Local band Mason’s Case is opening for The Green Room tonight at Rick’s American Cafe, 224 Abbott Road, and both bands are promising a good time. “Sometimes we prefer opening,” said Matthew Alfano, lead vocalist of Mason’s Case.
Lansing - Lt. Gov. Dick Posthumus will run for governor in 2002, he told a group of supporters at a Capital-area picnic. But Posthumus’ announcement Tuesday was not a formal declaration of candidacy. “It’s the first step in a long journey,” he said.
On a team where experience is minimal and youth is abundant, Spartan volleyball head coach Chuck Erbe needs some of the youth to mature quickly. Freshman outside hitter Michelle Kopka - one of seven freshmen on the team - took steps in the right direction in Friday and Saturday’s MSU Volleyball Classic.
On May 29 I wrote to three MSU offices - the president, the athletic director and the football office - with my objections to recruiting two student-athletes who had been accused of assaulting a teenage girl.
Fifteen students and 15 university employees will make up the Taskforce on Student-Police Relationships, university officials announced Wednesday.The group was appointed following the recommendations of an independent panel created to investigate the placement of an undercover officer into United Students Against Sweatshops, now called Students for Economic Justice, beginning Feb.
Recently there has been a lot of media attention drawn to the Eric Knott case. Maybe right now the policy to admit people found guilty of crimes similar to Knott’s into our university is a satisfactory decision made by the administration.
The power of cheese is commanding a higher price.Maynard Hogberg, Chairman of the Animal Science Department, said part of the hike in cheese prices is because of a shortage of milk.The shortage is from summer drought conditions, which produced poor feed for cattle, he said.
We have all heard that the Internet gives us the world at our fingertips. I have information for days.
It’s College Savings Month in Michigan. Well, at least if you ask Gov. John Engler and Lt.
The MSU Corn & Soybean Research Tour and Barbecue, set for 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday, will allow participants to view new corn and soybean hybrid crops produced by MSU researchers and have the chance to win more than $800 in prizes. In its fifth year, the tour will be introducing some changes. “This is the first year that soybeans have been included in the program for corn hybrid trails,” said Mark Hansen, the agricultural extension agent for Ingham County’s MSU Extension.
For only $49.95, you can strip another person of his rights. The price, of course, is negotiable, but the United States opted not to even consider the offer.
The future of MSU’s campus has become clearer. Anticipating the completion of the second component of the 2020 Vision project, university officials released maps and information late last week that outlined what campus may look like two decades from now. The 2020 Vision work team will hold public forums next week to gather input from people around campus.
Whether it’s the beauty of nature or throngs of people, the city of East Lansing is asking for photographs of what makes the city different from others. “This will expose (participants) to the unique things about our city and challenge them to really look around East Lansing and find and capture the spirit of East Lansing,” said Michael Sundermann, chairman of the East Lansing Arts Commission. The City Scenes Photo Contest officially kicked off in April and runs through Nov.
Until last year, tickets for shows at the Wharton Center didn’t jive with the average college student’s budget.Now, thanks to Student Single Ticket Day, MSU students can enrich their television-saturated daily lives with a dose of live professional entertainment.“It’s just to allow the students to see the great performances at the Wharton Center at a reduced cost,” spokesman Bob Hoffman said.The tickets will be sold from 11 a.m.
Yes, the stuff that’s been flooding the movie theaters lately is terrible, and pop music today is even worse. I still can’t get over the name “I Still Know What You Did Last Summer,” and bad thoughts run through my mind when I hear the name ‘N Sync.
Lansing Community College began its school year last week with a renovation of its image. For the new school year the college unveiled a new logo designed by Bruce Mackley, senior graphic designer at LCC. He said the administration first began discussing the replacement of the logo last year. “We were looking for something very useful, very dynamic, contemporary and eye-catching,” he said.
Kristen Penner stared out her car window with excitement each morning last year as the construction on Trowbridge Road came closer to completion.But now that the road is open, the food science research technician said her daily commute from Howell hasn’t become any easier.“I was praying for it,” she said.
Four months ago, students began paying an extra 25 cents for sodas from on-campus vending machines.
Events St. John Student Parish: Ice Cream Social, 8 p.m. Sunday, St. John Student Parish.