The Associated Press FLINT - Two Flint men were convicted Wednesday of fatally shooting the older brother of Detroit Pistons guard Mateen Cleaves. Dontrell Smith, of Flint, was found guilty of second-degree murder, conspiracy to commit first-degree murder, assault with intent to murder and felony use of a firearm in the Feb.
LANSING - Jothan Callins and Lorenzo Pace grew up together in segregated Birmingham, Ala., and now they are spending the week educating Lansing community members about the life and legacy of Malcolm X. Callins, a jazz composer, and Pace, an artist, sculptor and author, are in Lansing as part of El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz Public School Academy’s weeklong celebration of Malcolm X’s birthday. Malcolm X, whose Muslim name is El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, was a civil rights activist who was assassinated Feb.
In the wake of Pearl Jam’s failed 1994 lawsuit against Ticketmaster, many bands and their fans are still upset with the ticket company.
A leader of one of the country’s largest corporations offered advice to MSU advertising students on how to maintain a positive reputation in the field at a speech Wednesday night.Mike Mahan, vice president of Marlboro at Philip Morris USA, spoke before an audience of about 50 at the Michigan Athletic Club, 2900 Hannah Blvd.
Perhaps you should have seen it coming.The recent success of the MSU men’s basketball program has brought national attention to East Lansing and the university.
The recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling against medical marijuana makes sense, although the logic behind the existing laws do not. The high court issued the decision Monday, supporting the federal law that classifies marijuana as illegal, leaving no exception for medicinal purposes. After a unanimous vote, Justice Clarence Thomas wrote “it is clear from the text of the act that Congress has made a determination that marijuana has no medicinal benefits worthy of an exception.” The Court’s ruling is understandable.
By CHRIS KAHN The Associated Press LEXINGTON, Va. - In fall 1997, 30 young women stepped into Virginia Military Institute’s previously all-male barracks. Their hair was shaved off, and they were issued the standard gray and white uniforms. Twenty-five came as freshmen - what the cadets call “rats” - and became VMI’s first true female class.
Although his case is still under the state Senate microscope, embattled Sen. David Jaye declared a Wednesday decision by the special committee investigating his conduct “a great victory for the constitutional privacy rights of citizens.” The Senate committee agreed to grant the defense team’s request to destroy topless pictures of Jaye’s fiancée that were downloaded from his state-owned computer and used as evidence.
East Lansing will be inundated with pirouettes, pointe shoes and dancers this weekend, as more than 300 people take part in the Regional Dance America/Mid-States Dancing Into the Millennium Festival. The three-day festival will include students from 12 dance companies in the Midwest and feature three performances at the Wharton Center.
Three Lansing residents filed by the Tuesday deadline to run for the Fourth Ward council seat, replacing Kris Nicholoff.And they all had the last name of Smith.The Fourth Ward has jurisdiction on the northwest side of Lansing and all of the downtown area.Geneva Smith, who is also the president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People’s Lansing chapter, said she was asked by a “prominent group of residents” to run for the seat.
Four Michigan men left Point Reyes National Seashore in California on Wednesday to walk to Washington, D.C., and teach others about sexual assault on the way.Three former Central Michigan University students and one current CMU student will travel on foot and they plan on camping as they travel from state to state.
The MSU men’s and women’s track and field teams will be competing in the 2001 Big Ten Outdoor Track and Field Championship this weekend in Bloomington, Ind.Men’s coach Darroll Gatson looks forward to strong competition from his athletes during the weekend, while women’s coach Angela Goodman looks to use the weekend as a stepping stone for her program.Gatson has high expectations of his team, but there is one standard he has set for his athletes - to compete.“Our goal is to be very competitive,” Gatson said.
The Michigan Alliance Against Hate Crimes convened Wednesday in Lansing for a conference discussing victim support training and the psychological impact of hate crimes. The conference featured a series of workshops and discussions highlighting the state of progress of combating hate crimes in Michigan. Saul A.
April showers have only brought May showers - and no flowers.After nearly 6.3 inches of rain fell in East Lansing - leaving water over roads and university officials preparing sand bag barricades - 900 acres of corn, alfalfa and soybeans planted by crop and soil sciences professors and University Farms workers may be destroyed.Experiments being conducted by at least 13 MSU professors are in danger of being washed away by the showers that started pouring late Tuesday.“It’s a little early to say how much damage there is,” said Brian Graff, crop and soil sciences farm manager.
After a month of discussion, the East Lansing City Council has finalized a budget that all members can agree on.Gary Murphy, the city’s finance director, said the biggest cut the council made was reducing major maintenance for remodeling in city hall - council members cut the $150,000 in half.The $75,000 from the remodeling was used for two purposes: $15,000 will be used to make a wetlands inventory for the Commission on the Environment and $60,000 will be used for a new police officer.“We did some creative financing,” Councilmember Beverly Baten said.
Henry Silverman, president of the Lansing-area ACLU, has been waiting for a Freedom Of Information Act request to be completed by MSU officials for a few weeks.He had been expecting his wait would pay off Wednesday, when the 10-day extension the university requested expired.
The federal government had not executed a prisoner in 37 years when on March 15, 1963, it executed Victor Feguer for murder and kidnapping.Timothy McVeigh was scheduled to die Wednesday, and I’ll make the argument that Feguer should remain the last person the government has killed.The latest developments that resulted in the momentary delay of McVeigh’s execution allow us to step back and evaluate the death penalty practice and its value in our society.While he has admitted to committing the worst, most heinous act of terrorism in the history of the United States, the question of whether capital punishment is morally and rationally acceptable is still up in the air in his case.Michigan may not have had a tragedy equivalent to the Oklahoma City bombing, but that hasn’t stopped the pressure to bring the death penalty to our state.In 1999, I was covering the Capitol for The State News when state Sen.
Only the best of the best will be displayed at the 38th Annual East Lansing Art Festival on Saturday and Sunday.
It has been three years since litter and rioting caused an alcohol ban on Munn field, but a university group still wants to make sure such activities don’t become a trend.The Tailgate Project, a group of students, alumni, community members and university officials, has been created to observe and discuss tailgating traditions - and to make sure there aren’t any more Munn melees.In the fall, group members hope to observe tailgating practices - good or bad - to find out what areas need improvement or encouragement.While Munn field has become a family gathering place during football pregame, tailgaters in the tennis court area near Wilson Road have had particularly large amounts of alcohol and litter problems.“Our definition of tailgating is people coming to a game, having a pop or a beer, having a burger or a dog before the game and maybe firing up the grill afterward,” MSU police Capt.