One local theater troupe urges people to see its production of "Dear Esther," which remembers the Holocaust, rather than protest the April 22 neo-Nazi rally. "If we give the neo-Nazis the attention they want, they win.
Tax investigations into The Dollar Nightclub and Maggy's Sports Grill continue as the Michigan State Police probe further into the two bars.
You know those slightly embarrassing photos of you on your 21st birthday on Facebook.com? Or the raunchy comments a friend posted on your wall? Whatever you have on your Facebook profile, remember that your friends aren't the only ones that could be looking at it. MSU administrators, professors and police can also access the Web site as long as they have an e-mail address that ends in ".edu." It's also possible students could get into legal trouble for stuff they put on Facebook. In 2004, some students in Case Hall were arrested for underage drinking.
America's favorite bite-sized, redheaded optimist comes to Wharton Center on April 18. This year, the classic show celebrates its 30th anniversary. "It's a perfect time for it.
Racism — not in their halls. Officials from the Residence Halls Association, or RHA, have created a campaign called "Not in Our Hall" to help fight racism in dorms. The program aims to include residence hall student governments to convey the same message — that racism and discrimination won't be tolerated. Vic Maurer, RHA's director of Racial, Ethnic and Progressive Affairs, said the idea came from something Wilson Hall's student government did last year to help stop discrimination against black students. "We decided to make it campuswide," Maurer said, adding that RHA officials wanted it to reflect the different incidents that happened all over campus. Maurer said RHA officials made the program optional for hall governments because it would be more valuable if student leaders took the initiative to start it.
The MSU softball team is taking its six-game winning streak on the road for a five-game, three-state weekend that begins at 4 p.m.
After reading Mike Hernandez's letter, "Randomly used policy limits free speech" (SN 4/05), regarding hate speech, I could not help but feel that he was missing a crucial point in the debate: Context matters. The emotional effect of a Ku Klux Klan, or KKK, rally is very different than any of the examples that Hernandez provides. The history of race relations in this country has been violent.
A group of American Nazis might sue the city of Lansing for holding a diversity rally the day of its white supremacist rally later this month, a group spokesman said. The group, dedicated to the preservation of the Aryan race and the establishment of a socialist state in America, is also angry that a fence and metal detectors might be used for security at the National Socialist Movement's rally April 22 at the state Capitol Building. Spokesman Bill White said the diversity rally violates First Amendment rights because it's not neutral, and added that a lawsuit is very probable. "They're doing this to target us and to infringe our exercising of our rights," White said of the diversity rally.
Passover services and Seder dinner will be provided tonight at 7 p.m. at the Hillel Jewish Student Center, 360 Charles St., and at 9:30 p.m.
The MSU Board of Trustees voted unanimously Thursday to raise housing rates for the next school year. Rates have increased by at least 4 percent each of the past six years. Next year's students will have to pay about $300 more next year for a room and a basic meal plan in the residence halls.
The Yeah Yeah Yeahs' new album is sassy, raw, arrogant and has a twist of naiveté. "Show Your Bones" establishes the indie rock trio as a force to be recognized in the trendy New York music scene and in every iPod rocking the suburbs.
Tom Slanda, "Fixing schools will best help minorities" (SN 4/07), and Matt Maiuri, "Giving advantages won't mean success" (SN 4/06), would like readers to believe that affirmative action is nothing more than a handout to the undeserving.
By Justin Kroll For The State News Film noir, witty dialogue and plenty of sex and violence are the perfect ingredients for Paul McGuigan's newest thriller "Lucky Number Slevin," a film about mistaken identity.
A revision to a university policy dealing with faculty's work outside MSU sparked lengthy discussion during Tuesday's Faculty Council meeting. Under the changes, faculty members will now be responsible for reporting to their department administrator about any outside work they do for which they receive financial compensation. The University Committee on Faculty Affairs proposed changes to the university's Outside Work for Pay policy, since the policy hasn't been modified in recent years, committee chairperson Ross Emmett said at the meeting. However, no official authorization from the department administrators is needed and the work only needs to be reported if it deals with the faculty member's academic work at MSU, Emmett said. But several Faculty Council members raised concerns about the vagueness of the policy, such as what type of work qualifies as outside work and what situations are exempt from the policy. "We, as a faculty, have not yet revisited the core of this problem," Dr. Jim Potchen, chairperson of the Department of Radiology, said at the meeting.
From Florida to Colorado and New England to northern Michigan, Kellogg Center's State Room Chef Jeffrey Fisher's cooking borrows flavors from across the country. "I call it modern American cuisine," Fisher said.
The MSU rowing team took three out of four races Saturday against Virginia at Rivanna Reservoir in Virginia. The No.
Emotions ran high Tuesday as ASMSU officials elected Eric Hinojosa as chairperson for the undergraduate student government's Academic Assembly. Hinojosa, a former Residence Halls Association representative for Academic Assembly, took the gavel from his predecessor, Robert Murphy, and immediately assumed his newly elected position during the meeting. Murphy, who has served ASMSU for six semesters, said he felt odd stepping down from his office after putting "proverbial blood, sweat and tears" into the job.
The hum never stops. It reverberates off a maze of piping, grated stairways and cold industrial machinery.
One small trip for the MSU baseball team, one giant leap for Spartankind. MSU and Western Michigan's game at 5:30 p.m.
Detroit — Proof, a member of rap group D12 and a close friend of Eminem, was shot to death early Tuesday at a nightclub along Eight Mile, the road made famous by the 2002 film that starred Eminem and in which Proof had a bit part. The death of Proof — whose real name is Deshaun Holton — was confirmed by Dennis Dennehy, the publicist for D12's label, Interscope Records, as well as by Detroit police spokesman James Tate. "Memorial service arrangements are still being made, and his friends and family would appreciate privacy during this difficult time," Dennehy said in a statement. MSU communication senior and rapper Joe Perye said the news gave him chills. "He would be the last person you would expect to get killed," said Perye, who knew Proof and many of the artists he worked with.