A recent survey of East Lansing shows student-resident relations are improving, and an overwhelming amount of residents rate the city as a nice place to live.
Doing more than one thing at a time is called multitasking. Chewing gum and walking down a sidewalk, or driving a car while talking on your cell phone are some examples.
MSU is facing more than a $34-million shortfall in research grant funding - a problem university officials say is due to federal and state financing cutbacks. But even with program deletions by the U.S.
With the United States in conflicts against terrorism and Iraq, it's good to see our president spend time on a humanitarian mission - if only he had spent more time there. President Bush recently ended his five-day, five-country African tour in which he denounced slavery and pledged to fight AIDS and poverty in parts of the underdeveloped continent.
Bath - It's Friday morning and Jane Briggs-Bunting is sitting in the middle of her new condominium surrounded by open space, a few boxes filled with pictures and a rocking chair - one of the two places to sit in her canary yellow living room.
Grand Rapids - Josh Vance plummets to the earth from 20 feet in the air, tucking his legs and executing a flawless double-flip with a half-twist just inches before meeting the platform that sends him rocketing toward the ceiling.A second-year MSU medical student, Vance commutes to Grand Rapids after classes each night to train for the world's newest Olympic sport - trampoline gymnastics.In his eighth consecutive year of training, Vance is considered by many to be one of the sport's top performers in the country, and is vying for the right to represent the United States in the 2004 Olympics to be held in Athens, Greece."It's awesome," he said of the competition.
A.P. Kryza chose to stand on a pretty big soapbox July 9 when he took on "cocky musicians" ("Cover artists should not waste breath on criticism" SN 7/9). I will agree the comments about Joe Cocker from Jerry Sprague were in bad taste but equally inappropriate were Kryza's own comments.
Fans of MSU or Kentucky basketball without tickets to the schools' Dec. 13 matchup are officially hard-pressed to find a ticket because "The BasketBowl" is sold out.After season-ticket holders and university donors from both schools claimed the first 50,672 seats, the remaining 19,028 tickets allotted to the general public on Tuesday sold out in a span of four days, according to the Ford Field Ticket Office.
I somewhat agree with Carl Seidman in his letter "Poor, not minorities, should be rewarded." (SN 7/10). I agree the government should provide relief to poverty stricken communities and work toward bettering education, which is the primary source of inequality.
Summertime offers a great range of outdoor activities, but not everyone would consider watching a movie in the same category of star gazing, badminton or a concert.The East Lansing Community Events Program is seeking to change that mentality.
The East Lansing Police Department has eliminated two positions due to an unexpanding budget. A police officer and parking code enforcement supervisor position were cut because the department's $8-million budget could not grow to accommodate wage raises. "We've tried to absorb the changes without impact," East Lansing police Capt.
Lansing - With clear skies and hordes of people, the Common Ground Festival's third night offered a wide variety of entertainment to another large crowd of about 13,000. Wednesday night's fans enjoyed two stages of music, a wide variety of activities and enough different kinds of food to satisfy many appetites. "It's excellent food.
Since sodomy laws were ruled unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court on June 26, the debate on same-gender marriages has gained a whole new vigor on both sides of the fence.
Lansing - Lugnuts center fielder Felix Pie has a bright future ahead of him. The 18-year-old from the Dominican Republic showed just how bright Thursday night in an 8-4 victory over the West Michigan Whitecaps at Oldsmobile Park.Showing the patience of a veteran ball player, Pie walked three times on the night.
The situation in Benton Harbor bothered me deeply because I experienced the same form of violence when I was young and living in metro Detroit.
Avast me hardy, "The Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl," is a pretty good picture. Despite a romance that's a little boring, the film has one of screendoms greatest character actors in Johnny Depp and Orlando Bloom as a heroic but somewhat uninspired hero.
I am a repressed, stereotyped minority and I am not covered by affirmative action. You may ask, how that is possible?
Lowering the legal blood-alcohol will help save both lives and funding, protecting our roads from both drunken drivers and poor road conditions. The state Senate passed legislation Thursday to decrease the legal blood-alcohol level from 0.10 to 0.08.
Three brightly colored fish captured the eye of Virginia resident Martha Ruehlmann as she walked through the Kresge Art Museum Wednesday. "Three Fish" is the title of the Jessica Oonark painting which features fish colored in blue, orange and yellow, positioned one on top of the other. "I kind of like the one with the fish because it's not really colored in," Ruehlmann said.
A Lansing man was arraigned Wednesday on charges of attempted breaking and entering, disobeying a police officer and unlawful possession of a weapon on campus. Jeffrey Fidler pleaded guilty before Judge David Jordan in East Lansing's 54-B District Court for carrying a box cutter while fleeing from police after trying to break into a storage shed outside Emmons Hall, a part of the Brody Complex. In court Fidler decided first to plead not guilty, but later changed his decision. "Might as well as get it over with," Fidler said before Jordan. All three charges brought against Fidler are misdemeanors.