Brandy Muscato watched intently as the two salsa dance teachers spun each other around. Although she had never practiced salsa dancing before, Muscato and her roommate, no-preference freshman Libby Hingst, partnered up and tried to mimic the teachers’ moves while spinning and laughing.
It’s frustrating to watch the Spartan football program continue to crumble when the simple remedy is to call for the “coach’s head.” The question can be made why the athletics director would equate this lack of performance to his own first two years as a coach and term the program as in a “rebuilding” stage.
Lansing - Investigating relationships between police and the community and expanding minority business contracts are among the priorities of the city council in the next fiscal year. The council announced a new set of budget resolutions for 2003-04 at Monday’s meeting.
East Lansing resident Pauline Gaseller situated her 3-year-old son’s ski cap as he peered over the green bar of the hay wagon to see the Red Cedar River. Small pieces of hay flew up as a tractor halted to a stop at a red light on Farm Lane on Monday. Gaseller and her son Takudzwa were among students and East Lansing residents who came out to learn about MSU’s history while enjoying free donuts, cider and the fall night air. “I really enjoyed it,” Gaseller, who came from Zimbabwe three months ago to join her husband, who studies at MSU.
Sophomore forward Michelle Carstens was awarded Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week honors Monday after netting three goals in weekend action. The first tally came Saturday in a 5-1 victory over Indiana (3-9 overall, 1-2 Big Ten). Carstens went on to strike twice Sunday during a heated matchup against No.
Kathleen Clark began writing for the stage on a sailboat traveling down the East coast of the United States, heading for the sunny Bahamas. “If you’ve ever wanted to be a writer, that’s the place to do it,” she said.
A group of health-care organization leaders held a news conference at the Sparrow Professional Building, 1200 E.
Haslett - Dense fog permeated over the calm waters of Lake Lansing on Saturday morning as about a dozen boats waited side-by-side on its shore for less intimidating conditions.
The 130-room Ramada Inn on Trowbridge Road is temporarily closed after a fire extensively damaged the front desk, lobby and several other rooms Monday. The fire started in a storage room where breakfast items and paper products where kept, East Lansing fire Deputy Chief Terence Lapinski said.
George Forbes doesn’t know how likely he is to help police apprehend a criminal, but with a new state Web site, the political science junior could find out. Clicks and tips have been pouring in since Michigan’s newest “Most Wanted” Web site appeared to the public last week.
Local pastors will gather at 10 a.m. today at New Mount Calvary Baptist Church, 3800 W. Miller Road in Lansing, to endorse state Rep.
Sunday was a sad day for America, as national historian Stephen Ambrose lost his battle with cancer. Ambrose was an avid proponent of learning about and spreading America’s rich cultural heritage to people throughout the country.
To Megan Guzman, the International Center and its surrounding lawn serves as a temporary home on school days - providing her a place to study, eat and waste time between her classes while miles away from her apartment. Guzman, a special education senior, depends on the Capital Area Transportation Authority bus system for transportation from her apartment in Capstone Commons, 2501 Abbott Road, in East Lansing’s Northern Tier. “It would be pointless to go back to the apartment for an hour,” she said.
MSU defeated Big Ten rival Michigan 2-1 Sunday in Ann Arbor. With the victory, the Spartans jumped to 8-4 overall and 2-2 in the Big Ten, while the Wolverines fell to 4-6-1, 0-3. After an equal first half where each team registered six shots on goal, senior forward Brett Konley broke the tie, floating one past Michigan goalkeeper Joe Zawacki at the 66:36 mark. Two minutes later MSU struck again, this time on a header from junior midfielder Jeff Krass to put the Spartans up by two. MSU faces Notre Dame in its next matchup at 8 p.m.
Remember those endless nights of playing NHL ’93 on the Sega Genesis? The relentless hammering of three buttons, the amazing graphics and the fast-paced action - something we thought was way ahead of its time and impossible to improve on.
A few months ago, Tamila Bennett barely knew anything about computers - now she plans to take MSU classes to work for her computer programming certification.The Lansing resident graduated from the Closing the Digital Gap Port of Entry Program two weeks ago and said the course has significantly increased her computer literacy.The program is offered free of cost to low-income individuals in the Lansing area.
The Chuckling TSuNaMiS are sponsoring a date auction all day Wednesday at the rock on Farm Lane, and participants will be auctioned off at 6 p.m.
Lech Walesa began his work in the political arena in 1980 as an electrician - and ended up as the president of Poland. Standing on the top of a bulldozer during the Lenin Shipyard strike in Gdansk, Poland, he gave a speech that inspired workers to demand their right to develop trade unions that were free and independent, and sparked the country’s Solidarity movement. Walesa was sent to jail for opposing the communist government in Poland, which didn’t allow trade unions.
With lawmakers facing what many expect to be a major money crunch, it seems the MSU Board of Trustees is dreaming to request an extra $1,000 per student in the state’s next budget cycle. But it is good to see Spartan leaders lobbying with gusto as Michigan is set to see many leadership changes because of term limits. Spartans have been at the short end of an appropriations gap among Michigan’s three research universities - Wayne State University, the University of Michigan and MSU - for too long.
Former President Gerald R. Ford, Lansing Mayor David Hollister and 32 other Michigan leaders have joined forces in attempting to bring the Radioactive Isotope Accelerator, or RIA, to MSU. The RIA Advisory Committee convened for the first time Monday to talk about possible ways of spreading the news to influential politicians, which will hopefully result in MSU receiving the accelerator and about $900 million in government funds.