A comedy show and pig roast are two events that members of the Puerto Rican Student Association said they hope will help educate MSU students and Lansing-area community members this week.Puerto Rican Culture Week runs today through Friday."This year, we're making it more based on the ethnic value of Puerto Rico, our history and music," organization President David Torres said.
The MSU Opera Theatre production of "Nine" did its job of entertaining viewers this past weekend, but lack of attention to some details made sure the show would not get a rating of nine out of 10."Nine" is based on "8 1/2," the autobiographical film of Italian filmmaker Federico Fellini - named Guido Contini in the musical - who is having a midlife crisis because his wife wants to leave him, and he cannot think of a plot for his latest movie.
Do police officers use force improperly? Are police officers justified to shoot an unarmed subject? When is a police officer allowed to shoot someone?
Across the United States, and especially in Michigan, the problem of obesity is growing at alarming rates.As state obesity statistics rise, MSU researchers are working to define exactly where the problem lies and what people can do to slow the increase.In a report published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 56 percent of Americans were overweight or obese in 2000.
MSU alumni Ed and Tasha Stielstra spend their winters trudging through snow while trying to control multiple numbers of Alaskan huskies. But no matter the work, the couple of five years finds the task well worth their while each time they head out into the cold. "It's our life," Ed Stielstra said.
Madison, Wis. - MSU lost any remaining chance of tying for the conference crown as the Spartans fell, 56-21, to Wisconsin on the road. The Spartans (7-4 overall, 4-3 Big Ten) looked lackluster from the start, giving up 28 first-half points en route to losing their third straight Big Ten game Saturday. "We weren't ready to play," MSU head coach John L.
East Lansing police arrested two men Wednesday suspected of stealing from unlocked homes on campus and in the city.The two men were arrested at Bryan Hall after MSU police responded to calls that the suspects were attempting to enter dorm rooms at 3:15 p.m.
Jason Coleman's sentiments in his letter to the editor "E.L.
City officials say the recent elimination of the local primary election will benefit the city in both cost and staff resources.The primary, held in August during odd-numbered years, was eliminated by a vote of 1,685-637 in the Nov.
It was dreary, overcast and chilly at the men's soccer team's final practice at Old College Field on Tuesday before the Spartans headed to Indiana to play some of the most important games of the year.As the light grew dim over the team's evening drills, they played all out- just as if it were the real thing.
Name one thing Ohio State and Michigan have that Wisconsin doesn't. A shot at the Big Ten title. All three squads were picked to finish high in the Big Ten with the help of their balanced offenses -something that has proved to be a nemesis for No.
Would you mind if I wrote a column that only asked questions? Would it be fair to look at the world and not try to provide answers but instead, ask questions where we might begin to seek answers?
If MSU men's basketball coach Tom Izzo needed a reason to work his players harder going into the regular season, he found it Thursday when the No.
While MSU has lost two consecutive games, this week's game against Wisconsin might go more in the Spartans' favor.
The No. 3 Spartans expected Thursday's exhibition contest against Nike Elite to be an inside-outside game.
Although the weather is cooling down, the campus concert scene will be heating up this weekend. Enki, The Mad Note and Know Lyfe will perform a free show Saturday night at Common Grounds in Akers Hall. The show is an 18 years and older event and features three local rock bands.
It begins every match, every game, every point, yet, for the MSU volleyball team, serving seemed to be hurting them rather than helping them - until recently.The Spartans have become more consistent with where and how they are serving, and that is because they have been more aggressive. "Consistent serving helps make the blockers' and the defensive players' jobs easier," sophomore setter Mickey Davis said.
The MSU men's and No. 12 women's cross country teams will make a trip Saturday to Indiana for the 2003 NCAA Great Lakes Regional Championships. Indiana State will host the 10K men's race and women's 6K race in Terra Haute, Ind.
Lansing - MSU students rallied outside the closed doors of Gov. Jennifer Granholm's final budget-tour stop on Thursday. The locally televised stop was the last in a two-week budget tour in which Granholm met and gathered ideas from residents in 11 locations to discover where the public's budget priorities are as the state faces a $920 million budget deficit. More than 40 people representing different facets of the Lansing-area community were present at Lansing's Romney Building to offer opinions on what should be cut, and ask the governor questions. Members of the MSU-based Students Protecting And Representing Education (SPARE) brandished signs outside the Romney Building in hopes of creating awareness about their mission to stop cuts to public universities and community colleges, the funds of which already have been cut by 10 percent in the past two years. Ahmed Baset, executive director of SPARE, said the group understands that cuts are imminent, but that higher education should be a priority. "We understand that cuts are going to happen, and higher education is not going to be immune from that," he said.
This is in response to Tom Amon's letter "SN Opinion Page has liberal biases" — as well as several other letters that say, essentially, the same thing. The point of that letter, as with the others, is that The State News has a "liberal bias." Just what that means, no one knows, because the "conservative" letter writers never explain — they simply make the allegation. Instead of uttering vacuous accusations, conservatives should try to articulate a point of view or develop an argument.