Having gone 0-5-3 in the past eight games, the MSU hockey team is in dire need of a sweep as the Spartans play Bowling Green in a home-and-home series starting tonight. The winless streak is MSU's longest since the 1980-81 season.
Good news for soldiers fighting the war on terror: President George W. Bush has a plan for "victory" in Iraq. This strikes me as an odd move considering the president himself declared the Iraq "Mission Accomplished" on the flight deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln on May 1, 2003.
Al Franken nailed the difference between liberal and conservative concepts of patriotism. Conservatives, noted Franken, "love America the way a 4-year-old loves their mommy.
Several students gathered outside the Marine Corps Recruiting Station on Grand River Avenue on Thursday afternoon to protest recruitment tactics used by the military. Members of the group Direct Action organized the protest, claiming that the military uses deceitful tactics to attract new recruits. Social relations sophomore Stefan Lanwermeyer participated in the protest and said many enlist in the military for the financial incentive instead of seeking financial aid. "A lot of people don't understand what is going on —the war doesn't come to college campuses because there isn't a draft," he said.
A handful of players on the MSU men's basketball team received a crash course in college hoops during the first five games of the season, playing in front of crowds that have grown by thousands compared to what they experienced in high school. Freshman guard Travis Walton and redshirt freshmen forward Goran Suton saw significant playing time in their first few games as Spartans, but they are still adjusting to the scope of college basketball.
When the independent commission reviewing the April 2-3 disturbances was created, it was viewed as a victory for the student body. Finally. Questions were going to be answered.
World AIDS Day will be celebrated today around the community and on campus with events to raise awareness and education about the disease. The Lansing Area AIDS Network will be holding a community observance at 11 a.m.
The Casionauts will release a 3-inch CD split with The Hard Lessons and The Recital tonight at The Temple Club.
Junior Tony Greathouse was named the Big Ten's Wrestler of the Week for his 6-4 win against No.
The holiday season is here. Well, at least according to retailers. Although Kwanzaa, Hanukkah, Christmas, Bodhi Day, St.
Arts happenings Today, Friday, Saturday: "A Day in the Death of Joe Egg" presented by Unique Minds, a production group dedicated for and with mentally challenged young adults.
It's that time of year again. Every shopping trip is accompanied with a walk past a stand asking for donations to charity.
Students can't help but be skeptical of the East Lansing independent commission on what would accurately be called the "police riot" of April 2-3.
After decades of working with hunger and the poor, animal science professor Sam Varghese has focused on his home country of India this last year. Last month, he returned from another trip to India, where he worked with relief efforts for the tsunami that hit Southeast Asia in December 2004.
A Supreme Court case about the rights of minors who want to have abortions in New Hampshire could show how the high court will rule with its new member, a Michigan lawyer said. This is the first case John Roberts has heard involving abortion rights since he assumed the position of chief justice for the nation's highest court. The court heard arguments about the case on Wednesday, which could decide whether people under the age of 18 need to have the consent of their parents to have an abortion. Mae Kuykendall, a lawyer and senior associate dean for academic affairs at the MSU College of Law, said this is an interesting time to watch the Supreme Court because of the changes that have happened during the past few months. "It's significant for the way the court is moving and the way it interprets the statute," she said. Pamela Sherstad, a spokeswoman for Right to Life of Michigan, said it's good the court has taken the case because having a family involved when a minor wants an abortion is important. "This lets people know what is at stake with abortion rights," she said.
Four months ago, Hurricane Katrina physically destroyed the lives of thousands of people in the Gulf Coast, sending many to Michigan to seek shelter and financial aid.
For some MSU students, the theme of this holiday season is "students helping students." The Graduate Employees Union, or GEU, began a food drive at the start of November for the MSU Student Food Bank.
After a strong showing during his freshman year, many of the MSU faithful thought there was little chance Paul Davis would stay at MSU beyond his sophomore season, let alone for all four years of eligibility. With guaranteed multi-year, multimillion-dollar contracts waiting for first-round picks in the NBA draft, bolting to the pros when his stock was high was an option Davis considered — but he stuck around anyway. "It was first round, maybe around the 20s or something, maybe even first round," Davis said.
Black women have the third highest rate of infection of HIV/AIDS in Michigan, and Planned Parenthood Mid-Michigan Alliance is launching a program to try and change that. Sisters Playing it Safe is an HIV Prevention Program which educates women about how to change their behavior in order to decrease the risk of catching HIV and will now be offered in Ingham County.