Lame-duck Gov. John Engler is using what’s left of his political weight in Lansing to grasp onto control of the state government - and trample the rights of the state’s residents in the process. On Thursday, Engler vetoed more than $850 million in state payments to local governments for the 2003 fiscal year, threatening to nearly bankrupt local governments if three November ballot initiatives are approved.
Chicago - One thing is becoming more clear as MSU’s Aug. 31 kickoff approaches - the Spartans are a fixture on everyone’s radar screen. At this weekend’s annual Big Ten football Kickoff Luncheon, media members picked MSU to finish third in the conference and named junior wide receiver Charles Rogers the preseason Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year.
MSU senior Eric Jorgensen earned medalist honors at Friday’s U.S. Amateur Open sectional qualifier Friday with a 36-hole score of 137.
Many people have grabbed a book, curled up in a favorite spot and escaped reality just for a moment this summer. Whether it’s chasing down “The Bachelor” with Carly Phillips or preparing for the end of the world with the “Left Behind” series by Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins, there have been several good reads keeping people occupied this summer. “‘The New York Times Best Seller Lists’ always sell well,” said Dan Chenoweth, store clerk at Schuler Books & Music in Okemos’ Meridian Mall.
Lansing - Lansing City Council will vote next week on a pipeline company’s request to build a gasoline line within city limits. The council members voted 5-2 Thursday to add two items to the Aug.
Threats of inclement weather couldn’t hold back more than 750 people from sprinting and walking for a good cause.The ninth annual Ellen’s Race 5K Run and Walk took off Sunday morning from Pinecrest Elementary School, 1811 Pinecrest Drive.
East Lansing officials are deeming Gov. John Engler’s veto of state revenue-sharing money to local governments a “dangerous” decision for MSU. City leaders said the move, which could cost the city $4.6 million, could force the closure of East Lansing’s campus fire station on Shaw Lane.
“A lot of weddings this July,” my friend Sheldon said. The two of us were relaxing last week on the patio of a local bar, soaking up the sun while he was soaking himself in beer.
What can I say, it’s Austin Powers. You know you’ll laugh, your stomach will churn and then you’ll laugh again. “Austin Powers in Goldmember” doesn’t capture the same hysterical humor of 1997’s “Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery,”but what sequel ever does? “Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me,” wasn’t as funny as the first either, but it was good.
East Lansing planners announced Wednesday their outline to shape growth on the city’s north side. The area of the Northern Tier, which stretches from Saginaw Street to the city’s northern boundary, includes 1,700 acres of undeveloped land north of Lake Lansing Road.
While it’s commendable that East Lansing is asking questions about whether there’s a problem with discrimination when buying or renting property in the city, the way city officials are going about it serves only to keep up the appearance of action, instead of getting to the root of any problem. East Lansing hired an outside firm to look into fair-housing issues within the city.
Lansing - Max Menchaca stopped at a Lansing truck stop off Interstate 96 for a cup of coffee before heading back to Texas. During the more than 20-hour drive ahead of him, Menchaca and his Freightliner truck are sure to encounter some rude drivers on the long stretches of highway they travel together. And according to a AAA study, professional truck drivers such as Menchaca aren’t usually the ones at risk, or at fault, in car-truck collisions.
Mason - A scene of hysteria at the site of a drunken driving accident started a series of events that led to the switching of two 13-year-old Lansing boys’ bodies, an investigation by the Ingham County Sheriff’s Department concluded. Kyle Karp and Thomas Schneider were hit April 6, 2001, while walking with friends along Lake Lansing Road in Lansing Township.
Entering my last year at MSU, I have seen enough university financial blunders to fill Breslin Center.
In the fair housing article, “City probes housing with survey” (SN 7/24), The State News terribly and unabashedly misrepresented the Student Housing Cooperative.
Once again MSU head coach Tom Izzo has ensured a nonconference schedule that will force the men’s basketball team to prove themselves. “I think we’ve done a good job of putting together a very difficult schedule,” Izzo said in a statement.
The purpose of this letter is to encourage Michigan residents and others to communicate to the leaders of India and Pakistan to settle their 50 year dispute without the use of nuclear weapons. The decision for the United States to drop the atomic bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki was made to end the war, thus saving millions of lives.
On its face, plans for further restrictions to obtain IDs might seem a logical way to battle terrorism.
The State News article “City probes housing with survey,” (SN 7/24), contains some serious inaccuracies about the way our co-operative is structured.
One is an international man of mystery, the other has a license to kill. One carries a gun, the other uses a Swedish-made penis-enlarging pump. Hollywood’s two most famous spies, Austin Powers and James Bond, are at it again.