Jonathan Hughes began his cooking career when he was only 4 years old.“I got left home one day with my sister, I got up for breakfast and decided I wanted to eat some eggs,” he said.
There are three things nearly everyone remembers from his or her childhood: The name of the barbershop you went to as a kid, the name of the person who cut your hair and the name of your neighborhood bully.
LANSING - Michigan ranks low in its spending on smoking control programs, despite having a high number of smokers, according to a national group. Most of the 44 other states in the national tobacco settlement created new smoking-cessation programs, but neither Michigan nor North Dakota is using any of the money that way, according to the National Center for Tobacco-Free Kids in Washington, D.C. And Michigan has a high smoking rate, with about 2 million smokers.
If you want to see beautiful Michigan quilts, the MSU Museum is the right place to look for the next five months. Michigan quilts are the focus of two new exhibitions at the museum, which opened Sunday and will run through December. The exhibitions, “The Michigan Quilt Project: New Discoveries” and “The Mary Schafer Collection: A Legacy of Quilt History,” will display more than 500 quilts that have helped create a resurgence of interest and knowledge about Michigan quilting traditions. “This exhibition is a tremendous collection of intricate examples of quilts from all over the country,” said Lora Helou, information officer for the MSU Museum.
I hope everyone took time out of their busy day Wednesday to read Tracy Weiss’ column (“People you meet make school more memorable,” SN 7/25). I thought it was wonderful.
Riding my bike around campus makes me feel like I’m 12 again. I jump curbs I don’t have to.
The Wharton Center will be host to more than 100 top international martial arts performers at 2 p.m.
Going through almost three cases of carbonated beverages a week, finance senior Jon Wells said the 10-cent prize for bottle returns is a huge incentive to recycle - especially when those 10 cents begin to add up.But when there’s not a shiny dime in sight, Wells said his soda bottle will usually end up in the trash can outside the classroom.I don’t hold on to them,” he said.
Drivers should buckle up, otherwise the police will buckle down.The law allows for officers to stop motorists for not wearing a safety belt in the front seat, if a child 4- to 15-years-old is not properly buckled up, or if a child passenger under 4-years-old is not in an approved child safety seat.Lansing police Lt.
SOUTH FOX ISLAND, Mich. - When Bill Harris was 15 years old, he vowed he would find a job, work hard and earn stacks of money. But only if it meant he could continue making trips to Lake Michigan’s South Fox Island during hunting season. “I love the island,” said Harris, president of the South Fox Island Public Hunters Club.
I’d like to respond to Maria Del Zoppo’s column in Monday’s State News (“Political correctness is stifling free expression,” SN 7/23). I’d be more than happy to call you a “liberal-minded lunatic.” You totally misrepresented the Brooklyn Museum of Art incident.
Students can feel like they are traveling to 19th century America by reading the books of their ancestors’ past, part of MSU’s lasted archive collections on the Web. MSU Libraries, through the American Memory Web site at the Library of Congress, released a collection of Sunday school books from the 1800s in a digital format that is free to the public. “The Sunday school books are really interesting in contrast to now because we’re educated to see all the shades of gray and all the sides of the argument,” said Ruth Ann Jones, the digital projects coordinator for MSU Libraries.
I must write in agreement with the writer who criticized the university for not hiring MSU graduates (“Employment policy upsets graduate,” SN 7/9). I agree it is kind of sad that MSU does not hire its graduates.
Four MSU softball players will be on an all-Michigan collegiate team scheduled to play a Japanese national championship team August 9.Sophomore pitcher Jessica Beech, junior outfielder Sandra Lewis and junior infielders Robyn Golden and Margaret Schick will represent the Spartans in the exhibition.The game, which is free, will be held at the Spring Arbor University field in Spring Arbor, near Jackson, at 4:30 p.m.Beech led the team with a 2.54 earned run average, while compiling an 8-8 record for MSU last season, while Schick stole a team-best 14 bases.Schick said she has never been involved in international competition before and is excited for the game.“It’s definitely going to be a great experience,” Schick said.
College is supposed to be the greatest time in your life, but sometimes students have too much fun and forget about their careers. Ken Parsons, a philosophy graduate student, said he feels society plays a part in why students don’t take finding a job or career seriously. “We live in a world that accepts extreme debt and parents financing for their kid’s education,” Parsons said. The Career Development Center is here to help impress upon students just how important a career is.
I have been an employee at MSU for 12 years and I am used to the construction during the summer, but finding a way to get to work and home from work has always been a challenge. Coming in from the southwest has presented a special challenge year.
Rishi Kundi recently wrote a piece (“Faith without thought is no faith at all,” SN 7/19) about the continuing battle between creationism and evolution which has been in existence since the Age of Enlightenment in the West (Darwin developed notions which had been brewing for some time). After one studies Eastern philosophy a bit, or the teachings of Plato, this topic becomes rather trite and mundane.
MSU alumnus Greg Harrison’s film based on the San Francisco rave scene ignited his Hollywood career.“Groove,” his directing and writing debut, was a 2000 success at the Sundance Film Festival and the film was ultimately purchased by Sony Pictures Classics for $1.5 million.Tyler Blair, a marketing junior and an amateur filmmaker at MSU, said movies like “Go” and “Groove” influenced his latest project, “E-tards.”Blair’s script, like Harrison’s, was based on friends’ experiences in the rave scene.
Big hair, leggings and the music of Devo will be back this Friday. The 1980s will be returning to East Lansing, but only for one night. The Crime Victims Advocacy Council is holding a 1980s theme fund-raising event at Harper’s Restaurant & Brewpub, 131 Albert Ave., to help fund the group. “We support and provide services for victims of any crime,” said Heather Boyer, executive director of the council. The organization was founded this past January by victims of crime to help other victims deal with trauma and stress.