Teams choose a genre, a prop, a character name and a line of dialogue from a bag — then they get 48 hours to make a five-minute film that includes all the elements. Chris Harrison and Elizabeth Stanton were representing one team out of 24 total at Magdalena's Teahouse, 2006 E.
John Bice's column, "Evolutionary theory, science needed to vaccinate irrational beliefs" (SN 2/16), falls short on several points: • Bice determines truth by popular opinion.
A 19-year-old MSU student was charged with third-degree criminal sexual conduct on Friday. Mark Miller faces 15 years in prison if convicted of third-degree criminal sexual conduct, which involves penetration with force or coercion. He is scheduled for a preliminary exam on March 31 at East Lansing's 54-B District Court.
More students on campus are familiar with the university's anti-discrimination policies after a series of floor meetings swept through MSU residence halls in the last week. The meetings, organized by the Department of Residence Life, were in response to incidents of harassment based on race and sexual orientation reported in the last six months. "It was to discuss the climate on campus and what mentors can do to help students in these situations," said Paul Goldblatt, the director of Residence Life.
Chicago — Aisha Jefferson muscled for position in the paint, her back to the basket and her left arm held high in the air as she anxiously called for the ball. She wasn't just calling for it.
Years ago, he was a small-town kid begging his dad to let him pole vault like his older brother. Now, senior Brad Gebauer has taken his family's tradition of pole vaulting to new heights after placing fourth in the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships on March 10, earning All-America honors with his 17-foot, 10.5-inch jump. Gebauer, seeded fifth for the meet, said he was pleased with the fourth-place finish among the nation's top 16 pole vaulters. "My goal was to become All-American and place fifth or better," he said.
Big Ten — what happened? You were ranked No. 1 in conference RPI before the NCAA Tournament began and got six bids into the Big Dance. After the first four days of play, all six teams from the best conference in the land are left scratching their heads and wondering what went wrong.
East Lansing's parks and facilities are good already. Improvement and public involvement will make them even better. The Community Parks and Recreation Plan steering committee met with the public last week to gain input on the development of a new five-year parks and recreation plan.
"In Memory of My Father" is a dark comedy about a dysfunctional family — clearly something all audiences can relate to.
I would like to respond to the letter from Charles Szafir "New wage increase won't help economy" (SN 3/16). He says, "there are more efficient ways to do it (help poor people) (such as tax breaks for those in lower income brackets)." Tax breaks to low-income people will not do anything.
Five protesters were arrested for trespassing in front of a military recruiting center in Lansing as part of an anti-war rally Monday afternoon. About 30 members of the No More War, No More Lies anti-war campaign organized the two-hour protest at the U.S.
ASMSU and RHA want you to vote in their elections this week. MSU's undergraduate student government and the Residence Halls Association are making it incredibly easy for students to vote for this year's student elections. They can vote either today or Wednesday. And it's online. ASMSU plans on having laptop computers stationed around campus so students can vote between classes for candidates to represent different colleges, halls and on a proposed $3 tax increase. Members of ASMSU say their tax increase, which would bring the ASMSU per-semester tax to $16.75, would help them continue and expand vital services. It's clear our student government is trying to make voting as easy for students as possible.
By Liz Kersjes For The State News Free gourmet coffee is hard to resist. Area Beaner's coffee shops, in association with MSU, are offering a free coffee tasting event known as a "cupping" with coffees from around the world this week. This event is designed to give students and area residents a hands-on learning experience about the new fair trade trend in the coffee industry, said Allison Campbell, an international relations sophomore who initiated the event. "The focus of this event is to raise awareness about the success of fair trade, and why it's successful worldwide," she said.
By Jessica Sipperley For The State News The students who work at WDBM (88.9-FM), also known as the Impact, are seeing gold — for the sixth time. For the sixth time in seven years, the station was named the college radio station of the year by the Michigan Association of Broadcasters and Broadcast Music Inc. The award was presented March 14 at the Great Lakes Broadcasting Conference at the Lansing Center. General manager Gary Reid said the award, which is presented as a gold record, is a product of collaboration among staff members who submit the radio station's best work for judging. "Because we've won for so many years, it's become something every staff strives for," Reid said.
Junior Matt Harmon captured his first individual title by shooting a nine-under-par 207 at Georgia Southern's EZ-GO Schenkel Invitational.
Both an editorial, "Long-awaited raise" (SN 3/16), and a letter, "New wage increase won't help economy" (SN 3/16), slam the proposed Michigan minimum wage hike. They said this might hurt those it is intended to help and might hurt our already fragile economy. As one who tried to live on minimum wage for a number of years after graduating from college, I heartily disagree. I dare to say that slave owners in the past said the same thing about the abolition of slavery, that the country would fall to pieces if the labor had to be paid. Sure, I could start my own business if I could pay employees 10 cents an hour because I can't afford more than that.
ASMSU officials are hoping that MSU students won't "duck" out of their responsibility to vote in this week's student government elections. That's why someone will be wearing a duck suit as a gimmick to lure more voters to the polls during the elections, held today and Wednesday, because of poor voter turnout in prior elections. ASMSU is MSU's undergraduate student government.
If you're looking for something to wake up the neighbors or piss your mother off then The Sword is the band for you. What does The Sword sound like?
A green refugee tent flapped in a frigid March breeze Monday afternoon outside the Auditorium. The tent was constructed by members of Spartans Taking Action Now: Darfur, or STAND, to illustrate the home of one of the 2.5 million displaced Sudanese refugees. About five members of STAND gathered near the tent to spread awareness of genocide in Darfur, Sudan, through a postcard-writing campaign. The campaign, Million Voices for Darfur, is a national movement organized by The Save Darfur Coalition, a Washington, D.C.-based alliance that aims to raise awareness about the Darfur situation. The coalition's goal is to deliver 1 million postcards to President Bush urging him to push for a larger movement to protect the people of Darfur. "A lot of people stop and talk," STAND President Lindsey Hutchison said.