LEIGH FIFELSKI For The State News Coach Susy Turcott stood in the middle of a sandy horse arena Thursday encouraging her riders and their horses to lean, loosen up on the reins, progress from a trot to a canter and, hopefully, ride their way to nationals. As the season winds down, three members of the MSU Equestrian Team are still saddling up for competition.
Alma Wheeler Smith, after months of poor showing in the polls, has joined forces with U.S. Rep. David Bonior in the Democratic gubernatorial primary.Wheeler Smith, a state senator from Salem Township, decided to step into position as Bonior’s lieutenant governor when it became clear she would not be able to raise the money for her campaign.“They both believe it’s time for Michigan to have a real change,” Mark Fisk at Bonior’s campaign office said.Bonior, D-Mt.
Dressed in relaxed attire, author and feminist bell hooks chatted with about 75 people at the Union about blacks in the media, movies and her books Tuesday.
Throughout the five-month negotiation process between the Graduate Employees Union and the administration, I have been consistently disappointed by The State News’ editorial stance.
The Ann Arbor Police Department is awaiting autopsy results in the death of a 21-year-old Ann Arbor man this weekend.
Somewhere on campus an ugly rumor has been circulated: Being a mentor is torture. It is a job attempted only by three groups of students: those who have a death wish, those who want a guaranteed single with free room and board or those who (cringe) actually care about their fellow students and want to make college the best years of their lives. Yes, I am part of the third group.
If one wants to change the world, it cannot be done by talk alone. Talking about it is just one step, but action is where the answer lies in making ideas reality. Minority students and other university leaders met Monday evening in the Union Ballroom for an annual town hall meeting to discuss important issues concerning MSU’s minority community.
Depending on where the information comes from, MSU has the nation’s 15th best graduate school, is the third biggest “jock school” in the country, ranks below 50 in overall quality and has the sixth largest fraternity and sorority scene. Sources such as The Princeton Review and U.S.
My mother makes a mean matzah lasagna. Even with the limited selection of delectable (yes, that’s sarcasm) kosher-for-Passover foods available in grocery stores, I take comfort in knowing there will be homemade matzah-ball soup and matzah lasagna at home waiting for me.
A reincarnation of rock favorites and original songs may be found in Holmes Hall, but “MTV Unplugged” series hasn’t relocated to MSU.It’s Open Mic Night, an acoustic guitar showcase live at the Holmes Hall Sparty’s Convenience Store every Monday night.The event was created by economics sophomore and Holmes Hall mentor Chris Girdwood in January after he noticed a wealth of guitar talent in the dormitory.Girdwood said he routinely heard someone playing the guitar while he was on rounds.“I’d usually hear two or three people playing each time,” he said.Calling the club The Acoustic Sessions and armed with only acoustic guitars and vocals, the six founding members began a format of playing and learning new songs by example.“About eight of us would get together in Sparty’s and just play and teach each other,” Girdwood said.But as membership and interest in the club grew, so did a need for a change in format.
Coach Susy Turcott stood in the middle of a sandy horse arena Thursday encouraging her riders and their horses to lean, loosen up on the reins, progress from a trot to a canter and, hopefully, ride their way to nationals.As the season winds down, three members of the MSU Equestrian Team are still saddling up for competition.
After a first listen, it’s easy to dismiss Custom as another Everlast or Staind rip-off. Better yet, just a one-hit wonder with the popular “Hey Mister,” the controversial song about pedophilia. After a second listen, those feelings intensify. In “Mess,” Custom rambles on about how his parents made a huge mistake with him, while “Streets” is the worst song released by an artist, any artist, since everything in Limp Bizkit’s catalogue (except “Break Stuff,” it’s possible to hate Fred Durst but like that tune, right?). “Morning Spank” is a Sugar Ray song that carries the message that “there is no piece of ass worth a friendship.” But there are some tasty nuggets in this otherwise undercooked pile of unwanted chicken parts.
When things get out of hand at large public events, there need to be measures that will keep people safe.
It’s about time this record be released. Perhaps the most influential forerunner of the early punk rock movement, Richard Hell co-founded, penned, sang and played bass in numerous New York-based punk rock bands beginning in the early ’70s. The double album is full of studio material, mostly unreleased, while the second disc features ragged live recordings from his numerous projects, including the Voidoids and the Heartbreakers, among others. The first few tunes on the first disc sound like they were recorded in a barren garage with one mic hanging from the rafters, but they encompass the overall feeling of D.I.Y (do it yourself) in the best way. I’m sure during the years those tracks might have been scuffed a bit, but the imperfect sound quality of each song makes the album that much better. Tracks like “I’m Your Man” come across nicely, even featuring an almost doo-wop harmonization from backup vocalists - parts of it are even reminiscent of a Pixies track - while “Crack of Dawn” is high-pitched guitar oozing to the max. The title track is one of the album’s best, while “I Can Only Give You Everything” staggers along with a guitar riff that current artist Beck borrowed on his single “Devil’s Haircut.” Other tracks, which feature horns, could be played at Marty McFly’s “Enchantment Under the Sea Dance” in the movie “Back to the Future.” The sound quality of the live disc is less than favorable, but it’s a nice addition to the package, and the liner notes feature a book’s worth of photos and stories about the band. This release is an effective and concise portrait of one of the greatest pioneers of punk rock that should have been released years ago.
The College of Human Ecology is sponsoring the Paolucci Symposium April 4-6 at Kellogg Center. The title, “Personal, Social and Corporate Responsibility in a Common World,” will feature more than 200 scholars from various countries speaking on human ecological and environmental concerns. This year’s roster of speakers includes Clifton Wharton, former MSU president, Michael Crooke,CEO of Patagonia Inc., Kevin Burke, partner with William McDonough + Partners Architecture & Community Design, Paul Murray, senior executive with Herman Miller Inc., and Rebecca Grumet, an MSU horticulture professor. Elaine Williams, conference coordinator for the College of Human Ecology, said the program will give students an opportunity to learn about various types of responsibility. “This is a very good opportunity for students who attend to look at how individual corporate responsibility and social responsibility is taking place in the world,” she said.
The Michigan State Court of Appeals ruled Monday that a law prohibiting obscenities in front of women and children was too vague and thus unconstitutional. In 1999, Timothy Boomer, of Roseville was convicted for violating the law after shouting obscenities when he fell from a canoe into the Rifle River in Arenac County.
It took 105 years and a ridiculous accusation, but a state appeals court panel did the right thing Monday and ruled Michigan’s archaic law banning vulgar language in front of women and children unconstitutional. The statute, enacted in 1897 and revised in 1931, states that anyone using “indecent, immoral, obscene, vulgar or insulting language in the presence or hearing of any woman or children shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.” The law became the center of controversy after the 1999 conviction of Timothy Joseph Boomer for violating it. After tumbling out of his canoe into Michigan’s Rifle River, near West Branch, Boomer was heard uttering a string of swear words by a woman and her children. Boomer was ticketed by law enforcement officers upon the conclusion of his trip and found guilty of violating the 1897 statute by an Arenac County jury. The swearer contested the decision on the grounds that it violated his First Amendment right to free speech, but that argument was rejected by two local judges.
After opening the Big Ten season 1-3 at home, the MSU softball team will play three nonconference games this week to regroup.The Spartans (12-21 overall, 1-3 Big Ten) host Eastern Michigan (8-13, 3-3 Mid-American) 4 p.m.
Wanda Herndon, senior vice president of worldwide public affairs for Starbucks Coffee Co., will speak Thursday as part of the Edward Zabrusky Lecture in Public Relations series. The event will be held at 4 p.m.