Fewer arrests and less noise highlighted the first home football game Saturday as fans seemed to celebrate in a more controlled fashion, city and university police said. This weekend, police officials say they are expecting an equally busy and longer game day when MSU plays Notre Dame at 7 p.m.
In the early 1990s, the clip-clop of horse hooves on asphalt could be heard in East Lansing almost every weekend during the fall.
Emmons Hall residents are pulling their IDs out of their wallets more frequently this semester. When the students moved into their dorm rooms, they found themselves on the site of the first security improvements to a residence hall in more than 10 years. The hall is now equipped with several swipe-card machines on two exterior doors and all floor wing doors.
For those caught driving without proof of auto insurance over the past year, deadlines to pay a $300 state bill are approaching. In the beginning of September, about 19,000 drivers received a bill for $300 from the Michigan's Department of Treasury under the Driver Responsibility Law passed last October.
Customers at Yvonne Joseph's gun shop can now purchase assault weapons equipped to hold larger amounts of bullets or that have mounted bayonets. As of Monday, Classic Arms Company, 1600 Lake Lansing Road, in Lansing, can stock its shelves with an array of gun types and accessories that have been banned for 10 years.
The National Endowment for the Humanities named MSU a recipient of the $500,000 challenge grant to help fund the LeFrak Forum. MSU is one of 17 grant recipients across the country.
The MSU-Notre Dame rivalry has a way of putting wide receivers in the limelight. Charles Rogers, Herb Haygood and Arnaz Battle are among the receivers whose names recently have been carved into history. As the Spartans attempt to beat the Irish for the seventh time in eight years at 7 p.m.
It's a good thing for the MSU volleyball team (5-1) that junior middle Megan Wallin likes a good fight. The 6-foot-3-inch Florida native has come out swinging this season, already breaking school and career records in the first two weeks of the season. "I thrive on competition - it doesn't matter if it's volleyball or a card game," Wallin said. During the Coca-Cola/MSU Volleyball Invitational, Wallin broke a school record after a .929 hitting percentage and had 13 kills, earning her a spot on the invitational's All-Tournament Team.
The Lansing Lugnuts officially ended their six-year relationship with the Chicago Cubs on Tuesday, announcing a new affiliation with the Toronto Blue Jays. With the new two-year agreement, the Lugnuts will be the Blue Jays' Class A minor league affiliate in the Midwest League effective for the 2005 season. Rumors about the switch have been circulating for about a week but Lugnuts officials declined to confirm them until Tuesday.
Okemos author Jack Spencer will sign copies of his new novel at 6 p.m. Thursday at Schuler Books & Music at Meridian Mall in Okemos His book, "Melvin Smallman: A Tale from the Forest Floor," is a fictional story of a mouse named Melvin and his battles with an invading enemy.
Not so long ago, the sordid quest of an ambitious Texas cheerleader named Debbie graced the projection screens of Wells Hall. Also screened was the tale of a woman whose anatomic abnormality severely limited the way she could obtain sexual pleasure.
After a 15-year silence from '80s synth-pop wizards Tears for Fears, leading gentlemen Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith have reunited to bring to the masses "Everybody Loves a Happy Ending" - a collaboration of poppy, new wave tunes.
If or when East Lansing city officials form plans to raze buildings on 36 acres of land adjacent to the Red Cedar River, students might actually pay attention this time.
After reading the "Greedy NCAA needs to pay its athletes" (SN 9/13) column, I could not help but completely disagree with paying athletes.
In the name of journalistic accuracy and intelligent discussion, I feel compelled to write a clarification and criticism of The State News editorial "Speak Out" (SN 9/13). First, The State News inaccurately reported that Colorado legislators had enacted an Academic Bill of Rights.
Hostesses behind a polished, round front desk greet customers as they walk through the front doors of Gilbert & Blake's Seafood and Steak Grille in Okemos.
University officials and student leaders reviewed the proposed 36-acre redevelopment plan in the Cedar Village area Tuesday, prompting discussion on how student housing would be affected. Steve Webster and Ginny Haas of MSU's Office of Governmental Affairs talked about future plans for the area, with representatives from the greek and cooperative housing communities and student government leaders. The land, which is bounded on the west and east by Bogue Street and Hagadorn Road and on the north and south by Grand River Avenue and the Red Cedar River, would be replaced with new housing and retail facilities.
Celebrity agent Ace Handelum did it with the pistol. Or, did starry-eyed Nicole Turlington slip some poison into the mashed potatoes?
Emily Showalter, a Wonders Hall mentor, decided to participate in Olin Health Center's Condom Connection program because she wanted students to have "positive sexual health habits." "Even though the parents don't think the residents (have sex), mentors know what happens when parents aren't around," said Showalter, a general business administration and pre-law junior. According to the 2004 National College Health Assessment, 76 percent of MSU students are sexually active, which Dennis Martell, Olin health education services coordinator, defines as having intercourse. Martell helped create Condom Connection about five years ago, and since then data have shown the number of students using condoms has increased. In 2002, the health assessment showed 49 percent of students always or mostly used condoms.
In response to Joseph Blaim's query ("Residents need to accept student life,". SN 9/7), "Why didn't you protest in 1855 when the Agricultural College of the State of Michigan was founded?" Apart from the fact that not many of us were alive in 1855, one reason that there were no protests might have been that students behaved differently in 1855.