If anyone should understand the depths of Iraq's nuclear capabilities - past and present - Imad Khadduri believes it is himself. For 30 years, Khadduri, 59, collected and processed the information that fueled Saddam Hussein's controversial nuclear program.
JAZZ"Black Orchid," Al McKibbon, Label: Nine Yards The 85-year-old McKibbon can be heard in the background on albums such as Dizzy Gillespie's "In Paris," Thelonious Monk's "Genius of Modern Music, Vol.
I would like to respond to a letter in defense of the midnight screams, "Exam screams just part of college life" (SN 1/15), that claims this tradition is a healthy, fun way for college students to release stress.
The Michigan Women's Hall of Fame honors more than 200 women for their distinguishing qualities and accomplishments.
Just a day before the exhibit's opening, Katie Cavanaugh carefully pinned brightly colored woven clothes to a display at the Michigan Women's Historical Center & Hall of Fame while she explained how she got them.
One man was arrested and another hospitalized after an altercation that ended in a stabbing early Monday morning at Capstone Commons Apartments, 2501 Abbott Road. East Lansing police Sgt.
Student artists interested in showcasing their work in this year's 41st Annual East Lansing Art Festival should submit their entries by Feb.
Against a backdrop of sparkling snowdrifts and shadows cast by street lamps on campus, the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.
Earvin "Magic" Johnson, step aside. There are two new all-time great Spartans on campus - hospitality business professors Ronald Cichy and Michael Kasavana. The two are inaugural members of a sort of vending machine industry hall of fame.
Representatives from ASMSU will be heading to a conference at the school down the road at the end of January for the first time in two years. On Jan.
It's got motorcycles! It's got hot chicks in tight clothes! It's got loud music, gunfights, catfights, races, chases, explosions, one-liners, sex and murder! But one question remains: How could a movie with so many exciting elements be so dull? "Torque" is the latest in Hollywood's new obsession with fast cars, fast bikes and fast women.
The East Lansing City Council will hold one of its bimonthly meetings on campus tonight, offering students an opportunity to voice their concerns to city officials. The event, held three times a year at the beginning of semesters, will begin at 7:30 p.m.
This season, the No. 25 MSU women's basketball team has made a name for itself with its defense. After putting on arguably their best defensive effort in a game against Ohio State last week, the Spartans (13-3 overall, 3-2 Big Ten) bettered the effort against Michigan in a 67-33 win Sunday.
Before, he was named "the Buffest." Now he is the best mascot in the country. This past weekend, the beloved MSU mascot, Sparty, took first place at the 2004 College Cheerleading and Dance Team Nationals in Orlando, Fla."For us it is like winning the Final Four, the Rose Bowl.
The relationship between doctors and patients will be the topic of conversation at an afternoon lecture today.
Ned's Bookstore pulled ads called "sexist" by MSU's Women's Council after the group announced a boycott of the store on Thursday. Later that night, the bookstore's windows were vandalized with orange graffiti statements saying "resist patriarchy" and "womyn unite." The television commercials showed men walking down the street turning their heads at the sight of women coming toward them.
Month-long focus group conversations concerning the future of the liberal arts and sciences programs at MSU have culminated into a 15-page summary proposal for Provost Lou Anna Simon's review. The report included recommendations to merge departments within colleges, use more electronic communications and evaluate broad cost-cutting ideas and course overlaps. Marcellette Williams, an MSU alumna and retired MSU English and comparative literature professor, submitted the summary Thursday and said participants were passionate during focus group conversations. "It was extraordinary faculty and toward the end, the provost will find extraordinary support," Williams said.
There is a science to picking your battles. Pick the wrong battle and exhaust yourself, fighting valiantly for a cause unworthy of the effort.
When it comes to music genres, survival of the fittest holds true. Creationism vs. evolution in the human race is a hot topic that leaves questions on both sides of the fence, but in music it's evident it is evolution. Floetry does for soul music what Stevie Ray Vaughan did for the blues.
The Michigan Democratic caucus is about two weeks away, and it seems regrettable that the Democratic candidates for president haven't gotten much local exposure. Which is why, in the sense of extending the franchise to a broader scope of potential voters, I ask the caucus voters to politely consider changing the criteria of their decision to a more palpable - and certainly more entertaining - method. Thunderdome. For those of you in the dark, let me turn you on to the magic of Thunderdome.