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.
The air is heavy and sticky and circular objects are flying around like meteors, misdirected and scattered.
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.
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.
The smell of fresh bread baking will be wafting through Meridian Township next month. Panera Bread, a bakery-cafe, is expected to open Aug.
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.
“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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The U.S. House has taken a dangerous step toward obstructing scientific progress in the United States.
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.
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.