In response to Andrew Banyai’s column (“End bombing of innocent people,” SN 10/16): As a result of American voters in this great democracy, the U.S.
Meegan Holland said songwriter Don Conoscenti has been all over the place in his career. “He’s been a hard-rocker and an ice-cream scooper in Vermont for Ben and Jerry’s before they became famous,” she said. Conoscenti will perform his trademark songwriting talent at 7:30 tonight at the Creole Gallery, 1218 Turner St., in Lansing. Mike Cutler, special events coordinator at Elderly Instruments, 1100 N.
As MSU men’s basketball coach Tom Izzo enters his seventh season at the helm, he said he plans on taking the same course he used to win four straight Big Ten titles.“What I think what we’ve done, we have a blueprint of what it takes,” Izzo said at media day Wednesday.
For Greg Taylor, playing the harmonica alongside artists such as James Taylor and Jimmy Buffett had its rewards.“I really enjoyed working with James Taylor back in 1981,” he said.
Construction workers armed with buckets of black paint, yellow DeWalt power drills and orange caulk guns hustled through hallways Wednesday to prepare the James B.
Right at the beginning of the commentary track of the just-released DVD “Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace” writer/director George Lucas comments that “It’s all meant to be part of one 12-hour story.” That comment is something that Star Wars fans have probably been telling themselves ever since they patiently waited in line after 20 years of waiting and were quickly disappointed by “Episode I.” Why were they disappointed?
The University Activities Board has planned two diverse events for this weekend. Students can display their talents and compete with others Friday at “Showtime at the Union: Amateur Night” in the Union Ballroom. There are four contest categories - dance, poetry, rap and singing - and a prize of $50 will be awarded to the winner within each category. “It’s a quasi-talent show trying to touch on all the creative avenues of the students on campus,” said Timothy Arbeiter, assistant manager of activities for the board.
By Chris Mackinder The State News There is one thing that feels better than giving food to the needy; getting to listen to a free concert for doing so. That is just what the St.
An alarmist might say our civil rights are in danger. Congress is preparing a bill which will allow law enforcement agencies greater freedom in investigating suspected terrorists.
In the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks, Michigan leaders have been using legislative powers in hopes of keeping the state safe. More than five bills have been presented in the state House and Senate in response to the attacks, including such issues as airport security, local response planning, border control and false threats. On Tuesday, the U.S.
Members in the House Appropriations Committee may decide the fate of the tuition tax credit today. Legislators met in a workgroup to discuss alternatives to legislation that would repeal the tax credit Wednesday.
The city of East Lansing survived a recent bout of growing pains and could be extending its northern borders in the coming weeks.East Lansing City Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to pass a resolution to annex a 66-acre section of Meridian Township at the corner of Park Lake Road and Saginaw Highway, as well as an urban cooperation agreement between the township and city.“This annexation resolution is consistent with the township interests to protect the integrity and quality of life of the people of their township living in the area,” East Lansing Mayor Mark Meadows said.
With all the position shuffling this season, a handful of MSU’s players have used their athleticism to compensate for the team’s personnel losses on the field.
Leona Naess I Tried to Rock You But You Only Roll (MCA) Every cookie cutter, token female solo vocalist falls into one of two categories. She either gets lumped with the plethora of come-and-go artists that have made blips on the music radar over the last few years: Natalie Imbruglia, Aimee Mann and more recently Shea Seger and Emiliana Torrini. Or she could, possibly, get compared to those few vocalists who manage to become queens of the music industry: Tori Amos, Sarah McLachlan, Fiona Apple and Bjsrk come to mind. Group Leona Naess into the latter category. Stylistically Naess reminds one of a Liz Phair, specifically from the “Whitechocolatespaceegg” era.
A hallwide vote in Williams Hall earlier this month determined at least two floors will have locks placed on bathroom doors.But Melissa Winchester’s won’t.Winchester led the lock safety movement after an unidentified man entered a bathroom in Williams Hall at about 9:30 p.m.
The MSU community lost a former professor and associate director to cancer Tuesday. Photography, jazz and traveling enthusiast Dale Brickner came to MSU in 1973 as a professor of labor and industrial relations.
MSU kept its top spot in both of this week’s national polls after sweeping a two-game series with Lake Superior State by a combined score of 11-1 last weekend.The Spartans (2-0-1 overall, 2-0-1 CCHA) garnered 31 first-place votes and 587 points in the USCHO.com poll, keeping them well ahead of No.
Our world lies now amid a roiling tide of blood, and I do not think that it will end before I am dead.
Generous folk in the Lansing area can enjoy a bowl of soup and help the needy today. Empty Bowls, a program put on by the Lansing Area Potter’s Guild, Clayworks, independent local potters and the American Red Cross Regional Food Distribution Center raises money for local shelters, soup kitchens and food pantries. For $15, guests get soup in a bowl crafted by area potters, which they can keep, a piece of bread and a bottle of water. It will take place at the Center For The Arts, 425 Grand Ave.
If Spartan fans feel they haven’t proven their dominance over Michigan, their chance is coming. The “Toughman Contest,” an amateur boxing event seen on Fox’s FX Network, is challenging fans, students and alumni of MSU and U-M to represent their schools in the ring on Jan.