Putting on face paint, riding a unicycle and juggling may not seem like proper ways to get the message out about the dangers of drugs and alcohol - but Bill Ross gets the job done. The clown, juggler and professional actor will be bringing his talents to MSU today for his show, “Last Call: A Sobering Look at Alcohol Abuse.” The 8 p.m.
Natheer Brifkani said the day he gets the right to vote will be one of the best days of his life.“The good thing here is more freedom, more democracy,” said Brifkani, a Kurdish refugee from northern Iraq who calls Lansing home.
It’s been three years since psychology freshman Karen King was murdered while on winter break.And on Sunday, several fraternities, sororities and athletes came to campus to remember Saginaw’s King - and to play some soccer.The Chi Omega sorority sponsored the first annual Karen King Chi Omega Kick Off, with 17 fraternities participating.
Vice President Al Gore might not be asking President Clinton to campaign much for him these days.But that didn’t stop the Democrat presidential nominee from enlisting the help of television’s most popular commander in chief.Martin Sheen, who plays President Josiah Bartlet in NBC’s award-winning TV drama “The West Wing,” strolled onto campus Saturday to stump for Gore and several Michigan Democrats involved in high-stake races.“As acting president of the United States of America, I am glad to announce that Nov.
Ziehl Kavanaght’s teammates call him “Frenchie.”Mike Labinjo misses his favorite ketchup chips.And Luc Mullinder doesn’t get to eat West Indian food anymore.These are just some of the transitions three Canadian natives on MSU’s football team deal with in a foreign country.Kavanaght, a Brossard, Quebec native, has had the toughest transition because of the language barrier.
ANN ARBOR - Rustyn Dolyny landed the only blow of a heavyweight bout between No. 6 MSU and No. 1 Michigan, as the Spartans upended the top-ranked Wolverines 1-0 Saturday at Yost Ice Arena. The senior right winger’s goal and another spectacular game by sophomore goaltender Ryan Miller led the Spartans to their first win in Ann Arbor since Oct.
More than 100 MSU students and community members were running, walking and rolling Sunday in a race to support the St.
COLUMBUS, Ohio - MSU jumped to a 13-3 lead in the first quarter. Then Ohio State racked up 24 unanswered points to win 27-13 Saturday at Ohio Stadium.Buckeye running back Derek Combs, who rushed for 153 yards and a touchdown, and Ohio State’s capitalization on three MSU turnovers led to the Spartans’ demise.Freshman Jeff Smoker made his first start at quarterback since the Sept.
Despite the return of senior outside hitter Sarah Gustin and a career night from freshman outside hitter Jenny Rood, the MSU volleyball team lost to Illinois on Friday night.“You can’t have a couple players come to play, you’ve got to have everybody,” MSU head coach Chuck Erbe said.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
In the past several years, the issue of funding university sports programs has resulted in lawsuits.
LANSING - Upon arrival at MSU, most freshmen are overwhelmed by campus and East Lansing. The trek from south campus to Grand River Avenue can seem exhausting.
Two titans will collide in Ann Arbor on Saturday, and it won’t be at the Big House.Top-ranked Michigan (6-0-2) and sixth-ranked MSU (4-1-1) will square off at Yost Ice Arena in the first of four meetings of the teams this season.“The Michigan game is always important,” MSU senior center Andrew Bogle said.
Frank Maynard doesn’t look at the recent Ben Folds Five breakup as a tragedy, but more as an opportunity for each member to shine.“From what I understand, they decided they had done their course of what they wanted to do as a trio,” the Novi resident said.
Noam Zissman is a second lieutenant in the Israeli Defense Force Infantry, and he says he’s currently fighting not one, but two wars while he serves his country in the battle with Palestine. One war, he says, is in the field while the other one is against the media that many feel says Israel has already lost the battle. Zissman and Moran Kalinsky, both 20-year-old military officers, were at the Union on Wednesday night to answer questions from the MSU community and other guests about what life is like in the midst of a bloody battle. Kalinsky is a first lieutenant and a deputy commander of a basic training base.