Last spring, Eastern Michigan University student Zoe Piliafas spent an entire semester dressed as a Muslim woman. Piliafas, who is of Greek descent, went by the name Zhooda, adopted a Middle Eastern accent and wore a burqa - a dark shroud that covers everything except a woman's eyes.
The Michigan Women's Commission will hold a workshop for women interested in running for political office Friday and Saturday at 110 W.
MSU and Michigan history will be the main topics of discussion at a conference being held Friday and Saturday by the Historical Society of Michigan. Speakers include Provost Kim Wilcox and former state Gov.
As part of a national project through the Muslim Students' Association, Sept. 26-30 is Islam Awareness Week. At MSU, several activities are planned for each night of the week, and it ends Friday with a tour of the Islamic Center of East Lansing, 920 S.
Editor's note: State News reporters Lauren Phillips and Kris Turner set out to review an Armenian restaurant, House of Kabobs, 1825 E.
At two large tables in the back of Lou & Harry's Grille Room, 20 East Lansing officials and student leaders met Wednesday evening to become acquainted and discuss issues in an attempt to improve city and student relations. Leaders of ASMSU, MSU's undergraduate student government, contacted city officials about meeting for dinner at the restaurant, 235 Ann St., and the two groups were able to find some common ground, said Melissa Horste, director of community affairs for ASMSU's Student Assembly. "It humanized both groups, because there is this sort of tension ... there's some misunderstanding between the city and the university," Horste said.
In a way, the Big Ten is evolving. It started when Purdue head coach Joe Tiller and Northwestern head coach Randy Walker brought spread offenses into the league.
A city-sponsored gathering on Bogue Street sounds about as much fun as a birthday party thrown by mom and dad. While trying to figure out what students could do following big sports games, the independent commission investigating the April 2-3 disturbances has kicked around the idea of designating a spot on Bogue for celebration and musical performances. The thought is nice and shows an effort to solve the problems that follow a Spartan win or loss.
With the East Lansing City Council election fewer than two months away, candidates have started campaigning and talking to the community about their platforms. Two of the five council seats are up for grabs as current Councilmembers Vic Loomis and Bill Sharp run for re-election in November. "The campaign trail has been going very well," Loomis said.
ASMSU's Student Assembly will go door-to-door next week reminding students and residents the importance of being responsible during the upcoming football weekend against the University of Michigan on Oct.1.
George Bush doesn't care about black people! This is not a new idea in the black community.
The Big Ten always seems to be the conference that has the most teams with a loss. This would most likely be because the teams in this conference beat each other up every week.
Spencer Abraham, a former Michigan senator, agreed on Tuesday to serve as co-chairman of the Committee for Justice, a conservative group that works to support conservative judicial nominees, including Supreme Court nominee John Roberts. The committee does several things, but its main purpose is to refute liberal attacks on judicial nominees, said Sean Rushton, the committee's executive director.
The MSU volleyball team (7-4 overall) will try to shake off a tough loss to Michigan when it travels to Bloomington to take on Indiana at 7 p.m.
Flashback to last season. The Spartans crushed No. 4 Wisconsin on Nov. 13, 2004 only to lay an egg next week against unranked Penn State. In fact, in the past eight seasons, MSU has dropped seven games straight after beating a top-10 team the week before. It's a history the Spartans are aware of and a record that junior quarterback Drew Stanton is determined to put to an end Saturday when MSU opens Big Ten play at Illinois. "Being a part of it last year after following Wisconsin going into Penn State - we're all cognisant of that," Stanton said.
Matt Leinart Senior quarterback Southern Cal Last week: Went 18-for-24 for 381 yards and four touchdowns Also rushed for one touchdown in USC's 70-17 rout of Arkansas. Reggie Bush Junior running back Southern Cal Last week: Rushed eight times for 125 yards and one touchdown Ran for a touchdown the first two times he touched the ball. Vince Young Junior quarterback Texas Last week: Went 8-for-14 of passing for 101 yards Threw one interception and also rushed for 77 yards in 51-10 win over Rice. DARKHORSE Drew Stanton Junior quarterback MSU Last week: Completed 16-of-27 passes for 327 yards and three touchdowns Dangerous with his arm and legs, Stanton also rushed 14 times for 48 yards and one touchdown to lead the upset vs.
All three members of The Like have a musical parent - Both Charlotte Froom and Z. Berg's dads are producers for major labels and Tennessee Thomas' dad was a drummer in Elvis Costello's Attractions. The girls' lineage might automatically sway some from giving them a listen.
In response to the article "Offensive edge goes to Spartans but Notre Dame has more depth" (SN 9/16), I feel that the way the staff looks at the game should be changed.
I was disappointed after reading last Monday's article, "Man sentenced in campus rape" (SN 9/19). What primarily angered me was the quotation from Ingham County Prosecutor Stuart Dunnings III that stated: "Women need to know that if they're victims of sexual assault, they need to go to Sparrow, they need to have the rape kit done and they need to file a police report." Although the statement might have been meant to be reassuring for other survivors of sexual assault, someone educated on such a sensitive issue would know otherwise. People who have experienced sexual assault have experienced a life-changing trauma in which their choice was taken from them.
Warning signs restricting access to Alpha Tau Omega's house were still posted on Wednesday as fraternity President Alex Brown prepared for a Recruitment Week open house. Even though their house is uninhabitable, the fraternity has set up a make-shift Rush site each night in front of the damaged fraternity house using a mid-size white canopy, some long tables and plastic folding chairs. "It's kind of hard showing (the pledges) the outside of the house and not being able to show them the inside and what it has to offer," Brown said. The three-story brick building, at 251 W.