The time has come again. The candidates have campaigned, the issues have been debated. All that remains is for voters to make their decision. But with Tuesday’s election only being a primary, it may seem as though an individual vote does not matter.
The best guard of the 2003-04 recruiting class has verbally committed to MSU. “I think I made a choice my parents like, I like and even my little brother liked,” said Shannon Brown, of Proviso East High in Maywood, Ill.
A new study shows the top three programs used to educate and prevent school-age children from using drugs - Drug Abuse Resistance Education; Here’s Looking at You, 2000; and McGruff’s Drug Prevention and Child Protection - are either ineffective or haven’t been sufficiently tested.
Minjeong Kim might have to find a new way to satisfy her appetite for books if Gov. John Engler’s tax-revenue cuts stand. “I love reading,” said Kim, a 6-year-old Whitehills Elementary School student.
A bill introduced immediately following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks allowing the national motto to be placed in Michigan’s state buildings seems to have lost the broad-based support it had in the wake of the national tragedy. The measure, introduced on Sept.
The owner and managers of Old Town’s Spiral Video Dance Bar, 1247 Center St., are exploring new ideas to replace the club’s hip-hop theme night after three people were shot there early Thursday morning. Police identified the shooter as a 27-year-old Lansing man, but have not released his name.
Okemos - Galyan’s Sports and Outdoor Adventure store opened in Meridian Mall with a sports-themed extravaganza. The sporting-goods chain hosted a four-day celebration to honor its 29th store opening.
Although she’s spent 18 years encouraging students to sport their maize and blue, Pamela Horne will soon be joining the chat of “Go Green, Go White” as MSU’s new admissions and scholarships director.
Lansing - Thousands of people gathered downtown Saturday, filling the sidewalks along Michigan Avenue to see bands, clowns and cultural groups march toward the Capitol.And those who attended the third annual African American Parade and Family Reunion Picnic made the most of the sunny summer morning and afternoon.
A dynamic governor’s race and a sense of duty will bring some MSU students to the polls Aug.
As I sat in my office contemplating the conditions of the world and our country, thinking about the disasters occurring in the Middle East, children kidnapped from across the United States, terror continuously on our minds; I chanced to hear a radio commentator speaking of the horrible possibility of another professional baseball strike.
The dish is centuries old in Asia, but now sushi is surfacing in East Lansing.“It’s not as popular in Michigan - not yet, but every year the sushi population is increasing,” said Don Kim, manager of Midori Sushi and Korean BBQ, 436 Elmwood Road in Delta Township.
MSU sophomore guard Chris Hill was named to the Wooden Award Preseason All-American Team. As one of the 50 selections, Hill is a candidate for the John R.
The MSU women’s basketball team missed out on the 2002 NCAA Tournament, but it will get a sufficient dosage of last year’s qualifiers in the upcoming season. Of the 27 games the Spartans are slated to play in the 2002-03 season, 11 - five at home - will be against teams that were in the Big Dance last March. The schedule features 14 games at Breslin Center.
With as much of a two-year waiting period for decisions, candidates for 4th District Court of Appeals judgeships said they are hoping to increase court efficiency.Three candidates - a judge, a senator and a lawyer are vying for the position in the Aug.
MSU defensive end Clifford Dukes was cleared of four counts of assault and battery and two counts of aggravated assault in 54-B District Court on Tuesday. The charges were brought against Dukes in March after an Oct.
The fountain outside the Main Library is expected to be filled today and should be flowing this weekend, campus officials said. There is a chance maintenance work on the steps near the library’s north entrance might delay plans to fill the pools, Campus Park & Planning director Jeff Kacos said Tuesday, but officials don’t expect a problem. In mid-June, Kacos said cold spring weather, budget concerns and possible repairs were delaying the fountains’ opening.
Child obesity has become a problem in the United States according to medical officials.To address the issue of childhood obesity and ways to remedy the problem, 100 physicians, pediatricians and nutritionists will meet today at MSU.
With continued budget shortfalls expected in Michigan’s immediate economic future, the decision of who will be the state’s next governor is one voters shouldn’t take lightly.