. "We're challenging some of the allegations in the presentencing report," said David Goldstein, Corey's attorney.
John Dwan didn't see it coming. Three years ago, he was a rising pitching prospect, a powerful left-hander from Illinois who had compiled a 25-5 record at Libertyville High School and broken the school record for strikeouts. He committed to MSU and turned heads during fall practice with a nasty fastball and baffling changeup.
I love Nazis because they make the rest of political discourse sound normal. In fact, Nazis make the Michigan Civil Rights Initiative, or MCRI, sound like child's play.
East Lansing officials are pushing for redevelopment in the East Village area, but for the time being, they're going to have to put a stop to the very activity they want to promote. The city's planning commission is in the midst of reviewing a new zoning code for the East Village, located south of Grand River Avenue between Bogue Street and Hagadorn Road, and would provide for taller buildings and a mix of retail and residential space not permitted by the existing law. Officials hoped that work on the code, detailing exactly what can and cannot be built in the 35-acre area, would be completed by the time a City Council-imposed construction freeze is lifted. But since the planning commission is still engaged in the review process, it will be almost impossible for the City Council to approve the new code before the moratorium on building in East Village expires May 6.
Secrecy in the United States government has always been a problem. From The Pentagon Papers — documents former President Richard Nixon tried to stop The New York Times from publishing — to domestic wiretapping under President George W.
Basically, I just wanted to write in commenting on East Lansing's noise ordinance policy. Is there really any point to the city of East Lansing taking this thing to such extremes? It would be nice to have them remove the possibility of going to jail, but to be able to get a ticket on the spot for playing "flip cup" in your yard?