A kitchen fire at Capitol Villa Apartments on Sunday evening completely gutted one apartment and damaged another, but no one was injured, officials said. East Lansing Fire Marshal Bob Pratt said it was an accidental fire caused by grease on a stove that flashed as the resident of the second-floor apartment was preparing to fry cheese. He estimated damage totaled about $60,000.
The firm that led the affirmative action battle at the University of Michigan is demanding non-minority students rejected under the race-based admission policy receive application fee refunds. In June 2003, the U.S.
When I found out that some members of ASMSU want to increase the student tax in order to possibly create a scholarship, I was upset.
A group of MSU professors stayed up late grading last night. But instead of term papers, the group of 11 offered up judgment on this year's crop of Super Bowl commercials. The Super Bowl is the biggest day of the year for advertisers - about 150 million people tuned in to watch last year's game. And the ads aren't just directed to beer-guzzling, guacamole-devouring males: Of those 150 million, it's estimated that 40 million were women - more women than watched the Academy Awards. A half-minute ad during this year's Super Bowl cost an average of $2.4 million, about six times the rate for a typical half-minute slot in prime time. The panel agreed that this year's ads were much more tame than last year's, perhaps an overreaction to the massive public outcry that followed Janet Jackson's halftime "wardrobe malfunction." Still, there was some controversy, including a debate over Anheuser-Busch's spot featuring a group of soldiers walking through an airport and receiving an ovation from other passengers. "There's an ethical question to use pain and suffering to sell beer," advertising Professor Bill Ward said.
Improving the economic climate and increasing job growth for Michigan will be the main topics for Gov.
As I sat inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena 10 minutes before tipoff, about 80 members of the Izzone student section paraded around the outskirts of the Iowans' court chanting "Go state." The Izzone's white looked awkward in the sea of yellow and black, but its antics finally got the nearly 300 members of the Iowa fan section, the Hawk's Nest, to stand and rally around their own school's pride. Izzone members marched around the upper part of the arena for nearly an hour, and even though they were just a small group, they could still be heard throughout the arena - a comforting feeling for the Spartans. "It's always nice to come to an opposing court and have 100-200 fans there," head coach Tom Izzo said after the game.
The opening track on Mark Dignam's latest release "Box Heart Man" rolls off to a slow start with soft organs, light cymbal brushes and the gentle strumming of an acoustic guitar.
Iowa City, Iowa - MSU had been in this situation before, letting a lead slip away in the second half on the road. But this time, senior guard Tim Bograkos stepped to the free-throw line with a three-point lead over Iowa with more than a minute left. With 15,500 Iowa fans screaming and Iowa on a 13-4 scoring run to control the momentum, Bograkos didn't worry about the pressure.
This weekend, James Madison College students turned cramming into a collaborative art form. The MADhouse at James Madison College sponsored a marathon book reading of Salman Rushdie's "Midnight's Children" on Saturday.
Students can expect a possible increase in their taxes this year. The ASMSU Academic and Student assemblies passed a bill on Thursday to let students vote on a proposal to raise student taxes by $3 to $16.75.
Although the Middle Eastern conflict between Israel and Palestine has been the same for many years, a cast of ever-changing characters has flowed through its political theater. Some of these characters have made steps to push peace forward, others back.
To participate in the fifth annual National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness and Information Day, the Black Student Alliance and the Lansing Area AIDS Network, or LAAN, are offering free testing in the Union's Multicultural Center today from 6-9 p.m. The day was created to urge blacks to "get educated, get tested and get involved" with HIV/AIDS activities in their communities said Philip Hilton, senior vice president of fund development and communication affairs at the National Black Leadership Commission on AIDS. Hilton said statistics show that blacks have been disproportionately infected and affected by HIV/AIDS since the epidemic's beginning. "African Africans comprise 12 percent of the nation's total population and 54 percent of all newly reported HIV or AIDS cases," Hilton said.
Read this quickly: boom ticky ticky boom ticky ticky ah! Welcome to beatboxing 101, home to hip-hop pioneers such as Darren "Buffy, the Human Beat Box" Robinson, Doug E.
It is one thing for Mark Myers to state his opinions on abortion's unjust violation of human rights "Abortion has negative effects on mother and father, not just unborn" (SN 2/3). It is entirely another thing for him to feed into the incorrect medical myths about abortion with no references at all. I would refer him and others to the recently published article in a reputed medical journal, available through the MSU Libraries: "Induced Abortion: An Overview for Internists." The two physician authors of this article write that "the risk for hemorrhage severe enough to require blood transfusion is remote" and that "premature birth, infertility, ectopic pregnancy, spontaneous abortion, and adverse pregnancy outcomes are not increased in frequency after abortion." The authors also write, "induced abortion does not harm women's emotional health; for most women, it allows an overall improvement in quality of life.
Can't wait until the weekend to get your music fix? Don't fret. Lansing and East Lansing house enough bars, stages and places for musicians to perform their goods than we can count on both our toes and fingers.
Growing up together, Nick and Andy Simmons quickly realized their favorite part about wrestling: winning. "Being the best.
Was the United States founded on Christianity? Were our most respected and revered founding fathers devout Christians?
The 2006 Michigan gubernatorial race heated up last week when two Republican state legislators decided to run against Gov.
Students went to Washington, D.C., this weekend to learn about violence in Sudan's Darfur region. The 12 students took part in a national conference at the U.S.
The champagne wishes and caviar dreams that celebrity magazines and TV tabloids portray is just one of many sides of Hollywood. Many celebrities struggling for work suffer emotional highs and lows often not brought to light until something dramatic happens. "We call them 'stars' like they're from another planet separate from us," said Robert R.