The other day I turned on the TV to find it on CNN. Before I turned the channel to check on the score of the latest Tigers meltdown, I saw something that disgusted me just as much as the Tigers game.
Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, said that illegal immigrants killed 12 Americans daily, not 25. This of course doesn’t make either statistic any better. We should definitely address the issue of illegal immigration in America, but I don’t think building a wall to keep immigrants out or denying some amnesty will do it. If someone wants to get over that wall, they’ll find a way.
The conduct at the football games this year is abysmal. I don’t see how threading a curse word into every chant gives our team leverage, or anything, for that matter, besides a bad reputation. Tom Izzo and Mark Dantonio, two of the most esteemed figures at this university, have asked us to show respect and class, yet our chants grow more vulgar and disrepectful every year. Even the band, who prelude our first down chant, is changing up the music just to keep our mouths shut.
Michigan lost 16,000 workers in August alone. While the unemployment rate in the rest of the nation decreased in August, Michigan’s jobless rate increased from 7 to 7.4 percent. Whether by preference or force, students are racing across state borders as soon as they get a diploma in their hands, and the decaying automobile industry – once the bread-and-butter of the state’s economy – continues to haunt us.
I started as an MSU freshman in the fall of 1999, right after the fabled Duke Final Four riots. I remember the insane police presence on campus. We had National Guard tanks in Cedar Village during the Michigan game. I got tear gassed trying to cross the street near my apartment my junior year (I was sober, for the record). Along with most students, I found the police efforts to curb drinking insulting and barbaric. It’s good to see that not much has changed since I graduated in 2003.
Papa John’s Pizza is leaving its slice of East Lansing at 1105 E. Grand River Ave. With the closing, the chain store’s Lansing location at 1522 E. Michigan Ave. will deliver pizzas to East Lansing and campus residents beginning Oct. 1.
ASMSU will vote on a bill Thursday to decide whether the undergraduate student government should try to get candidates to Lansing before the presidential primary elections.
Students and staff said they are reacting positively to a policy change which designated the Main Library east wing for quiet study only.
No matter who you ask, the expectations are high for the MSU hockey team this season — but depending on who you ask, opinions slightly differ.
A couple getting married at the Kellogg Center had a hitch in their plans to tie the knot Friday when the bride’s mom hung her daughter’s wedding dress on a ceiling sprinkler head, setting off the sprinkler system and filling a hotel room with six to eight inches of water, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
It’s been a symbol of technology, religion and even fairy tales — well before it poisoned Snow White or supposedly assisted Isaac Newton in determining the law of gravity. But the so-called forbidden fruit — an apple — definitely isn’t off limits. The traditional teacher’s-pet gift is filling orchards around Michigan and is packed with nutrients — which just might help keep that doctor away.
As the leaves change to colors of brown, red and amber and fall from the trees, so do fresh apples. This also signifies trips to the nearest cider mill or apple orchard to partake in fresh-squeezed apple cider and homemade doughnuts.
While fall eats emerge in grocery stores, restaurants and kitchens across Michigan, infusing the season’s tastes into a mixed drink is easy as pie — literally.
Known for fulfilling many autumn appetites, apple cider is now readily available at many stores and apple orchards.
Father Mark Inglot sees St. John Student Parish, 327 M.A.C. Ave., as a microcosm of the world, inclusive of all MSU students, faculty and staff. Their support group, One Spirit, is a way for them to reach out to the lesbian, bisexual, gay and transgender community looking to strengthen their spirituality.
The potential conversion of Hagadorn Road and the proposed construction of a sound wall near a local neighborhood will be among the topics discussed at Tuesday’s City Council work session.
Many East Lansing-area residents opened their doors to live music Sunday evening when members of the East Lansing High School marching band performed on front porches and accepted donations.
Ramadan is an Islamic 30-day fasting period that some MSU Muslims describe as an important yet stressful religious holiday.
Four years ago, a group of programs at MSU and the surrounding community gathered to share ideas and resources in assisting students who have been victims of sexual assault and to warn others.