Several of the letters have offended me in this overly drawn-out discussion of the morality of abortion sparked because of some cartoon I didn't even see.
Everyone knows what Valentine's Day is: It's that glorious (or torturous) day when sweethearts all around the world exchange gifts to show how much they care. If you're attached, you spend a lot of money and expect your other half to do the same.
The wait might be over, but anxiety about the East Village Master Plan remains. The new development in the Cedar Village area will include buildings with space for residential, retail and office use, provide higher-density housing and allow for better public access to the area through the creation of a park and pedestrian-friendly streets. There's no question that the development will improve the shabby looking area.
The contraceptive Ortho Evra is the focus of several lawsuits after causing severe side effects or death across the country. About 60 individual federal and state suits have been filed, said Missouri attorney Jerry Schlichter, who is handling 24 Ortho Evra-related cases. College-age women and younger using the birth control skin patch are having strokes and blood clots, sometimes leading to death, Schlichter said.
They grade their papers in red. They print their syllabi in blue. And they also tell each other, "I do." Students aren't the only ones in class making a love connection.
I read Kyle Bristow's letter "Feminist, pro-choice views incompatible" (SN 2/09) and found it heavy in slanted language and light on scientific fact. The statement that over 46 million "babies" have been aborted is absolutely false.
The lights are shining, guitars tuned, mics checked. I'm standing in a sea of pierced, Converse-clad teens and 20-somethings and also girls sporting trendy miniskirts and flip-flops.
Tara Cariano, a psychology and family and community services junior studying abroad at John Cabot University in Rome, attended the U.S.
In response to Kim Dyer's and Jeff Sievert's letters, "Scripted responses don't give all sides" (SN 2/07) and "Women should make own bodily decisions" (SN 2/07), defending abortion rights, I offer the following criticism. First, what could be more scripted, or predictable, than Dyer's charge that the answer to the abortion problem is to not have one if one does not believe they are morally permissible?
Claude McCollum said he understood what he was doing when he chose to testify Monday in his own murder trial. His defense attorney, David Lee Taylor, had just announced that McCollum's decision was against his legal advice. Judge James Giddings reminded McCollum that he was not required to testify and pointed out he could face life in prison with no parole if convicted. But still, in an unexpected turn of events in the trial, McCollum took the stand. McCollum is charged with the rape and murder of Lansing Community College Professor Carolyn Kronenberg, who was found dead in her classroom about 15 minutes before her class was to start on Jan.
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In years past, when MSU head coach Tom Izzo wanted to get a feel for how his team was doing, there were certain players he knew he could talk to and find out. Right now, he's not sure where to turn. "The last three or four years, it's been harder for me to gauge our team because we haven't had that true, true leader," Izzo said Monday at his weekly press conference.
MSU needs more money, but it's going to have to make do with what it gets next year. We're interested in seeing how MSU trustees will distribute funds. Members of the MSU Board of Trustees realized the need for more funding at their meeting on Friday — after Gov.
Local leaders are constantly looking to attract jobs to the region, and this week they're looking on the other side of the globe. East Lansing Mayor Sam Singh and Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero have traveled to Asan, South Korea, to meet with local government officials and corporate executives in the Asian nation. The mayors will meet today with the chief executive officers of Hyundai Motor Co. and Samsung Electronics, to discuss creating business partnerships in the Lansing area. Both companies are headquartered in Asan, about an hour south of Seoul, the nation's capitol. The five-person delegation — which also includes representatives from the Lansing Regional Sister Cities Commission, Lansing's Economic Development Corporation and Bernero's wife, Teri — departed for Asan on Sunday morning and is scheduled to return late Thursday. South Korea's government is financing the entire trip. Bernero and Singh are returning a visit Asan's mayor made to Lansing last year. The cities were scheduled to sign a formal agreement of friendship yesterday.
The owner of Cedar Village says the student apartments won't be disappearing anytime soon and thinks major changes in the East Village are years off. City officials were determined to complete a roadmap for the future of the 35-acre area — located north of the Red Cedar River between Bogue Street and Hagadorn Road — and are now hoping to have the groundwork for new construction laid by spring. But those plans appear to be accelerating toward a long stall. "Truthfully, I think you're at least 10 years out; five would be a miracle," said Cedar Village owner Tom Kuschinski, president of DTN Management.
Someone will likely be banging on the glass windows of How Sweet It is Fudge & Candy tonight after the store closes.
FBI special agents arrested an MSU student Friday after they searched rooms in a local fraternity house and seized two computers thought to be involved in illegal hacking and copyright infringement. The bureau has a complaint against the student for intentionally accessing a protected computer without authorization and for copyright infringement, said Richard Murray, an assistant U.S.
Summitting mountains along the more than 2,000-mile Appalachian Trail might not qualify as a casual hike. For those interested in the trail but not ready to commit to a really, really long walk, the East Lansing Public Library is offering an informational session for would-be backpackers. "Adventures on the Appalachian Trail," will be hosted by husband-and-wife team Coy Heath and Karrie Korroch on Wednesday. The talk will include a short history of the trail, as well as basic tips for planning a backpacking trip, hiking solo, choosing the right gear and packing "ultralight." The program begins at 7 p.m.
The editors of the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten commissioned cartoonists to depict their impressions of Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him). In one, the Prophet (P.B.U.H.) is depicted as a devil.