Ceramics experts have given Sparty an ominous diagnosis - he only has eight years to live if his lifestyle doesn’t change soon. But help is on the way for MSU’s terra-cotta icon, believed to be the world’s tallest free-standing ceramic statue.
Welcome to college. No doubt you’ve gotten hundreds of bits of advice in the last few months. “Always go to class,” the people say.
A reporter asked me the other day if I had found a note on my desk she had left about being reimbursed for mileage to cover a story. I looked at my desk, looked at the reporter and laughed.
A short time ago (and now almost forgotten) in a suburb of Chicago two children were murdered by a handy man who had worked in their home for 10 years.
Along with the recent inflation of rent, gas and tuition, pizza joints might soon make their own raid into students’ pocketbooks. Domino’s Pizza is considering raising the cost of a hot, delivered pizza.
I came across Drew Harmon’s recent column, “Time to let go of hopes for better things, let apathetic do as they please,” (SN 8/7) and Rishi Kundi’s, “Loss of faith in public encouragement doesn’t bode well,” (SN 8/8) during my most recent bout with insomnia.
Local coffeehouse patrons have truly struck a mighty blow against the evil of Satan. His influence spreads everywhere - even to local percolation stations. Paintings deemed “disturbing” and “satanic” were removed from the walls of The Cappuccino Café, 1500 W.
The end of the summer is approaching, and with it, the end of an era. It’s time for some of us to leave.
As some of us know, last Monday the character of Timmy died on an episode of “Passions,” a popular soap opera.
And I’m back. After spending five weeks in the United Kingdom, I’m writing this column while flying over Northern Canada, waiting for the last three hours to pass on my direct flight from London to Detroit.
I was shocked to see the “Forced worship” editorial in The State News on Wednesday, August 7, 2002.
Beginning this week, some workers in Ingham County will get a breath of fresh air as a countywide ban on smoking in break-rooms used by smokers and nonsmokers alike takes effect.
Ceramics experts have given Sparty an ominous diagnosis - he only has eight years to live if his lifestyle doesn’t change soon. But help is on the way for MSU’s terra-cotta icon, believed to be the world’s tallest free-standing ceramic statue.
I followed with some interest the recent columns by Drew Harmon, “Time to let go of hopes for better things, let apathetic do as they please,” (SN 8/7), and Rishi Kundi, “Loss of faith in public encouragement doesn’t bode well,” (SN 8/8). The question of student apathy generally focuses around causes, or “why don’t those idiots care about what’s going on?” I would suggest that there are two reasons: Many students have the incorrect perception that local and state politics don’t affect them much, and the correct perception that they can’t do much about it anyway. For the effects of local politics, consider that many local initiatives (such as the Capital Area Transportation Authority question of last Tuesday’s vote) affect property taxes, which directly affect rent.
On this page yesterday was a column written by my editor, Drew Harmon (“Time to let go of hopes for better things, let apathetic do as they please,” SN 8/7), in which he announced his surrender to the apathy that has devoured this university, this city and this country. The piece was well-written, funny and engaging, and Drew’s point couldn’t have been clearer.
As election officials continued to count votes into Wednesday afternoon from the day before’s primary, some criticized state measures that require ballots thrown out in past elections to be examined more closely. Detroit election officials said a state-mandated program that identifies flawed ballots slowed down the counting of absentee ballots.
I’m no stranger to the near-illicit thrill that is giving money away to already-rich establishments - I mean, gambling.
The consequences of Gov. John Engler’s vetoes of more than $850 million in state payments to local governments is started to be driven home. East Lansing city officials began looking hard at the numbers this week, and started talking about how they can make up for $4.6 million in lost state-aid.
Everyone has that certain roommate. The one who doesn’t clean the bathroom, ever. The one who eats your food and drinks your beer.
It is disappointing to see the hip-hop theme night at Old Town’s Spiral Video Dance Bar end because of the ludicrous lack of judgment of a single person that early Thursday morning.