The fate of a downtown East Lansing liquor license now rests in the hands of the state after the city council voted unanimously to approve the license's transfer into the city last week. Harry Saites, owner of the adjoining restaurants Lou & Harry's Five Star Deli and LH Grille Room, purchased the license for $50,000 from North Side Eatery Ltd.
A proposed constitutional amendment would make same-sex marriages illegal. If you do not favor same-sex marriage, by all means, do not have a same-sex marriage.
Police have confirmed one man dead and another recovering from gunshot wounds after an altercation early Sunday morning outside an East Lansing 7-Eleven store.The two men were shot at around 2:30 a.m.
Speed limits on two East Lansing roadways are set to increase soon, raising concern among city officials and residents who fear faster driving could turn into traffic woes.Westbound Saginaw Street from Hagadorn Road to Coolidge Road will change from 35 mph to 45 mph, while East Grand River Avenue will increase from 25 to 35 mph between Cowley Avenue and Delta Street and between Bogue Street to the eastern city limits.
Two people were shot during an early morning altercation outside an East Lansing 7-Eleven store Sunday. Police said a fight in a Lansing bar between five people led to the shooting, which occurred in the parking lot of the store, 210 Michigan Ave., around 2:45 a.m. Two victims were shot - one in the neck and the other in the chest - after they left the store, where the suspects were waiting for them, said East Lansing Police Deputy Chief Tom Wibert.
State College, Penn. - A dull crowd and the 10th place Big Ten team as an opponent didn't slow down MSU on Saturday afternoon. The Spartans played solid on both ends of the floor, walking out of the Bryce Jordan Center with a dominating 67-42 victory over Penn State. The Spartans (17-9 overall, 12-3 Big Ten) are just one victory away from a Big Ten Championship. "It's hard to grasp it," sophomore center Paul Davis said.
Like a pack of thoroughbreds in the Kentucky Derby, Big Ten teams are charging toward the finish line in hopes of claiming a Big Ten Championship. Still, Big Ten coaches are questioning if that title means as much as it could. "I think it would make the conference championship mean more if you played everyone twice," Illinois head coach Bruce Weber said. Technically, only three teams (Wisconsin, Illinois and MSU) are still in the race for the Big Ten Championship.
The NBC reality series "Last Comic Standing," which began last summer, featured the challenges of stand-up comedy and real-life competition as comedians vied for the title of "Last Comic Standing." After battles for nationwide recognition and time in the spotlight, a few comics now have created a career path of their own - independent of, but with credit to, NBC. Although ousted from the spotlight by Dat Phan at the conclusion of the series, Cory Kahaney, Rich Vos and Dave Mordal still are very much in the public eye. The finalists from "Last Comic Standing" will be the headline acts this weekend at Connxtions Comedy Club, 2900 N.
Lansing - MSU President M. Peter McPherson said Thursday that administrators haven't finalized a plan to move MSU's College of Human Medicine to Grand Rapids. In fact, McPherson says university officials still are considering suggestions and keeping an open mind about the future of the medical school. Amidst concerns that administrators were rushing to sweeping changes without listening to the community, McPherson spent Thursday listening to lawmakers' and faculty members' opinions on the situation. McPherson met with the faculty of the college early Thursday before addressing the concerns of the Mid-Michigan Legislative Delegation later in the day.
Wednesday night was a busy one in the basement of Wilson Hall. The Residence Halls Association's General Assembly passed four bills, nominated members for positions on next year's Executive Board and heard major announcements from two current executives. The first was a resignation from Internal Vice President Tom Edwards.
Apparently, for reasons more ambiguous than Wayne Brady, The State News Opinion column has been renamed "Religion Sucks and Abortion Rules!" In the last few weeks alone, many of my beliefs have been called "cute," "unscientific" and about as realistic as an episode of "VIP." These articles also have labeled my beliefs as dangerous, and small disagreements between Christian sects have been blown way out of proportion. All of this has been done in order to depict religion as a naive, prude-infused, ugly people-only club that the world would be better off without. Ironically, while these opinions have been printed on a daily basis, they barely represent the views of anyone.
Call the bookies. Phone Vegas. The 76th Annual Academy Awards are set to air at 8 p.m. Sunday and, as of now, all bets are on.
For the past four years, I've endured all sorts of whiny pseudo-liberals like Patrick Walters slagging Ralph Nader and his supporters for "costing" Al Gore the 2000 election ("Nader needs new hobby; running for president getting old" SN 2/24). The truth is that Gore sold out liberal causes to appeal to the moderate mainstream and it hurt him big time.
Sophomore guard Lindsay Bowen has kept her focus on the team this season, but the development of her individual game has been as important to the team as anything. Bowen is the leading scorer for the No.
Late last fall, East Lansing resident Chris Galey was doing yardwork when he was approached by someone interested in purchasing his house. Galey knew he had some tax trouble, but he didn't know how bad it was. That day, Galey found his house was in foreclosure and his financial situation in dire need of help, which he couldn't afford.
In the landscape of college basketball, where players are shuffled in and out on a yearly basis, establishing a tradition of greatness is no easy task. But a special union between Tom Izzo, an unproven coach from the Upper Peninsula, and Mateen Cleaves, a cagey point guard bred in the basketball hotbed of Flint, cultivated a championship tradition at MSU and for four straight seasons, the Spartans ruled the Big Ten. It has been almost three years since MSU won a championship, and now three juniors, bound by their hunger to succeed, are poised to claim their first Big Ten title and help prevent MSU's championship tradition from fading into history. Juniors Chris Hill, Alan Anderson and Kelvin Torbert arrived at MSU in 2001 after the Spartans claimed their fourth straight Big Ten Championship.
The Big Ten Conference has become the first in the nation to gain approval for use of instant replay during next season's football games. NCAA's Division I Championships/Competition Cabinet agreed to utilize existing technology to review controversial calls. Spartans head coach John.
I am writing in regard to the Feb. 26 article "Skin-Deep: Group Fights Myths About Body Image." Although I think any press to get the word out on eating disorders in women is noble, I found Thursday's article to be completely incoherent. It begins by discussing how the media places unrealistic standards on women and men's bodies but then ends in what amounts to an advertisement for Weight Watchers. I also found it incredibly ironic that on the front page we see women expressing the pain caused by these standards, and then on the back page, there is a full-page advertisement selling "aerobic striptease." I suspect this is simply a symptom of how deeply rooted this problem is in our society, but we need to move past the idea that weight is the only factor that matters when it comes to one's health. As a society that supposedly celebrates diversity, we still are not ready to except the fact that everyone really does come in different sizes, and that the one size that everyone is rushing toward does not fit all. Marshall Poole 2003 graduate
The No. 22 MSU women's basketball team is having one of those set-up seasons. That is to say, this season will set up for greater success next season, and in turn, be the first season in a long line of successful ones in the future. The MSU men's basketball team had a similar year in 1997-98, when head coach Tom Izzo had a talented group of sophomores (Mateen Cleaves, Morris Peterson, David Thomas and A.J.