Athletes kick it at U sports camps

The air is heavy and sticky and circular objects are flying around like meteors, misdirected and scattered.

JazzFest comes to Lansing for food, fun

Hot jazz and spicy food will highlight the 2001 Lansing Old Town JazzFest this weekend. Terry Terry, president of the Old Town Business and Art Association, said the association organized the annual festival seven years ago to provide an art medium for the community. “This is one of the most diverse events you will find in the area,” Terry said. Terry, who is also the owner of The Message Makers, 1217 Turner St.

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Black heritage to be celebrated in Lansing pride parade

This weekend, some Lansing streets will be flooded with a showcase of pride.The second Annual African American Pride Parade will be held at 11 a.m.

Panera Bread says community kneads it

The smell of fresh bread baking will be wafting through Meridian Township next month. Panera Bread, a bakery-cafe, is expected to open Aug.

Students could be more considerate

Ryan Weltzer’s recent column was one of the best reasoned and crafted pieces on the complexities of student/permanent resident relations the paper has run in ages (“Residents, students can learn from each other,” SN 8/1). As a former Welcome Week edition editor, I encourage you to include the piece in the Welcome Week edition so more students can read it.

Coach honored at national outdoor diving competition

“That was an awesome dive. Beautiful. Beautiful.”These were the words coming out of the mouth of MSU diving coach John Narcy as he watched his two National Championship-bound divers, senior Carly Weiden and junior Summer Mitchell, practice Wednesday at the IM Sports-West outdoor pool.The 2001 U.S.

U should be held responsible for hike

In response to Craig Gunn’s column (“ ‘U’ is not to blame for broken guarantee,” SN 7/25), I would like to voice a few concerns.

Kids enjoy art at 4-H garden

Soaked from head to toe, 4-year-old Mason resident Adrienne Hough grinned from cheek to cheek.“I like the frogs,” Hough said, as she danced under the squirts of water coming from cement frogs, one of the features in the Michigan 4-H Children’s Garden.Hough was one of about 50 children who enjoyed art under the hot sun during the garden’s “Art Day.”Mason resident Karen Krepps said she took the morning off from work to spend the day with her grandchildren, Jacob and Faith Krepps.“It’s great,” the elder Krepps said.

Concert series comes to end

The Ann Street Plaza Concert Series comes to a close this weekend with performances from Rachael Davis with Brett Hartenbach on Friday and the Sea Cruisers on Saturday.The concert series has already hosted 12 acts this summer since its opening weekend June 15.Ami Field, East Lansing community events specialist, said the concerts have been held for more than 15 years and have become a tradition in East Lansing.“We work very hard to have free events that improve the community,” Field said.

DNR must focus on burgeoning herd

During the past couple of weeks, a series of articles by Jamie Gumbrecht on the proposed South Fox Island land swap have appeared in The State News.

Rush to judge

The U.S. House has taken a dangerous step toward obstructing scientific progress in the United States.

Loved ones recall students smile

The most beautiful smile he’s ever seen in his entire life. That’s what Jason Rowntree, an animal science graduate student, will remember about Jody Emens, 22, an animal science senior, who died Tuesday in a car accident. “She was an extremely sweet person,” Rowntree said.

Night Out seeks to clear crime from neighborhoods

Neighborhoods in Lansing are stepping out.From 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Tuesday, the Lansing Police Department, Neighborhood Watch and city of Lansing are coming together for National Night Out.The night serves as a way for neighbors to get to know each other and helps promote police-community relationships against crime.

Recent advances hold promise of catastrophe

In 1945, J. Robert Oppenheimer quoted the Bhagavad Gita. “I am become Death,” he said, “destroyer of worlds.” He spoke these words in the light of his fading and false sun, the first nuclear explosion on Earth.In retrospect, he was making rather a big deal about nothing.

Garden Day offers creative workshops

At MSU Garden Day, participants’ imaginations will run wild, with new ideas to make their gardens a work of art. The all-day event, which will start at 8 a.m.

Death of player puts Big Ten conference into perspective

CHICAGO - When I got out of bed Wednesday morning at the Sheraton Chicago Hotel and Towers, I pushed power on the television remote and quickly switched the channel to ESPN to make sure I hadn’t missed any exciting sports news during my rest. ESPN went to a commercial so I clicked to the next available sports commentary - CNN.

Virus worms way into computers

Amy Broglin thinks she is computer-savvy enough to use the machine at home, work and even for fun.But in the two years she’s owned a computer, she’s never updated her anti-virus software.“I don’t know much about viruses,” the supply chain management senior said.

GED test evolves to comply with current high school standards

The last time the General Educational Development test was rewritten, the New Kids on the Block had a hit album, John DiBiaggio was the president of MSU and the Berlin Wall was still standing.Like music and history, high school education has changed, and come Jan.

Camp bridges technology gap

Michigan area middle-schoolers have been trying their hands at new technology during the third annual Kids Learning In Computer Klubhouses, or KLICK, Leadership Camp, held on MSU’s campus this week. The KLICK program is an after-school program designed to teach middle-schoolers of low economic backgrounds or communities how to use new technology.