I love being a guy. Not because of the traditional perks, but because of the behavior that comes along with it.I like spitting off buildings and exaggerating stories to show how macho I am.
I felt really old the other day. I’m sure it had nothing to do with attending my friend’s bachelor party the night before, but more with a conversation I had with a few friends about old-school comedians, and buying comedy albums (yup, vinyl records). I was telling the story about the first album I ever bought, at a drug store near my home in 1982, which was Steve Martin’s “Let’s Get Small.” One of the tracks was called “Smoking,” and the big joke was “Mind if I smoke?
More music is making its way to the Lansing area tonight, as the Old Town Block Party kicks off its first year of performances. “We’re very excited,” said Jamie Czekai, the interim program manager for Old Town Main Street.
How would a blood and guts smoothie taste? To campers at the MSU Veterinary Camp, they tasted great.On Wednesday, campers, like 13-year-old Jessie Priestley, wet their whistles with the strawberry, banana and lemon flavor of “cow intestine smoothies.”“I liked when we got to make the smoothie things,” the Dexter resident said.Suttons Bay resident Laura Patmore, 13, said when she got to “do the guts,” it was one of her favorite moments at the camp.
East Lansing is hoping to create more foot traffic downtown with what is being termed “City Center II.” East Lansing City Council approved an application for a Core Communities Grant from the Michigan Economic Development Corp. If East Lansing receives the $700,000 it’s asking for, the city would purchase the building at 303 Abbott Road, which housed the Old Kent Bank. “We would use it as part of a redevelopment,” City Manager Ted Staton said. The city is considering using the land for a movie theater, retail space, condominiums and a parking area. “I think it is a good idea because we are looking for additional space for owner-occupied housing downtown and looking for space for a theater,” Councilmember Beverly Baten said.
NEW YORK - While Jason Richardson is in Madison Square Garden’s green room tonight, waiting for his name to be called in the NBA Draft, former MSU teammates Charlie Bell, Andre Hutson and Zach Randolph will watch their immediate futures take shape while at home with their families. That’s because the NBA didn’t invite the trio to the Big Apple for today’s two-round draft, which starts at 7 p.m.
Rumor has it our tuition at MSU may rise by 10 percent. Coupled with the rising costs of room and board, books and other supplies necessary for a successful college experience, this news of a likely tuition increase is the last thing many want to hear. So whose fault is it anyway?
MSU junior goaltender Ryan Miller continued his reign as college hockey’s poster boy by earning Big Ten Male Athlete of the Year distinction Tuesday.Miller is the first male Spartan to win the award in its 20-year existence.
As a result of the fifteen million pounds of Michigan-made hot dogs and lunch meats tainted with a deadly bacteria MSU will be given the opportunity to help assure such an event doesn\'t reoccur. The Sara Lee Corporation, which distributed the tainted meat produced at Zeeland, Mich.-based Bil Mar Foods in 1998, will pay a $200,000 fine for code violations.
A new suggestion from an athletics commission may force schools to emphasize education as much as sports. In an announcement made Tuesday, the Knight Foundation Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics said colleges with low athlete graduation rates should be banned from postseason play. “We’re not in the entertainment business, nor are we a minor league for professional sports,” the Rev.
It was what a typical summer day at Oldsmobile Park should have been. The sun warmed the field, cool refreshments quenched the thirsts of young fans and the Lugnuts came back in extra innings to earn a win.The Lugnuts provided a Summer Fun Day when center fielder Mike Mallory launched a home run over the left field wall to give the Lugnuts an 11-inning, 6-5 victory over the Fort Wayne Wizards - the squad’s second-straight win.“In that situation, I was looking for a fastball, and all I needed to do was make contact,” Mallory said.“It feels good right now.
Although cancer affected sociology Professor Chris Vanderpool within weeks, his wife, Mariam Sticklen, said Vanderpool had prepared her for his death.“It was a shock, but he really prepared me, I suppose,” she said.
The Lansing-area chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union filed another Freedom Of Information Act request for the university’s files regarding the undercover police infiltration of Students for Economic Justice on Monday.Henry Silverman, president of the ACLU Lansing-area chapter and an MSU history professor, said the ACLU is not trying to make a nuisance of itself.“We are not trying to harass the university, we are simply trying to find out if there was any reason for this action,” he said.Silverman said the ACLU will push the case as far as possible, even if it means going to court.
Republican plans to redraw Michigan’s congressional and legislative districts passed quickly through the state Senate on Tuesday. The assembly, after a 21-14 party-line vote, approved a plan analysts say would likely flip Michigan’s representation in Washington, D.C., from a Democratic to a Republican majority. Democrats have cried foul, saying the process has been unnecessarily hurried by the Republicans, who are in a strong position to decide the new boundaries, as they control both state legislative chambers and the governor’s office. District lines are redrawn every 10 years after each U.S.
While the state budget is not yet finalized, it looks increasingly likely that the Legislature will not be able provide adequate funding for Michigan’s 15 public universities.
LANSING - If you are a car thief, you won’t have much luck at selling these cars.The Lansing Police Department and the Michigan Automobile Theft Prevention Authority offered free window etchings Tuesday in the AAA parking lot, 2829 E.
Oh my god Well (Oh my god music) Oh my god’s first album, “Well,” is a swift kick to the senses for those of us who forgot what music should be. At a time when most new rock albums sound like recycled Limp Bizkit, the Chicago trio produced a solid album that borders on both rock and punk, but is certainly not hip-hop. The CD is an original, if not undefinable, type of punk rock that few would expect from a band without an electric guitar.
Steppin’ In It has been around for more than four years, and its popularity just keeps on growing.The group started out as a funk and blues outfit, but added bluegrass, jazz, calypso, folk, Cajun, zydeco, Caribbean and Jamaican music to its repertoire with each new member who joined - thus creating a diverse mixture of the “great old-time.”“We kinda play our own take on old-time and roots music,” said Josh Davis, the band’s lead vocalist and a theater senior.
It is extremely disappointing that President Bush, supposedly representing all Americans, calls on “science” only to support his particular views, while claiming a future world view superior to that in Europe where informed critics are raising questions.