Lansing - Lt. Gov. Dick Posthumus announced that he wants to tighten the reins on illegal guns in Michigan.In his Michigan Exile program announced last week, Posthumus addressed his desire to prosecute convicted felons and violent juveniles found possessing an illegal weapon.
The Spartan men’s basketball team begins a crucial five-day span tonight, when it hosts Minnesota. MSU (15-10 overall, 6-6 Big Ten) plays three games against the Big Ten’s best - beginning with surprising fifth-place Minnesota (14-9, 7-5) at 7 p.m. Spartan head coach Tom Izzo said the upcoming week will play a major role in determining MSU’s NCAA Tournament fate. “It’s no question that this week will pretty much determine our NCAA Tournament future,” Izzo said.
College basketball players aren’t normally adored by hometown fans when they’re 13 years old.But Rick Rickert is an exception.
Since entering MSU in 1998, Gerald Grant has experienced a financial roller coaster ride that has taught him valuable lessons. “You have to be dedicated,” the Southfield native said.
Having a united database system to link the efforts of the Ingham County law agencies and prosecutors, the FBI and the U.S.
The Ingham County Board of Commissioners passed a regulation 11-2 last week banning smoking in public workplaces, but General Motors employees may have to wait before their lungs see any relief.“This is not a small facility,” GM spokesman Jim Hopson said.
The MSU men’s basketball defeated Minnesota 74-55 Thursday night at Breslin Center.The win put the Spartans (16-10 overall, 7-6 Big Ten) above .500 in the conference standing for the first time this season.Junior forward Adam Ballinger and sophomore guard Marcus Taylor scored a combined 31 points to propel MSU over the Golden Gophers (14-10, 7-6).In the teams’ first meeting on Jan.
A group of about 30 performers proudly belted out what many women across the world always have been afraid to say: “We are worried about our vaginas!” A generation of estrogen-powered women strike down all taboos and mention all unmentionables in the performance of Eve Ensler’s “The Vagina Monologues.” “I hope people can understand the problems women have with violent crimes being committed against them,” director and theater sophomore Patti Wheeler said.
The editorial in Tuesday’s paper regarding David Horowitz is at best a weak argument (“Why him?” SN 2/19). I commend ASMSU for standing up for something so basic as free speech.
Since entering MSU in 1998, Gerald Grant has experienced a financial roller coaster ride that has taught him valuable lessons. “You have to be dedicated,” the Southfield native said.
Members of Delta Gamma are raising money for the blind this week through a series of events called Anchor Splash.One anchorman is chosen to represent each of the 15 fraternities participating and at the end of the week one anchorman and one fraternity win.Kinesiology junior Dave Smith is the anchorman for Pi Kappa Alpha.
For some, the event was a new experience and a family affair. Gov. John Engler said he brought his wife and triplets to see the show. “I wanted my girls to see a classical musical with good production,” Engler said.
Facing certain budget deficits, 22 states, including Michigan, are looking to squeeze a few extra pennies from the backs of smokers.
Today they’re worn by dozens of celebrities such as Britney Spears, Jennifer Lopez and Janet Jackson.And with their midriffs and thongs showing during television appearances and within the pages of a plethora of magazines, the craze over low-riding pants may seem like the newest passing trend.But the commotion is nothing new.Instead, Tonya Twist, Mariah Carey’s former stylist, is to blame for what she started some four years ago.“She cut off the waistband of Mariah Carey’s Levi’s and that caused a sensation,” said Suzie Yalof Schwartz, executive fashion editor for Glamour.
Most of the talk in MSU’s locker room this week centered around the team’s impending series against Miami (Ohio). But a close second in conversation material has been Olympic hockey, which started its medal round Wednesday.Many Spartan players are rooting for a United States versus Canada matchup, which won’t happen until Sunday’s gold or bronze medal games - if at all.
Of everything I have had to learn in medical school, the hardest lesson has been neither physiological nor pathological.
For Lansing resident Tracy Washington, being in the presence of famous poet and author Nikki Giovanni on Wednesday night has significant meaning in her personal life.“When I first got to MSU, I was a pro-black radical,” she said.
The East Lansing Police Department could lose grant money, putting programs such as community policing in jeopardy.The department has received roughly $925,000 in grants since 1995, providing the city’s blue with an additional 10 road patrol officers.But proposed budget cuts by the federal government would eliminate 90 percent of the funding for the program Community Oriented Policing Services, or COPS, East Lansing Mayor Mark Meadows said.
The State News editorial concerning David Horowitz (“Why him?” SN 2/19) was ridiculous and hypocritical.