Remix albums are all the rage among rappers and hard-rockers these days, but usually prove to be complete flop or an album with only one or two decent songs. And to make a remix a band should have a few albums to its name to have enough good songs to actually remix. So a band has got to have a lot of guts to remix its debut album and put it out two years later.
Name: Virg BerneroAge: 38Hometown: LansingOccupation: State representativeFamily: Married to Teri; two daughtersPolitical background: State representative, 2001-present; Ingham County commissioner, 1993-2000Web site: www.votevirg.comStance on the issuesOvercoming the state’s budget difficulties: Delay or eliminate some Engler administration tax cuts; examine state programs for budget cuts, excluding human services and K-12 and higher education; consider reinstating inheritance tax.Higher education affordability: Ensure affordable education to all students; restructure Merit Scholarship Award program to reward top students at every high school; strengthen needs-based financial aid.Environment: Pass tough “polluter’s pay” law; reward companies committed to environmental protection; rebuild ability to detect, prosecute polluters.Transportation: State is challenged to find funding to fix delayed maintenance on main roadways, repair bridges and support local governments in fixing roads; funds for road repairs must be spent for that purpose; road work should be warrantied; enhance public transportation.Abortion rights: Pro-choice.Affirmative action: Supports affirmative action as a necessary tool to remedy patterns of institutional discrimination and economic inequality that places minority students at a disadvantage in pursuit of education and jobs.Gay rights: Discrimination, hatred and violence against lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender people must not be tolerated, or encouraged by regressive laws that treat life partners differently based on sexual orientation.
Gov. John Engler recently vetoed $1 million of funding for the bill to change driver’s license forms for those under 21-years-of-age.
Name: Lingg BrewerAge: 57Hometown: LansingOccupation: Retired state representativeFamily: Divorced; four childrenPolitical background: State representative, 1995-2000; former county commissioner, former county clerk for 16 yearsWeb site: NoneStance on the issuesOvercoming the state’s budget difficulties: Reorganize state government to “cut fat” and do more with less; better funding of health care, public education.Higher education affordability: Reduce funding gap between MSU and the University of Michigan.Environment: Improve water quality, reduce contaminants affecting fish; protect against mercury emissions.Transportation: Sponsored legislation in support of a mass transit connecting Lansing, Ann Arbor and Detroit; supports automobile alternatives; end focus on building new roads rather than fixing existing roads and bridges.Abortion rights: Pro-choice.Affirmative action: Supports affirmative action.Gay rights: Supports gay rights.
Name: Jennifer GranholmAge: 43Hometown: NorthvilleOccupation: Michigan attorney generalFamily: Married to Dan Mulhern; three childrenPolitical background: Michigan attorney general, 1999-presentWeb site: www.granholmforgov.comStance on the issuesOvercoming the state’s budget difficulties: Audit state’s finances to avoid tax increases and look for fat to cut; expand state’s economy by attracting businesses through new Technology Tri-Corridor, building on the Life Sciences Corridor, automotive manufacturing and potential homeland security technologies.Higher education affordability: Create Great Lakes Scholars program funded by private donors for at-risk students who might not otherwise be able to attend college; add needs-based component to Merit Scholarship Award program; expand tuition savings plans, such as the Michigan Education Trust, to ensure families can take advantage of them; exercise executive leadership with universities to keep tuition affordable.Environment: Implement “Clean Water Forever” initiative to provide comprehensive water protection; phase out worst toxic pollutants, including mercury; add water, noncarbonated drink containers to bottle bill; require out-of-state trash comply with recycling, composting laws; recombine departments of Environmental Quality and Natural Resources; help local governments protect, manage land; create state land-use commission.Transportation: Create five-year statewide road and bridge program based on need; ensure road work done right first time; increase diesel tax, maintain gas tax level; require road work warranties; pursue addition federal transportation dollars.Abortion rights: Pro-choice; supports reversal of Engler administration policies, including law threatening funding for Planned Parenthood; opposes mandatory waiting period; supports Medicaid-funded abortions.Affirmative action: Supports affirmative action; believes government has no authority to challenge such policies at constitutionally independent universities; pledges to hire a diverse cabinet.Gay rights: Expand state civil rights act to include sexual orientation and gender identity; pass hate crimes laws to protect all citizens; supports domestic-partner benefits.
