I came to MSU as an assistant professor in fall 1966 and have been fortunate since that time to attend many exciting sporting events, including being in the stands for the 1966 game against Notre Dame, and in Indianapolis for the Final Four tournament two years ago. At the urging of our daughter, I attended my first women’s volleyball game in Jenison Field House recently.
“Celebrate indigenous people. We were here 1st.” That was the painting that adorned the rock on Farm Lane as I walked home from class Monday.
In the weeks following Sept. 11, America has rallied around its charities as they’ve sought to heal the wounds left from the attacks on New York and Washington.It’s in the spirit of helping those that have helped us that the state Senate gave final approval Tuesday to a measure creating a state license plate to benefit the Red Cross and the Salvation Army.
State News columnist Eric Lacy congratulates MSU head coach Bobby Williams for taking the football team onto the field for the nationally televised pregame memorial for the victims of Sept.
In the last three weeks Congress has been working quite diligently to pass legislation, the vast majority relating to the events of Sept.
America. The land of the free, and the home of the brave. Those familiar words rang in the back of my mind as I watched in horror at Sept.
May’s closing of Bagel-Fragel Deli, and the gradual disappearance of other locally owned stores in East Lansing, brings about a sense of loss to many students and longtime community members.
It is now 11:45 on a Friday night, but I have a very important exam next week. I am hunched over a computer in the Main Library here on campus.
I was delighted to see your article on local music in Friday’s State News (“Broken melody”10/5). But I wasn’t at all surprised by what I found in the content. Any exposure for local bands is great, but it seems as though every time there is an article on local music, the same bands are mentioned.
As the United States adds another armed conflict to its list of battles through the years, the American public and the media begin clamoring for all the information that can be found. In an intense campaign where information is paramount to success, how much can we really expect to know? President Bush has told us many times in various addresses that this will not be a war like what we’re used to.
I can remember when they used to let me board my plane at Detroit Metropolitan Airport with my Leatherman tool.
I’m surprised someone finally spoke out about an issue I find somewhat prominent: misguided religious fanaticism. Craig Gunn’s assessment of atrocities carried out in the name of religion is accurate (“Time for the dissolution of organized religion,” SN 10/4). While I’m not a religious person, I do think religion can be a good institution when it isn’t being moderated by fundamentalist demagogues.
America was attacked.The innocent lives of countless Americans were lost as the result of acts of violence incomprehensible to most people.
For the last three weeks, the Bush administration has been warning Taliban officials they had better accede to our country’s demands, “or else.” Sunday, the first wave of our “or else” struck targets in Afghanistan, including the capital city of Kabul. B-2 stealth bombers and cruise missiles were used in attacks throughout the Texas-sized nation beginning about 12:30 p.m.
Budget problems in Michigan have affected everything from higher education to the drive for an Internet sales tax. Firefighters stand to receive the latest fiscal hit if the Legislature doesn’t restore a $7.4 million fire protection grant.
We at Alpha Tau Omega were also disappointed to see our American flag at the rock on Farm Lane painted over in white with our letters displayed (“Wrong to paint over U.S.
We all became aware of a cowardly and shameful act recently. No, not an attack by terrorists, but the disgraceful surrendering of the MSU Board of Trustees to President M.
I am writing in response to Bobbyjoe Glover’s letter regarding the new concealed weapons law (“Fewer CCW permits doesn’t mean safer,” SN 10/1). The writer says in the end of his letter, “I have to reply, prove it.” After I read Glover’s letter, I have to reply, you’ve proved nothing. Glover states Macomb County has had a drop in violent crimes since 1995.
The area surrounding the Sparty statue is a death zone for pedestrians and drivers traversing Kalamazoo Street.
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility was perplexed by your Sept. 28 editorial, “Meets quality.” Your newspaper missed the boat on a number of issues the Ingham County Health Department water report that may affect the health of all county residents. The State News inaccurately stated that all critical information was included in the county brochure.