Miss out on MTV’s “Wanna Be A VJ?” Still longing for public notoriety? MSU can help.The Student Alumni Foundation is looking for applicants who want to be Sparty, MSU’s mascot.“(The experience) was incredible, one of the best in my life,” MSU graduate Jeff Miller said of his time as Sparty.
This is in response to two letters that have been printed in The State News last week: “Christ deserves day off like MLK” (SN 1/22) and “Christ’s beliefs not felt by all” (SN 1/23). The first letter, by Eric Bjornstad, argued that our university should recognize Jesus Christ as a public servant in a way similar to the events that took place on Martin Luther King Jr.
Although I’ve always proclaimed to be a genuine all-around sports fan, I must admit at one time basketball didn’t suit my fancy.
The addition of new Integrative Studies in Arts & Humanities classes is long overdue at MSU.Undergraduate students are required to take two IAH courses unless they are enrolled in the Honors College, James Madison or placed out of the requirement.
The plane crash that killed 10 people Saturday, including two Oklahoma State basketball players, has sent a wave of emotion throughout the area.“I think they said it right on TV, where when you do coach, all the players become sons for the period of time they are here,” MSU men’s basketball head coach Tom Izzo said.
Just one week after the MSU football team lost a coach to resignation, head coach Bobby Williams has hired a replacement.Williams, on Monday, named Kevin Ramsey the replacement to fill the defensive secondary coach vacancy left last week by Mark Dantonio, who also served as the team’s associate head coach.Ramsey, the former defensive coordinator and secondary coach at the University of Georgia, has a “wealth of experience and he’s been successful in major conferences,” Williams said in a prepared statement.
I realized something important this weekend. I forgot how to be a college student.Well, OK, that’s a lie.
No matter how plentiful it is, chances are you think your sex life is good.And it’s even quite possible you think it’s great.Adam and Eve, a North Carolina-based company that sells adult sexual items, recently released a survey in which 29 percent of participants rated their sexual experiences as “great.”“It is significant that so many people are finding pleasure in their sex lives,” said Katy Zvolerin, a spokeswoman for Adam and Eve.
When the Spartans take the ice tonight, their opponents won’t check as hard as No. 7 Michigan did on Saturday.In fact, they won’t check at all.The nation’s No.
LANSING - Mayor David Hollister boldly emphasized his support of a $388.5 million Lansing School District bond Monday during his eighth State of the City address.Students, educators, residents and elected officials attended the 45-minute speech at Pattengill Middle School, 1017 Jerome St., in Lansing.Hollister chose to deliver his speech from the aging 79-year-old middle school to show support for the bond proposal.“The physical condition of our city’s schools is absolutely unacceptable,” Hollister said.
Apparently I didn’t get the e-mail that the university was conducting open tryouts for the Spartan Hockey Team.
Officials at the Office of Study Abroad are hoping to draw a large crowd for the Spring 2001 Study Abroad Fair.The event will be held from 2 p.m.
MASON - Nestled just south of the Interstate 96 and Okemos Road intersection, a mile or so from the electric signs and cash registers of capitalism, Westwind Farms is a curious picture of rural American life.There, Cammie Cavanaugh reigns supreme, walking with ease and familiarity through red stables, surrounded by barn cats, fences and multicolored horses.You won’t find many saddles around Westwind Farms, though - the farm, 3146 Okemos Road, specializes in miniature horses.
It might not have the same hype as recent years, but for No. 5 MSU and unranked Michigan, tonight’s game still forces an excited state to divide and pick sides.
I would like to quickly address the issue that was raised with regards to RHA’s lack of effort on the issue of peepholes (“Safe living,” SN 1/24). First, I would like to begin by stating a few facts. One, the resolution that RHA passed supporting peepholes was passed unanimously in fall of 1999.
This letter is in response to Beau Taylor’s “Christ was not a civil rights leader” (SN 1/25). Although I have not read the letter Taylor responded to, I feel some of his remarks demand my reply.
D’Ann de Simone’s painting class took an opportunity to weave its way into the community - literally. Members of the class, Studio Art 420, Painting, are just a few of many East Lansing residents who have participated in producing a room-sized tapestry project under the direction of local artist Nancy McRay. The students met Monday in The Art Apartment, 210 Abbott Road, where their contributions were added to numerous materials and objects from community members already woven into the tapestry. McRay said the community’s involvement with the project so far has been overwhelming. “I have this huge sense of responsibility for what’s been given to me,” McRay said.
LANSING - The Lansing Junior City Council Initiative held a kickoff meeting for its Lansing Teen Voter Registration Challenge, 2001, on Monday at a local high school.Members of the initiative explained the challenge to about 10 interested high school students and community members in the Eleanor Dorsem Social Room at Eastern High School, 220 N.
Will somebody please explain to me why people are so dumb?A 13-year-old Connecticut boy was hospitalized Saturday with second- and third-degree burns after allowing himself to be lit on fire.Police reported the boy - with help from a friend - poured gasoline on his feet and legs and had his friend ignite the flames.
Editor’s note: This is the third in a series of four stories profiling the new state and area leaders. Mike Rogers has a sure-fire plan for living in Washington - don’t breathe too much. “There’s something funny about the air,” said Rogers, a Brighton Republican who is serving his first month as the 8th Congressional District representative.