Ryan Dinkgrave's column "Cuts to food-aid programs hurt citizens more than help economy" (SN 2/21), was a well-intentioned plea, but one I must take issue with. For many years now, our Congress has eschewed the founding principles of our nation and its Constitution to do whatever it pleased.
The No. 13 Spartans knocked one thing off their to-do list by guaranteeing themselves a fourth-place conference finish and clinching a first-round playoff bye with Friday's 5-3 win at Bowling Green.
I recently saw a news clip on Yahoo.com about John Amaechi being the first NBA player to publicly announce he was gay.
We have become a society in which friendliness is a rare quality to possess. I give a big thanks to the World Wide Web. It's said that you can't judge a person on a first impression, but can you judge them on a first impression followed by a few hours of stalking on Facebook.com? We have come to the point in which we can look up people's personalities on a Web page — no questions asked — instead of letting people share themselves with us.
When Gov. Jennifer Granholm raised the tobacco tax in 2004, Doug Campbell, owner of Campbell's Smoke Shop, saw a significant change in his sales.
MSU erased a 10-point halftime deficit on Saturday and rallied to beat Indiana, 66-58, at Breslin Center.
Austin Thornton had no shortage of options. The high school senior from Cedar Springs had been offered scholarships by more than 25 schools from conferences such as the Atlantic 10, Missouri Valley and Mid-American. But as Thornton surveyed his alternatives, one thought kept coming back to him. These aren't the places I want to be. And so two weeks ago, Thornton did what few big-time recruits would even imagine: He passed up all those scholarship offers — and the chance to be the star at a smaller school — and decided to walk on at MSU next season. "I didn't want to go somewhere and not be totally, 100 percent excited about it," he said Wednesday.
The times are changing. If any business worldwide is experiencing the full impact of this revelation, it's the business of news media.
Former MSU President M. Peter McPherson will be named chairman of the board of Dow Jones & Co., April 18, according to Editor & Publisher.
MSU men vs. Indiana 9 p.m. Saturday, Breslin Center TK — Everything in my body is screaming "trap game." Having to refocus after a win as big as Tuesday's is a lot harder than it seems.
All season, Tom Izzo has tried to defy the statistics sheet. Whenever he's confronted with his team's gaudy defensive numbers, which put it among the best units in school history, the MSU men's basketball coach tried to keep perspective. How, he argued, could that be possible during what was supposed to be a rebuilding year? But after watching the Spartans keep No.
Students interested in attending the MSU College of Law can jump-start the process by attending the college's open house from 1-7 p.m.
With all the national attention the Spartans received for beating No. 1 Wisconsin, it seems only natural that ESPN rolls into East Lansing for Saturday's game against Indiana. The network's "College GameDay" show will be on MSU's campus this weekend, broadcasting live from inside Breslin Center. The show — hosted by Rece Davis and analysts Jay Bilas, Digger Phelps and Hubert Davis — is in its third year and will be making its first visit to campus.
The School of Music became MSU's 16th college today, after approval by the MSU Board of Trustees. As one of the top music schools in the nation, the new College of Music has a 100 percent-placement rate in music education after graduation for both undergraduate and doctoral students, Dean Jim Forger told The State News on Monday. The name change from the School of Music to the College of Music became effective immediately, but academic changes will begin in Fall 2007. For more on this story, please see Monday's edition of The State News.
MSU will host the 14th annual Dia de la Mujer conference Saturday at Kellogg Center. The daylong conference focuses on the personal, professional, political and academic aspects of being a Latina. There will be workshops on salsa dancing and traditional medicine, a play by Latino Flavored Productions Inc. and a speech by Terry Beltran-Miller, president of the National Society of Hispanic MBA's Detroit chapter. The event is free to all MSU students, $10 for students from other universities as well as seniors and $25 for the general public.
Champaign, Ill. — Another uninspired performance finally caught up with the MSU women's basketball team. Once again playing to the level of their competition, the No.
One of my first childhood memories is of watching "E.T." with my parents when we bought our first VCR.
MSU Little Siblings Weekend begins today. Activities include a campus tour with a scavenger hunt competition and free movies at Campus Center Cinemas. Check-in starts at 7 p.m.
I have read a column, "Intellectual property law should not be applied to music, movies" (SN 2/20), and letter to the editor, "Intellectual property law necessary to make living" (2/22), during the past couple of days in reference to intellectual property rights.
If a proposal to change the Academic Governance system passes as written, MSU's president won't lead any of the university's three central governance bodies. Currently, MSU President Lou Anna K.