A speech by Sen. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Lansing, scheduled for 6 p.m. tonight at the East Lansing Hannah Community Center, 819 Abbott Road, has been cancelled.
Since Hurricane Katrina tore through New Orleans in August, the rich culture of the region has kept the spirit of the city alive.
MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon will meet with East Lansing residents today in the second of four meetings designed to improve communication with East Lansing residents. The meeting begins at 7 p.m.
Andrew Cooper's letter ("Can't complain if you're not registered to vote here," SN 5/19) regarding the noise ordinances in East Lansing shows his ignorance and total lack of understanding of the problem that the students have with the ordinances and their enforcement. In the second sentence of his letter, he uses a totally unrelated problem to illustrate his point.
According to friends and family, James Madison professor Doug Hoekstra was one of the wittiest and funniest professors at MSU. Hoekstra, 63, died Sunday from complications after undergoing knee replacement surgery early last week, according to friends of the family. Hoekstra's son, David, said the family is doing as well as can be expected and has received a lot of condolences from Hoekstra's colleagues and friends. For many, Hoekstra's death was "shocking." Born Nov.
The East Lansing City Council approved parts of the Virginia Avenue project, which calls for the demolition of all homes along the avenue's 600 block, at its meeting Tuesday night. With a purchase agreement of $107,000, the council authorized city officials to buy a home at 601 Virginia Ave., which begins the city's quest to acquire the avenue's 22 other residences. They will be converted into a mixture of 39 new homes and condominiums, which will be owner-occupied and targeted at families with children.
World-renowned chamber musicians The Verdehr Trio will perform at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at Wharton Center. The Verdehr Trio is composed of MSU School of Music faculty members Walter Verdehr and Elsa Ludewig-Verdehr on violin and clarinet, respectively, and Western Michigan University professor Silvia Roederer on piano.
MSU freshman Franklin Gomez and MSU junior Andy Simmons both won national championships in wrestling in the freestyle division at the 2006 University Nationals.
MSU women's basketball senior guard Victoria Lucas-Perry was named as a finalist for the 2006 USA FIBA Americas U20 Championship Team. After three days of trials, a field of 38 athletes was cut down to 18.
MSU sophomore golfer Ryan Brehm tied for 75th at the NCAA Central Regional in Chardon, Ohio. The tournament lasted three days — last Thursday, Friday and Saturday — with a field of 141 student golfers. Competing as an individual, Brehm was the only MSU golfer at the tournament and finished with a 14-over-par 227. The Mount Pleasant-native had his best day on Saturday, shooting a 1-under-par 70.
Mason — The Wanger family's 84-year-old farmhouse is beyond repair. The living room walls are lined with makeshift-plywood shelves piled with games and Braille books, the carpet is worn, walls chipped and the foundation is crumbling. But despite the loose doorknobs and chipping paint, Francis, 67, and his wife Arlene, 65, have made the deteriorating stone farmhouse into a laughter-filled home for their seven children. So when Mark Voss told them the Greater Lansing Home Builders Association — a nonprofit association made up of companies in the home-building industry — was raising money to build them a new house, they didn't know what to say.
The freshly painted pink and green walls of MSU Dairy Store's new branch in the Union are ready to welcome waves of ice cream lovers during the upcoming hot summer months. The store opened Saturday and already welcomed a crowd during the East Lansing Art Festival this past weekend.
I hate MTV. I hate MTV because it's fresh. The art and graphic design, the editing, the visual imagery, the promotion, the press, the news updates, the wardrobe, the voice-overs, the cuts, the commercials, the intricate marketing, the liberal-based advocacy stuff, the guitar-chord feel, the obviously intelligible top-dollar, on- and off-screen talent.
Surrounded by family and some of the area's political elite, former East Lansing Mayor Mark Meadows kicked off his campaign for a seat in the state House on Monday. Meadows — a member of the East Lansing City Council — is vying for the House's 69th seat, which covers the East Lansing area. "I want to be the choice of the people," the Democratic candidate said to a crowd of about 35 people at his campaign headquarters, 2660 E.
President Bush announced last week that he will send nearly 6,000 National Guard troops to secure the U.S.-Mexico border in an attempt to stem the constant flow of thousands, if not millions, of illegal immigrants coming into the country.
The United State's influence can be seen in Iraq's new government. Just as President Bush wanted, democracy is now being practiced in Iraq.
Political science professor Doug Hoekstra died Sunday from knee surgery complications. Hoekstra worked at MSU since 1969 and was a James Madison College faculty member. His funeral will be held Friday at the Okemos Presbyterian Church, 2258 Bennett Road, in Okemos.
A benefit concert for the New Orleans Summer Project will be held at the Cadillac Club, 1115 S. Washington Ave., in Lansing Wednesday at 7:30 p.m.
The Bactrian camel population at Potter Park Zoo in Lansing increased from two to three on April 29 with the birth of a two-humped baby. The nearly month-old Bactrian camel is covered with a fuzzy fur coat and has two humps, a feature that differentiates it from the one-humped Dromedary camel. "In the wild, there's not that many," zoo veterinarian Tara Harrison said.