Eco's plan for "green energy" is promising and could put MSU on the cutting edge of conservation, but funding the endeavor with a student tax is not a good idea. The $5 tax Eco seeks to impose might be small by itself, but the list of taxes that students already pay adds up fast.
MSU's leaders are expected to be upstanding citizens with honor, honesty and integrity that students and faculty members can trust.
MSU students and faculty members will get the chance to speak out on the nation's ongoing conflict with Iraq, and it's high time it happened. With a momentous conflict brewing abroad - and fear of its repercussions spilling across international borders - the time has come for leaders of a world-connected university to begin a dialogue with the community. On Tuesday, members of MSU's Executive Committee of Academic Council decided to set aside time after its Nov.
It wasn't until 1920 that the 19th Amendment granted women the right to vote. Although it's not surprising that it took this long to see a female legislator elected to lead her party in Congress, women's leadership days were long overdue. U.S.
A delay in the Academic Governance system's endeavor to see gender identity included in MSU's anti-discrimination policy demonstrates the need for education and understanding of gender identity issues.
It seems that if city leaders could have their way, all of East Lansing would be like a scene out of the "Twilight Zone" or "Pleasantville" - eerily quiet and nuclear. On Tuesday, city officials presented the East Lansing City Council with several plans to reduce noise violations, highlighted by ideas of a Responsible Landlord Council and quiet zones in the city.
Mark Twain once said, "Honesty is the best policy - when there is money in it." Though spoken more than 100 years ago, this statement bears great relevance today in the age of corporate scandals, including at Enron Corp.
Smokers beware - your days of smoking in your own room might be numbered. MSU is on track to be the last remaining Big Ten university to designate rooms in its residence halls by smoking preference.
If two campus groups have their way, MSU administrators will help breathe life into their ideas and campus could be a lot greener in the future. But these groups have different hopes.
Elected officials, whether they are Republican, Democrat or from a third party, should work with the future in mind rather than the past; they should try to unite rather than divide.
Neck-and-neck races and too-close-to-call elections are becoming all too commonplace these days, proving once again that every vote counts. All registered voters should head to the polls instead of submitting to the trend of ignoring their right and civic duty with lame excuses like “One vote doesn’t really matter.” A lack of votes can severely affect the results of a race and determine the outcome.
Students at Texas A&M University want to revive a 90-year-old tradition that was put on hold after a fatal accident several years ago, and Aggie administrators should seriously consider one group’s efforts and hopes to rekindle old flames. Traditionally, Texas A&M students held a bonfire each year on the eve of their team’s football game against its intrastate rival - the University of Texas - but the tradition came to a halt in 1999 when a 59-foot-high bonfire tower collapsed during construction.
With the GOP set to control both chambers of Congress, President Bush might be tempted to push his foreign policy issues involving Iraq and terrorism more heavily. The Republican conquest of Congress in Tuesday’s election is like a storm cloud brewing over current European allies, who might disagree with Bush’s approach to world affairs. Essentially, Bush should be careful about decisions made regarding use of American military force.
The University of Michigan came down with a heavy hand on its athletic department. The harsh punishment is a sad reminder of the embarrassment that comes when universities allow games to get out of hand. U-M announced Thursday it would forfeit all men’s basketball victories accumulated during the 1992-1993 season and from fall 1995 to spring 1999, return $450,000 to the NCAA for money earned by tournament appearances during those years, remove related championship banners from Crisler Arena and disqualify itself from the 2003 postseason.
In August 1998, a Manistee woman spent four days in jail for making an anti-Hispanic slur outside of a Pepper Mill restaurant.
With most of Michigan’s government set to be dominated by Republicans after Tuesday’s election, its seems the governor-elect will have a tough road ahead of her. But it doesn’t have to be that way.
While lately it seems people only talk about MSU’s losses on the football field, students have the chance to collectively garner a win against the Nittany Lions. The ninth annual MSU-Penn State Blood Challenge began Monday and will run until Nov.
Athletics Director Ron Mason didn’t only dismiss MSU’s football coach when he fired Bobby Williams on Monday; he fired a quarter of the black head coaches in Division I-A college football. That’s because Williams was only one of four blacks among the 117 head coaches in the top tier of the game. So no one should be surprised to see questions about race arising out of the ashes of MSU’s nearly dismantled football program. MSU Trustee Joel Ferguson, who is black, was quick to come to Williams’ defense Monday, claiming the university is doing a disservice to its diversity efforts by not giving the coach the same opportunities his predecessors had to improve the football program. “Since I have been an adult, MSU has had a reputation for fairness to minorities,” Ferguson said.
Jamie Spencer was in-line skating at a Bay City park when police made her take a Breathalyzer test in August 2001.
The Green and White is looking a little black and blue these days. But the good news is Athletics Director Ron Mason started the healing process Monday after firing Bobby Williams from his head coaching job. When asked if he had lost control of his 3-6 team, Williams told Mason, “I don’t know.” It seems Williams had. Three of four team captains have run into serious trouble this season - junior quarterback Jeff Smoker is suspended indefinably as he battles a substance abuse problem; senior tailback Dawan Moss was cut after being charged Sunday with drunken driving and eluding police; and junior center Brian Ottney was benched for foul trouble. Only senior safety Thomas Wright remains a steady figure on the field - knock on wood. But we wish the problems ended with the team’s leadership. Junior defensive end Greg Taplin was suspended from Saturday’s game against the University of Michigan for breaking unspecified team training rules and sophomores linebacker James Cooper and running back Jason Bradley quit the team voluntarily. And the rap sheet gets even longer when you factor in incidents the occurred before this season: • Sophomore defensive end Clifford Dukes found himself in court facing charges that he assaulted someone at an October 2001 fraternity party.