By Erik Adams Special for The State News As you can read in any rock magazine of note (Spin and Harp, for instance), Rilo Kiley frontwoman Jenny Lewis set out to make her solo debut, a soul album in the vein of 1971's "Gonna Take a Miracle" by Laura Nyro and LaBelle.
Hotels in and around downtown Detroit are filling up as Super Bowl fans travel to the area for the weekend celebration.
Despite playing without senior center Paul Davis, the No. 12 MSU men's basketball team overcame a five-point halftime deficit and toppled Penn State, 69-60, Saturday afternoon at Breslin Center. Davis was elbowed on the top of the head by redshirt freshman center Idong Ibok in practice Friday and received 10 stitches.
I left Munn Ice Arena on Friday night frustrated. Then I got back to my apartment and watched the replay of the Spartans and Wolverines' 1-1 tie and grew even angrier. Let's examine the game: • I wrote in junior defenseman Ethan Graham as the No.
MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon will speak at a reception in her honor at 5 p.m. today at the Arab American National Museum in Dearborn.
Chris Osborne jumped at the chance to enroll in MSU's new seven-week online course in forensic entomology when she first heard about it. "It is one of the bigger and more important pieces of the pie in forensic science," said Osborne, a lifelong education student who has studied forensic science for 11 years. The three-credit online course, which is new this semester, is titled "Forensic Entomology: The Role of Insects in Crime Scene Investigations." The course focuses on a specific branch of forensic entomology known as medico-legal entomology, in which insect growth can help estimate the time of a person's death, said Richard Merritt, chairperson for the Department of Entomology and teacher of the online course. Although Merritt has a similar course on campus in the fall semester, he said he created the online class so that a wider range of people could have access to the information. Forensic entomology is the study of how insects are used in the legal system. "It's become a lot more important in crime scene investigation in the last 10 to 15 years," Merritt said. "People are very interested in insects, and how they can be used in this way is fascinating." After a person dies, insects will colonize the body within minutes to hours after death.
Detroit — Over the past two weeks, I've gained a new appreciation for MSU's rivalry with Michigan. This baby is intense. In general, I am a fan of all teams in any sport I watch.
Although I usually agree with his anti-religious rants, John Bice's column, "Lazy analysis of scandal, government spending gives narrow view" (SN 1/24), is not only full of misconceptions, but it completely misses the mark. Bice uses abhorrent oversimplification when describing three major political groups: Liberals, Conservatives and Libertarians.
Several East Lansing neighborhoods lost power for a little less than an hour Sunday evening when a power line fell, knocking out street lights on stretches of Grand River Avenue, Albert Avenue and Burcham Drive. It's unknown what caused the line to fall, but it might have been wind, said John Strickler of the Lansing Board of Water and Light. There were 832 Board of Water and Light properties affected from Stoddard Avenue to Hagadorn Road, between Grand River Avenue and Burcham Drive, Strickler said.
Gov. Jennifer Granholm announced some ambitious plans in her State of the State address Wednesday. She asked legislators to give students $4,000 for completing two years of college as part of the Merit Award scholarship.
Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero will give his first State of the City address at 7 p.m. in the Dart Auditorium at Lansing Community College in Lansing. Bernero is expected to outline his plans to address the city's budget deficit.
It is appalling when students do not know basic historical facts. It is equally appalling that students who chastise others for lacking knowledge lack basic knowledge themselves. Rebecca McNulty was right on that many students lack historical knowledge, but McNulty herself lacks knowledge.
I had the chance to debate Iranian politics on an American Web site that was devoted to right-wing, neo-conservative ideology.
The Spartans got a glimpse of life without Paul Davis. They didn't like what they saw. The senior center was hit by an errant elbow in practice Friday and had to get 10 stitches on the top of his head.
As an East Lansing resident and MSU student, I am proud that another MSU student is running for public office. John Knowles is a candidate who will be dedicated to the district.
Detroit —"Seven on four, loaded!" Translation: Seven coney dogs on four plates, (two, two, two and one) all with chili, mustard and onions. It's how to order the quintessential item at one of Detroit's most iconic meal spots — Lafayette Coney Island, 118 W.
Fifteen-year-old Brittany Bergquist and her younger brother Robbie, 14, have collected more than 200,000 cell phones since 2004. With an effort that started with a car wash in their hometown in Massachusetts, "Cell Phones for Soldiers" has grown to become a nationwide effort. Cell phones are collected at different businesses and recycled for their parts, or sometimes resold.
It wasn't pretty. Far from it. The No. 16 MSU women's basketball team squared off against Indiana on Sunday in a game that neither team seemed to want to win.
Women's basketball reporter Ethan Conley writes about his brief trip to West Lafayette, Ind., where MSU lost.
The men's basketball student section, the Izzone, got creative during the game, as the members were supplied with dry-erase boards.