Name: Carl Levin (I)Age: 68Hometown: DetroitOccupation: U.S. senatorFamily: Married to Barbara Halpern; three daughters and three grandchildrenPolitical background: U.S.
Name: Gretchen Whitmer (I) Age: 30 Hometown: East Lansing Occupation: State representative, lawyer Family: Married to Gary Shrewsbury; one daughter Political background: State representative, 2001-present, serves on the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Higher Education Web site: None Stance on the issues Overcoming the state’s budget difficulties: Stop “plugging holes” in the budget and address more comprehensive issues; trim government; consider a single business tax cut pause. Higher education affordability: Make education No.
The Spartan hockey team will have a logjam in the crease a few years from now, thanks to the recent verbal commitment of goaltender Dominic Vicari.Vicari, a 5-foot-10, 170-pounder from Clinton Township, told MSU coaches several weeks ago that he intends to join the Spartans in fall 2003.
The debate over the Michigan’s high school girls’ athletics seasons returns to court Thursday as a federal judge plans to rule on a blueprint to end discrimination in interscholastic sports.
For the first time in its 147-year history, MSU is among the top 20 colleges and universities based on donations and gifts. The university received $202 million in donations in the 2000-01 fiscal year - the most in MSU’s history.
The 148th annual Ingham County Fair opened Friday with carnival rides, petting zoos, rodeos and promises of a familyoriented event. The slogan for the this year’s fair is “Bring ‘Em To Ingham, The Family Fun Fair.” Terry Brail, the fair’s executive director, boasts a clean fairgrounds with a goal to please people of all ages - without a beer tent. “We’ve never had a beer tent, and we never will,” Brail said. Alcohol is considered by the fair’s organizers as a substance that isn’t family-oriented and shouldn’t be allowed on the grounds. But families might not be piling into their cars in droves for the fair just yet. Brail said poor weather conditions since the fair opened put a damper on it, forcing people to shy away from eating cotton candy and visiting the critters and creatures farmers bring. “The weather scared a few people off, but I’m very confident that the weather will break toward the end of the week and the people who were scared off today will be back,” Brail said. The 74-acre site brings in more than 100,000 people annually and Brail said he has no doubt the number will be reached again this year, despite the weather.
Kelly Hamelin has always loved tennis. The 12-year-old middle school student’s adoration of the sport put her in contact with a tennis champ Thursday.That’s when the U.S.
Chicago - Although record-breaking wide receivers - instead of smash-mouth running backs - are receiving most of the preseason hype, the media seems to think the conference will return to the “Big Two, Little Eight” days of the Big Ten. The league’s preseason poll, released at the 31st annual Big Ten Conference Kickoff Luncheon last week, tabbed Michigan and Ohio State to finish first and second, respectively, in the Big Ten football standings.
Sparty stood naked on campus while Curt LaCross took a break from restoring the campus landmark Friday.“If rival schools came and vandalized him right now, he’d be real hard to clean,” said LaCross, an MSU alumnus and ceramics instructor as he pointed out various cracks he was going to fill.“These aren’t surface cracks.
Meridian Township residents Judith and Harry Hurst have lived next to the wetlands at Lake Lansing and Abbott roads for 20 years. Now the future of the land surrounding their property is up in the air. Both believe the wetlands, near their modest tan and blue ranch-style home, could be endangered by future developments as a result of a land-share deal struck with East Lansing on Friday. Since 1998, the city has swallowed more than 2,300 acres of land from adjacent townships with deals such as the one with Meridian Township.
Lifeguards have been back to work at Lake Lansing Park South since Saturday, although beach hours have been reduced. Hours have also been cut down at Hawk Island County Park in Lansing and Burchfield Park in Holt.
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.
America is fat. It’s not just my opinion - it’s a saturated fact, and Michigan is ranked as the third highest state with overweight people. The expanding waist problem has emerged into the media’s hungry eyes, thanks to New York resident Caesar Barber, 56, who is suing McDonald’s, Burger King, KFC and Wendy’s for making him obese.
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.