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.
Lansing has a disaster hotline available for volunteers to call in case of a city emergency. The Lansing Emergency Management Office, 815 Marshall St.
The office of the Lansing City Clerk will see a familiar face take charge. With only two votes separating the candidates, runner-up Lisa Sinclair, who had 6,081 votes, conceded to her opponent, Debbie Miner, with 6,083 votes, at 11 p.m Tuesday. “I would like to congratulate my opponent,” the 1999 MSU graduate said. Sinclair declared victory in the August primary, but her victory wasn’t able to carry over to the final election.
The MSU Department of Police and Public Safety was honored for its officers’ academic achievements Tuesday.MSU police Chief Bruce Benson was honored on behalf of his whole staff with a certificate from the Police Association for College Education for high standards of excellence.All of the department’s 60 officers have bachelor’s degrees and 16 will have advanced degrees soon, Benson said.Louis Mayo, executive director of Parking And Code Enforcement, presented the award and reiterated the importance of having an educated police force.“The quality of policing will not improve significantly until higher education requirements are established for its personnel,” Mayo said during his presentation.Mayo credited MSU police for its standard that requires all officers to receive at least a bachelor’s degree before they can enter the department.MSU is one of less than 50 state and local police agencies in the United States that requires a four-year degree.Mayo said the main function of police departments is to protect democracy and that intent can be disrupted without requirements such as MSU police’s academic standard.Benson said besides the benefits within the department, this award will help police officers remember they were students too - an important perspective for a department that deals with students daily to have.“I think the second main value is that we as police officers have been in that student’s shoes,” Benson said.He said he and his colleagues can remember the pressures of college life, which helps relate why higher education is so important.“It’s a tribute to all of us in this organization,” he said.Sgt.
I swear I am a poster child for narcolepsy. Or at least a viable candidate. One of life’s simple pleasures, the act of sleeping, has no longer become a main priority of my daily routine.
On Sunday, I attended the MSU women’s basketball exhibition. However, I had to leave at halftime because I had a paper to write.
MSU’s Energy Conservation Campaign turned on its light Tuesday morning in front of administrators. Cassie Kraft, a studio art sophomore, had her design selected out of 15 entries to become the campaign’s official logo.
The red carpet was rolled out for hospitality business recruiters and students at this year’s Career Expo on Tuesday.More than 60 hospitality businesses sent recruiters to the Kellogg Center, looking for students to fill internships and permanent positions.
As voters cast ballots Tuesday, state lawmakers turned their focus to tourism.Donald Holecek, director of MSU’s Travel, Tourism and Recreation Resource Center, told the state House Commerce Committee that state tourism continues to grow, although it is slower than in recent years.“Activity levels are barely up this year over last,” Holecek said.
The Lansing City Council at-large election ended with the experience of two incumbents winning over newcomers Tuesday. Louis Adado and Larry Meyer won the two four-year seats on the council with 8,301 and 6,691 votes, respectively. Jerry Heathcote and Vince Villegas finished third and fourth with 4,003 and 3,774 votes. Adado, 42, said he was not surprised at the outcome of the election. “I had a pretty good feeling going in,” he said.
After the Sept. 11 attacks, Scott McLaughlin wanted to help out in any way he could. “I just figured this was my small contribution,” the English junior said.
Woven “EPrime” (EP) Interscope Sometimes EPs are better than full LPs for the simple reason that it creates a desire within the listener for more.
The latest effort from Lenny Kravitz picks up right where he left off with his 1998 release, “5.” In fact, the albums could almost be mistaken for one another.
The house fire Monday night on Sunrise Court is a tragedy for the students who lived there, but we hope it will call attention to the need for everybody to pay more attention to fire safety throughout the city. When looking for a place to live, students need to take note of the condition of the house, where it is and how old it is.