They huffed and they puffed and they tore that house down. Members of MSU Habitat for Humanity along with other volunteers are using materials from the demonstration house at the annual Lansing Home and Garden Show to build a real home for a Lansing family. “The demolition was wonderful,” microbiology junior Scott Ross said.
Daft Punk Discovery (Virgin Records) In 1992, an English journalist dubbed the duo of Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem Christo “daft punks,” meaning it as an insult. But ever since, things have been going quite well for the young Parisian boys. The sounds and samples used on their latest record, “Discovery,” vary from Daft Punk’s “Homework” in that they’ve moved out of the strict club route and turned down an avenue in outer space - even their voices are distinctly robotic. Their music sounds like what a dance club on Neptune might sound like - a bit distorted with plenty of samples all held down by a solid dance beat.
More than house-blend grounds were brewing Tuesday at an East Lansing coffee shop.A group of roughly 40 activists gathered outside Starbucks Coffee Co., 401 E.
Lyman Briggs freshman Becky McNabbhas added some green to her 1994 white Mazda.McNabb is one of 7,873 people to purchase an MSU license plate since their inception in October.
The East Lansing Art Festival will give residents a chance to paint the town red - or yellow, or green or purple.A dozen large plywood murals will be set up along the construction site on M.A.C.
For supply chain management students who are visual learners, last Thursday proved to be a day where they could use their skills. Assistant Professor Scott Keller took students from his Marketing and Supply Chain Management 305 class to University Stores, located in the Angell Building, to get a firsthand look at how a distribution center operates. Keller, who has been taking his students on the tours since the fall semester, said this was a chance for his students to get a more in-depth look at purchasing and distribution. “The university has professional purchasing agents (Food and University stores) students can learn from,” he said.
The Spartans continue to do battle with themselves as injuries and sickness persist to plague MSU. Senior forward Andre Hutson (right shoulder injury) and sophomore guard Jason Richardson (flu) both sat out Tuesday’s practice.
Eve Scorpion (Interscope) Eve has finally stepped out of the shadows and into her own.
Sally Belloli remembers her years at MSU well. From 1965-67, aside from lugging books back and forth from home to class, Belloli donned green and white as she took the field for MSU’s field hockey team. Unfortunately, like so many other female athletes of her time, the right halfback was never officially recognized for her commitment. But that all changed Tuesday. MSU’s Department of Intercollegiate Athletics announced it will award varsity “S” letters to female student-athletes who competed prior to 1980. “I think it’s great,” Belloli said.
When Stuart Tessmer tries to show off MSU’s campus to a visitor, there are definitely some things that he’s not proud of. “We are the worst campus with cars being aggressive and not letting people cross the street - it is unlike any campus I have ever been to,” said Tessmer, an assistant physics professor.
GREEN BAY, Wis. - Fans of ’N Sync can blame nonfunctioning toilets as one of the reasons the popular boy band won’t perform at Lambeau Field this summer. Promotion Management Inc. announced Monday that ’N Sync will not make Lambeau Field part of its ”2001 Pop Odyssey” stadium tour, despite reports that had listed a Green Bay stop on June 26. Bob Sullivan, PMI’s vice president of venue operations, said construction at the stadium - part of a $295 million renovation to be completed by the 2003 NFL season - caused SFX to look at other options. Two of the biggest worries involved sanitation facilities, because the stadium’s toilets are currently out of service, and keeping a potential crowd of 60,000 away from dangerous construction areas, Sullivan said. Camp Randall Stadium in Madison or the new Miller Park in Milwaukee were said to be under consideration for an ’N Sync date in late June. Costume Designers Guild honors “Brockovich,” “The Grinch.” LOS ANGELES - The racy wardrobe Julia Roberts wore in “Erin Brockovich” helped the film win an award for best costume design from Hollywood’s Costume Designers Guild. “Erin Brockovich” costume designer Jeffrey Kurland won the guild’s honor for contemporary films.
In front of a packed audience of his friends, relatives and new coworkers, Randy Talifarro, was officially sworn into his new post as East Lansing’s fire chief at Tuesday’s East Lansing City Council meeting. Talifarro, 40, worked for the Flint Fire Department for 17 years, and has received training from the National Fire Academy.
Studiotone Digital Radio (ST Records) Local favorites Studiotone know what tones to hit on their latest, “Digital Radio.” “Alien” is blanketed with a strong guitar presence and a solid rhythm section to guide it along, while “Instant Relativity” has a tricky drum line and shows offBrent Nuffer’s amazing voice box. “A Crush” is a guitar-effects based track with strong influences fromSemisonic and even some vocals that lead headway toSteven Malkmus (formerly of Pavement), especially when he reaches some of his higher notes.
I am writing in response to Monday’s article, “Student hit by SUV; remains in hospital.” In September, I wrote a letter to President M.
Students may want to think twice before illegally parking on campus beginning this summer - otherwise, their wallets will likely face the consequences. The All University Traffic Committee recently finished a proposal that calls for a hike in parking violation fees. “There is an enormous amount of illegal parking on campus,” said Kathy Lindahl, assistant vice president for finance and operations.
John Branstetter doesn’t need to check his watch. He already knows what time it is - spring.The political science and Russian sophomore’s thoughts of winter will be halted today when his watch reads 8:31 a.m.
David Jirikovic thinks he has a great relationship with his East Lansing neighbors - he plowed their driveways in the winter, and they baked him cookies. It was the urgings of those neighbors that convinced the urban planning senior to run for one of two East Lansing City Council seats that will open up this year. “One of my main concerns is student-resident relations - it’s a mess right now,” he said.
A recently released report suggests it’s becoming increasingly difficult for low-income students to attend a four-year university.The Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance released the Access Denied Report - an analysis of how economically equal an opportunity education is for students.“We found that, on average, low-income students face $3,800 of unmet financial need at a four-year public university,” said Charles Terrell, associate dean for student affairs at Boston University and the committee’s vice chairman.
I would like to applaud Kathryn Garvale on her column, “Pop culture trivializes dangers of eating disorder” (SN 3/12). Whether Kye Tidey’s (“Eating disorders are not diseases,” 3/14) faction of society regards anorexia and/or bulimia as a “real” disease, there is no question that battling these eating disorders is a terrible struggle many women and men in our society must face daily. It is about time the inappropriately casual use of the term “anorexic” is confronted in the media.