Small businesses can expect a business boom according to the Small Business Association of Michigan. The report, released last week, cited optimism in owners and a decreasing amount of good help as signs that businesses can expect more sales.“Sounds good to me,” said Ray Walsh, owner of Curious Book Shop, 307 E.
A new bill could enable more families to purchase homes and come closer to achieving the American dream. The bill, called the American Dream Down Payment Fund, is being co-sponsored by U.S.
It’s sorely and horribly unfair.New York-based Girls Against Boys, in my opinion the most underrated band out there, doesn’t get the recognition it deserves.
Thousands of peaceful marchers aren’t nearly enough. If protesters want more than the pitiful 15-second spot they earned on CNN Headline News Saturday, they’ve got to do some damage. It’s not like anybody takes these protesters seriously now.
Both a bus stop and a pit stop. The once-familiar wait in snow and sleet for a bus will soon become outdated with the fall opening of a Capital Area Transportation Authority Transportation Center on campus, where students will be able to kill time using telephones, ATMs, bathrooms and a convenience store. The transportation center, which will open in August as part of the new Shaw Lane parking ramp, will serve as the central stop for CATA buses. The center will offer seating areas, a Sparty’s Convenience Store, an ATM and vending machines, restrooms, a community policing office and phones. Combined with improvements in the commuter lot, the project is estimated at around $3 million.
As the MSU baseball team enters the second half of the Big Ten season, one of its most productive weapons is battling an injury.Junior catcher Brady Burrill, who leads the Spartans with a .444 batting average, took a foul ball off his left hand in Friday’s 11-0 win against Michigan.Burrill was forced to watch the remaining three games of the series from the bench, with his catching hand wrapped in ice.“We’re definitely better with Brady catching, from a leadership and experience standpoint,” Spartan manager Ted Mahan said.
Earth Day Fest invaded Ann Street Plaza on Sunday to raise environmental consciousness in the East Lansing community. E-day, in its ninth year, was sponsored by the East Lansing PRIDE Team and East Lansing merchants. It raised an awareness of environmental concerns that generally are overlooked, showcased gadgets to improve health and materials on the proper way to recycle. Teri Parks, owner of Bohemian Barber, 223 M.A.C.
The editorial “Irresponsible” (SN 4/19) is the worst representation of facts about the Residence Halls Association I have yet to read.
It was still dark when Julie Ziobro’s roommate and a friend got her out of bed and led her to Beaumont Tower around 6 a.m.
Spartan receiver Charles Rogers will become part of an elite class of athletes when he is pictured in the October 2002 issue of Playboy Magazine. Rogers will not be baring all, he will join 25 others as members of the 2002 Preseason Playboy All-American team. Gil Brandt, an analyst for NFL.com said Thursday that Rogers would be part of the 2002 Playboy All-American team. “He’s a great player and can he return kicks,” Brandt said. Brandt has helped Gary Cole, photography director and sports editor of Playboy Magazine, select the team in the past. Last season, Rogers caught 67 passes for 1,470 yards in 12 games.
MSU and Graduate Employees Union officials are poised to stay up late as a midnight deadline approaches to reach an agreement on the union’s first contract. Officials avoided a one-day strike by graduate employees scheduled for April 15 when an agreement was reached to complete contract talks by the end of today. But as negotiations continue, four issues remained unresolved Sunday afternoon.
Capital Area Transportation Authority rates will increase for the fall semester in the
Emily Gelbaugh laughed, sang and draped her arms over her friends’ shoulders Saturday night, while proudly displaying the words “Had it, fought it, survived it” on the back of her T-shirt.Gelbaugh was one of 17 cancer survivors who took a victory lap around the concourse area of Munn Ice Arena on Saturday night to the song “I Will Survive” as part of the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life.Gelbaugh, co-coordinator of MSU’s Cancer Support Network, underwent 17 rounds of chemotherapy, 27 radiation treatments and surgeries to battle a type of cancer called Ewing’s sarcoma.
Senior decathlete Paul Terek automatically qualified for this year’s NCAA Championships by winning the decathlon at the Mount San Antonio College Relays in California on Friday. Terek’s 7,926 points were good for the third-best score in the NCAA this season. Sophomore Steve Manz competed in the discus throw and shot put at the prestigious Mount SAC event, while seniors Matt Deering (pole vault) and Jeff Kus (high jump) also participated in the meet. Meanwhile, the rest of the Spartan track team was in Kalamazoo for the Western Michigan Quadrangular this weekend.
Since the membership of Pi Kappa Phi has come under fire for poking fun at the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community, some have tried to justify the fraternity’s actions as protected by the First Amendment. But the bottom line is that the constitutional right to free speech does not apply to this case. When some fraternity members went into the Mason and Abbot halls cafeterias on April 1 and April 2 wearing pink T-shirts with phrases such as “I like little boys,” “Capt.
Lansing - A dramatic ninth inning comeback on a drizzling Sunday afternoon at Oldsmobile Park allowed the Lugnuts to steal a 4-3 win.Catcher Carlos Marmol, playing in his first game as a Lugnut after being called up from extended spring training in Mesa, Ariz., tripled in the ninth, driving in two and tying the score at 3.
Posters of Malcolm X, Muhammad Ali and Tupac Shakur will grace the desk of ASMSU’s new director of racial, ethnic and progressive student affairs when he begins work in the fall.Economics sophomore Jamein Cunningham said he is excited to be a resource for diverse student groups on campus as he sat in his soon-to-be undergraduate student government office, considering how he is going to decorate the wall behind his computer.“I felt this was a very good way to get involved with ASMSU, and to serve a diverse community at Michigan State University,” said Cunningham, who was one of six applicants for the position.
The women’s golf team finished third in a 15-team field at the rain-shortened Lady Buckeye Invitational this weekend.
The women’s track team placed second in a tri-meet Saturday at Western Michigan. MSU’s 140.5 points were 19.5 behind the host Broncos. Sophomore Sarah Adelaine placed first in hammer throw at the meet and set a new school record (150 feet, 7 inches) in the process.
It has become apparent that the Residence Halls Association has some serious restructuring to do, and it may take authoritative oversight to accomplish that.