Most rock albums have a tendency to be impossible to dance to. They're usually laden with heavy and distorted guitar riffs, smashing bass lines and beats meant to start a mosh pit, not a dance party. Yet Head Automatica, the side project of Glassjaw front man Daryl Palumbo, kills that theory by conjuring up a rock group that plays songs that make it impossible to keep your feet still.
MSU head coach John L. Smith has wanted to make a decision about who would be the starting quarterback for a while now. The problem is, he can't. "If the knucklehead hadn't gotten hurt, this decision probably would have been made in spring," Smith said, in reference to sophomore quarterback Drew Stanton's injury in last year's Alamo Bowl. Stanton's injury has opened the door for senior Damon Dowdell or redshirt freshman Stephen Reaves to possibly be the starter in the Spartans' season opener at Rutgers on Saturday. The three quarterbacks have been battling all August for the starting job.
In the opening moments of "Hero" we are told, "In any war, there are heroes on both sides" of a conflict. It's a significant message that undermines the rules of the epic tale.
As the cast of "The Little Foxes" scurried around the set during a Saturday morning rehearsal, Althea Phillips anticipated the first performance of her career as president of the Lansing Civic Players. "This is the day you say it will never work, it will never make it," she said.
The Republican Party has assembled the right team of speakers for its national convention. The party is poised to bring home its ideology with a prime-time lineup that includes politicians who are influential both inside and outside the party line, such as U.S.
Local business owners are adapting to a sudden increase in sales as thousands of MSU students return to East Lansing for the fall semester. Joe Orlowski, store director at Steve & Barry's University Sportswear, 515 E.
Furniture lines every inch of wall in a first-floor Snyder Hall room while laundry baskets occupy spare space in the middle and clothes spill out onto the floor.
Two MSU alumni received their respective party's nomination for the MSU Board of Trustees at separate Democratic and Republican conventions this weekend. Phillip Thompson, of Owosso Township, and Melanie Foster, of East Lansing, will compete in November for the two open spots on the board along with current members Randall Pittman and Joel Ferguson.
There has always been the notion that suggests many Americans hold a nonchalant attitude about political issues.
The dream was over before it even began. These Olympic Games proved why professional athletes, namely star-studded NBA players, need to keep their obligations where it really belongs - with their owners and with their contracts. I'm sure they all have pride for their country, and they probably did really want to win a gold medal.
In only their second game of the season, the MSU women's soccer team showed determination and improvement on the field Sunday in a 2-0 victory against in-state rival Western Michigan in Kalamazoo. "It was a difficult game," MSU coach Tom Saxton said.
Activities such as Meijer's Midnight Madness shopping spree, the Spartan Spirit pep rally and U-Fest pushed students out of their rooms and into the community during Welcome Week. Last week, MSU and local businesses united to help students become acquainted with campus and its surrounding area. "It's good getting out and having something to do," elementary education freshman Jenny Hurst said. At Spartan Stadium on Thursday, the Spartan Spirit pep rally worked to rev up the crowd.
Recent action by the Board of State Canvassers is an appalling slap in the face to voters. Two Democrats on the board decided voters should not have a chance to vote on the marriage amendment simply because they do not agree with the amendment.
The MSU field hockey team beat Duke 4-1 on Sunday to win the inaugural Champions Challenge tournament at the MSU field hockey complex. After beginning their season Saturday with a 1-0 win over Delaware, the Spartans improve their record to 2-0.
Reckless capitalism is a system grounded only in profit. It is a selfish pursuit of a bottom line inflated beyond what is necessary, and more importantly, what is just.
Southfield - "I love Teresa" buttons shook on the fronts of hundreds of shirts at a Southfield church Thursday afternoon, as a mostly female crowd cheered for Teresa Heinz Kerry. The potential first lady sat in the center of a semi-circle of five floral armchairs at the Hope United Methodist Church for a roundtable discussion about health care, jobs and the ideals of Heinz Kerry's husband, presidential candidate John Kerry. Heinz Kerry first spoke of the need for accessible health care for all citizens. For a household to not have health care is "not acceptable, not fair, and it's morally not right," Heinz Kerry said.
It's a given that every time I see a movie about serial killers, I start watching my back in parking lots.
Neil Sardana traveled about 700 miles this weekend to attend the Republican National Convention in New York City.
Though it may not be the first thing that comes to mind, perfume bottles offer a look into a deep history of female art - the art of smelling fabulous. In July, Lori Emmons, a 1966 MSU graduate, offered 100 of her 1,000-bottle collection for display at the Michigan Women's Historical Center & Hall of Fame, 213 W.
After turning off my TV in disgust every day of the Olympics, I wish to lodge this rant of complaint to officials, sportscasters, and sportswriters.