Why are millions of 12-year-old girls so unhappy?Because two of their most beloved celebrity “heartthrobs” have just checked into rehabilitation facilities for alcohol abuse and there is some indication more may soon follow.Yeah, that’s right.
It’s been more than two weeks since Lt. Gov. Dick Posthumus sent a questioning letter about tuition increases to university presidents around the state.In response, many of the presidents have called or written with arguments for their increases.“Everyone has a different answer,” Posthumus said.
Alabama residents are following Michigan’s lead. Last Wednesday, an Alabama law went into effect that allows its residents to carry concealed weapons in eight states without applying for new permits. The law also allows for residents of those states - including Michigan - to enter Alabama with their state’s permit for concealed weapons.
Michigan is borrowing more money to fund government building projects, instead of paying upfront.As a result, the state has gone deeper in debt.
On a hot Sunday afternoon, people were doing their best to stay out of the 90-degree heat. But some stopped to watch a man play with 2,000-degree molten glass anyway.Art Allison, from Pottsboro, Texas, was demonstrating the art of glassblowing to spectators outside of Mackerel Sky, 217 Ann St.“I’ve been doing this for 22 years now and this is what I like to do,” Allison said.Allison was in East Lansing for a demonstration that was part of the First Sunday Gallery Walk, which is a coalition of East Lansing and Lansing galleries that hold exhibitions for the public on the first Sunday of every other month.Allison started working with glass while a student at Kent State University in 1979, and since then has made a living out of it.“All it is is just blowing a bubble and then decorating it,” he said.
There’s no reason why anyone wouldn’t like Brett Ratner’s “Rush Hour 2” - just check your smarts at the door and enjoy. The movie, starring Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker, relies on the same formula that filled the original installment of the series - lots of action, featuring martial arts master Chan, followed by plenty of Tucker’s trash-talking.
What’s your favorite television commercial? Mine is a public service announcement by the Michigan Department of Community Health about Internet gambling.
LANSING - “It’s coming. It’s coming,” 6-year-old Aaron Holmes, a Detroit resident, screamed to his mother Arnita Holmes. Sporting an MSU T-shirt and matching green-and-white shorts, Holmes jumped for joy as the police sirens marked the beginning of the second annual African American Pride Parade on Saturday. “They like the marching bands, music and dancing.
As I read Audrey Barney’s column (“Dating game is best played with different rules,” SN 8/1), I was in total awe of her commitment to Jesus Christ and her wisdom concerning dating.
East Lansing City Council elections are fast approaching. The primary Tuesday will narrow the two-seat field to four candidates, who will continue on to the Nov.
The U.S. Navy is bombing Vieques again and the inhabitants of the island have a few good reasons to be upset. On Thursday, the Navy resumed exercises on Vieques, a small island belonging to the U.S.
LANSING - Children could ride the ponies while car fanatics could check out the Mustangs.On Sunday, the Capital City Corvette Club hosted a benefit car show at the Potter Park Zoo, 1301 S.
LANSING - Bob Skabic’s voice was hoarse Saturday morning after an evening of Lugnuts’ baseball that ended in a 7-6, 10-inning Lansing loss. But as Skabic walked along a freshly paved portion of Interstate 496 set to open next week, the Dimondale resident couldn’t help but smile. “This road is very important,” he said, dressed for the sunny occasion in a Lugnuts T-shirt and hat.
During election times, candidates use many different means of getting their names out to voters. One increasingly popular way to do that is with lawn signs, which many of the candidates running for the East Lansing City Council have chosen to do. The council primary election is Tuesday, with eight candidates vying for four spots for the Nov.
LANSING - Walking around the city at 11:30 p.m. on a Saturday night may seem unusual to some people, but for others, it’s an opportunity they’d never miss. While some area residents were asleep, others were listening to Detroit trumpeter Marcus Belgrave as he wrapped up the second night of the 2001 JazzFest in Lansing’s Old Town, on Grand River Avenue. The JazzFest ran from Friday through Sunday and featured performances by Greater Lansing Symphony Orchestra Big Band, Those Delta Rhythm Kings and Ramona Collins, among others.
I have to say, I am very disappointed with the rest of you humans.Here we are, more than halfway through the first year of a new millennium, and if television has taught me nothing else in the last 20 years, we are terribly behind in our technology.In the early 1950s, TV promised us luxury resorts on the moon by the ’70s.
When the Take Back the Night program was created in 1976, it was a way for women around the world to proclaim they would not be victims of violence. But some area residents want to stop violence against women before it starts. Jim Hines, administrative coordinator for The Listening Ear’s Sexual Assault Counseling program, has proposed the creation of a men’s group to give people a chance to talk about violence and the expectations of being a man. The idea came after a men’s forum held during MSU’s Take Back the Night activities in April drew a small, but active, nine-person crowd. “The biggest complaint was we didn’t have enough time to talk about what we wanted to talk about,” said Hines, a 1996 MSU graduate.
The MSU women’s golf team got some national recognition this weekend thanks to the accomplishments of one of its players.Senior Emily Bastel fought her way through the masses and into the semifinals of the 2001 U.S.
The primary election for the East Lansing City Council is Tuesday and MSU students spending the summer in town should head to the polls to be heard. East Lansing was built around the university, so the city’s essence is college students.