With Nicholas Payton's latest effort, "sonic trance," I got my first mentally taxing test as music reporter. How do you give a rating for lyrics when the album is almost completely devoid of them? The album's too good to suffer an undeserved "1" for lyrics.
Here at The State News, we depend on communication every day. It gets hammered into our brains. Editors must communicate with their reporters.
Is the Big Ten really a powerhouse conference? Just three weeks ago, before the start of the 2003 college football season, the Big Ten had a sweet-smelling aura - four teams were ranked in the Associated Press Top 25 poll. Ohio State was slotted No.
Lansing - More than 40 dogs of all shapes, breeds and sizes swam and wallowed in the company of other four-legged friends on Wednesday evening in an effort to establish Lansing's first leash-free dog park. Friends of Greater Lansing Dog Parks and the Lansing Parks and Recreation Department sponsored the dog paddle party at Hawk Island County Park in Lansing. Lansing-area residents and their pets played at the public beach, raising about $250 for fencing of a proposed leash-free dog park. "There's no leash-free dog parks in Lansing, so this is a way for the dogs to play off their leashes," said Dusty DeHaven, secretary of Friends of Greater Lansing Dog Parks. "We're taxpayers, too, and we want a place for our dogs to recreate, exercise with us and be a part of the community." Friends of Greater Lansing Dog Parks, which formed almost two years ago, is in the process of developing and lobbying for a leash-free dog park. "Our first big hurdle was to get the Lansing City Council to amend a law that requires dogs to be leashed in all city parks," said Janet Geissler, Friends of Greater Lansing Dog Parks president.
After another week with very few surprises, this should be a week when the weak will be exposed. Philip Rivers and North Carolina State will face off against Chris Gamble and the defending national champion Ohio State Buckeyes.
By STEVE EDER, AMY DAVIS and SARAH MCEVILLY The State News A week after East Lansing police issued the first citations under the new party-noise ordinance, student leaders are planning a response to the city's crackdown. Thursday night, a task force formed by ASMSU met to discuss its answer to the party-noise punishments, which call for a minimum of three days in jail and a $500 fine for misdemeanor offenders, and a $1,000 fine for civil infractions. Four party hosts were cited with misdemeanor offenses and six others were issued civil infractions last weekend during the first test of the policy. Kevin Glandon, ASMSU Student Assembly chairperson for external affairs, said the majority of East Lansing residents are opposed to the ordinance. "In general, this is not what we want in the community," he said.
The Nokomis Learning Center, a Native American cultural center, is having its fall festival from 2-7 p.m.
I just read the Monday edition of The State News and would like to say that I am appalled the newspaper would run a full-page story, if you call it a story, on a supposedly straight stripper from the greater Lansing area. I would like to add that I am offended that the newspaper even made the whole page color, as compared to the rest of the paper, which is in black and white.
It doesn't make sense that someone should need a gun while they are swimming. But an East Lansing gun ordinance, forbidding the possession of concealed weapons in such areas as the Hannah and Bailey community centers, the East Lansing Public Library and the Family Aquatic Center, is being repealed after similar local bans in Ferndale were challenged and defeated by the Michigan Coalition for Responsible Gun Owners. Last November, the local ordinance was approved in East Lansing by a 4-1 vote.
Pastor Brian Henley woke up around 6 a.m. Thursday morning, "showered" with bottled water from his mini-fridge and ate breakfast before spending about three hours waving to rush-hour traffic on Interstate 96. He left behind the luxuries of home and has been living on a billboard since Sunday at the Martin Luther King Jr.
No. 15 Notre Dame at No. 5 Michigan This weekend's best matchup occurs approximately 70 miles to the south. Notre Dame (1-0) eked another win out of Touchdown Jesus last weekend courtesy of an overtime field goal off the foot of Irish place-kicker Nicholas Setta.
The Michigan Writers Series will kick off its fall season with novelist Craig Holden tonight at 7:30 p.m.
Hallelujah for David Thompson's column contradicting the long held belief that Republicans best serve the Christian vote "Christian beliefs don't belong with conservative actions". Although President Bush consistently reminds the public that he reads the Bible every morning, does he not relay scripture to his actions the rest of the day?
The yards have been given away, little by little. A mistake for a touchdown here, an open receiver there. And like a brush fire waiting to get out of hand, the MSU defensive backfield is edging toward disaster. Head coach John L.
I am disgusted with Monday's photo story "Stripped Down." It is neither newsworthy nor MSU-related.
The only rushing statistic that junior Tyrell Dortch leads sophomore Jaren Hayes in after two games is attempts, 21-19. Hayes averages more rushing yards per game (44.5 compared to Dortch's 41.5) and has a better average per carry (4.7 to 4.0), but Dortch remains the starter going into week three of the Spartans' season. Neither running back has recorded a rushing touchdown, yet Hayes had two receiving scores against Rutgers.
The anticipation is over for the MSU volleyball team. This weekend, the team will find out where it stands nationally, facing three of the top 13 teams in the country in Lincoln, Neb., at the U.S.
As part of the Michigan Writers Series, author Craig Holden will be reading tonight at 7:30 p.m. in the MSU Main Library in room W449.
MSU's Council of Graduate Students met Wednesday for its first meeting of the school year and discussed the budget and future events.COGS' budget was passed last April, but some members questioned a few of the expenses.