Roger Crane stood atop a wooden bridge at the edge of his cornfield, squinting into the mid-afternoon sun. The wind whipped around him, lifting his white hair and puffing out his shirt, drowning out his soft-spoken voice with every blustering gust. He faced his cornfield, 5 acres of which had been carved into a maze.
I am amazed at the recent decision to change the criteria for purchasing student basketball tickets.
The Michigan Professional Golfers' Association will move its Livonia headquarters to a new 5,000 square-foot building on the grounds of Eagle Eye Golf Club at Hawk Hollow in East Lansing. "We're going to begin construction this October, and hopefully have it up in the spring," said Ken Devine, current Michigan PGA CEO. "Eagle Eye is one of the premier golf clubs in the state and can hold all our section meetings, and the golf course is capable of hosting major PGA events," Devine said. Eagle Eye, located at 15500 Chandler Road, will provide a 66,000 square-foot clubhouse facility for events and tournaments.
On a Friday night in a neighborhood off Abbott Road, an elderly woman settles in for another weekend amongst college students. With her television on, a game of solitaire in progress and her cats, Princess and Butch, beside her, she stays up late entertaining herself while the students outside partake in weekend partying. Her home is cozy and well kept.
For MSU Kendo Club Sensei Ron Fox, a normal Sunday consists of cracking his students over the head with a bamboo stick, darting back to avoid being struck and dashing forward to strike his opponent on the wrist. As an instructor of the Japanese form of fencing, Fox views the sport as more cerebral than physical. "It's not just about hitting," Fox said.
The MSU Community Charitable Campaign officially kicks off its donation season 7:30 a.m. today with a breakfast in the Kellogg Center. The campaign is MSU's section of the United Way's charity program that raises money for those in need across the nation. Event organizers at the kick off will talk to people about making donations and volunteering time throughout the campaign.
Police have identified a woman killed early Saturday near Lucky's Bar, 400 Baker St., Lansing police Lt.
Video To Go is holding a grand opening celebration today for its new store location, room 107 of the Union. The video store, which officially opened Wednesday, will raffle off DVD players in honor of the grand opening, along with special offers for customers. Video To Go features new releases and also movies in categories such as foreign, cult classics and television. Playstation 2 and Xbox video games are also available for rent. The Union store also sells movie posters, books and popcorn. Video To Go is open 11 a.m.-11 p.m.
With nylon stockings tied around their waists and tennis balls hanging between their legs, four Spartan tailgaters waddled across a patch of grass near Munn field, trying to knock a beer can forward. Sometimes they missed, sometimes their tennis balls tangled, but eventually sociology senior Justin Wrobel's final pelvic thrust caused the tennis ball to nudge the can across the finish line - earning him a gold medal in the makeshift nylon and tennis ball game. "I was afraid I wasn't going to win," Wrobel said.
Having just returned from our road trip to East Lansing last weekend, we wanted to take the time to thank all of you for making us so proud of the Notre Dame family. Upon our arrival, we were met with ruthless remarks.
Exams have started, leaves are falling, and many MSU students are still crowded into overbooked residence hall rooms. Chuck Gagliano, assistant vice president for Housing and Food Services, said there are currently 130 over-assigned rooms. "This isn't something that the university staff did, it's something that occurred," Gagliano said.
A traveling club is offering an MSU junior the chance to spend the summer exploring the world. The scholarship, offered by the Michigan Chapter of the Circumnavigators Foundation, which is part of the Circumnavigators Club, is worth $8,000.
Every snowflake is unique, but at MSU they share a common admiration for 19th century London physician John Snow.
Votergasm.org might be rife with crude, sexually-explicit drawings, photos of scantily-clad women and promises of action for people who vote, but people who take the Web site too seriously need to re-evaluate why they don't think it's funny. No one is going to run home to their dorm, log onto the Web site, make a pledge to sex up other voters and dance around screaming, "I'm gonna get some" in front of their computer monitor.
A Stockbridge woman died in a two-car collision Saturday morning on Grand River Avenue in Meridian Township, police said. According to police reports, the head-on collision occurred just after 9 a.m.
What many people don't know about President Bush is that his sense of humor and acute sense of irony rival the senses of the greatest comics of generations past and present.
A new liberal arts and sciences residential college at MSU is closer to becoming a reality as the committee charged to plan the new college gets ready to write the final report next week.
Repeated sexualized images in rap music videos and lyrics have some MSU women feeling frustrated and powerless in the face of a booming industry.
You. Yeah, you. Want to have your voice heard this election year? Now's your chance. The State News is seeking six MSU students for its Debate Watch 2004 panel.
The MSU offense turned the ball over six times, the wide receivers dropped passes and an offensive touchdown wasn't scored until the last minute of the game. "I told the team that we are all going to come in tomorrow morning to look at film from this game, and we are going to be very ill," MSU head coach John L.