Lansing - Gov. Jennifer Granholm's recent plea to increase the tax on cigarettes and liquor is being met with skepticism by some state legislators. Rep.
After reading Ben Phillip's "Money wasted on unused access" (SN 6/1) it amazes me how naive some people can be.
The MSU baseball team exceeded most peoples expectations this season, but was unable to meet its own goals of winning a Big Ten title. The Spartans fell short in both the regular season and the Big Ten Tournament.
Lansing - Mexican president Vincente Fox will be speaking at the Lansing Center on June 17, according to the Michigan Commission on Spanish-Speaking Affairs.
Lansing - Long whiskers stick out from either side of the orange painted, black striped body.
Condoleezza Rice is an embarrassment to our nation, and her speech at MSU's commencement this summer was a disgrace to the community and alumni.
The MSU Board of Trustees will meet this afternoon in the James B. Henry Center for Executive Development to begin the discussions about the search for the 20th president. MSU President M.
Lansing Mayor Tony Benavides wants to promote a healthy lifestyle and encourage area residents to get active. To prove his point, Benavides will strap on his shoes Saturday for the eighth annual Mayor's Family River Walk.
East Lansing and Lansing are totally, like, not "cool." Gov. Jennifer Granholm announced on Wednesday the 20 pilot cities chosen for her "Cool Cities" initiative, which didn't include the capital city and its eastern neighbor.
While I normally think John Bice's columns are drab and repetitive, the criticism for his last column is somewhat off ("Bice column unduly implicates religion," SN 6/1). Janice Munk implicates that Stalin, Pot and Castro relied on rational thought as opposed to religion to make their deplorable decisions, whereas most agree it is evident that they actually used neither.
After helping keep campus and East Lansing safe for 20 years, MSU Department of Police and Public Safety Lt.
The rare Amur tiger cub born May 24 at Potter Park Zoo in Lansing died Monday. The seven-day-old female cub, born amidst heavy rain that flooded the park entrance and parking lot, might have had an infection or brain damage, according to a zoo veterinarian, adding infant mortality in Amur tiger cubs is highest during the first week of life. Last year two Amur tigers, Kendra and Charley, were given to the zoo for breeding purposes through the national Tigers Species Survival Program.
Lansing - After a rocky start Thursday night, Timber Rattlers pitcher Tom Oldham got a hold of his pitches and prevented the Lugnuts from scoring.The problem was that Lansing starter Ronald Bay could not do the same thing.Bay struggled in the first two innings allowing six hits and five runs to give the Timber Rattlers all they needed for the 5-3 victory over the Lugnuts at Oldsmobile Park. With Bay's troubles on the mound early, the Timber Rattler batters took full advantage.
The U.S. Army recently expanded a program called "stop-loss" that would prevent soldiers awaiting deployment for Iraq and Afghanistan from leaving the military at the end of their required service.
In the third installment of the movie series, Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe) casts an enchanting spell on the audience once again in "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban." Harry returns for his third year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, accompanied by his best friends, Ron (Rupert Grint) and Hermione (Emma Watson). At the same time, convicted murderer Sirius Black (Gary Oldman), who is supposedly connected to the evil Lord Voldemort, escapes from the Azkaban magic prison. Everyone, from the professors to students, is on high alert until he is found. Based on the book series by J.K.
The air was frigid and the ground smothered in snow. As they pulled up behind Holt Middle School in the $50, rust-covered, 1958 burgundy Oldsmobile, both Tammie Harder and her boyfriend Randy Giggin had one thing in mind- sleep.
The MSU Board of Trustees held a four-hour closed meeting Thursday as part of its first official presidential-search talks. The meeting followed the announcement that MSU President M.
Lansing - It was a home run kind of night at Oldsmobile Park. Even if one of them didn't count. Lansing first baseman Brian Dopirak hit what some might describe as the longest no-pitch ever.
Lansing- With the Pistons playing in game six of the Eastern Conference finals, it seemed like the crowd forgot to show up to see the Lansing Lugnuts open their series against the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers.The Lugnuts seemed to have forgotten to show up as well, at least until the fourth inning.Lansing fell behind early in the game before going on a scoring bonanza in the fourth inning that carried them to a 10-6 victory over the Timber Rattlers.Although Lansing (31-21) had difficulty hitting early in the game, pitching seemed to be the real problem for the Lugnuts.The struggles for Lansing starter Justin Jones continued in his fifth start for the team.