It’s mid-July, but area hockey fans can already start planning out their winter months.The Spartan hockey team’s 2001-02 season schedule was released Monday and is highlighted by the team’s Oct.
The East Lansing City Council will discuss Tuesday whether to give Troppo a permit to build a second-story addition. The restaurant, 213 Ann St., is asking for a permit to build a second-story addition to the existing restaurant with indoor and outdoor seating. At its last meeting June 26, the council decided to wait until this meeting before making a decision, allowing council members to speak with community members and Troppo owner Kris Elliott. The decision came after some council members and community members said they were unsure of whether Troppo was a fine-dining restaurant or a bar. Residents raised concerns that if Troppo was a bar, the increased consumption of alcohol, especially on a rooftop, would be a disturbance to those in surrounding businesses and neighborhoods. Councilmember Beverly Baten is still uncertain of what she or the council will do about the special-use permit application. “I’m definitely listening to the concerns from the community,” she said.
The bill to lift the cap on charter schools will soon come up in the state House for a vote. I oppose lifting the cap on charter schools.
The Olympic Games are supposed to support competition and cooperation. Now though, the Olympics are influenced by commercialism and politics, skewing the intended spirit of the games. This is made evident by the International Olympic Committee’s choice of Beijing as the host of the 2008 Summer Olympics. The decision was made Thursday; Beijing won in a landslide vote.
LONG BEACH, Calif. - Magic Johnson had a triple-double with 20 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists Saturday in a Summer Pro League game. Johnson and his traveling all-stars will play an exhibition game against MSU on Nov.
During the past few days, I have been quietly listening to many of my fellow students’ complaints regarding MSU’s recent decision to increase tuition rates by 8.9 percent.
SOUTH FOX ISLAND, Mich. - Until 1983, this island northwest of the Leelanau Peninsula was known by occasional lines in books.
“The Score” is another example of competent moviemaking gone awry. The movie sounds as though a gourmet recipe has been followed: Take four great actors, one simple, exciting plot and mix for two hours.
SOUTH FOX ISLAND, Mich. - The Manitou Isle ferry departed from Leland on a June day perfect for a lengthy boat ride to an isolated haven. Fifty-eight passengers boarded the dinghy early that morning, more than willing to take the risk of sunburn, insect bites and sore hiking legs. Instead of taking its regular course toward Lake Michigan’s Manitou Islands, the ferry veered north toward South Fox Island, a smaller island with less human contact and no guided tours. The boaters say the island’s miles of sand dunes, unique wildlife, historic buildings and blue waters combine for the most dazzling view in the state. But the wild island’s charm could be in jeopardy. Home to endangered birds like the piping plover and rare plants, the birthplace and final resting place of indigenous people and the setting for what some visitors call the most beautiful sunsets in Michigan, the beaches of South Fox Island could soon be closed to the public. Along with endangered species, the island also is one of the many homes of developer and MSU alumnus David Johnson, who wants to consolidate his portion of the land for private use. A proposed land trade between the Southfield-based developer and the island’s other owner, the State of Michigan, could leave some travelers out of the loop and off the island. “It’s just too nice to be restricted,” said island-goer Ramon Westbrook, a former Michigan Department of Natural Resources employee.
Every once in awhile a news story comes along that really baffles me. Somewhere along the way in America, our intentions became more important than our actions.
MSU senior diver Carly Weiden couldn’t be more thrilled about qualifying for the 2001 U.S. Outdoor National Championships.“It’s very exciting,” said Weiden, of Kentwood, Mich.
With a title like “Legally Blonde,” most people would expect a movie as dumb as the jokes blondes are constantly ridiculed with. But the new movie, starring Reese Witherspoon, manages to tread the fine line between pandering stupidity and comedic entertainment.
The Associated Press PUNTA GORDA, Fla. - Former MSU place-kicker Paul Edinger was charged Saturday with drunken driving after he crashed into mailboxes in a residential community. The 23-year-old Chicago Bears rookie was arrested for driving under the influence and leaving the scene of an accident after police found his vehicle in Punta Gorda Isles, a residential neighborhood. Police said he crashed into three mailboxes before striking a large rock.
I am writing in response to the recent State News editorial “Good thing,” SN 7/5.
A 1997 MSU graduate will stand trial today in Philadelphia for allegedly assaulting a police officer. But Steve Swart won’t be without support. Many friends will make the trip to stand by Swart, who was arrested last August in the city while protesting the Republican National Convention. Authorities accuse Swart of assaulting a Philadelphia police lieutenant in his police car while protesting the prison industry and police brutality.
MSU students in the Department of Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine anticipated the arrival of Out of Sync, Britney Shears and Christina Posterior Angulara on Thursday afternoon at East Fee Hall.Those aren’t typos.
This is in response to the recent State News editorial (“Past its prime,” SN 7/9) and the tuition increase in general.
Many high school students spend their summers dreaming of being in college and out on their own. A few of those students are getting a taste of college life this summer at MSU.The students are members of the Minority Apprenticeship Program, a six-week program run by the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources.