When nostalgic movies about the 1990s and the ’00s come out in another decade, cassette tapes may be something for teenagers of the future to laugh at.
Meridian Twp. - When Jacobson’s reopens today at Meridian Mall, it will open its doors to more than just clientele.The new store, 1982 W.
The School of Music’s newest cello professor, Suren Bagratuni, is acclimating to East Lansing.“I love it here,” Bagratuni said.
Two years ago, Annie Scott turned her teeth orange. The hospitality business senior wasn’t demonstrating her holiday spirit. She had eaten too many Halloween Oreos. “I started eating them and I was like, ‘Wow, these are really good,’ and 20 minutes later, I smiled at someone and my teeth were orange,” she said. The orange cookies are part of a growing list of specialty foods only available during the Halloween season.
Ford Motor Co.’s image is totaled. The automaker was ordered Wednesday by a California state judge to recall as many as 1.7 million Ford cars and trucks.
Jessica Hanchett doesn’t really look the part.At first glance, she offers the appearance of a typical MSU student - donning a pink T-shirt with carpenter jeans and black sunglasses, she talks about Spartan football, math class and going out with friends on Friday nights.But there’s one characteristic the engineering senior doesn’t often display: She is a seven-time national champion horseback rider.“I have never been that type,” Hanchett, 21, said of letting the world know she’s a horseback rider.“I only dress in western wear for when I ride.”Since 1994, Hanchett has had constant success in the sport.
Rapper Lil’ Kim will not be making the trip to MSU this Homecoming weekend.The Oct. 15 show featuring the risqué song stylist has been cancelled because it took ASMSU, the event’s sponsor and university’s undergraduate student government, too long to seek insurance coverage to ensure safety of those attending.“We couldn’t get insurance from anybody,” said Kendall Sykes, ASMSU Student Assembly chairperson.The student government allocated $50,000 on Sept.
I found reading a State News editorial to be interesting (“Hard drive,” SN 9/28). I did not know about the attempts from artists to have schools block the Napster server.
Jennifer Martino should be making last-minute plans for her wedding Saturday. Instead, the MSU alumna is grieving the death of a friend. Brandon D’Annunzio, who was severely beaten outside an East Lansing bar last week, died Wednesday afternoon. He was supposed to be in Martino’s wedding party.
The gulf between the presidential candidates was tightened Wednesday night - physically at least.Unlike the first presidential debate, Vice President Al Gore and Texas Gov.
Children in the tri-county area will get a chance to experience science hands-on Nov. 4 at the Elementary Science Olympiad, hosted by Lansing Community College. Unlike Science Olympiad competitions for children in older grades, the event isn’t competitive but just a chance for students to learn more about science, said Mary Brown, a biology professor at LCC and a Science Olympiad co-director at the college. “It’s an opportunity to get kids involved in science,” she said.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - Al Gore criticized Gov. George W. Bush’s record in Texas in debate Wednesday night, saying he blocked hate crimes legislation and presides over a state that ranks last in health insurance for families.
They arrived at 10:15 a.m. Wednesday to display pie graphs, set up tables brimming with free pamphlets and bread rolls, and to inflate giant plastic puppets - some 15 feet tall.The Bread Not Stones Peacefest, sponsored by Pax Christi USA, was at the rock on Farm Lane calling for a redistribution of 15 percent of the Pentagon’s budget - which is currently allotted to the military - to be used for human needs such as health care, education and Head Start programs.“We are the people who will redirect military spending - and we are on the march,” said the Rev.
This past week, campus organizations allocated $3,190.57 to various student groups, including: The Residence Halls Association allocated $500 to the RHA special events fund to help pay for the Sponsorship Network, a conference about raising money for corporate sponsors for student groups. The event took place Oct.
The pre-20th century scientific and industrial revolutions opened a Pandora’s box that individuals must work to close with their own imaginations.That was the message Australian author James Cowan brought to MSU on Wednesday night at the Union Gold Room in a lecture entitled “Creativity, Technology and Spirituality.”“Every one of you should enter his own individual monastery and enter a state of stillness,” Cowan said.Cowan spoke before a group of about 50 students, faculty and others about his experiences in Italy working on his forthcoming book, “Francis: A Saint’s Way.” He retraced the steps of St.
ASMSU has recovered most of the stolen equipment swiped during a Labor Day weekend burglary. Among the items recovered from the break-in of the university’s undergraduate student government offices were two computer monitors, three RAM chips, a computer tower, a hard drive and a video card.
I am writing in response to Ellen Sciba’s letter to the editor printed in The State News (“Rock article was not newsworthy,” SN 10/10). After reading Sciba’s letter I couldn’t help but scratch my head in wonderment at how a journalism senior could view the events that transpired with regards to the rock in such a shallow, narrow and superficial light.
Increasing faculty salaries, minority student retention and building renovations were all among university topics discussed at a candidates’ forum Tuesday night.MSU Board of Trustees candidates Democrats Cal Rapson and incumbent Dorothy Gonzales, Republican incumbent Scott Romney and Libertarian Michael Miller attended the forum.
Izzone members and basketball fans from all over won’t be the only people flocking to the Breslin Student Events Center on Friday. The men’s and women’s basketball teams and their coaches will be on hand for “The Main Event,” a midnight scrimmage that will kick off the 2000-2001 basketball seasons.
With the Spartan offense sputtering lately, offensive coordinator Morris Watts said both quarterbacks, freshman Jeff Smoker and junior Ryan Van Dyke, will play Saturday against Wisconsin.