I read the article "Girls make the grade," (SN 7/20), with some casual interest and a wry smile, but I have read the follow-up letters with increasing concern.
Thousands of Boy Scouts from across the country have converged on campus and in East Lansing in hopes to learn the history of the organization, all while developing valuable life skills. The Boy Scouts of America's National Order of the Arrow Conference began Saturday and is being hosted by MSU.
Mason — The pigs napped on the cool concrete and the sheep waited to be hosed down, while the humans weaved between hot dog stands and merry-go-rounds looking for the closest ice cream stand. Shade didn't cost a quarter or require a ticket, but it was hard to come by in the withering field, deep in the heart of the Ingham County Fair, 700 E.
Name five female engineers. If you're having a hard time coming up with names, don't blame yourself — blame the numbers. According to MSU data from the spring, 54 percent of MSU students are female.
Candidates for the 69th District seat in the state House of Representatives received money from parents, family and some political action committees, according to campaign finance reports released Friday. The information, provided by the Michigan Secretary of State, details how much the candidates received in donations and how much they spent running their campaigns.
Dabbling in the arts, attending plays and watching concerts could become a more frequent option for children from low-income families, with a new Wharton Center program. The Seats 4 Kids scholarship program will provide tickets to Wharton Center shows through private donations for children who can't afford them, said Bob Hoffman, spokesman for the Wharton Center.
Woody Allen acts like the biggest chicken around, but the eggs he lays are still healthy, hard-boiled entertainment.
The Pierce Company might just have enough clout to pull off the East Village project. And, if the East Lansing City Council approves the company to begin work on the 35-acre overhaul at its meeting today, changes might be coming to the area in the near future. "They have the right skills and the right experiences to be the master developer for the area," East Lansing Mayor Sam Singh said.
The IM Sports-West outdoor pool will be open and free to the public from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., and again from 6-8 p.m., all week through Sunday.
I was very disappointed to read in The State News the editorial about the riots at MSU, "Get over 2003, prevent future riots," (SN 7/31). The statement, "Riots are commonplace at MSU," is ridiculous and I believe damaging to the reputation of MSU and its graduates.
Spinning on red stools while eating a bowl of 21 scoops of ice cream may not be a an option for incoming freshmen this year — at least not at The Parlour On Campus.
Hey, Caitlin — way to go! In Caitlin Scuderi's column, "News has been censored; whatever happened to being politically incorrect?" (SN 7/24), Scuderi struck the nerve that is at the core of journalism today, and I hope it reverberated among her readers. Scuderi wrote, "We traded original, creative writing in order to appeal to a larger audience, and it has only stunted our growth as a news forum and as an informed society." Modern journalism has become so concerned with being inoffensive and unbiased that it has stopped reporting the news and resorted to bland, surface stories that miss the mark. Is this the price we have to pay for sensitive stomachs?
The great state of Missouri is no New York or California, but it has a lot to offer. From Burt Bacharach to former President Harry S.
Cat Fish's opinion column "Reality is, we're all secretly agnostic," (SN 7/27), tries, and ultimately fails, to convince the readers that they are actually agnostic. Fish does this by trying to use the argument that there is no way to determine or perceive infallible truths in our world. Picture this: If a man or woman were to stroll into a random house in a random town and kill the house's occupants for absolutely no reason other than their own personal pleasure, is this right or wrong?
Lansing — Family and friends waved signs and shouted outside the Capitol as the 21 cyclists from the Journey of Hope ride arrived on their bikes Sunday. The 19th annual ride — which travels from San Francisco to Washington, D.C., — is a part of Push America, a nonprofit organization of Pi Kappa Phi fraternity, dedicated to serving people with disabilities through raising awareness and funding, according to the organization's Web site. Soaking wet from the continuous downpour, supporters and riders crowded into a small corridor at the entrance of the Capitol to listen to a letter from Gov.
This is in response to Shane Krouse's column "Wad of cells does not equate to human life, abortion isn't murder," (SN 7/26). Very few college students can "sustain life outside the womb" without lots of help from mommy and daddy. Would it be OK to abort them, too? The most important message in Krouse's column, which I agree with wholeheartedly, is that the unborn baby doesn't have the ability to choose for itself. Isn't it ironic that everyone in favor of abortion has already been born? Tim Olster 1989 graduate
An alleged Feb. 23 assault in South Hubbard Hall could have been the result of prior arguments and scuffles, according to East Lansing district court proceedings Friday for two men charged in the incident. During preliminary examinations for the two defendants — MSU student Albert Reginald Robinson, 19, and nonstudent Joel Ross Hamlar, 17 — two alleged victims testified about the incident.
What were you doing in March 2003? If you were a student at MSU, you may have been celebrating the men's basketball team's winning season.
Lansing — Steve Lambert and Hood Booking bid farewell to Lansing this weekend, but not before throwing one heck of a going away party. Spread across two nights, two venues and eight bands, the final Lansing-based Hood shows were a testament to the diverse swath of artists Lambert brought to town and to the fact that people will show up for a concert in Lansing, given the right prompting. Night One: Calliope, The Hard Lessons, NOMO, Tight Phantomz and Vega at Mac's Bar Thursday night's bill at Mac's Bar, 2700 E.