The somber tone is blatant from the movie's beginning. A slight 17-year-old girl in angel wings finds out that she didn't fare well in a battle of the bands.
After reading the letter from Katie Wilcox, "Silence 'Monologues;' keep indecency out" (SN 2/24), I must respond to such ignorance. Last year was the first year that I saw (and read) "The Vagina Monologues," a play that has been put on by thousands of schools across the United States, including MSU, for over five years. Never did I find the content to be indecent or degrading to men or women. In fact, I found it to be powerful, and it opened my mind to some of the thoughts and ideas of actual women who have encountered rape and other sexual violence.
Despite last week's assault in Hubbard Hall, university officials say campus is still a safe place to live, but students and officials agree they need to work together to prevent similar incidents in the future. "It was an isolated incident," MSU police Sgt.
Home help workers are joining forces across the state to push for higher wages to improve Michigan's home health care system. The Michigan Quality Home Care Campaign wants to convince state lawmakers to pass legislation to raise wages, add insurance and require training for in-home help workers to reduce the number leaving home health care sectors.
Erik Adams For The State News Someone please stop Hawthorne Heights before the band destroys the art of screaming. There was once a time when if a band screamed, it was for good reason.
After hours of deliberation and three separate votes, Lindsay Palinsky, the Jewish Student Union representative for the Residence Halls Association, was named the new president of the organization early Thursday morning. Palinksy defeated James Thorpe, the current vice president for the Residence Halls Association, or RHA. Current RHA President Kevin Newman said vote totals are not released, even to the candidates and RHA's General Assembly.
Prognosticators take a final guess at the regular season games before the tournaments begin. This week, The Boss is trying a new strategy for picking to see if he can actually win a few. The Boss — Due to some putrid progging this season, I will pick every game by the flip of a 1987 U.S.
For many incoming freshmen, MSU's Academic Orientation Program isn't at the top of the list of fun things to do during summer vacation. Yet, freshmen are required to attend the program whether they'd like to or not. The program is held to help ease the transition to life at MSU by introducing new students to the campus and providing lectures about student life. But the Freshmen Class Council is hoping to make this transition even easier by renovating the program. The council has created a bill that details how to make the program more effective at preparing students for college life.
Guards To say Illinois' Dee Brown torched MSU in the teams' last meeting would be an understatement.
This isn't just about cartoons anymore. They have sparked something much bigger. Across the world, people are protesting caricatures depicting the Prophet Muhammad. Islam forbids any material depiction of Muhammad. Since their original publishing in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten, the cartoons have been republished in other places — recently by SpartanEdge.com here on campus. The State News has chosen not to reprint the cartoons. Several protests have appeared on college campuses in this country, including the University of California and right here at MSU.
On Tuesday, the MSU Muslim Students' Association peacefully protested the publication of the caricatures depicting the Prophet Muhammad as a terrorist. Students engaged in discussions over the issue and later that night the MSA hosted a question-and-answer session with a student panel to help answer questions that the MSU/East Lansing community had. A common question brought up was why Muslim religious leaders or clerics don't condemn violence and terrorism. The answer is simple: They do. The leading Shia and Sunni (the two major sects of Islam) scholars have condemned such terrorism.
If you give a curious monkey a bucket of paint, he will splash colors all over the walls and make a jungle-themed mural. If you give a curious monkey a balloon, he will find hundreds more, so he can soar over the skyline. These scenarios involving the famous Curious George straight from Margret Rey's beloved children's book are completely expected.
Maurice Ager is 14th on MSU's all-time scoring list. He's been to an Elite Eight. He's been to a Final Four.
Editor's note: The women's basketball reporter Ethan Conley sat down earlier this week to predict how he thinks the women's Big Ten Tournament will play out this year.
East Lansing officials are lining up the necessary pieces to encourage high-rise, mixed-use, urban construction projects in the 35-acre East Village, located adjacent to MSU between Bogue Street and Hagadorn Road.
Finally, Paul Davis asserted himself down low. Finally, Tom Izzo found some clarity in his rotation. Finally, MSU made big plays down the stretch. And finally, the No.
As I walked by the rock on Farm Lane Tuesday afternoon, I saw the words, "Hate Speech does not equal Free Speech" painted for all to see.
Rhoda is a sweet little girl with an evil side. "The Bad Seed" is a play adapted from the film about an 8-year-old girl who is perfect in almost every way except for a trait she inherits from her maternal grandmother.
When junior Nick Simmons faced Indiana senior Joe Dubuque last year, he walked away with a win on his way to earning the title of Big Ten wrestling champion. This weekend, No.