Capital Area United Way President Bob Berning intends to resign after a $1.88-million embezzlement scandal.In a statement released Monday, Tom Chirgwin, chairman of the Capital Area United Way's board of directors, said Berning will submit his resignation from the chapter at a special meeting Feb.
Aren't there better things to be writing a column on than "Sex and the City" ("'Sex and the City' promotes negative images," SN 1/27)? The fifth season has been over since last summer, however there will be a sixth season debuting this June.
After another road loss - its fifth in as many games - the MSU men's basketball team is returning to the refuge of Breslin Center.The Spartans (10-8 overall, 2-4 Big Ten) host No.
After losing five businesses in a month, Grand River Avenue will see two new shops open soon.A retail clothing store specializing in resort and vacation clothes is taking over the 9,300-square foot vacancy left by Tower Records, 115 E.
In response to Chrystal Liebold's column "'Sex and the City' characters promote negative images" (SN 1/27), I would like to strongly disagree.
Five-year-old Damonta runs giggling to his mother and throws his arms around her neck, spilling her drink on her lap and the floor of a homeless shelter. "Damonta!" screams his mother, Davonna Davis, laughing.
A lot of good artists have been entering the area via the local scene's birthing canal as of late - thefarewelldrive could be the area's brainchild. With its first EP, "if yes, explain:" scheduled for release in mid-Feburary, the group could well prove the area's new strongman. Though based out of Ann Arbor, thefarewelldrive does have local ties - bassist John Paul is an MSU journalism student and drummer Dan Julian, a 2002 MSU graduate, is a former State Newser. A powerful demonstration of talent with an impressive contribution from lead vocalist Andrew Lutes, the EP becomes even more impressive upon learning it was recorded in a five-day session in Chicago. Opening track "The Truth in Lies" leads into the album with a floating melody, later pounding into a chorus of, "And these words they sound too simple/But I'm sure that they are right." It's a powerful mark to make at the beginning of an album and does throw the listener off a bit.
MSU's football staff has landed two more skilled players to its recruiting class that will add a physical presence on the field.Kris Bush, a 6-foot-1, 195-pounder from Louisiana's John Curtis Christian High School, ran for 1,200 yards and 20 touchdowns last season.
East Lansing police might be jumping the gun by airing their gut reactions before concrete evidence is on hand.
ASMSU and the city of East Lansing's University Student Commission are sponsoring a free day at the Hannah Community Center, 819 Abbott Road. ASMSU is MSU's undergraduate student government. The passes are valid for one day at the center and expire Feb.
MSU loaded up its offense with two more verbal commitments this weekend. Tecumseh (Mich.) High all-purpose back Cole Corey and Palm Beach (Fla.) High wide receiver Irving Campbell have both said "Yes" to MSU. Corey is 5-foot-11, 185 pounds and has been clocked at 4.4 seconds in the 40-yard dash.
There is no denying "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind" is very derivative in aspects of its style.
As a student who did get into the University of Michigan, I feel their admission policy is downright unfair.
Although the state government does spend a lot of money on unnecessary things, cutting government spending is not an end-all answer to the deficit the state has at hand.
It took 20 48-feet-long semi trucks to bring the tons of electronic props, scenery, costumes, lights and pyrotechnics to Wharton Center for "The Phantom of the Opera." The show could have gone on with just a single limousine - as long as it carried Brad Little, who takes on the title role in Andrew Lloyd Webber's masterpiece. Granted, I'd never seen "Phantom" before its return to Wharton, but Little exudes the mysterious image of the Phantom. He's loving, frightening and tortured in his portrayal of the deformed figure who has overtaken the Paris Opera House.
Totals for the revenue earned from parking ramps and meters throughout East Lansing are expected to exceed the anticipated totals by "a couple thousand," officials say.City officials will find out how much money parking earned at a city council work session at 4 p.m.
Tom Izzo hadn't heard a whisper from his best friend Steve Mariucci - who is rumored to become the next Detroit Lions head coach - until his cell phone rang at 5:40 p.m.
Members of MSU's Clerical-Technical Union are nervous about potential layoffs.The 1,900-member union, MSU's largest labor organization, will head into negotiations with university officials to hash out a new deal before their contract expires in March.Its three-year contract with the university expires March 31 and contract negotiations begin next month.Union members will meet Wednesday to discuss issues they'd like to see addressed in the new deal, including whether recent state budget cuts will impact hiring and layoffs, union President Barbara Reeves said."The biggest problem is that, across the board, higher education has consistently taken hits," she said."It certainly has increased the possibility of layoffs and there's concern there won't be much more hiring."MSU saw a $6-million cut in state appropriations after an executive order by then-Gov.
When I first learned MSU officials were considering an addition to the residence halls in Brody Complex, I must say I was intrigued.