City seeks talent for 'Veggie' variety show

The City of East Lansing is asking for individuals or groups to participate in the second annual Vegetable Soup Variety Show. Last year's show included comedy, music and theater routines. Applications are due by April 9 and can be picked up at the Hannah Community Center, 819 Abbott Road, or found online at cityofeastlansing.com. The East Lansing Prime Time Seniors' Program and the Hot Spot Teen Club will host the event at 6 p.m.

Wildcats 1st test in Texas

The No. 23 MSU women's basketball team hopes to see its first NCAA Tournament win since 1997 when it faces Arizona on Sunday. The Spartans (21-8 overall), the No.

Fire damages Meridian apartment

Meridian Township - Police and firefighters responded to an apartment fire shortly after 10 p.m.

Area students' request for 'coaching' lesson granted

"What are wolverines good for?" "Roadkill!" This chant might seem odd coming from a group of kindergartners, but considering their guest visitors, it doesn't seem all that strange.

Work ethic replaced with longer lunch breaks, leaving early

About a week ago, I was making some phone calls to various businesses, banks and my dentist's office.

Keep it cool

No one is optimistically expecting enraged students wreaking havoc and igniting immense fires on Grand River Avenue during this year's March Madness.

'Young Playwrights' have materials performed

The eighth annual Young Playwrights Festival will be at Wharton Center's Pasant Theatre Sunday at 3 p.m.. Students from Holt, Mason, Haslett and Saline High Schools will have their plays performed by the MSU Department of Theatre. The festival showcases six local high school students who submitted one-act plays in the fall to be chosen as finalists with the chance to have their material performed and directed by the MSU Department of Theatre.

Arrest tally normal for Irish holiday

While many people flocked to downtown bars or held parties of their own to celebrate St. Patrick's Day on Wednesday, police said arrests and incidents were normal for the holiday. "There was nothing out of the ordinary," said East Lansing police Capt.

Rock stars need to stop acting like wusses

It's safe to say that we are in the midst of a wussification of mainstream rock stars and popular rock in general.

DCL alumni, staff back proposed integration

A well-known alumnus from MSU-DCL College of Law said he supports Provost Lou Anna Simon's proposed integration of the school with the university. Geoffrey Fieger, MSU-DCL alumnus and former defense lawyer for Dr. Jack Kevorkian, said the integration is a great idea and a long time coming. "I think it's inevitable that Michigan State lay claim on the law school," said Fieger, who graduated from the law school in 1979.

Bice purposefully insulting in column

I am writing this letter in response to John Bice's column "Marriage a religious institution, civil unions should be for all" (SN 3/15). Bice, I have no quarrel with you expressing your opinion of any topic.

MSU-DCL to get tech upgrades

TV screens big and small filled the courtroom Wednesday as MSU-DCL College of Law students caught a glimpse of new technological gadgets that soon will be coming to campus. MSU-DCL student Deb Davis-Korpi said she was more that just a little nervous when she stepped up to use the equipment for the first time as her class visited the federal courtroom in Lansing on Thursday evening. For more than a month, the technology has been housed in Judge David McKeague's courtroom.

Site offers face-value Final Four tix

MSU students who missed out on their opportunity to purchase Final Four tickets have a new hope. The Ticket Reserve is a Chicago-based, sanctioned marketplace that manages and distributes access rights to seats for live sporting events.

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WEB ONLY: 'Mikado' brings Love triangle opera to Wharton

The Carl Rosa Opera Company will perform the classic Gilbert and Sullivan production "The Mikado" at 7 p.m.

Elementary students get brainy with help from 'U'

At the front of teacher Dennis McCarthy's fifth-grade classroom, a group of students gathered excitedly around a table, eyes wide, whispering to each other. They weren't staring at the latest toy - they were touching real human and animal brains. As a part of Brain Awareness Week, sponsored by the Society for Neuroscience, MSU faculty and graduate students traveled this week to more than 10 local elementary, middle and high schools with hands-on presentations about the organ. McCarthy's class attends the Grand River Elementary Magnet School, 1107 E.

Bush stumbled after Sept. 11 leadership

Ben Pavlich's letter "Bush presidency defined by Sept.

'Can Man' memorial service open to public

A memorial service will be held Saturday for Ernst Lucas, known to many members of the MSU community as "Ernie the Can Man." Lucas died in January at the age of 68.

Artist turns scraps of paper into works of art

In the eyes of Edee Joppich, a spiral notebook is a work of art. That's the theme running through Joppich's "The Spiral Series," an abstract art collection currently on display in the East Lansing Public Library's North Foyer Gallery.

Izzo: Spartans capable of run

Seattle - Heading into the NCAA Tournament, the Spartans know they could win the whole thing. They also know they could be knocked out in the first round against Nevada on Thursday night. In MSU's seventh straight NCAA Tournament appearance, the No.