Although MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon has closed the door on discussions about recalling Archbishop Desmond Tutu for this spring’s commencement address, many people have expressed concern about the South African activist.
Suspended MSU running back Glenn Winston must serve 180 days in jail for his role in an off-campus brawl last October, a judge ruled Tuesday in East Lansing’s 54-B District Court.
Thanks to comments at statenews.com regarding my previous letter, For safety purposes, bike riders should stay off roads” (SN 4/10), I have learned a lot of information.
A 25-year-old male student reported the front grill of his vehicle and the housing portions of its side mirrors damaged Thursday afternoon in the basement of the Shaw Ramp, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
MSU’s Residence Halls Association and Impact (89-FM) will continue to operate after students voted to pass tax referendums for both organizations. Both taxes must be approved by students every three years.
A historic week for MSU golfer Jack Newman ended Friday after he fell three strokes short of making the cut at the Masters in Augusta, Ga. Newman, a junior on the MSU men’s golf team, shot a four-over-par 76 in his second round, leaving him four over par through two rounds. The cut was one over par.
Students who planned on living in Owen Graduate Hall during the summer will have to pack their bags and move out as the residence hall undergoes a $10 million face-lift, expected to be completed by Aug. 1.
Graduating seniors might be heading into the “perfect storm” this May as they enter the job market. That’s what Philip Gardner, director of the Collegiate Employment Research Institute at MSU, said he fears for the spring 2009 graduating class.
Members of the MSU basketball teams weren’t the only Spartans who attained the Sweet Sixteen this year. International relations junior Nada Zohdy is the sixteenth student from MSU to receive the Truman Scholarship, which provides money for graduate school to students who demonstrate leadership, said Tara Yglesias, deputy executive secretary for the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation.
As MSU’s transgender housing policy rounds off its first year of operation, a student is taking the first steps toward a policy that would expand gender-neutral housing to a campus-wide scale, allowing any two students of the opposite sex the option to room together.
The East Lansing SmartZone already was an incubator for multiple small technological business start-ups, but officials said it will receive a welcome boost when MSU Technologies moves in adjacent to the East Lansing Technology Innovation Center.
For members of MSU’s lesbian, bisexual, gay and transgender — or LBGT — community, this week is all about pride. Pride Week, which kicked off Friday, gives the LBGT community the chance to celebrate themselves in a more open way.
About 10 minutes after her team’s season-ending loss to Iowa State, MSU women’s basketball head coach Suzy Merchant located a TV backstage at Haas Pavilion. For the first of what would prove to be many times, Merchant relived the anguishing final 87 seconds of the game. Since the March 28 loss, Merchant estimates she’s replayed the conclusion of the game at least 500 times.
The MSU women’s tennis team had a chance to send its seniors out with one final home win. With Purdue and MSU tied 3-3 overall on Senior Day, the win would be decided at No. 1 singles, where the match went deep into the third set.
The MSU softball team nearly captured its first Big Ten victory Sunday but lost control in the last few innings, losing to Indiana 5-2 in extra innings, its seventh-straight loss. The Spartans were bolstered early by strong pitching by senior Megan Hair. Hair was nearly flawless through the first four innings, not giving up a hit and allowing only three Hoosiers to reach base.
Kim Dyer’s letter, PETA does not actually care about treatment of animals (SN 4/9), contained false information about our work to stop animal suffering.
Thanks to comments at statenews.com regarding my previous letter, For safety purposes, bike riders should stay off roads (SN 4/10), I have learned a lot of information.
While driving on campus Friday I noticed there were a lot of bicyclists on the streets. Then I remembered the protest to take back the streets in response to the column Bicyclists need to stay on sidewalk (SN 4/9) that I had seen advertised by sidewalk chalking.
Debating animal rights is never an easy conversation, especially when the detractor happens to be chowing down on a turkey or ham sandwich during the debate. When your lunch is your opposition, it’s hard to feel sympathy. But the central question we need to ask ourselves is, “Is an animal a person?”
It’s a difficult market to do anything with a home aside from foreclosing it, but a proposed ordinance placed before the East Lansing City Council could make life easier on homeowners looking to sell.