More than 30 local potters will display their work this weekend. Greater Lansing Potters' Guild Spring Show and Sale exhibits a diverse range of ceramic works, including porcelain, raku, and wheel-thrown and hand-built pieces in stoneware.
The MSU football team concluded spring practice Saturday with the Green-White Spring Scrimmage at Spartan Stadium in front of about 16,000 fans. The two-hour, 115-play scrimmage was a game of two stories for the offense and the defense.
I was rather disappointed after reading the Greek Week wrap-up article "Greek Week closes with performances" (SN 4/19). It seemed to only focus on the final event, Songfest.
Now that Student Assembly members have spent time changing ASMSU internally, new Student Assembly Chairperson Andrew Schepers said he is looking toward a "horizon" of university changes. "Some of these are long-term goals, but you won't get anywhere if you don't start right there on the front lines," he said. Schepers spoke Thursday night, when he ran unopposed for a chair position of MSU's undergraduate student government.
The University Activities Board is sponsoring a free sneak preview of "Mean Girls" at 8 p.m.
Two former Spartans football players were selected in the 2004 NFL Draft on Sunday. Junior defensive tackle Matthias Askew and senior quarterback Jeff Smoker were selected in the 4th and 6th rounds, respectively.
Close to 20 years have passed since composer and pianist Ricky Ian Gordon and Melanie Helton, MSU assistant professor of voice and soprano singer, performed in public together.
Lansing - On the first Thirsty Thursday of the season at Oldsmobile Park, the Lansing Lugnuts were hungry to get their third win in a row. The Lugnuts (9-5) did just that, beating the Beloit Snappers, 2-0, on the inaugural in-park cheap beer fest.
With less than a month left in the regular season, this weekend marks a crucial point in the MSU softball team's year. The Spartans' two opponents this weekend, starting at 4 p.m.
A memorial service has been planned for MSU Professor Ruth Simms Hamilton, who, at the age of 66, was found dead Nov.
Should an East Lansing motorist strike an East Lansing pedestrian on an East Lansing street at an unsafe speed, it seems contrary that anyone but an East Lansing resident rectify the situation. But more and more, as East Lansing streets and others around the state increase or lower speed limits, local officials have very little to do with any modification whatsoever.
Aspiring art teacher Lisa Schoen is not only a fan of the Japanese art form anime, but she also incorporates it into her art work. "I was in high school when I really first started watching it," said the 2003 graduate and former secretary of Animosity - MSU's Anime/Manga Club . "I'd always really loved art, but I had no intentions in following it as a career or anything." Now, she says her passion for anime actually could help her career. "I like anime and I feel it kind of gives me an edge in teaching because so many kids are interested in it now," Schoen said.
Organizers anticipate exceeding the million-person goal they set for themselves in what has been dubbed the "March for Women's Lives" in Washington, D.C., on Sunday. The pro-choice march is expected to be the largest of its kind. Charles Cook, community specialist for Planned Parenthood Federation of Michigan, said the unofficial count rises every week. "It's already well over a million," he said.
Members of the Residence Halls Association's General Assembly established a policy Wednesday not to fund events in which religious groups try to preach to MSU students. The bill that was introduced sought to amend RHA's bylaws to disallow funding to religious groups and religious events. RHA President Ernest Drake said the bill was aimed at avoiding the allocation of funds to events that preach to residents. "Basically, we would not fund events that would evangelize a specific faith," he said. Initially, however, the bill faced some trouble.
Talib Kweli slowly paces the stage, waiting for an 'OK' from the soundman. Suddenly, a beat kicks in and it's as if the Union Ballroom already is packed to capacity for the upcoming show.
Sporting dreadlocks and a killer swing, senior first base Nat Furrow is carrying the MSU softball team to offensive greatness. Furrow leads the team and Big Ten with a .447 batting average, in addition to owning the most hits (63) and doubles (16). "I think as you get older, if you keep working, you become a better player," she said.
When Talha Baweja moved from Karachi, Pakistan, to East Lansing to start school at MSU, there was more than just a new culture to adjust to. "I liked snow the first winter," he said.
East Lansing police are looking for a driver who hit a pedestrian and then fled the scene early Tuesday morning. Police received a report at 1:20 a.m.
Kalamazoo - Everyone at the rally seemed anxious to converse since they had been wordless all day for the National Day of Silence. Participants had been silent to symbolize the silence the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community feel they must overcome in society. But the crowd at the Wesley Foundation building on Western Michigan University's campus Wednesday night remained quiet for MSU political theory and constitutional democracy junior Nathan Triplett.