If he had a little more support, 9-year-old Zack Towne thinks the nightmares he had of his father dying while at war in Iraq might not have existed. "Every night I had nightmares of bad guys killing my dad," said Towne, who was 5 years old when his dad was deployed.
No form of power should be abused, and that goes for Taser guns, too. According to a recent State News article, East Lansing police officers have used Taser guns an average of twice each month this past year.
Michigan lawmakers heard testimony Tuesday for a medicinal marijuana bill that isn't likely to pass before the end of the year. The 2005 bill states a patient with a "debilitating medical condition" — such as cancer or glaucoma — will not be subject to arrest or prosecution for using appropriate dosages of marijuana in Michigan to relieve pain.
The student organization Spartans Against Drunk Driving, or SADD, will host an open forum at 7 p.m. Sunday, in the Wonders Hall Kiva to give students and community members the opportunity to share their drunken driving-related experiences with others. Amy Gnotek, president and founder of the organization, described the event as "an open-mic night for anyone to come and share a story about how drunken driving has affected them." She said anyone who has lost someone because of a drunken driver or who was arrested for drunken driving will be able to speak. "We want the community to hear about the consequences of drunken driving," Gnotek said.
Correction: The story should have said Anya Lusk checks her carbohydrates, not her calories. It was going to be just another routine drive home as Anya Lusk cruised along I-96 to West Bloomfield earlier this month. Then, without warning, her blood sugar dropped.
I find it particularly funny when people use the card "there's a black group; why can't there be a white group?" Many of the Black Caucuses have been removing the "black" in the title and have been named their residence hall's Caucus. Culturas de las Razas Unidas is one of the most racially unbiased groups on campus.
In the college world, it seems like athletes are treated like royalty. Drew Stanton and Drew Neitzel sightings on campus are a bigger deal than students seeing a celebrity in East Lansing.
If you were to chisel through the layers of paint, what would you find? This semester alone, the rock on Farm Lane has changed faces almost every day, advertising everything from rallies to engagements — some days green, other days silver, every day bold. And to think, aerosol spray paint wasn't even invented until 1949. Wednesday, Oct.
Sticks and stones can break your bones, but words can never hurt you. Well, actually, words can destroy your career and your reputation.
Free hugs were given away by Lisa Eddy and Kate Dimitry on the corner of Farm and Shaw lanes Tuesday. Why?
MSU, the University of Michigan and Wayne State University publicly announced an alliance Tuesday called the University Research Corridor. As part of the alliance, the three universities will work to enhance research capabilities within the state of Michigan and boost the unstable economy. "I hope certainly that this will help young people when they are looking for jobs," U-M President Mary Sue Coleman said in a conference call Tuesday. Within the last five years, the three universities combined have averaged one new patent per day, and these advancements have led to 500 new agreements for further research or private company usage. Officials from the universities said they hope the collaboration will bring competition to Michigan during this time when globalization is key, MSU President Lou Anna K.
The Michigan Journalism Hall of Fame is accepting nominations for 2007. Honorees will be inducted during a banquet held April 21 at the Kellogg Hotel and Conference Center. The deadline for nominations is 5 p.m.
On Sunday, MSU police and students will kick, carry and tackle on the Duffy Daugherty Building football field to rack up touchdowns and dollars to benefit the American Cancer Society. The second annual "Flags for Charity" coed flag football game will match members of the MSU police with residents from Brody and West Circle complexes. The students claimed victory last year by just one touchdown against the team of 11 MSU police officers.
When Dantonio was a graduate assistant at Ohio State from 1983-84, the head coach was Earle Bruce, a 2002 inductee to the College Football Hall of Fame.
For about a year, animals recovering from injuries or surgeries have used the MSU Advanced Rehabilitation Center for Animals as their springboard to recovery. Whether it's through a therapeutic ultrasound, an electrical stimulation, a balance beam or the innovative underwater treadmill, animal owners have called on the center's modern technology to get their pets back on their paws. "We get about five or six patients a day," said Patrick LeBlanc, director of the Veterinary Teaching Hospital, which houses the rehabilitation center.
I would like to direct Jessica Byrom, "Affirmative action discriminates, not Proposal 2; move on already" (SN 11/21), toward the recent furor surrounding Michael Richards' (Cosmo Kramer from TV's "Seinfeld") tirade onstage at The Laugh Factory against a rowdy crowd member.
A 19-year-old Butterfield Hall resident suffered a pea-sized wound in his head when he was shot with an airsoft gun. The incident occurred at about 11:45 p.m.
With the ink still wet on his $1.1 million per year contract, newly appointed MSU head football coach Mark Dantonio faced the crowd at his introductory press conference Monday, raised his right hand and motioned toward the large hunk of metal wrapped around his ring finger. "I wear this championship ring very, very few times," Dantonio said.
A potential ordinance for homeless people residing in parking garages and a downtown redevelopment project are among the items being discussed by the East Lansing City Council at its meeting tonight. The council members are looking to create an ordinance, which would deal with homeless people who take residence in some of the city's parking structures. "The purpose of the council meeting is to find out what the council would like to do about it," Assistant City Attorney Tom Yeadon said.