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.
We’re all getting pretty ticked off by drivers on cell phones, but new legislation in New York doesn’t consider the many implications of banning phone calls while driving. The state Assembly passed a bill Monday prohibiting drivers from holding a cell phone to their ears.
An oversized appointment book sits open on Cindy Alex’s desk every day, with places, people and times ready to be added, crossed out and erased. There is no ink in the book - only No.
U.S. Sen. Carl Levin was in East Lansing on Monday to promote a patients’ bill of rights that would allow people to sue their health care provider.“Too many times insurance companies are saying ‘no,’ while doctors are saying ‘yes,’” the Detroit Democrat said.
Ted Roudebush said he is unhappy that he now has to follow East Lansing’s rules.Roudebush, who bought a house in DeWitt Township in 1995, now lives on land that is part of a 425 agreement between East Lansing and the township.A 425 agreement allows local adjoining governments to agree to foster development on a shared piece of land, said Jim van Ravensway, East Lansing’s director of planning and community development.“The land is in DeWitt Township, but there were developers that wanted to develop that land, but DeWitt could not provide services to them,” he said.
With regard to Rishi Kundi’s column (“Good grades don’t always make good doctors,” SN 6/21): touchdown Mr. Kundi!
Help is on the way for some of MSU’s most important athletic facilities. The MSU Board of Trustees, during its meeting Friday, requested a design for a new outdoor running track and accepted a multimillion dollar proposal to renovate Jenison Field House - a decades-old building that houses several MSU teams. Both projects fall in line with 2020 Vision - the university’s long-range strategy for MSU to improve the quality and appearance of campus while utilizing existing land and facilities. The track, which carries no price tag yet, will be engineered by Kalamazoo firm O’Boyle, Cowell, Blalock, and Associates, and is expected to be operational by August 2002. The decision to build a new track comes on the heels of the university’s decision to transform Spartan Stadium’s surface from artificial turf to natural grass. Many teams and organizations still need turf, Provost Lou Anna Simon said. So the track, which will be built where the current one sits, southwest of the stadium, will feature the artificial surface inside the track for field competitions, women’s field hockey and the marching band. “The other sports that used the artificial turf need to have another place to practice and compete,” Trustee Dee Cook said. “And the track now is in terrible condition.” The new track will still be located at Ralph Young Field but will be moved slightly southward - to provide maximum space.
Corvair Jesus The Threat Management Committe Known As: CORVAIR JESUS (Corvair Jesus) Corvair Jesus played weird, but ingenious, music before graduation from MSU caused the trio to break up. But before its demise, the band released “The Threat Management Committe Known as: Corvair Jesus,” and it’s just as weird as it was. Musically, the only band Corvair might be comparable to is Fishbone, because both use an instrument called a theremin.
Is your supervisor exceptionally skilled or sensitive to your needs? If so, nominate him or her for the first annual MSU Supervisory Award, sponsored by MSU Child and Family Care Resources. The prize is meant to reward bosses who have demonstrated sensitivity toward managing the professional and personal demands of their employees. “We’ve had some nominations and the response has been favorable,” said Lori Strom, coordinator of Child and Family Care Resources.
The battleground has been set and lines have been drawn in the sand. When it is all over, members of the Lansing Police Department or the Lansing Fire Department will stand victorious, while the others will hang their heads in shame. The two departments have squared off in a blood drive for the Mid-Michigan Chapter of the American Red Cross, 1800 E.
LANSING - “Eat, drink and be merry” could be Festival of the Sun’s motto. Old Town hosted the second annual celebration Saturday afternoon, drawing approximately 2,000 people to North Lansing.