State budget cuts put funding for 'U' events, museum in doubt

State funding cuts have snuck up on the Dinosaurs towering over visitors the MSU Museum and are dancing with the MSU Museum Folk Festival and the East Lansing Art Festival, both known for bringing in thousands to East Lansing each summer. Arts programs are facing a possible 50-percent cut to the $22.6 million grants given out by the Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs which is proposed to be eliminated with Gov.

Opposite opinions can't run every day

I'm glad to see The State News decided to run Michael Perez's column, "Running ads could incite violence, perpetuate discrimination" (SN 3/10) on the same day as said inflammatory ad.

CHEAP EATS: Lou & Harry's Five Star Deli ($4.66)

This week, we say farewell to our friends at Big Boy, where we once bought a meal for $4.71. We'll miss you and your cheap eats. But just because finding a filling, affordable meal for less than $5 is now a little more difficult doesn't mean it's impossible. We've managed to do it again this week at Lou & Harry's Five Star Deli in downtown East Lansing. The food: A small Italian hoagie made to order ($3.50) and a small (16-ounce) Nestea raspberry iced tea ($0.90) Total with tax: $4.66 Place: Lou & Harry's Five Star Deli, 245 Ann St.

Slater, Liles, Fast named to CCHA first team

There is a green tint to the blue-liners on this year's All-CCHA First Team.MSU seniors John-Michael Liles and Brad Fast were voted the two best defensemen in the CCHA by the 12 league coaches, and sophomore center Jim Slater joined them on the all-conference first team, which was released Wednesday night.It's the first time since 1984-85, when former Spartans Gary Haight and Don McSween were honored, that both first-team defensemen have hailed from the same school."Fast and I play very well together and he has helped me bring my game to another level," Liles said in a statement.

Amtrak looks to swell funding with talks

Negotiations between Amtrak officials and Michigan Department of Transportation representatives remain at a standstill after nearly a month, but renewed discussions continue today, officials announced Wednesday.Amtrak officials will meet with transportation officials and representatives from Gov.

Spartans hope to land NCAA tourney berth

Stacked with talent, this year's Big Ten conference could send up to six women's basketball teams to the NCAA Tournament. Penn State (24-8) nabbed the regular-season conference championship - which all but guarantees them a tournament bid - while Purdue (26-5) earned its bid by taking the Big Ten tournament title.

top 10 albums

1. "Come Away With Me," Norah Jones, Blue Note. (Last week: 3) 2. "Get Rich Or Die Tryin'," 50 Cent, Shady/Aftermath.

Museum plays off March obsession with hoops

Lansing - Just in time for March Madness, a new exhibit in downtown Lansing is showing off Michigan's basketball heritage. "Hometown Hoops," at the Michigan Historical Museum, contains more than 100 items of basketball memorabilia from state high schools - schools where many MSU stars began their rise to the top. "This project took about two years to put together," museum Director Phil Kwiatkowski said.

E-mail system debuts, will replace Pilot

For a few hours, users of MSU's Pilot e-mail system had a new option for checking their messages. A new Web site that will replace the 10-year-old Pilot system was unofficially launched Wednesday afternoon.

Indie movies, shorts make festival's charm

The East Lansing Film Festival is a grab bag of great films that defy mainstream convention. A large number of the films are deserving of mass viewing, but the only thing holding them back is the fact that, unlike most mainstream films, they have voices.Take, for example, "Horns and Halos," a documentary about the book "Fortunate Son," a biography about President George W.

Kryza: At the movies

"About Schmidt" Jack Nicholson steals the show as a man who, upon his wife's death, realizes he's wasted his life.

Guard glad to play in hometown

From living in downtown Chicago to being sidelined by a stress fracture earlier this season, Rashi Johnson's road to playing Big Ten basketball has been rough.While playing street ball at the age of 12, he was shot in the leg.

Green gives beer a little Irish pride

With many different interpretations of and reasons for celebrating St. Patrick's Day, it becomes inevitable that a variety of activities will surround the day.Unfortunately for most people, March 17 falls on a Monday this year - but hey, that's not stopping anyone from having fun.Traditionally in America, St.

Bush can go against U.N. for U.S. safety

This is in response to the editorial "One-man show" (SN 3/11). Why should the president "choose his statements with more caution" when our nation's security is at risk?

tv's top 10

1. "Survivor: Amazon," CBS2. "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," CBS3.

Big Ten Tournament expected to be wild

Chicago - The Big Ten Tournament again appears to be anyone's ball game. While No. 1 seed Wisconsin and No.

Ads aren't pleasant but are accurate

The protests of campustruth.org are acceptable but do not refute the truth behind these pictures. Regardless of the light in which it paints Palestinians, these pictures are accurate. I charge the protesters to disprove the pictures of Israelis mourning on Sept.

Girls 'make' Lansing band

MTV has its hands full this week, but the recording of "Spring Break 2003" is only part of the reason. Lansing's own sarcastic, hell-raising teenage group Hyperbole, which is notorious for flashing truck drivers, harassing businesses with backdoor bells and starting hotel wrestling matches, will have two of its members take the stage in the all out, game-show-meets-reality series "Girl Makes Band." Drummer Andrew Ash and bass player Tony Hernandez will be controlled by three female contestants who try and make the best sounding band for their chance at an all-expenses-paid vacation.

In reality, making a band far from easy

My father has always blamed downriver Detroit for producing flaky drummers. Time after time I noticed different drummers walk into our home studio and then out the same door they'd come in. Over the past few years I've started to see what he's always been preaching about - no longer just in my home. The trend among Detroit-area bass players soon seemed to follow, and then so did a larger portion of the guitarist population. As I've gotten to know the Lansing scene a little bit more, I've started to believe I might have carried the virus with me when I moved.

Police briefs 03/13/03