Lansing - In a corner of the Lansing Center banquet hall on Sunday, two women put up their feet to receive pedicures, while in another area, a group of people watched a woman cook vegetables. More than 200 booths and exhibits were set up at the Mid-Michigan Women's Expo that took place Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Stepping in front of the panel of judges in a classroom-turnedcourtroom for the oral argument competition Sunday, MSU College of Law student Amanda English tries not to look nervous. English begins her argument.
More than one-third of Michigan's state representatives will not have the opportunity to run for re-election this fall, as term limits on legislators take effect for the first time since voters approved them in 1992. The limits, which took effect in 1998, restrict state representatives from serving more than three two-year terms in office. This year, 37 of the state's 110 House members will not be eligible for re-election.
The Avenues' "When the Sun Was Happy," is, in certain ways, a walk down retro lane. But the four-piece band has its own avenue of style.
None of the eight people who will decide the fate of the MSU College of Human Medicine - the MSU Board of Trustees - attended a meeting where more than 700 faculty members expressed their concerns about the possible move and the administration's lack of faculty inclusion. But MSU President M.
On paper, the MSU baseball team outplayed the Boilermakers this weekend. The Spartans scored more runs (17-15), had more hits (30-25) and slammed more home runs (4-1). All the numbers point to a successful weekend, right? Except for the fact the Spartans didn't light up the scoreboard until Sunday, when they scored 12 runs, had 15 hits and laced three of their four home runs. Sunday's 12-1 slaughter ended the weekend on a high note, but it didn't erase the fact MSU lost the first three games by a combined score of 14-5 and, in the process, had lost six straight Big Ten games. "It's definitely disappointing," said freshman first baseman Sean Walker, who went 6-for-14 over the weekend and was the only Spartan to record a hit in each game.
When hearing ghost stories, people have a tendency to get the bejesus scared out of them or laugh their heads off.
Some lawmakers are working to replace the Michigan Educational Assessment Program, or MEAP, tests taken by high school students, with a new test still to be chosen. Sen.
Six months after the death of MSU professor Ruth Simms Hamilton, almost 300 people gathered Monday to celebrate and honor her life.Among those in attendance were family, friends, colleagues and sorority sisters from Delta Sigma Theta, which Hamilton had been a member of for several years.Hamilton was 66 years old at the time of her death.
We often look at star athletes and dub them heroes. Whether hitting the game-winning shot, scoring a tying goal or leading a team to a championship, the "man of the moment" becomes a hero to his fans. But when it comes to the real meaning behind the word "hero", it is supposed to be connected with a person known for achievements of unparalleled courage and strength, especially those who sacrifice their lives. A true hero is someone who can (and does) give up everything for an honorable cause.
Light streamed through the greenhouse ceiling, warming the visiting students and community members who looked over the array of flowers at the MSU Horticulture Club's 16th annual Spring Show this weekend. The show highlighted different gardens from around the world with its "International Garden Extravaganza"-themed show.
More than 150 residents, business owners and East Lansing officials gathered Saturday night at the Wharton Center as part of a fund-raiser to help improve relations between students and the city's permanent residents. The East Lansing Community Relations Coalition, a nonprofit organization, raised more than $4,000 during its second annual "A Taste of East Lansing" fund-raiser.
As the temperatures in East Lansing increase, so has the police's presence and the number of noise citations issued in the city. But even with multiple tickets being given out, none of the stiffer civil infraction or misdemeanor noise citations have been issued this semester.
Junior Aaron Leong decided playing college baseball shouldn't require a scholarship - or the NCAA. After discovering that MSU didn't have a club baseball team, Leong, a finance major, contacted the National Club Baseball Association and an MSU adviser and arranged to have the Spartans added to the Great Lakes North Conference. "I still wanted to play baseball, like a lot of guys out here, because our careers basically end after high school, unless you go to a small school," he said. "This is another way for us to keep playing baseball." Leong started the MSU Baseball Club with some of his friends in September, passed out fliers and received permission to conduct tryouts at Kobs Field. "About 30 guys tried out and we currently have 17 players," said Leong, who now is the club's president.
The liberals were out again. This time, covering their mouths with Duct tape and handing out fliers to impressionable college kids - kids who are too ignorant to see that there is another side to the debate. On the fliers they were passing out, they made their desires noted.
Washington - One generation marches because it remembers. Louise Kazarinoff, a 77-year-old Ann Arbor resident, marches in remembrance of her friends who performed illegal abortions on themselves with knitting needles. "If you are our age, you have friends with those stories," said Marina Brown, Kazarinoff's friend and traveling companion. Brown stood alongside an estimated crowd of more than 1 million people gathered at the March for Women's Lives in Washington, D.C., on Sunday, sporting a big straw hat covered in buttons and stickers supporting pro-choice beliefs and denouncing President Bush.
Down by five at the top of the seventh inning Sunday, with one out and the bases loaded, the MSU softball team was hoping to pull off an upset against Indiana. Up to bat was senior third base Brittney Green, wanting to be the hero again after hitting a walk-off home run in the bottom of the 10th inning in the first game of the afternoon's doubleheader. Green faced Megan Roark, the same Purdue pitcher in the second game as she did in game one, when she hit her fifth home run on the year. But this time, Roark struck out Green and then sophomore catcher Elizabeth Peterson to hang on for an 8-3 Hoosiers win. "We continually have inconsistencies in our performances," MSU head coach Jacquie Joseph said.
There is something familiar and strangely comforting about The Damnwells' music. The quartet resurrected the widespread pop rock of the late '90s, but brought it back with edge. From the hilariously sarcastic lyrics in the opening track to the simple and sweet acoustic promises sung on "I Will Keep the Bad Things From You," lead singer/songwriter frontman Alex Dezen demonstrates a wide range of styles represented throughout the album. Dezen draws upon personal experiences to deliver his honest, emotional and sometimes bitter lyrics over smooth beats in "Star/Fool", a catchy riff reminiscent of Tom Petty's "Mary Jane's Last Dance ." Dezen's biting lyrics are evident in the track "Sleepsinging": "It's up to you now/this place is filling up with smoke/you won't let me breathe in or out/so I resolve to cut my own throat/I have been such a fool for you/I put my faith in things you could never do/now I'm chasing myself to catch up with you." The band shines early on in the album with driving songs like "What You Get," "Kiss Catastrophe" and the down tone of "I'll Be Around" and "Newborn History." Shifting from the cry of an angry lover to a captivating serenade, Dezen croons in "The Lost Complaint," "I just want to focus on you/Marie Claire's got nothing on you." Where most CDs start to lose speed, The Damnwells pick up with infectious guitar rhythms in an exceedingly addictive song, "Electric Harmony." The CD closes with the hauntingly beautiful ballad "Texas," and if you can stick around for three minutes of silence, the raw hidden track, "Lucy," kicks in with a darker tone that sets it aside from the rest of the album. The Damnwells are masters of the beat with simple, honest and sometimes humorous lyrics played over familiar and insistently driving tunes.
I have a couple suggestions for the MSU parking division. First, I'd like to propose that you incorporate a direct-deposit feature, so you can take the fees right from our bank accounts without us even leaving the cozy confines of our automobile.
This is in response to Brandon Scott's letter "Parents burden to care for kids, not 'U'" (SN 4/23). It certainly is true that student-parents have a serious burden they have to deal with on their own.