Michigan smokers might not have to face another cigarette tax increase this year, but some local business owners and residents say any potential increase would have a minimal effect on smokers' buying habits. Doc Wallace, owner of 7-Eleven, 311 Grove St., said smokers will continue their spending habits regardless of whether there is a tax increase.
At the young age of 26, Steve Ray Vaughan (SRV) and Double Trouble performed on a live broadcast in Stevie's music hometown of Austin, Texas. The result was probably the best live album of his career.
The MSU women's golf team took 24th place at the NCAA National Championships. The Spartans posted a 305 on their final round Friday to finish with a score of 1,215 (302-310-298-305). Senior Allison Fouch tied for 16th place with a round score of 291 (70-72-73-76). Fouch's score is the second best in history for MSU at the national championships.
The Mackinac Bridge celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of beginning of construction in May, and several East Lansing residents and former Spartans worked on the Mackinac Bridge Authority, which acted as the board of directors for the bridge.
Between steady phone calls and a line of dining-room customers, business wasn't tapering off earlier this month for Rice Kitchen owner Jack Fong. Then again, MSU was still in session. While Fong's 8-month-old establishment, 551 E.
Lansing - As a protest against the U.S. government's financial aid in Israel's occupation of Palestine, a group of about 15 people sat patiently Friday afternoon in U.S.
A record 80,000 attended the weekend's 41st annual East Lansing Art Festival, browsing through rainbow pottery, life-like paintings and three-dimensional media collages while sampling local humus and sandwiches as children created origami sailboats. Though large crowds swarmed the downtown, many artists said their sales were down while business owners said purchases picked up at local shops. "Saturday was the busiest it's ever been," said Leslie Donaldson, a third-year festival coordinator.
Instead of looking down on cement roofs, students taking classes at the Plant and Soil Sciences Building will be able to look down on plants and grass.
The MSU softball team ended its season at the NCAA Regional in Athens, Ga., with a 9-1 loss to host school, Georgia. The Spartans managed only one run and six hits for the entire game and were unable to muster up any offense. "I think it's putting together hits and we didn't do that," senior third baseman Brittney Green said.
A safety belt enforcement zone will be set in place at the intersection of Bennett and Hulett roads today at 10 a.m.
A $75,000 life-sized bronze sculpture of Ransom Eli Olds might soon be appearing in Lansing. The committee, "A City's Ransom in Bronze," has taken up the project and will be holding fundraising events to raise money for the tribute.
MSU took 34th place out of 129 teams at the International Formula SAE Racing Competition this weekend at the Pontiac Silverdome, due in part to a disqualification during one of the contest's events. The team was disqualified during the endurance event on Saturday, costing the team a crucial 400 out of 1000 points.
The MSU baseball team split its four-game home series with Northwestern this weekend to finish fourth in the Big Ten. The Spartans earned the No.
For the first time in 25 years, the MSU baseball team has a chance at a Big Ten title. The Spartans (30-22, 17-11 Big Ten) face Northwestern this weekend at Kobs field in the final four-game series of the Big Ten season. MSU is third in the Big Ten race, two games behind conference-leading Minnesota and one game behind Ohio State.
Lansing - With this week's announcement by Gov. Jennifer Granholm that more than 8,600 jobs will be for hire in Michigan, as the state's economy expands, some MSU students are becoming more optimistic about their employment prospects. Those sentiments come as Michigan's unemployment rate has been decreasing - from 6.9 percent in April to 6.1 percent now - the lowest it's been since August 2002. Among the additional jobs to Michigan's economy, more than 200 are coming to Mason's Michigan Packaging Company. Packaging senior Anthony Jones said the recent announcement concerning an increase in job opportunities for Michigan residents gave him added hope for the future. "Nothing is a guarantee, but it will definitely increase the possibility of students in the school to find employment after graduation," Jones said.
Americans today detest inconvenience. In fact, in recent years we, as a nation, have become addicted to the sort of commercialism that depicts someone with the ability to drive an elephant-sized sport utility vehicle, talk on a microscopic cell phone, drink a double grande machiato with no foam, and order a super-sized drive-thru meal with a diet Coke all while using a Palm Pilot to order the latest pair of cargo pants from the Gap. Is this simply a revolution in multitasking, or have the intentions of convenience become the vehicle for a less-than-convenient lifestyle? It seems that with every new convenience innovation, the time allotted for normal everyday tasks diminishes. With the capability to conference call while flying first class to Beijing to seal the deal, employers today allow less time and/or leniency to their on-the-go employees.
Envision East Lansing, a group of volunteers who raise money to enhance the downtown area, will host the unveiling of a Children Sculpture Garden at 4 p.m.
The MSU varsity crew team has received a bid to the NCAA Division I Women's Rowing Championships. This is the fifth team bid the Spartans have earned, having consecutive bids since 1999.
Who is holding the smoking gun responsible for regular, unleaded self-serve gas prices topping $2.009 per gallon? President Bush says that if his energy bill had passed three years ago, we wouldn't be in this mess.
With the average price of a regular gallon of unleaded gas near an all-time high, analysts say there is no reason prices will drop anytime soon, creating longer lines at local pumps as motorists bargain hunt. The average gas price in Michigan is only three cents under the all-time high of June 2000, according to a AAA Michigan survey released this week.