By the end of the night, downtown East Lansing could be roughly twice the size it was this morning. The downtown district currently stretches from Valley Court Park to Collingwood Drive.
"In Memory of My Father" is a dark comedy about a dysfunctional family — clearly something all audiences can relate to.
I would like to respond to the letter from Charles Szafir "New wage increase won't help economy" (SN 3/16). He says, "there are more efficient ways to do it (help poor people) (such as tax breaks for those in lower income brackets)." Tax breaks to low-income people will not do anything.
Five protesters were arrested for trespassing in front of a military recruiting center in Lansing as part of an anti-war rally Monday afternoon. About 30 members of the No More War, No More Lies anti-war campaign organized the two-hour protest at the U.S.
A few weeks ago, I was sitting in class examining a photograph that was pretty intriguing. Taken at some sort of carnival, the dark background shows a merry-go-round ride with a bunch of two-person seats.
ASMSU and RHA want you to vote in their elections this week. MSU's undergraduate student government and the Residence Halls Association are making it incredibly easy for students to vote for this year's student elections. They can vote either today or Wednesday. And it's online. ASMSU plans on having laptop computers stationed around campus so students can vote between classes for candidates to represent different colleges, halls and on a proposed $3 tax increase. Members of ASMSU say their tax increase, which would bring the ASMSU per-semester tax to $16.75, would help them continue and expand vital services. It's clear our student government is trying to make voting as easy for students as possible.
By Liz Kersjes For The State News Free gourmet coffee is hard to resist. Area Beaner's coffee shops, in association with MSU, are offering a free coffee tasting event known as a "cupping" with coffees from around the world this week. This event is designed to give students and area residents a hands-on learning experience about the new fair trade trend in the coffee industry, said Allison Campbell, an international relations sophomore who initiated the event. "The focus of this event is to raise awareness about the success of fair trade, and why it's successful worldwide," she said.
By Jessica Sipperley For The State News The students who work at WDBM (88.9-FM), also known as the Impact, are seeing gold — for the sixth time. For the sixth time in seven years, the station was named the college radio station of the year by the Michigan Association of Broadcasters and Broadcast Music Inc. The award was presented March 14 at the Great Lakes Broadcasting Conference at the Lansing Center. General manager Gary Reid said the award, which is presented as a gold record, is a product of collaboration among staff members who submit the radio station's best work for judging. "Because we've won for so many years, it's become something every staff strives for," Reid said.
Junior Matt Harmon captured his first individual title by shooting a nine-under-par 207 at Georgia Southern's EZ-GO Schenkel Invitational.
Both an editorial, "Long-awaited raise" (SN 3/16), and a letter, "New wage increase won't help economy" (SN 3/16), slam the proposed Michigan minimum wage hike. They said this might hurt those it is intended to help and might hurt our already fragile economy. As one who tried to live on minimum wage for a number of years after graduating from college, I heartily disagree. I dare to say that slave owners in the past said the same thing about the abolition of slavery, that the country would fall to pieces if the labor had to be paid. Sure, I could start my own business if I could pay employees 10 cents an hour because I can't afford more than that.
ASMSU officials are hoping that MSU students won't "duck" out of their responsibility to vote in this week's student government elections. That's why someone will be wearing a duck suit as a gimmick to lure more voters to the polls during the elections, held today and Wednesday, because of poor voter turnout in prior elections. ASMSU is MSU's undergraduate student government.
If you're looking for something to wake up the neighbors or piss your mother off then The Sword is the band for you. What does The Sword sound like?
A green refugee tent flapped in a frigid March breeze Monday afternoon outside the Auditorium. The tent was constructed by members of Spartans Taking Action Now: Darfur, or STAND, to illustrate the home of one of the 2.5 million displaced Sudanese refugees. About five members of STAND gathered near the tent to spread awareness of genocide in Darfur, Sudan, through a postcard-writing campaign. The campaign, Million Voices for Darfur, is a national movement organized by The Save Darfur Coalition, a Washington, D.C.-based alliance that aims to raise awareness about the Darfur situation. The coalition's goal is to deliver 1 million postcards to President Bush urging him to push for a larger movement to protect the people of Darfur. "A lot of people stop and talk," STAND President Lindsey Hutchison said.
It seems you can't go more than a few feet in East Lansing these days without stumbling upon the newest trend in fast food: Mexican. These new alternatives to the typical deli or hamburger-and-fries chain are sprouting up everywhere, and they don't seem to be slowing down.
1 "Capote," a movie documenting Truman Capote's research for his book "In Cold Blood," is released on DVD today.
Steven Tyler's mystery illness forced Aerosmith to cancel the Breslin Center show, but 80-year-old B.B.
Huge crowds filled East Lansing bars by about 7 a.m. on St. Patrick's Day, but campus and city police said the day was relatively tame. East Lansing police arrested 21 people by the end of the night, and campus police arrested 28 people by about 3 a.m.
You're on a street corner in a big city. A crowd develops and you stand on your toes to see what the fuss is about.
Chicago — Liz Shimek led MSU's charge into the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Following a slow first half, MSU received a rousing halftime talk from head coach Joanne P.
This is in response to "New trucks don't help parking woes" (SN 3/14). Will everyone quit complaining about getting tickets?