Into the wee hours of the night, he can be seen chomping on a Philly Titan cigar in his office. He's impatient - he wants everything to be done yesterday so he can move onto a new project, said Fred Poston, vice president for Finance and Operations. Others who know MSU President M.
Shakespeare might soon have to hang his collared tunic at another address. The BoarsHead Professional Theatre, 425 S.
If there was ever a weekend to make a turnaround, this is it. The MSU hockey team will look to climb the ladder in the CCHA standings when the Spartans face Notre Dame in a home-and-home series. Notre Dame has limped out of the gate to a 3-8-4 record, which puts them in the basement of the league.
Third grader Thomas Gore has the coolest ride in his class at Henry H. North Elementary School in Lansing, said MSU mechanical engineering seniors. A metallic red bike, which sports silver flames on a faux gas tank, was designed and built by Laurie Emerson, Neal Koenig, Kelly Stahley, Jeff Staniszewski and Tim Strand as part of the Shell Humanitarian Project.
How do you incorporate Adolf Hitler, a couple of flamboyantly gay men, a fat crook and a skinny accountant into a Broadway hit?
The No. 12 MSU women's basketball team has played five of the first seven games this year on the road and has shown no signs of fatigue from the travel. "This team is tough and we were focused throughout the game," MSU head coach Joanne P.
The MSU athletic department named Cathy George, former Western Michigan volleyball head coach, to take the spot vacated by Chuck Erbe just one week ago due to retirement. "When you have a person almost in your backyard who meets and exceeds many of the qualifications we had set for the volleyball coach here, it's kind of a no-brainer," MSU Athletics Director Ron Mason said. George has coached collegiate volleyball for 18 years, including 11 seasons at Western.
The No. 12 MSU women's basketball team had little trouble picking up its seventh win of the season as the Spartans rolled over Eastern Illinois, 85-45. The Spartans (7-1) got out to an early 24-10 lead behind eight points from senior center Kelli Roehrig.
When East Lansing City Manager Ted Staton landed his college-town position about 10 years ago, he said his wife, Carol, wasn't too thrilled about moving to the Great Lakes state. "Mid-Michigan did not look like a garden that day," he said recalling the rainy morning when they moved to East Lansing. Now, Staton said his wife can't imagine living anywhere else. This attachment influenced Staton when he recently withdrew his application to become city manager of Evanston, Ill., the home of Northwestern University. "At the end of the day, if you make a decision to uproot everything in your life ... it's got to be pretty close to perfect," Staton said.
It's no secret Paul Davis isn't having much fun on the basketball court this season. Fans know it and head coach Tom Izzo is concerned. Even the junior center admits his gloomy appearance is obvious on game films.
Give Insomniac Games a lot of credit. At a time when many video game companies use the success of past titles to produce shoddy, disappointing sequels, they have done just the opposite. Despite the fact it is the third title in the franchise, everything about the company's recent release, "Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal," is a testament to the hard work and creativity that went into the game. The graphics are immaculate, the storyline is fresh and, many times, hilarious, and the game play is diverse and well thought out.
MSU head coach Tom Izzo won his first and only NCAA basketball championship with the help and leadership of his senior point guard, Mateen Cleaves. That was five seasons ago. Without the guidance of a true leader, the Spartans have failed to capture an outright Big Ten Championship - last earning a share of the league title one year before any current player had earned a varsity letter. "Do we have a guy who grabs guys by the neck and does 'this and that' yet?
Nell goes nuts when she's kept indoors. But when the 7-year-old border collie spied a pen of four nervous sheep in the Pavilion for Agriculture and Livestock Education arena, she got down to work. Owner George Good swept an arc in the air with his arms, and with a "whooshing" whistle, Nell shot into the pen.
For more than 30 years, teaching about condom use, STDs and sexual safety has been the cornerstone of the nation's sex education repertoire, but some say it's time to put more money toward focusing on abstinence. In response to more lawmakers advocating abstinence education programs in American schools, Congress recently approved funding increases to close the gap between comprehensive and abstinence programs. In 2002, The Heritage Foundation found that for every $12 provided for comprehensive sex education programs, only $1 is provided for abstinence education.
WinnersDetroit Pistons Although they can't claim 2004 in its entirety as a banner year for the Bad Boys - see the Losers section - a championship trophy put serious shine on the city of Detroit as the consummate team.
Michigan hunters will have an easier time donating their game to the hungry if a recently passed House bill becomes law. The bill, introduced by Rep.
Although Santa receives letters throughout the year, he gets a plethora of requests in December. Well, little does that jolly, red-hatted man know, I've been intercepting some of the hottest, juiciest notes this side of the equator.
Like many other things in life, some theater productions this season were wonderful and others needed significant help.
Ingham County Sheriff Gene Wriggelsworth was sworn into a new term Wednesday afternoon. The event marked the beginning of Wriggelsworth's fifth term as sheriff.
By Jennifer Dodyk Special for The State News Firefighters from the Lansing Fire Department stressed the importance of fire safety and awareness to middle school students at a yearly Christmas tree burning demonstration in Lansing.