Deadlines need to be met for the Spartans to enjoy their first full season on natural turf in 32 years.Associate Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Greg Ianni - one of the masterminds behind the $2 million Spartan Stadium transformation - said the project should begin next spring if weather permits.
As 11,500 people across the nation prepare to carry the torch to the Salt Lake City Winter Olympic Games, about 140 selected from Michigan are being honored as heroes. The 65-day relay, which is sponsored by Coca-Cola Company and Chevrolet, Inc., will be led by everyday heroes who are believed to be worthy of carrying the torch by the friends, family or co-workers who nominated them. The flame will be carried by train, ship, skis, ice skates, snowmobile and other methods as it travels more than 13,500 miles across the country. Rudy Serra will carry the torch for one-fifth of a mile when it arrives in Detroit on Jan.
For the first time tonight, two mothers who experienced similar tragedies will come together to educate students and community members - hoping they won’t ever have to experience tragedies like their own.Cindy McCue’s son, parks and recreation junior Bradley McCue, died of alcohol poisoning after downing 24 shots on his 21st birthday in 1998.Shawn Newstead’s son, 24-year-old Brandon D’Annunzio, died Oct.
Ever since “The Matrix” came out a few years ago, movie audiences have been treated to numerous kung-fu parodies (”Scary Movie”) and horrible replicas (“The Musketeer”). In fact, only one other film has really managed to mystify audiences the same way - “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.” But moviemakers are still scrambling to find a way to fit that same amazing action into all sorts of movies. Well, “The Matrix” and “Crouching Tiger” have one thing in common - action choreographer Yuen Wo Ping.
To our disappointment and dismay, the movement to repeal the tuition tax credit may have met an untimely roadblock in the state House on Tuesday.But the apparent setback doesn’t come from a lack of support, as the measure was well-received from most legislators and supported by the governor.
By Shannon Houghton For The State News Liisa Bergmann chose not to spend Saturday mornning tailgating with her fellow Spartans. Bergmann, an environmental policy junior and Eco coordinator, and four other members of Eco, one of MSU’s environmental organizations, spent the morning asking tailgaters to call Staples Inc., an office supply store. Eco explained the differences between pre-and-post-consumer waste paper recycling to the tailgaters and then asked if they would be willing to contact Staples ‘corporate headquarters.
Lansing - The reality of potentially lethal mail-bound anthrax is causing Americans to watch closely for suspicious packages and envelopes - maybe too closely. Since a false-alarm anthrax scare in Linton Hall on Friday, area police and fire departments have been swamped with calls requesting help with suspicious mail. Most of the packages don’t contain a white powder but have suspicious markings, said Lansing fire Capt.
The Spartan hockey team will receive even more national exposure this week, stemming from its record-setting outdoor hockey game on Oct.
By Elissa Englund For The State News John Wallace came to MSU and was instantly met by dozens of students that shared his goals and interests. The history freshman is a member of Residential Option in Arts and Letters, a housing option available to freshmen and sophomores in the College of Arts and Letters. “We get to live in Abbot Hall and are around a lot of like-minded people,” he said.
I just wanted to thank The State News for its decision to carry the comic strip “Get Fuzzy” by Darby Conley.
More than a dozen East Lansing residents gathered Monday for “Meet the Candidates Night” to question the four East Lansing City Council candidates. The hour and a half debate between candidates Kevin Beard, Liz Harrow, Vic Loomis and incumbent Bill Sharp was hosted by the Bailey Community Association and held in the Bailey Community Center, 300 Bailey St. The Bailey Community Association has been an organized group for more than 30 years and has has hosted a “Meet the Candidates Night” for almost as long, association chairman Jim Liesman said. “We’ve set up a meeting every year for the past 20 or 30 years,” he said.
Events Career Development Center: Business careers for nonbusiness students workshop, 4 p.m.
The chief investigator in the Ted Bundy murder cases of the 1970s will speak in Okemos on Thursday. Robert D.
Lansing - A bill to repeal the Michigan Tuition Tax Credit is barely breathing. The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Higher Education didn’t offer enough votes to pass forward legislation that would have refunded about $75 per semester to MSU students taking 15 credits, and more than $33 million to students statewide. But the failure of the subcommittee to approve the bill will not stop the full Appropriations Committee from taking up the issue. “I’m hoping that we can bypass the subcommittee process, which is obviously not working,” said state Rep.
Lansing - Pro-lifers and pro-choicers didn’t let rain get in the way of debate Tuesday at the state Capitol. Michigan Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League planned to rally on the Capitol steps, but rain forced gatherers - and rivals - indoors. The pro-choice organization addressed such issues as female health funding, contraceptive equity and abortion clinic violence.
Three distinguished men have been scheduled to speak at the fall commencement ceremonies which are to be held at Breslin Center. The speakers are Lee Bollinger, president of the University of Michigan; Clark Bunting, vice president and general manager for the Discovery Channel; and Roger Beachy, director of the Donal Danforth Plant Science Center in St.
A startled smile crept across Larry Sierra’s face Tuesday as his family, friends and co-workers recognized him as an excellent supervisor. Members of the Bosses’ Day Committee started at 9:30 a.m.
Spartan head coach Chuck Erbe wants to see volleyball become a more popular and television-friendly sport.So he scheduled an exhibition game for Oct.
Jeffrey Formanczyk seems to think we native peoples should just stay out of sight, out of mind and swept under the rug of collective American ignorance so the rest of the country can focus on the really important things like the Sept.
Last week, when I tore the page off of my cheesy Time Life “Moments in History” desk calendar, I felt as if I had awakened from a month or so of hibernation.