The mutants are coming! The mutants are coming! Midnight moviegoers across the country got the first peek at the hotly anticipated comic-book adaptation "X-Men: The Last Stand" in the wee-est hours of the morning.
Admirers of artistic expression who happen to meander into Kresge Art Museum anytime within the next couple of months may find themselves surrounded by the extraordinary thrust into the bizarre or engulfed in the eccentric.
Shane Krouse's column "Affirmative action promotes inequality; college acceptance should be hard-earned" (SN 5/24) shows how grossly misinformed some students are about the affirmative action debate. Affirmative action doesn't promote inequality, but I can see how one could make that misjudged inference. Yes, it does separate people based on ethnicity — but it's a separation that needs to be discerned in many cases. The objective of affirmative action is to provide minorities, who come from a lower socio-economic class, an equal opportunity in higher education.
"Schoolhouse Rock" put it best: "Three, it's a magic number." Three chords is all it takes to make the most basic, yet effective, chord progression. With only three members, both Run-D.M.C.
Where do we, as citizens, begin to draw the line between vengeance and justice? This is a very important question to ask while taking a stand on the death penalty. Whether or not people support the death penalty, it is imperative that limits and boundaries are established concerning the issue. Without setting limits and boundaries, how do we distinguish what is cruel and unusual punishment and what is not? On Monday, the Supreme Court refused to consider a lethal injection case.
Although the city of East Lansing and the university are separate entities, they must work together to ensure each other's intellectual and economic vitality, MSU President Lou Anna K.
Ray Ott was dousing a blazing inferno amid a grass field beside the Pavillion for Agriculture and Livestock Education, only to realize that the hose had sprung a leak.
I am sick and tired of listening to people spout out lies and myths about affirmative action in attempts to justify their false idea that eliminating it will be creating "equality." In Shane Krouse's recent State News column ("Affirmative action promotes inequality; college acceptance should be hard-earned," SN 5/24), he presents two glaringly incorrect assumptions: Affirmative action is a point system, and it is truly just racial quotas. Both of these statements are, quite frankly, blatant lies. In the 2003 Supreme Court decision, Gratz v.
Changing society one youth at a time is Gov. Jennifer Granholm's philosophy when it comes to youth mentorship — a philosophy her staff has also adopted. Grand River Elementary Magnet School in Lansing benefits directly from Granholm's office since 25 of her employees are involved in the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Lansing mentor program at the school. The agency is a youth mentor service that matches a child with an adult in order for him or her to spend time with a positive role model. Joni Burch, case manager at Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Lansing, has worked with Granholm and her staff. "Her 'little sister' absolutely loves hanging out with her; they do a lot of art projects together," Burch said and added that Granholm's entire family is involved with the program. "She adores her," said Lansing resident Cynthia Mares, the mother of the 10-year-old child Granholm mentors, whose name is also Cynthia.
I have to say I was greatly disappointed when I read Megan Mccullen's opinion piece titled "Donate responsibly, check pro-science stance first," (SN 5/23). Echoing the infamous John Bice, she basically states that the theory of intelligent design is anti-science, as it allows for the possibility of a creator.
Michael Pressley, university distinguished professor of education, died Monday from cancer. Pressley was the director of the Literacy Achievement Research Center — a center focused on promoting literacy among adolescents and children. The visitation is from 4 p.m.
Hip, hip, hooray. Happy birthday, Bobby. It was Bob Dylan's birthday yesterday. The curly-haired musician is still alive at 65 years old.
Michiganians can say goodbye to their "Old Blue" license plates since the Secretary of State announced earlier this month that it will stop issuing it at the end of the year. About 5.6 million motorists use the "Old Blue" license plate design, which was introduced in July 1982, according to the Secretary of State. "The license plate has been around for roughly 24 years, and most states replace their plates within five to 10 years," said Kelly Chesney, spokesperson for the Secretary of State. Having a reflective background on license plates will improve visibility on roadways and allow law enforcement officers to perform their public safety duties better. Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land said in a written statement that she feels it's time to use newer technology to create the license plates. "This change will also allow the state to use the same type of material for all of its license plates, which makes production more efficient," Land said in the statement. Michigan is the only state in the nation that uses the costly and outdated process of applying finely ground glass beads to the characters on the license plate during production, Chesney said. Small, glass beads that have the consistency of sand are sprinkled on the wet white paint on license plates to give them limited reflectivity. As registrations expire, Michigan residents will be issued the new plates. "From a public safety perspective, having license plates that are easier to read at night will assist law enforcement in keeping our streets safe," said state Rep.
Binge drinking, violent behavior, lewd sex acts and kidnappings may seem more appropriate for an episode of "The O.C.," but this type of behavior isn't new to high school or college kids — sometimes it's just referred to as hazing. The most recent high-profile hazing case involves Northwestern University's women's soccer team.
Many in Michigan have always considered English the most prominent language, but now legislators want to make it the state's official language. A bill to make English the only language used on official state documents was passed by a 73-32 vote Tuesday, and will now head to the Senate for approval.
Eight sassy delinquent teens. One crazy weekend at a dilapidated hotel. And a professional wrestler ripping people's eyes out with his grubby fingernails. "See No Evil" is not for the kiddies.
Attorneys representing The State News will request the initial police report for the alleged Feb. 23 Hubbard Hall assault in front of an Oakland County Circuit Court judge on Wednesday. "This is really as early a date as I could have hoped for," said Herschel Fink, a First Amendment and media attorney representing the newspaper, who requested the case be expedited. The State News filed a lawsuit against the university Friday for not releasing the police report for the alleged assault in which three assailants threatened three people in a Hubbard Hall dorm room with a gun, poured gasoline on one victim's chest and threatened to light it.
If you haven't seen "The Da Vinci Code" yet, your roommate has. Or your parents, or your neighbor.
Homes in East Lansing and Lansing are the most affordable in the country, according to the Housing Opportunity Index released this month. The National Association of Home Builders and Wells Fargo collected information for the index, which is determined by measuring the number of homes that are affordable to those who make the median income of the area.
Reality TV isn't reality. If there's anything to be learned from the endless parade of VH1 shows that "expose" this still-in-vogue television medium, it's that most of what's shown is either staged for the camera or the result of post-production editing.