MSU’s Fairchild Theater will host “25 Alive!,” a show by the Lansing-based professional modern dance company, Happendance, this Friday through Sunday.And its dancers say the show is more than just steps, turns and modern movement.“My favorite piece is ‘Shards,’” said Kelly Harris, a no-preference sophomore and member of Happendance since last year.
When Michigan and MSU play it’s about more than just wins and losses. It’s about pride - personal, state and school pride. It’s something you can’t understand until you experience it, and asking freshmen to step up to that challenge is asking a lot. But that’s exactly what MSU head coach Tom Izzo asked of his freshmen. In their first career game against arch-rival U-M on Tuesday, guard Marcus Taylor and center Zach Randolph remained in the starting lineup. Izzo said he wasn’t sure how the freshmen would react in the hostile environment of Crisler Arena. “When you have freshmen there’s a lot of ups and downs,” he said.
After spending the last couple of weekends wrestling in the friendly confines of Jenison Field House, the seventh-ranked MSU wrestling squad will become a road warrior for the next four meets.
A proposed state Legislature bill that would require a more elaborate process in the purchasing of a beer keg is leaving some ASMSU representatives feeling bitter. The ASMSU Student Assembly will be voting on a measure tonight stating the undergraduate student government’s formal objection against the Michigan House’s measure. “If anything does come up, we’ll go to Lansing and lobby against it,” said Mark Pritzlaff, ASMSU director of legislative affairs. Under the bill, liquor retailers would have to attach an identification tag on the keg of beer with information from the buyer’s driver’s license.
Every few years Abrams Planetarium breaks from its usual astrological shows and does something a bit more cosmological. “The Last Question” is just that show.
Two Spartans from the women’s track team set school records in the Notre Dame dual meet Friday.
An East Lansing chiropractor’s license has been suspended because of an inappropriate relationship with a patient, according to the state Department of Consumer and Industry Services.Fernando Ponce, who practices at Caring Through Chiropractic, 411 W.
Georgia’s new state flag design is a welcome change, but one that is long overdue.Georgia Gov.
LANSING - Gov. John Engler, Michigan’s legislators and MSU mascot Sparty joined together Wednesday night to discuss the future of the state.In his 11th State of the State address, this one titled, “The Next Michigan,” Engler outlined his plans for the next year - an agenda that includes education reform and attracting new high-tech businesses to the state.“After the ‘90s, a decade in which Michigan led the nation, our goal is to restore and review our great state,” the governor told a joint session of the House and Senate in the House chambers.Engler, during his 40-minute speech to a mild audience, said he hopes Michigan can be prepared for any future crisis, while continuing to make progressive movement in state education.While some were in agreement with the governor’s plans for education, the tax cuts he discussed for online businesses - which would encourage the development of more such corporations in the state - were controversial, leading some Michigan leaders to hope for better ideas in the future.“I thought the governor made some good points,” said state Rep.
NEW YORK - A former corrections officer who moonlighted as a bodyguard for Sean “Puffy” Combs testified Wednesday that he had never once seen the rap impresario carrying a weapon. Prosecution witness Leonard Curtis Howard said he would never have associated himself with Combs if the defendant had carried a firearm. “If he is going to carry an illegal firearm, there is no reason for me to be there,” Howard said under cross-examination.
Knowledge of culture, history and hip-hop highlighted Wednesday night’s speech by Kevin Powell, a journalist and original cast member of MTV’s “The Real World.”More than 100 people gathered in the Union Parlors to hear Powell’s address during a Black History Month kickoff event presented by Black Student Alliance.Black History Month begins today.The night’s message needed to be heard, BSA President Tonya Upthegrove said.“We want students to gain insight to the importance of Black History Month and the role they play in leaving a legacy for future generations in terms of black history,” the communication senior said.The struggles of leaders that made black history, such as Frederick Douglass, Sojourner Truth and Martin Luther King Jr., were presented by students at the start of the program.
Five straight women’s basketball Big Ten losses are not something MSU head coach Joanne P. McCallie takes lightly.After the embarrassing 97-49 beat-down at No.
The greek system’s spring recruitment is finished, leaving leaders waiting for an official count of new members.The official recruitment period, which was last week for both sororities and fraternities, consisted mainly of chapter open houses.
LANSING - Some Michigan lawmakers are counting on legislation that will reform voting in the state by making it easier, more assessable and accurate.State Sen.
LOS ANGELES - Destiny’s Child, Dolly Parton and ’N Sync have been added to the list of performers on Grammy night.
Although many in the nation may believe Al Gore was robbed, a forum will take place this week to try to prove it. Brian Kalt, a professor at MSU-Detroit College of Law, will present a discussion forum entitled “Al Gore Was Robbed ... By His Lawyers” on Thursday. The event, hosted by the Federalist Society, a DCL student organization, will take place at 7:30 p.m.
MSU English professor and writer W.S. Penn will read from and sign two books Wednesday at Schuler Books, 2075 W.
Don’t get the wrong idea. Any movie with cheerleaders robbing a bank, persistent tampon jokes and a Conan O’Brien running gag is probably going to be bad. But “Sugar & Spice” is charming, in a charmless sort of way.
President Bush’s plan to allow faith-based programs to be federally funded opens the door to discrimination against a variety of religious groups.On Monday, Bush signed two executive orders establishing the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives.
LANSING - The Michigan Office of Special Environmental Projects is getting out its brooms to clean up a contaminated site.The effort is part of the environmental office’s project to clean up 17 newly discovered contaminated sites in Michigan.Lansing’s Brownfield Redevelopment Board approved Tuesday at its annual meeting roughly $1.9 million in state funds so that the environmental office could clean up the sites.The State Sites Cleanup Program, which began in 1996 after receiving $30 million from the state Legislature, has been cleaning up 142 state sites.“It’s very difficult for us as a state entity to require other people to clean up their sites when we weren’t cleaning up ours,” said Keith Harrison, director of the environmental office.