Mexican culture focus of exhibit

Nestled in a corner room of Kresge Art Museum is a display that brings warmth and expression from our neighbors to the south. In "Obras de México: Images of Hispanic Life and Culture," five pre-Columbian sculptures are encased alongside 16 prints and photographs to create a small, yet varied collection. All the artists in the exhibit are either Mexican or have been active with their artwork in Mexico.

Guster to perform Thursday

Guster hits the local scene tomorrow night for a show at the Auditorium. Drummer and youngest member Brian Rosenworcel recently conversed with The State News about an upcoming Guster studio album, MySpace.com and Ping-Pong balls. State News: What's the band's pre-show ritual? Brian Rosenworcel: Generally, everyone takes a dump in the dressing room during the half-hour changeover between the opener and our set.

Sgt. gets 2 felony charges

Two weeks after more than 40 officers searched for the man whom police believed shot an Eaton County Sheriff's sergeant, prosecutors allege the sergeant shot himself in the arm. Sgt.

Author Chris Mooney to speak on campus

Author Chris Mooney will speak on campus at 7 p.m. Thursday in the Wilson Hall Auditorium. The event will be open to the public. Mooney wrote the best-selling book, "The Republican War on Science." He also works for Seed Magazine and The American Prospect. Mooney's books will be for sale after the event, and he will do a book signing. The program is sponsored by MSU's Science, Technology, Environment and Public Policy Specialization.

Battling bands article biased, unbalanced

Upon picking up a copy of The State News, I was confused by what I saw on the front page. The article "Shake, battle & roll" (SN 4/03) had me asking myself: Was Elizabeth Swanson at the same Battle of the Bands I attended Friday? I couldn't help but wonder about the intentions of this incredibly biased article.

AOP could include diversity seminar

A university committee is discussing the addition of diversity sessions to the Academic Orientation Program, or AOP. After hearing concerns from the Black Student Alliance, or BSA, the University Committee on Student Affairs, or USCA, brought forth the suggestion at a meeting Tuesday as a way to improve diversity awareness on campus.

WEB EXTRA: East Lansing mayor and Guster to promote environmental-friendly fuels

Local government, rock 'n' roll and biodiesel will collide Thursday when East Lansing Mayor Sam Singh joins Adam Gardner, singer and guitarist for the popular rock band Guster, on MSU's campus to advocate for environmentally friendly fuels. The two will meet Dr. Steve Pueppke, director of MSU's Office of Bio-based Technologies, and Bob Boehm, manager of Commodity and Marketing for the Michigan Farm Bureau, at 1 p.m.

Innovations: learning linguistics

Name: Professor Barbara Abbott Department: Linguistics and Germanic, Slavic, Asian and African Languages Type of research: Analyzing what words and sentences mean Date of research: Abbott started the research during graduate school in 1970.

All the right moves

Ever since Beth Ann Samra was 3 years old, she's danced. She competed in everything from tap and jazz to lyrical and ballet in high school. Now, once a year, the family community services senior returns to the stage and performs. This time she danced for charity at Tuesday's MTV Night dance competition held during Greek Week.

Widespread, totally legal

Twelve ounces of Mountain Dew: 55 milligrams of caffeine. Five ounces of brewed coffee: 115 milligrams of caffeine. One ounce of dark chocolate: 20 milligrams of caffeine. One tablet of cold relief medication: 30 milligrams of caffeine. There are hundreds of ways to get a caffeine buzz. And with plenty of coffee shops scattered around downtown East Lansing, a cup o' joe shouldn't be too hard to locate either. Students pack into cafes toting laptops and textbooks and purchase cup after cup of coffee.

Newest commitment plans to enroll early

The MSU football team added its second verbal commitment of the 2007 recruiting class Monday — Quincy Landingham of Bloomfield Hills Lahser High School. Landingham, a 6-foot, 195-pound junior, plays on the offensive and defensive sides of the ball, but he projects as a defensive player at MSU once he enrolls next spring semester after graduating high school a semester early. He is the No.

Fighting boredom

Everyone learns differently. For some students, a lengthy lecture sends them off into a drooling stupor, unable to concentrate and learn.

MSU coordinates teaching of Arabic

MSU will coordinate the Michigan arm of a national language initiative to teach more people to speak Arabic. The National Strategic Language Initiative, first announced at a conference of U.S.

Songwriter's raw 1st album refreshing triumph in honesty

You might call it "freak folk," but better yet, it sounds like Jana Hunter's just letting it all hang out with honest, intimate tunes. It's like eavesdropping on a personal conversation Hunter is having with herself.

American Apparel's grand opening today

American Apparel's U.S.-made, solid-colored clothes will be available to East Lansing shoppers beginning at 10 a.m.

Community questions budget cut proposals

Lansing — Two existing golf courses in Lansing could open April 17 as planned, although their future beyond this fiscal year is uncertain. The Lansing City Council said Monday it will recommend to Mayor Virg Bernero in the coming weeks that the courses open on time — and remain open until at least June 30. Bernero did not attend Monday's council meeting. Closing the Waverly and Red Cedar golf courses was part of Bernero's plan to alleviate the city's $11 million deficit for the 2007 fiscal year.

MCRI promises equality for all, but proposal won't eliminate racism

The battle lines are drawn, the stage is set and every other tired cliché I can think of will not stop Michigan voters from deciding whether to end state-sanctioned affirmative action in November. The MCRI, or Michigan Civil Rights Initiative, is a ballot proposal aimed at ending "preferential treatment" by public bodies to anyone or anything for any reason.

Area officials debate police, fire aid

East Lansing firefighters don't groan when they get called in to do some extra work. They actually like it. Lt.

Punk rock prof

Most of their students and colleagues know Steve McCornack, John Sherry and René Weber as professors, and Jayson Dibble as a graduate student. But on Thursday night, they will become Pug Muckfe, Johnny Pustular, Kärl Messer and Gurgle McPhestus, as their old-school punk band "Stooge City Liberation Front" takes Harper's Restaurant & Brewpub, 131 Albert Ave., by storm. "We call ourselves a punk rock band, but we really play stuff from before there was punk to after there was punk," said Sherry, an assistant communication professor.

Police briefs 04/04/06