While the primary election brought a record number of registered voters to the polls, unofficial numbers show a significant number of those votes were not counted.Earlty estimates show about 6 percent of ballots were thrown out because voters chose candidates from both parties on the same ballot.
Along with the recent inflation of rent, gas and tuition, pizza joints might soon make their own raid into students’ pocketbooks. Domino’s Pizza is considering raising the cost of a hot, delivered pizza.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 431 E. Saginaw St., could rise from the ashes.Architects have been working on two designs for a new church since the original building was burned because of arson to the ground in June.One of the two plans will be unveiled to residents at a public hearing 7:30 p.m.
Every game day for the last several years, MSU field hockey head coach Michele Madison feared her athletes would become victims of the cold, friction-filled ground of Spartan Stadium.But those fears are subsiding because of the installation of new irrigated artificial turf at Ralph Young Field, where the team is set to play its home games starting this season.And Madison’s team is not the only excited group on campus.
MSU President M. Peter McPherson traveled to Waco, Texas, Tuesday to lend his voice as economic leaders met with President Bush to discuss the nation’s money woes. Bush told the forum that “times are kind of tough.” “We have heard from Americans who are concerned but not discouraged,” Bush said at the end of the four-hour session at Baylor University.
The end of the summer is approaching, and with it, the end of an era. It’s time for some of us to leave.
The American Cancer Society needs volunteers for its Relay For Life, a 24-hour team event to raise cancer awareness and research money. The relay is Saturday and Sunday at Potter Park Zoo, 1301 S.
City officials are celebrating the news of the Legislature’s override of Gov. John Engler’s revenue-sharing veto Tuesday - but only temporarily. About $3.7 million of the city’s general-fund budget was restored Tuesday when lawmakers passed the override.
Great Lakes Folk Festival organizers estimated that between 100,000 and 120,000 people ventured into downtown East Lansing for the three-day event in its first year.
I followed with some interest the recent columns by Drew Harmon, “Time to let go of hopes for better things, let apathetic do as they please,” (SN 8/7), and Rishi Kundi, “Loss of faith in public encouragement doesn’t bode well,” (SN 8/8). The question of student apathy generally focuses around causes, or “why don’t those idiots care about what’s going on?” I would suggest that there are two reasons: Many students have the incorrect perception that local and state politics don’t affect them much, and the correct perception that they can’t do much about it anyway. For the effects of local politics, consider that many local initiatives (such as the Capital Area Transportation Authority question of last Tuesday’s vote) affect property taxes, which directly affect rent.
The East Lansing Public Library, 950 Abbott Road, now has access to the books of seven area libraries through a service called InMich according to a Friday press release. The service allows library patrons to search other libraries’ catalogs for books unavailable at the East Lansing branch. InMich includes libraries at MSU, Albion College, Grand Rapids Community College, Southfield Public Library, Albion Public Library, Central Michigan University’s library and Ovid-Elsie public schools.
From finger-lickin’ foods and knee slapping tunes to crafty arts and captivating storytelling, the Great Lakes Folk Festival provided thousands of festivalgoers with a good ol’ time. For East Lansing resident Barbara Kohls the festival was a freeing event. “This weekend, I said no to diet foods and no to watching the calories,” said Kohls, while enjoying a homemade root beer.
In 1945, art Professor Leonard Jungwirth predicted his Spartan statue would stand for hundreds of years.
As families trailed the band Bahamas Junkanoo parading down Albert Avenue in downtown East Lansing, the sounds of traditional folk musicians had many scuffling for seats in the grass to listen.
Ceramics experts have given Sparty an ominous diagnosis - he only has eight years to live if his lifestyle doesn’t change soon. But help is on the way for MSU’s terra-cotta icon, believed to be the world’s tallest free-standing ceramic statue.
Beginning this week, some workers in Ingham County will get a breath of fresh air as a countywide ban on smoking in break-rooms used by smokers and nonsmokers alike takes effect.
I was shocked to see the “Forced worship” editorial in The State News on Wednesday, August 7, 2002.
And I’m back. After spending five weeks in the United Kingdom, I’m writing this column while flying over Northern Canada, waiting for the last three hours to pass on my direct flight from London to Detroit.