ANN ARBOR - Mike Muse had a question for Vice President Al Gore in mind for awhile. On Tuesday afternoon the Lansing native got to ask it.The University of Michigan student posed that question during the MTV and Time magazine “Choose or Lose 2000” forum at U-M.
Don’t even think about parking next to that handicapped space. A new state law taking effect Oct.
The Residence Halls Association will hear both sides of a debate about plans for a proposed student greenhouse at its general assembly meeting today.The meeting will be in the Essex Underground of Wilson Hall at 7 p.m.RHA pledged support for a student project last year in an effort to replace a greenhouse taken down in 1998.The project received approval from the university, but was amended later.
Krysten McCully didn’t know she’d spend part of her day rolling around inside a human-sized bowling ball after class Tuesday afternoon.But that was just one activity she and many other students enjoyed at the Sports Illustrated Campus Fest, which will continue today behind the rock on Farm Lane.“This whole thing is really great,” McCully, a pre-vet freshman, said.
MSU President M. Peter McPherson hopes if he studies the past enough he’ll be able to repeat it.He presented his plan about the university’s future Tuesday to the Academic Council - the highest body in the Academic Governance system - by looking back at the successes of the university’s past.
My name is David Kost, and I’m running for Ingham County sheriff. I recently received a registered letter from Sheriff Gene Wriggelsworth stating that I was given a 60-day involuntary unpaid leave of absence.
I could not have been happier to see Amanda Clapp’s column (“Girlie magazines destroy teenage girls’ self-esteem,” SN 9/25). Too many girls these days fall victim to the traps set by the media.
Backed by successes on the silver screen, several filmmakers are trying their hand at television production with new shows starting on FOX this season.“Dark Angel,” produced by “Titanic” director James Cameron, and “Freakylinks,” supported by Gregg Hale, a producer of “The Blair Witch Project” and David S.
Throughout the fourth quarter of Saturday’s MSU-Notre Dame game, a number of Spartans on the sideline were waving four fingers in the air.The gesture represents No.
I found Dave Wirth’s letter an embarrassment to himself (“ Runners shouldn’t sweat cat-calling,” SN 9/18). I am surprised that anyone would sit down and carefully type out the display of ignorance that was Wirth’s letter.
East Lansing School District bond proposals totaling more than $66 million will be voted upon today at 14 locations across the city. If the proposals are passed, the money will be used to renovate and remodel the high school and build a new pool. In December 1999, a similar bond was proposed but was voted down.
Why is it that every weekday I see Charles Schulz’s signature on a comic with the current date?
Michigan liquor sales have risen in the past year, but no one’s quite sure why people are stocking up their liquor cabinets more than usual.Sam Fawaz, owner of Jackpot Party Store, 2922 S.
Run to the library, catch a better book and kiss this story line goodbye - “Run Catch Kiss” by Amy Sohn (Scribner Paperback Fiction, $12) falls far short of its potential. Just out of college, Ariel Steiner, 22, is an aspiring actress in New York City who becomes discouraged after being cast in “fat-girl” roles and after going on countless letdown auditions. The novel tells of a young woman with low self-esteem who essentially sells herself to the lowest bidder to make extra money.
An East Lansing business is bringing large-company internships to students.After its initial opening in June, Internship USA, 541 E.
Students looking to embark on a new career after graduation will soon have an additional resource available to them, thanks in part to the university. The MSU Career Services & Placement will offer a report Wednesday that some say will help make students aware of more career opportunities available in the Lansing and East Lansing area. Lansing’s office of Manpower Inc., the largest staffing firm in the world, will release the report, which was researched and designed by two MSU students.
About 30 people gathered Monday to watch the dedication of the Central Clock Tower to the city of East Lansing.The clock tower, located at the intersection of M.A.C.
The accident occurred at 2:16 a.m. The women were crossing the intersection westbound when they were struck by a red Dodge Neon. The vehicle, driven by a white male suspect, then fled west on Abbott. A 22-year-old female from Jeddo, Michigan and a 23-year-old female from Saginaw, Michigan were treated at the scene by the East Lansing Fire Department and transported to Sparrow Hospital in Lansing with minor injuries. Police are still searching for the Neon.
MSU will not block the music-sharing service Napster, according to a university letter released Friday.