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.
The Cadillac Escalade, the Ford Expedition, the Lincoln Navigator. Top-of-the-line sport utility vehicles are the newest, most popular vehicles on the market, meeting consumer demands of size, safety and quality. These SUVs are eye-catching and you may look good driving them, but those who own these vehicles fail to realize how they affect carbon dioxide emissions or how much money they waste on gas. King-size SUVs such as the Escalade and Navigator are among the worst gas mileage models of the new 2002 passenger vehicles, as rated by the Environmental Protection Agency.
“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.
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.
I can remember when they used to let me board my plane at Detroit Metropolitan Airport with my Leatherman tool.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The area surrounding the Sparty statue is a death zone for pedestrians and drivers traversing Kalamazoo Street.
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.
America was attacked.The innocent lives of countless Americans were lost as the result of acts of violence incomprehensible to most people.
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.
For many students who have felt threatened or faced sexual assault, the green light emergency phones scattered around campus are a welcome sight.
Call me a dreamer, but I don’t think it is necessary for people to be confined to labels or the categories placed on them by others.