ORIGINAL LEAK In 2003, classified intelligence about the war in Iraq was leaked New York Times reporter Judith Miller. ADDITIONAL LEAK In September 2003, President George W.
Students might have thought they knew the general racial makeup of dorms on MSU's campus. And as it turns out, they were right. There's been a lot of talk recently about segregation in MSU's residence halls. Most students will tell you Hubbard Hall is where the most black students live, Chicano and Latino students live in Akers Hall and McDonel Hall has the most international students.
For a lot of us, the memory of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks is still fresh in our minds. There are reminders everywhere of what happened. Every Sept.
Sam Singh is making the effort to meet with students. And his effort is much appreciated. The mayor of East Lansing has held a dinner and discussions on campus to meet more students. He also was part of a discussion on campus last week with students and East Lansing police officers to talk about student concerns and will host three more free dinners on campus. Singh also wants people to learn more about biodiesel fuel, which is why he and band member of rock 'n' roll band Guster were on campus Thursday to talk about the fuel.
In the struggle to balance the city's budget, Lansing officials might tell neighboring communities to pay up when Lansing firefighters and police help them out in emergencies.
You've experienced it. Disrespectful. Disruptive. Obnoxious. The annoying guy next to you on the bus.
Everyone learns differently. For some students, a lengthy lecture sends them off into a drooling stupor, unable to concentrate and learn.
Twelve ounces of Mountain Dew: 55 milligrams of caffeine. Five ounces of brewed coffee: 115 milligrams of caffeine. One ounce of dark chocolate: 20 milligrams of caffeine. One tablet of cold relief medication: 30 milligrams of caffeine. There are hundreds of ways to get a caffeine buzz. And with plenty of coffee shops scattered around downtown East Lansing, a cup o' joe shouldn't be too hard to locate either. Students pack into cafes toting laptops and textbooks and purchase cup after cup of coffee.
Eighteen classroom projectors owned by the Instructional Media Center have been stolen this year from campus, totaling more than $93,000 in stolen goods. That number is more than twice the amount of projectors that were taken in 2005, worrying some campus officials about how to stop this crime wave.
The day before the MSU Board of Trustees holds its public meetings on Fridays, trustees meet in private to talk about the issues they will face the next day. The meetings on Thursdays are not open to the public or the news media.
Qualified and safe employees are important in all fields, but especially when they're caring for our loved ones. MSU researchers have created a system to prevent bad care in nursing homes, home care and hospices.
Yeah, the Red Cedar River looks gross and unappetizing. But it's not as bad as it seems. And East Lansing is actually dealing with pollution problems as much as it can. About $40 million is being used to improve the management of pollution and water discharge in East Lansing. East Lansing's Wastewater Treatment Plant had 14 violations of a state-issued permit from July 2003 to December 2004, according to a report released by the U.S.
A local fraternity house is the latest casualty in East Lansing's goal of creating more business in the downtown.
Debating, discussing and being introduced to an array of different religions can benefit MSU's student body. A study was recently conducted, which involved more than 40,000 faculty at 421 higher education institutions and measured their college faculty members' level of spirituality and how it might integrate into their teaching methods. The stereotype that university faculty members are not spiritual was opposed through research results said Jennifer Lindholm, the project director and lead researcher on the study. The study found out that 81 percent of college faculty members in the nation consider themselves spiritual. Although religion should not be preached to students by any professor at a public university, religious discussion can lead to more open-minded and understanding students.
Have things really gotten better? Taken at face value, the East Lansing crime statistics released Monday show that violent crimes are down, but citations for open alcohol violations are on the rise. Of course, those numbers can't be looked at in a vacuum, considering the laws that were changed over alcohol and tailgating on campus last year. According to the statistics, aggravated assaults decreased from 157 in 2004 to 34 in 2005, but open alcohol citations are at a 10-year high. The number of citations given out for underage possession of alcohol increased from 744 in 2004 to 1,141 in 2005. East Lansing police officers have also noticed more drinking in East Lansing as well as partying, but the number of serious crimes was the lowest it's been in a decade. We might be getting more drunk, but we're not as violent. The numbers on their own don't tell the whole picture of what it's like to live in East Lansing and the level of crime.
The members of the MSU Board of Trustees should chew their food and bite their tongues — or start inviting the public to their $800 dinners. Board members often meet at Cowles House the night before their monthly public meeting to enjoy an expensive dinner and drinks.
There are millions of illegal immigrants in America. And if currently debated legislation is passed in the Senate, they could be on their way to becoming citizens.
You might have seen a person running around campus in a duck costume last week. But did you know why? The random duck sporting an ASMSU T-shirt was meant to promote the 2006 student elections for both the undergraduate student government and the Residence Halls Association.
More than 1,500 teachers in the Detroit Public Schools protested in a way that would show their unhappiness with the school district Wednesday.
You've probably seen them around campus by now. Instead of green Dodge Dakotas that made everyone scramble to put more change in the meters, there are six brand-new, shiny, extended-cab Dodge Dakotas to help parking enforcers get around. The MSU Department of Police and Public Safety Parking Services has upgraded its 2002 vehicles to the newest 2006 models. Given that $2 million of the department's funding is from parking tickets, it might appear to many students that their misfortune paid for those new vehicles. Due to constant low-speed driving and the increased amount of seat wear from parking enforcers getting in and out of the vehicles, parking officials said the upgrade was needed. But the necessity depends on how you look at it. For students who drive and park on campus, the lack of legal and cheap areas to park is made worse by parking enforcers who are sometimes pitiless and "just doing their job." In "Showdown at the meter" (SN 2/28), it's clear that parking enforcers are not popular and sometimes the target of drivers' anger (spitting, yelling and lifting a vehicle while the enforcer was still inside). It would seem that anyone who has ever paid a ticket would have a stake in how it was spent.