MSU junior quarterback Drew Stanton has spent a lot of time this spring watching, not playing. But it is all part of the plan, and he knows it.
Black smoke rose from the Vatican's Sistine Chapel on Monday, signifying that the new leader of the Catholic Church still is up in the air. After cardinals in Rome began the first day of conclave cloaked in seclusion and secrecy to elect a successor to the late Pope John Paul II, the black smoke signaled that the cardinals will continue to meet until they come to a decision. But even though the election process has begun, local Catholics said it's still too premature to predict the leading candidate.
A fowl mystery has surfaced in downtown East Lansing - and not a feather was left behind. A bronze duck statue was removed from East Lansing's Fountain Square Park near the Marriott Hotel at University Place, 300 M.A.C.
Editor's note: This is the second in a five-part series to reintroduce the people who run East Lansing.
We are a generation that has grown up with infomercial images of poverty-stricken children who need our help.
Haslett - After coaching four children through college graduation, parents Dick and Mary Haan are looking forward to their next challenge - the first grade. The couple, 61 and 60 years old respectively, opted out of cushy retirements in favor of packing lunches and picking up toys. The Haans adopted Mariah, 4, and Lonnie, 5, in November 2002, after raising Lonnie as a foster child on and off since 2001.
I am writing in response to President Bush's visit to the pope's funeral. This was his opportunity to court the Catholic vote and pay his respects to a man who he claims to have held a great and long-lasting respect for.
The MSU faculty asked the university for a 4.25 percent salary increase next year, leaving administrators with a big decision on their hands.
Local health stores might be able to sell a product containing ephedrine alkaloids after a federal judge ruled last week that a Utah company could sell the supplement. Ephedra is an herbal substance often used in weight loss supplements. The decision landed almost exactly a year after the U.S.
Boston Globe columnist Ellen Goodman said it's difficult to be a newspaper columnist, constantly churning out opinions on every issue of the day. She's even heard some say holding the job is like being married to a nymphomaniac.
After seeing no movement by the university toward a compromise in contract negotiations, members of the Graduate Employees Union took to the streets on Monday wearing sandwich boards with slogans such as "MSU Bargaining Skills: F-" The union, or GEU, protects the labor rights of teaching assistants.
Sophomore Nick Simmons was awarded the MSU wrestling team's 2005 Outstanding Wrestler Award at the team's banquet held Sunday at Kellogg Center. Simmons went 32-4 this season, including a fourth-place finish at the 2005 NCAA Championships.
As the semester winds down, MSU College Republicans are busy wrapping up a year in which they helped re-elect President Bush and got students to vote.
During the riots after the April 2 men's basketball game, I was out on the streets. I passed many cops, and I got teargassed twice, but never did I see any actions that deserved the current whining that many students have brought down upon the police forces involved.
The MSU official responsible for enforcing exceptions to the open-alcohol ban and leading the discussion to change tailgating on campus will leave her administrative post this summer to pursue a more spiritual direction. Sue Carter will step down as secretary of the MSU Board of Trustees and as executive assistant to MSU President Lou Anna K.
After cramming for one last final, stealing one last apple from the cafeteria and listening to the Beaumont Tower's Carillon one more time, Shannon Houghton will share her MSU experiences with the senior class of 2005 at the undergraduate commencement ceremony. The Senior Class Council selected Houghton in mid-April to be this year's spring speaker.
On first inspection, Glenn Brown's East Lansing recording studio looks fairly typical, as recording studios go.
As some of the 43 people arrested during the April 2-3 disturbances face pretrial conferences this week, lawyers are doing their homework and looking at the event to prepare for their cases. The charges range from disorderly assembly for riot, preparation to burn and obstructing a police officer in the cases stemming from the disturbances after the men's basketball team's loss to North Carolina in the Final Four. During a pretrial, both sides meet to discuss if the case will go to trial or if there will be a guilty plea. Evidence at the trials will be presented in the form of video and testimony from police officers who can describe the conduct of the crowd, said Tom Yeadon, assistant city attorney. Yeadon said the city is viewing the cases as a way to prevent future incidences.
As gas prices rise to record heights, a Michigan legislator hopes his bill could help ease the burden on drivers.