Eight sassy delinquent teens. One crazy weekend at a dilapidated hotel. And a professional wrestler ripping people's eyes out with his grubby fingernails. "See No Evil" is not for the kiddies.
Hip, hip, hooray. Happy birthday, Bobby. It was Bob Dylan's birthday yesterday. The curly-haired musician is still alive at 65 years old.
Reality TV isn't reality. If there's anything to be learned from the endless parade of VH1 shows that "expose" this still-in-vogue television medium, it's that most of what's shown is either staged for the camera or the result of post-production editing.
Homes in East Lansing and Lansing are the most affordable in the country, according to the Housing Opportunity Index released this month. The National Association of Home Builders and Wells Fargo collected information for the index, which is determined by measuring the number of homes that are affordable to those who make the median income of the area.
If you haven't seen "The Da Vinci Code" yet, your roommate has. Or your parents, or your neighbor.
Attorneys representing The State News will request the initial police report for the alleged Feb. 23 Hubbard Hall assault in front of an Oakland County Circuit Court judge on Wednesday. "This is really as early a date as I could have hoped for," said Herschel Fink, a First Amendment and media attorney representing the newspaper, who requested the case be expedited. The State News filed a lawsuit against the university Friday for not releasing the police report for the alleged assault in which three assailants threatened three people in a Hubbard Hall dorm room with a gun, poured gasoline on one victim's chest and threatened to light it.
Many in Michigan have always considered English the most prominent language, but now legislators want to make it the state's official language. A bill to make English the only language used on official state documents was passed by a 73-32 vote Tuesday, and will now head to the Senate for approval.
Binge drinking, violent behavior, lewd sex acts and kidnappings may seem more appropriate for an episode of "The O.C.," but this type of behavior isn't new to high school or college kids — sometimes it's just referred to as hazing. The most recent high-profile hazing case involves Northwestern University's women's soccer team.
Michiganians can say goodbye to their "Old Blue" license plates since the Secretary of State announced earlier this month that it will stop issuing it at the end of the year. About 5.6 million motorists use the "Old Blue" license plate design, which was introduced in July 1982, according to the Secretary of State. "The license plate has been around for roughly 24 years, and most states replace their plates within five to 10 years," said Kelly Chesney, spokesperson for the Secretary of State. Having a reflective background on license plates will improve visibility on roadways and allow law enforcement officers to perform their public safety duties better. Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land said in a written statement that she feels it's time to use newer technology to create the license plates. "This change will also allow the state to use the same type of material for all of its license plates, which makes production more efficient," Land said in the statement. Michigan is the only state in the nation that uses the costly and outdated process of applying finely ground glass beads to the characters on the license plate during production, Chesney said. Small, glass beads that have the consistency of sand are sprinkled on the wet white paint on license plates to give them limited reflectivity. As registrations expire, Michigan residents will be issued the new plates. "From a public safety perspective, having license plates that are easier to read at night will assist law enforcement in keeping our streets safe," said state Rep.
MSU students can participate soon in a new online project in which they will collect and report information on issues concerning the Great Lakes. Beginning this fall, the Great Lakes Wiki project will allow students to do research on contaminated areas in the Great Lakes that have been identified by the U.S.
Today, the MSU women's rowing team departs for the NCAA Division I Women's Rowing Championships in New Jersey.
More Michigan engineers, architects and contractors may soon have the opportunity to work in Eastern Europe, but not before getting a lesson or two in Eastern European culture. The MSU Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering is planning a two-year study abroad program with Michigan companies that would help former Soviet countries build new roads and buildings and undertake environmental cleanups.
It's not a stretch to see the Omaha, Neb. music scene in terms of a high school. Bright Eyes' Conor Oberst is its mopey, yet overachieving class president, Tim Kasher (Cursive, The Good Life) is the equally-busy but less-recognized vice president.
This weekend the MSU community experienced a great loss with the passing of Professor Douglas Hoekstra.
Grand Rapids — Terrorism and the international drug trade are dependent upon one another, said John P.
Magdalena's Tea House is a magic carpet ride away from Lansing's characteristic hustle. With its mellow atmosphere, spontaneous acoustic jams and Turkish decor, Magdalena's allows patrons to unwind and relax at their leisure. The sign at the door reads, "Please remove your shoes." The walls are covered with colorful tapestries.
Affirmative action, or "positive discrimination," as they call it in Britain, needs to be completely banned in the state of Michigan as a means of considering college admittance.
In the world of corporate business and messy politics, the media is often referred to as society's "watchdog." The media is responsible for relaying what's going on in the world as accurately as possible to the public.