When I woke up this morning, my heart was broken. Not because George Bush was elected for another four years, but because as a state, Michigan passed Proposal 2.
It's so much more than a murder story starring beautiful women. The musical "Chicago," showing this week at Wharton Center, is about the 1920s, feeling good at no expense and jazz. It's not that cool bluesy, saxophone kind of jazz made popular by Ray Charles and Miles Davis.
The MSU student accused of raping an 18-year-old Emmons Hall floormate will stand trial, according to the Ingham County Prosecutor's office. Travis Eichten will be tried in front of Ingham County Circuit Court Judge Thomas Brown.
At the end of a close race, George W. Bush has been re-elected President of the United States. Sen. John Kerry conceded the race Wednesday and Bush declared victory. In this metaphoric game of Texas Hold 'Em, America put all its chips on the table and went all in.
If you go to google.com and type in the phrase "that guy from that movie," the first hit you'll get is for a page at the Internet Movie Database. It's the page for Stephen Tobolowsky.
Michigan voters decided Tuesday that a state constitutional amendment should be added to define marriage as between one man and one woman. Similar bans also were passed in 10 other states, including Montana, Ohio, Oregon and Utah.
Did you hear? The Black Eyed Peas will be performing at Breslin Center on Monday. With exhaustive advertising for the event both on and off campus, chances are you did. Actually, given current ticket sales for the concert - which organizers describe as disappointing - a better question might be "did you care?" "It hasn't sold very well so far," said Scott Breckner, director of Breslin Center.
College of Veterinary Medicine Dean Lonnie King has been elected to the Institute of Medicine, an honor ordinarily given to physicians and researchers who study human health. King said this rare honor is probably due in part to the increasing number of zoonotic diseases, which are passed onto humans from animals.
A farewell banquet for MSU President M. Peter McPherson will be held at 4 p.m. Friday at Kellogg Center. Members of the campus community are invited to discuss McPherson's 11 years at MSU and McPherson and his wife, Joanne, will be honored for their service to the university. McPherson was named MSU's 19th president in 1993 and is currently the longest-serving president at a Big Ten university.
The National Science Foundation granted a $4.1 million grant to an MSU project to improve math and science learning instruments in the classroom. Problem-Based Learning Model of Professional Development is working to create a model that will advance a teacher's ability to teach math and science to improve students' problem-solving skills. Faculty from MSU, Western Michigan University, Lansing Community College and classroom teachers throughout Ingham County are expected to work together over the course of a year. The program will be based at MSU's Division of Science and Mathematics Education, which includes the College of Natural Science and the College of Education.
Construction began this week to make a section of Coolidge Road a two-way street, which East Lansing officials say is going to help traffic problems in the area. But some East Lansing residents in the neighborhood are wary of the change. "It's going to cause a real headache," said Chris Reimann, a Glencairn Neighborhood Association representative.
Polls indicate that incumbent Mike Rogers, R-Brighton, won the 8th District U.S. Congressional race comfortably against Bob Alexander, D-East Lansing, on Tuesday night. Rogers retained his U.S.
You can't look across the street nowadays without seeing something truly hideous. Go ahead, give it a try.
Nine years later, Dennis Champine can still remember the Mayor of Warren doodling changes for City Hall on a piece of paper. Champine, Warren's community relations coordinator, said the drawing was just the beginning of the city's mission to establish a downtown urban atmosphere. "It really isn't a plan anymore," Champine said.
It appears as though Justices Marilyn Kelly and Stephen Markman will retain their two seats on the Michigan Supreme Court - the final court of law in the state's judicial system. With less than 10 percent of the state's precincts reporting at the time of press, Kelly and Markman held a significant lead over challengers Deborah Thomas, Brian Zahra and Leonard Schwartz. Kelly, a Democrat affiliate, said she wants to keep moving the courts in the same direction she's been pushing for the past eight years. "Making the courts more accessible and less expensive and less biased against folks - those have been my big goals," Kelly said. Markman, a Republican affiliate, refused to comment on the results or his plans for the future until all the numbers were in, said Matt Nolan, his campaign manager. Kelly, 66, obtained a bachelor's degree from Eastern Michigan University in 1960.
East Lansing retailers might be bursting with holiday cheer in the coming months as most Michigan retailers expect a bustling and profitable shopping season. Last week, the Michigan Retailers Association announced in a report that sales optimism was spreading through more than two-thirds of the state's businesses, including those in East Lansing and surrounding areas.
MSU freshman center Goran Suton underwent surgery Monday to repair a torn meniscus in his left knee.
At 9:40 p.m. Tuesday, cheers rang out through the lobby of East Lansing City Hall. The first batch of ballots had arrived.