MSU head coach Tom Minkel was looking at an impressive résumé when he interviewed internationally renowned Cuban lightweight wrestler Alexis Vila for a vacant assistant head wrestling coach position.
Students for Economic Justice celebrated a minor victory this week.Nike Inc. has agreed to disclose location information about the factories that make MSU apparel in the United States and abroad.Students for Economic Justice, formerly United Students Against Sweatshops, was instrumental in getting the university’s support for this request.
Like many students, Chantel Edwards bundled up Tuesday to face another day of freezing temperatures on campus.“It is making me not want to crawl out of the bed,” the physiology senior said.Cold air and snow have gripped campus for more than a month.
Rapper Eminem deserves his four Grammy nominations, but the message of hate and violence in his lyrics should not be condoned. The Recording Academy announced its nominations for the Grammy Awards last week, prompting thousands of phone calls and e-mails from people angry about Eminem’s nominations.
By BRANDI LEWANDOWSKI The State News Melissa Peele graduated in December with a little help from her fellow MSU students. “I’ve had numerous books read to me by other students and I’ve also called on them to help me research papers,” Peele said. Peele, who graduated with a bachelor’s degree in English, has been blind since she was four months old. When she became a student at MSU in 1994, she utilized a reading program provided by the Resource Center for Persons with Disabilities, 120 Bessey Hall.
In efforts to promote awareness of women’s health, January has been designated National Cervical Health Month for the second consecutive year.To encourage health care providers to open their doors to women who have not had a Pap smear in over three years, Friday is designated as free Pap smear day by the coalition.“The announcement is made nationwide to try to encourage providers to promote it however, it is implemented on the local level,” Alan Kaye, executive director of the coalition said.The Pap smear is a test that is performed when there are changes of the cervix.
For 30 years Gina’s Hallmark has sold gift paper, ribbons and bows at 301 E. Grand River Ave.But now, Pam Coughlin has packaged her store in boxes in an effort to make room for The City Center Project - a redevelopment city officials will use to help revitalize the downtown.Coughlin began to hear rumors three years ago that her store may be relocated, and a week and a half ago Hallmark employees began to move boxes to a new location at 539 E.
Starflyer 59 Easy Come, Easy Go Tooth and Nail Records Southern California gave birth to the best-kept secret in American rock n’ roll in 1993.
Coming off a disappointing loss, the MSU men’s basketball team hopes to rebound tonight against Northwestern.In its first two Big Ten games the Spartans started slow, only to find themselves down at halftime.Against Penn State the Spartans posted an impressive second half to win, but against Indiana they faltered.Sophomore guard Jason Richardson said MSU can’t afford that lack of urgency in a conference like the Big Ten.“We come out of the gates like that and we’re going to lose a lot of games,” he said.
Let me just tell you right now - karma is out there. It is real and it will get you. What you do to others will come back and make you a victim.
Beginning in March, MSU’s reputable food system studies center will gain an internationally known expert on foodborne disease.Ewen Todd has been named director of MSU’s National Food Safety and Toxicology Center.Todd has a long history of research accomplishments dealing with the risks and effects of toxins found in food such as E.
Blur The Best Of Virgin Records Brit-pop veterans Blur have proven themselves to be one of the brightest and best groups in their genre, but their success soars much farther than the adrenaline-packed Song 2, which is still played frequently during warm-ups at most high school and college hockey games. “The Best Of” was put together with their fans in mind - all the songs complimenting the next as the album flows along without a single downfall. “There’s No Other Way” is driven by a catchy blues riff, then molds itself into a great Top 40 tune.
President Clinton wasn’t the only act on campus Tuesday.“Cabaret” hit the Wharton Center main stage Tuesday for its opening night performance, and the musical proved sexy and engaging.
By RON FOURNIER The Associated Press WASHINGTON - Linda Chavez withdrew Tuesday as President-elect Bush’s nominee to be secretary of labor because of questions and controversy over an illegal immigrant who lived in her home in the early 1990s. “I believe that I would have made a great secretary of labor,” she said at a news conference.
The hell has started.This week, networks have once again begun the proliferation of reality television programs, beginning with “Temptation Island,” which premiers tonight on the Fox television network.“Temptation Island” takes four unmarried couple,s who are in serious relationships, to paradise.
As students enter their first week of classes this semester after a long and relaxing holiday break, those who are supporters of Detroit professional sports teams, such as myself, should be saying one thing to themselves: Thank goodness for our sanity - we’re back.
MSU head coach Tom Izzo said Monday that the Big Ten has many teams playing well going into the second week of conference play.
The bell ringers were still enthusiastic and the kettles were the same shade of red, but the Lansing-area Salvation Army kettles ended up a little emptier this holiday season.
Amid a flurry of political activity with new members moving into Congress and the state Legislature, a few political offices have yet to be filled.