It has all the makings of a box office bomb: an inexperienced, first-time director; expectations of a fatal run because of the flop of other classic television show remakes and nasty rumors about on-set tensions circulating for months before its release.
Bafreen Mizori came to the Ben Harper concert Thursday at Wharton Center hoping to hear the song “Oppression.” But the political science and pre-law junior left having heard a lot more than one great song.“I like music with a message, and ‘Oppression’ is one of the best songs of the decade,” she said.
Tuesday’s election may change the course of Michigan politics - at least for two years.Democrats and Republicans are locked in a political battle for control of the state House, held by the GOP since 1998.
A recent Detroit News/Mitchell poll of 400 likely Michigan voters shows a statistical dead heat between the two leading presidential candidates. The poll, conducted Monday and Tuesday, shows Vice President Al Gore with a slight lead of 45 percent to Texas Gov.
Even mild temperatures didn’t keep a mammoth polar bear from making an appearance behind Wells Hall on Thursday afternoon. In an effort to inform students about the threats of global warming and the United States’ position on the Kyoto Protocol, ECO members stood with a 17-foot inflatable polar bear to attract attention. “We’re out here trying to get signatures on a petition to encourage President Clinton to take a stronger stance on global warming,” said Gabriel Sanchez, a sociology sophomore and member of ECO, an MSU student environmental group. The Kyoto Protocol is a climate-change treaty that requires a worldwide reduction in carbon dioxide.
Last year, hospitality business graduate student Jona Houghtaling needed a summer internship. But instead of scouring the classifieds for a minimum wage job, she attended the School of Hospitality Business Career Expo where she landed eight interviews with companies she was interested in, and was able to pick the one she liked best. “It absolutely helped me,” Houghtaling said.
The fate of ASMSU’s campaign to help fund renovations to the university’s intramural sports facilities will be in its own hands tonight.A proposal to further the project is up for consideration by the undergraduate student government’s Student Assembly.“We are at the end result of phase one,” said Kendall Sykes, ASMSU Student Assembly chairperson.The second phase of the plan would enable ASMSU to consult with architects, seek different methods of funding and perform student surveys to get a better idea of renovation cost estimates.Rick McNeil, assistant director for Intramural Sports and Recreative Services, said one method of funding used throughout the country is the implementing of student fees.
It’s been a hard few weeks. Not because I have had a lot of homework, or I am stressed at work either.
MSU students and area volunteers are doing their part to better the community in school classrooms as part of the Junior Achievement program. In operation since 1919, the program reaches more than 2.7 million elementary, middle and high school students all over the country and almost 100 countries worldwide. Yen Pham, Junior Achievement program manager and an MSU alumna, said she got involved in order to have a bigger impact on the community and the children. “It’s a really great nonprofit organization that does a lot as far as teaching kids about businesses and free enterprise,” Pham said.
Rishi Kundi’s column (“Columnist enlightens ‘U’ about Middle East crisis,” SN 10/18) was unhelpful and misguided.
The lights inside IM Sports-West will stay lit all night Saturday in an effort to ignite hope for children with illnesses. Many MSU students will spend the night for Up ’Til Dawn 2000, a 12-hour fund-raising event for St.
LANSING - Although state and federal government are frequent topics in high school government classes, topics closest to the students are often not discussed. City government issues like how city councils work aren’t covered in government classes, so it’s up to the Student Government Days program to fill the void. The program was started four years ago by Lansing Councilmember Sandy Allen as a way to teach high school students about the inner workings of city government. “City government impacts people so directly,” Allen said.
Carlos Petroni, a national committee member of the Socialist Alternative, addressed immigrant rights and the fight against the World Trade Organization, the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank on Wednesday night.Petroni, who is also the editor of Justice, a California-based socialist newspaper, spoke to fewer than a dozen students at Berkey Hall.The speech was sponsored by the East Lansing branch of the Socialist Alternative and Students for Economic and Social Democracy, an MSU group.English senior Traci Hamilton, a member of Students for Economic and Social Democracy, said Petroni was invited to broaden students views on the world.“Mr. Petroni has quite a unique voice, especially being from Argentina and living in L.A.,” she said.
The issues of vouchers and school choice are hot topics on Tuesday’s ballot, and MSU’s newly founded Education Policy Center has attempted to detail the debate.A report released Oct.
LANSING - Though Ani DiFranco will perform at MSU’s largest on-campus venue next week, she wasn’t always so famous.Ten years ago, she toured the country in her own car, selling her self-produced album as she went.Independent stores, not corporate chains, helped DiFranco get out her music - and its messages.Lansing’s Goldenrod Distribution, 1310 Turner St., was one of these stores.
LANSING - With only days left before the election, two Congress hopefuls made their way to WILX-TV to discuss taxes, anthrax and voter registration.After a strenuous season of debates, state Sens.
A special guest came to a “West Wing” watching party at Case Hall on Wednesday night. And he was good enough, smart enough and doggone people liked him - he’s Al Franken. The party was hosted by state Sen.
I admit it, I’m a Buckeye. Sure, I only lived in Ohio for the first 10 months of my life, but I proudly root for my gridiron heroes from Columbus as though I grew up in the shadow of the Horseshoe. Before I go any further, let me clarify that I consider myself a Spartan fan too.