It’s that time of the semester again. The time when ASMSU’s loan service closes up shop, leaving penniless students, well - penniless. But that may be the smallest problem for our undergraduate student government’s bank service.
Voters in three Michigan cities cast ballots Tuesday regarding the inclusion of gay rights legislation.
I’m writing in response to the recent allegations of racial profiling against 10 black students who where asked to leave the Deb Shop at Meridian Mall. This has caused quite a situation in East Lansing, and I have a couple of complaints.
With 2,001 votes, Vic Loomis will be the new face on the East Lansing City Council in 2001. Incumbent Bill Sharp will retain his council seat after receiving 1,908 votes, narrowly beating out early poll leader Kevin Beard, who had 1,877 votes. Planning Commissioner Liz Harrow received 1,516 votes. Sharp and Loomis will serve four-year terms on the council and will be paid $6,000 annually. Loomis, 54, is a senior vice president and senior lender for National City Bank of Michigan/Illinois and chairman of the Downtown Development Authority.
The rainy day people are saving for could come much sooner than expected, said an Ann Arbor based group.Public Interest Research Group In Michigan recently released a report saying consumers can save $75 each year by banking at small banks and credit unions instead of a larger bank.The report surveyed brochures collected from 521 banks and 144 credit unions in several states.
A one-mill increase for operation of and capital improvements to Lansing Community College passed Tuesday with more than 51 percent of the vote. East Lansing resident Elizabeth Owen, a no-preference sophomore at LCC, said the community needs the money to help the educational standards of the school. Nancy Stanley, 53, also voted for the bond. “I’m an educator, and I support education,” the East Lansing resident said. But Diane Shockey, 46, voted against the bond. “I teach in Lansing schools, and we are all affected by the economy,” she said.
New Order “Get Ready” Reprise It’s difficult to tell if New Order knows what it is doing.
R.L. Burnside “Burnside on Burnside” Fat Possum Live records have their assets and their faults. Too many artists release live records as another reason to get an extra paycheck.
I think it’s time the United States starts taking a real look at why other countries hate us.
Lansing - Lansing Mayor Hollister called it a landslide. With 100 percent of the precincts reporting, Hollister won the mayoral election with 76.5 percent of the vote. “Anything over 55 percent to 60 percent is a landslide,” Hollister said.
What’s up with not covering the women’s basketball team? There is a lot of interest in the sport, but you have no coverage!
Incubus “Morning View” Epic Incubus has done it again. It somehow managed to marry one of the greatest voices in modern rock with a generous dose of sweet alternative rock. From the fist-first heavy chords of “Nice To Know You” to the dreary and innocent conclusion of “Aqueous Transmission,” Incubus has taken yet another step in establishing itself as the premiere rock band of the new decade. “Wish You Were Here,” the band’s first single from the record, is only a small indication of the magnitude of this effort. “Circles” has an introduction familiar to most rock outfits, but varies its time signatures and vocal patterns to create something inventive and in a league of its own while “Just A Phase” is a quieter song driven by an interesting sample.
Ideas ranging from snow energy to required classes about an environmentally sustainable campus were brainstormed at the Campus Energy Summit held Tuesday at the Union.More than 25 MSU students, faculty and staff projected their scenarios for campus in 2015 in terms of energy and resource usage.
By SHANNON HOUGHTON For The State News Once a week Dan Taber gears up. He enters Demonstration Hall, puts on his Rollerblades and joins the rest of his teammates on the “Bad News Bears,” preparing to meet that evening’s challengers. Taber, a no-preference freshman, is part of the MSU intramural roller hockey program.
By ELISSA ENGLUND For The State News Terry Filice has loved stock car racing since he was 6 years old. This engineering arts and supply chain management senior said that his early love for car racing was one main reason for his membership in the newly formed MSU ASA Racing Team. “I wanted MSU to be the first university to have a student-run stock car racing team compete in a professional series,” Filice said. The racing team became part of the ASA (American Speed Association) this summer and is the first collegiate team ever to race on the professional level. The ASA is a circuit of stock car racing that involves short, usually 1-mile-long oval shaped courses.
Ahhh, Travolta. The guy doesn’t have the sense of a worm when it comes to picking movies.
I was reading The State News on Monday and noticed there wasn’t an article about the women’s basketball game against the Premier All-Stars that happened on Sunday at Breslin Center.
When Andy Holtgreive recently received a phone call from Fresh Tracks Music to participate in a benefit CD for the Sept.
Detroit’s mayoral race was too close to call as the clock clicked toward midnight Tuesday.
The Indiana football team is the Jekyll and Hyde of the Big Ten.“It seems like Indiana, one week they’re up one week they’re down,” sophomore linebacker Mike Labinjo said.