Pity, thy name is kicker. The opening weekend of college football turned into open season on place-kickers. Members of the special face-mask club seemingly botched game after game in pathetic fashion all across the country last weekend.
Saginaw - First Lady Laura Bush spoke Thursday to a small group of workers and President Bush supporters at the Mahar Tool Supply Company in Saginaw. Addressing the group of about 175 people, Bush spoke about small businesses, women entrepreneurs and the economy. "You're living a great American success story... small businesses are the engines of our economy," Bush said to the crowd. The Mahar company is a family-owned industrial distribution business that has been owned by Barbara Mahar Lincoln since her husband, James, passed away in 1978.
I am writing in regards to the article, "Student groups march for migrant workers" (SN 9/7). There was a panel speaking about migrant farm workers' struggle for labor rights in the U.S.
MSU police released more information Friday afternoon on sexual assaults in the Brody Complex including a third assault that happened Friday morning. According to a statement from the department, a 20-year-old student reported a sexual assault early Friday morning in Butterfield Hall.
After loading three kegs into the back of a police vehicle in September 2003, Steve Hines, Adam Wells and Eddie Vargas were left with a sinking feeling of uncertainty - and instant stardom. "It was one of our first parties," Hines said.
It seems that some local proprietors - including Murasaki Restaurant owner Hiroshi Tanimoto - aren't extremely upset by developers pushing in to town to level businesses in the name of cleaning up the area. After having gained a special-use permit from East Lansing City Council on Tuesday, developer Corey Partnership is looking to construct a four-story building where Murasaki Restaurant, Peking Express and Team Telecom now sit.
The Union Ballroom won't be your average run-of-the-mill campus stop tonight, folks. Instead, the one-stop post office and snack mecca will be transformed into a rock 'n' roll concert venue when Michael Tolcher and Gavin DeGraw stop in East Lansing to get fans dancing and rock the socks off of campus music lovers. Tolcher, a Georgia native, plays music from the soul, blending piano, guitar, pop and R&B, with heartfelt lyrics to give audience members something to sing to.
Complying with Gov. Jennifer Granholm's 2003 tuition plan appears to be alleviating some financial troubles for MSU.
Not many people know that MSU is only 3-2 all-time versus Central Michigan. In fact, all three Spartans wins have come in the last three consecutive meetings against the Chippewas.
Well, this week "Crone" and "Uncle Joey" are moonlighting as the Paper bag Prognosticators after combining for a dismal 1-5 record in their picks last week.
Some student organizations are willing to sacrifice profits to provide students with low-cost entertainment. The Residence Halls Association's first general assembly meeting Wednesday passed a bill to provide $3,700 for the Gavin DeGraw concert held today in the Union Ballroom. Funds for the singer/songwriter's already sold-out show were passed before the year's budget was approved because the money was needed for today. However, some general assembly members questioned if RHA will profit from the concert. "This is a rare situation where we don't make a profit," RHA President Ernest Drake said.
The smell of Cajun spices lingers in the air as calm Caribbean music plays in the background. Customers' voices resound through the quaint Le Chef Creole restaurant, 625 E.
MSU police are investigating two reported sexual assaults in or around Emmons Hall late Sept. 2 and early Sept.
I wish I could tell you that the Chechen terrorist standoff and subsequent massacre at a school in Beslan, Russia could not happen in the United States - if I did I would be a much worse liar than any politician. In its own way, the event could be seen as a fusion of some of the disasters that our own country has pulled through, the Sept.
Kristin Dierwa passed out the last time she donated blood to the American Red Cross, but it did not prevent her from rolling up her sleeve to give more in the North Wonders Hall blood drive early Wednesday morning.
At the Republican National Convention, President Bush told the nation he wakes up every morning thinking about how to better protect the country. At the Democratic National Convention, presidential candidate John Kerry said he would deploy every tool available to fight terrorism. As the third anniversary of the Sept.
One of MSU's devoted volunteer program directors will be leaving on Nov. 22 to serve in Balad, Iraq. Carlos Fuentes received a call in March informing him that his unit, F Company 238 AVIM, was placed on red alert.
Since the MSU police department finalized its Sept. 11 schedule a month ago, preparations for the first home football game have been taking up the bulk of Jill Geile's time. Geile, the department's special events coordinator, sat next to a large printer and a stack of fluorescent parking passes in her office Thursday afternoon, explaining parking lot prices as she talked on the phone. She said the week before the first game is her busiest time. "Be patient and take my word for it when I tell you an area's closed," she said wearily, listing her suggestions for successfully navigating campus.
Last year on the scout team, Kaleb Thornhill's practice assignments were handed to him on a small card.