Six MSU construction management students brought home third place honors in the National Association of Home Builders student competition in Atlanta during the weekend.The MSU group competed against 20 universities.
Jennifer Jankowski walked into a Lansing Holiday Inn hotel last weekend believing she was not an experienced enough photographer to win a statewide award.But Jankowski, a State News photographer, ending up taking second place in three categories at the annual Michigan Press Photographers Association Picture of the Year Awards.
Katy Carolan wasn’t surprised when she found out the Michigan Association of Broadcasters named WDBM, 89 FM The Impact, College Station of the Year for the second year in a row.
Kirt Herronen said the Student Alumni Foundation likes to present a benefit event of some sort every year for a good cause, and this year it decided to do something different. “We had several people on the board who had turned 21 and received the B.R.A.D.
MSU’s undergraduate student government is betting money that students will want to improve their teamwork skills - $50,000 to be exact.
It took MSU head football coach Bobby Williams only 11 days to name Troy Douglas the new defensive secondary coach, the second person to be named to the post in just more than a month.“We’re very fortunate to have Troy Douglas on our coaching staff,” Williams said in a written statement.
Dan Woike states the tax cut plan does not benefit everyone (“President’s tax cut doesn’t benefit everyone,” SN 2/23). He is correct.
By KATHY BARKS HOFFMAN The Associated Press LANSING - State Sen. John Schwarz, who helped guide John McCain’s upset GOP presidential primary win over George W.
LANSING - U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers opened his doors Monday to the constituents he speaks for on Capitol Hill.The Brighton Republican opened his new central district office, at 1327 E.
Reaganomics supporters say tax cuts benefiting the wealthiest Americans spur unprecedented growth and cite the tremendous economic expansion during President Reagan’s time in office as proof that we should again cut taxes in this manner.
More police departments are getting officers out of their squad cars and into the neighborhoods they patrol, according to a U.S.
I think the frequency with which I see the word “vagina” steadily increases each year. Every time I open the paper, I get to see something glorifying women and how wonderful they are. Funny how there’s never anything announcing the merit of men, probably because present-day society has subscribed wholesale to the belief that men aren’t worth anything but what they can provide women with. Men are being painted with a brush made out of female pubic hair that colors them as rapists, deadbeat dads and just about any and every negative thing associated with getting the Y chromosome. Can you think of any examples when men are put in a positive light, other than when they’ve declared themselves proponents of the feminist cause or denounced their gender for the sake of the increasingly important acceptance of women? Today, it’s better to be emasculated and prostrate yourself before a woman than it is to take some pride in your own gender.
Melissa Manzano may need to start the 2001 school year with a new pair of walking shoes. If the Capital Area Transportation Authority decides to raise its single ride price from 25 cents to 50 cents, the physiology sophomore says she probably won’t pay the new riding price. She’d rather walk. “I’m just going to end up boycotting,” Manzano said.
When the sequel to the 1999 blockbuster “American Pie” hits theaters this summer, don’t expect any references to MSU - regardless of the fact that the university was represented several times in the original film.Earlier this month, Universal Studios sought permission to represent MSU in a short scene in the sequel, titled “Secret Disguise,” but the request was rejected by university officials.Terry Denbow, university spokesman, said the scenes did not appropriately represent MSU.“It was a classroom setting that was not deemed appropriate or reflective of our classrooms or our students,” said Denbow, also the vice president for university relations.
This is a very special day. It has many names: Fat Tuesday, Mardi Gras, Shrove Tuesday. But most importantly to me and many others with some sort of Polish connection, it is Panczki Day.Panczkis are a Polish tradition originating from the need to get rid of eggs and fat in the house, which would be forbidden from consumption during Lent.Anyone who just said “Huh?” will immediately get the response, “You’re not Catholic, are you?” from someone who is.
LANSING - The polls open today to narrow down the field for an upcoming special election that will fill the three open seats.Those seats were left empty after Brighton Republican and U.S.
It wasn’t a good start to the season for the MSU baseball team this weekend as it dropped two games to Troy State, in Alabama, both by identical 5-4 scores, according to MSU Sports Information. The two teams were supposed to play a three-game series, but Sunday’s game was canceled because of severe weather.
The Huntington’s Disease Society of America’s Michigan chapter will host an informational meeting on the disease from 6:30 p.m.
The East Lansing City Council will continue discussion of an ordinance that may limit the maximum allowed height for buildings throughout the city at today’s work session.Council members requested to amend the ordinance at the Feb.