“Sesame Street Live” visits Breslin Center today and Saturday with its production of “Let’s Be Friends!” Marketing manager Tara Peplowski said everyone can enjoy the humorous “Sesame Street Live.” “‘Sesame Street Live’ is a family program that comes to the Breslin every year,” Peplowski said.
State Sen. Joanne Emmons announced Thursday her candidacy for one of the two open seats on the MSU Board of Trustees in November’s election. The Big Rapids Republican, a 1956 MSU graduate, is the first woman to serve as Senate majority floor leader in the Legislature. “MSU really helped develop me and make me understand that I could do anything,” Emmons said.
Music majors and medical students will find common ground today at the 10th annual University Undergraduate Research and Arts Forum. The forum, which consists of oral and poster presentations from 127 students, will take up most of the Union’s second floor.
I am writing in response to David Satcher’s campus visit (“Former surgeon general speaks to ‘U’ about health care backgrounds,” SN 4/2). Satcher gave an articulate, well-informed lecture.
Royal Oak - With a foosball table and entertainment center adorned with beer bottles complementing a pair of skis in the corner, Adam Miller’s apartment has that laid-back college, bachelor pad feel. But Miller, a 1998 MSU graduate, is no longer a college student - he’s an engineer in Royal Oak grappling with his transition into the working world. Sitting in the living room after a long day of work, he seemed wistful for his college days but noted his beer posters, often standard college decor, had been replaced by a few paintings and other kinds of artwork. When Miller, 27, was a student, he studied engineering arts.
Peter Bergen remembers the night in 1997 when he was searched, blindfolded and driven under heavily armed guard into the mountains outside Jalalabad, Afghanistan. “It was about midnight when Osama bin Laden appeared out of the darkness,” he said.
Riding the arm of sophomore Jessica Beech, the MSU softball team defeated Eastern Michigan 2-0 on Thursday.The game, originally scheduled for Tuesday, was the Spartans’ (14-21 overall, 1-3 Big Ten) fifth shutout of the season.
As summer approaches, many students are preparing to leave campus - but some groups still are preparing to keep students safe. To honor survivors and unite supporters of sexual assault prevention, April is deemed Sexual Assault Awareness Month and is dedicated to raising awareness of violence against women. Thirty-five of every 1,000 women on a college campus will experience complete or attempted rape during a school year, a December 2000 study by the U.S.
Phi Kappa Psi and Kappa Alpha Theta are hosting Phi Psi 500 on Saturday in Valley Court Field, which is behind the corner of Abbott Road and Grand River Avenue, from noon-4 p.m. The event is geared to children and features games with prizes, face painting, a K-9 police dog, music, a fire engine, an air trampoline, balloon animals, a dunk tank, free parking and food. “I think this event is important to the community because it gives kids something fun to do in the spring,” said Adam Wosneski, Phi Kappa Psi Philanthropy chairman.
It’s understandable that during the last eight months, American security has been elevated to the highest level possible.
Tennis teams ready for Big Ten action The men’s tennis team takes to the road in Big Ten action this weekend, while the women play at the Indoor Tennis Facility. The men’s team (13-7 overall, 1-4 Big Ten) will play Saturday at Ohio State (15-2, 4-0) and Sunday at Penn State (7-9, 0-4). The Spartans are coming off a 5-2 loss Wednesday to Michigan (11-5, 2-3). The women’s team (10-7, 2-3) will also play Penn State (6-7, 1-3) and Ohio State (16-1, 4-1) this weekend. The Spartans host Penn State Saturday and Ohio State on Sunday. Spartans ready to run The men’s and women’s track and field teams will be in action this weekend. The men’s team will compete at 9 a.m.
Last call for Sparty came while the University of Maryland celebrated its National Championship Monday. MSU’s mascot appeared in a 30-second Anheuser-Busch Inc. commercial that aired 17 times during the NCAA men’s and women’s basketball tournaments last month.
Williamston - In a United Methodist church in his hometown, Larry Ward officially kicked off his campaign Thursday night in what many call an uphill climb against state House incumbent Gretchen Whitmer. Ward is the only Republican to file so far in the race for the 70th District House seat held by Whitmer, an East Lansing Democrat.
We are truly in a nerd paradise, folks. No other time has ever held so many opportunities for people to ignore hygiene and indulge in our favorites: Superheroes, science fiction and most of all, “Lord of the Rings.” This weekend, why not indulge that “Rings” fascination one more time?
I read with great interest Allison Thompson’s letter describing the difficulties she faced attempting to observe her religion’s Lenten restriction on eating meat on Fridays, given the food choices available in her residence hall cafeteria (“Observing religion hard to do in cafs,” SN 4/4). Thompson criticized what she characterized as unappetizing vegetarian dishes, fish covered with plastic wrap, and macaroni and cheese as not meeting her need for “good, warm sustenance.” Apparently she feels the Friday Lenten menu should substitute lobster for burgers. Thompson complained about “suffering through 40 days of Lent as a Catholic” just before explaining the purpose of the Catholic tradition is “to remember the suffering Jesus endured.” It sounds like she missed the point. Katie Donnelly 1981 graduate
The Common Grounds Coffeehouse, in the basement of Akers Hall, is again the best bet for this weekend, presenting Ann Arbor’s Athletic Mic League tonight. Described as a rap group with smooth flow, the seven-member team mixes rap, jazz and funk together into an irresistible sound that will please any hip-hop guru. Selfsez, Wandering Image and Third Degree will open the show. Hiphopinfinity.com called one of Athletic Mic League’s first albums, “The Thrill is Gone,” released in 2000, “one of the Midwest’s best albums of the year, and one of the best-produced LPs in all of underground hip-hop.” Songs can be sampled at its Web site, www.athleticmicleague.com. Tickets are $5 for MSU students with ID and $6 for everyone else.
As the MSU baseball team returns to Big Ten action, it expects better results.After splitting its first conferences series with Minnesota 2-2, the Spartans (17-5 overall, 2-2 Big Ten) are looking for a better performance at Northwestern.The Wildcats (7-13, 1-3) host the first of a four-game series 3 p.m.
The baseball season has arrived, and Sunday the Lansing Lugnuts will give fans a reason to celebrate.At 2:05 p.m.
Junior goaltender Ryan Miller earned his second-straight West All-America first-team honor Thursday, while two Spartan defensemen made the second team. The second-team accolades taken by junior defenseman John-Michael Liles and senior defenseman Andrew Hutchinson make MSU the only school with three All-Americans this year.
Despite not making the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals’ top 10 list of colleges that provide acceptable means for vegetarians and vegans, University Housing and MSU’s cafeterias are doing a good job working to provide meatless options for students. PETA surveyed nearly 4,000 self-described typical vegetarian students nationwide and followed up with analysis from 45 college food service departments.