Despite a staggering 100,000 e-mails and phone calls that threatened to crash its system, Nickelodeon aired a children’s special about same-sex parents Tuesday night. The half-hour show, “Nick News Special Edition: My Family is Different,” was hosted by Linda Ellerbee, included Rosie O’Donnell as a special guest and featured comments from the Rev.
It’s time the Legislature fixes a problem that’s been making neighbors into enemies for years.
I’d like to comment on the state Legislature’s consideration of an additional 30-cent per pack cigarette tax hike. When will our elected officials stop placing the burden of state tax revenues on the most economically disadvantaged segment of our population?
Two underdog Democratic candidates are taking aim at area GOP congressmen. A 51-year-old East Lansing resident is challenging U.S.
Mason - Two East Lansing men who tied in the city’s school board election will draw from a hat Friday. The Ingham County Board of Canvassers certified the results of the June 10 election last week and set the date for the tie-breaker.
Look who’s back. Yes, it is I, the one and only. I just couldn’t stay away - not when there’s a movie out that not only includes a childhood fave, Scooby-Doo, but also my arch-nemesis, Freddie Prinze Jr.
Daejeon, Korea - Expect the unexpected they say, but who really does? Anyone who expected the United States would actually beat Portugal and then allow Poland to score two goals in less than five minutes should have their garage searched for a time-traveling device, be stripped of any magic eight balls and then be questioned by Scotland Yard. The U.S.
The Lansing Lugnutsare set to enjoy the three-day All-Star break.Lansing will have five representatives at the 2002 Midwest League All-Star Game at 7:05 p.m.
The East Lansing City Council is scheduled at its Tuesday meeting to vote on whether to convert Ann Street Plaza, at M.A.C.
After months as an observer, legendary hockey head coach Ron Mason will assume the duties of MSU athletics director starting today.Mason, who officially begins tenure July 1, takes over for the departing Clarence Underwood.
Years ago, while attending middle school, I noticed a trend - a trend that has continued, for the most part, up until now, about a decade later. All my friends, the ones with whom I played video games, sports or just plain committed small-time juvenile crimes with, were changing.
Assistant coach Dave McAuliffe will be back with the Spartan hockey team next season, after being passed over for the vacant Northern Michigan head coaching job.McAuliffe, 36, was one of three finalists for the Wildcat position, but the school ultimately chose former Northern player and assistant coach Walt Kyle to succeed Rick Comley.
Lansing - Michael Stemmeler is no stranger to championing for rights of the lesbian, bisexual, gay and transgender community.
A forum Sunday designed to promote understanding of different cultures turned into a discussion about whether racism was a factor in the resignation of a top official in the Lansing mayor’s office.Genice Rhodes-Reed, who helped found the Unity in Community group in 1994 and serves as its coordinator, said she was forced to resign in May from her position as director of the Human Relations and Community Service Department.“We feel she has done a wonderful job in her work with the group,” said Beth Bogue, co-facilitator for Sunday’s forum.
Auburn Hills -Once an artist reaches diva status, nothing, not time or an ever-changing industry can stop her.
Teenagers are invited to volunteer for the East Lansing Public Library’s fifth annual Stories in the Garden this summer. Seventh- through 12th-graders will read picture books to younger children in MSU’s 4-H Children’s Garden.
An MSU professor left for China on Friday as part of a six-month research project to study a 27-year-old panda reservation. The panda project, headed by fisheries and wildlife Associate Professor Jianguo “Jack” Liu, began in 1998 to study how humans impact the environment of panda bears. Researchers hope the information can be applied to areas in the United States to prevent the extinction of plant and animal species. “We’re just trying to use this species as an example with how humans impact wildlife,” Liu said.
This weekend’s Michigan Pride festival and rally in downtown Lansing served as a reminder of state lawmakers’ apparent lack of concern about discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
It’s starting to become a bit of a cliché. Last week, another student government organization met to vote on an important issue, but couldn’t gather enough members to actually hold the meeting. The Council of Graduate Students had planned to approve its budget Wednesday, but the assembly was one member short of quorum - the minimum number of representatives required to be present to vote on issues.