An MSU education has fueled alumni on the road to exciting careers all over the world. For 1999 graduate George Katsiris, his philosophy degree served as a catalyst for the creation of a record label based in the Big Apple.
In the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans, garbage still lined the streets and hugged the edges of damaged houses one month ago. Chain-linked fences remained collapsed from the weight of uprooted trees.
Two-liter bottles of Faygo and Vernors were among a clutter of paper cups on a foldout table in front of the rock on Farm Lane on Monday afternoon. "Get a drink of justice," a member of Students for Economic Justice, or SEJ, called out to passing students. The group organized a Michigan pop taste fest to promote the use of local beverages and play down the use of Coca-Cola Co. products. English senior and SEJ member Rachel Fealk said the group believes managers at the Coca-Cola bottling facilities in Colombia hired paramilitary groups to kill eight union leaders and harass other employees and their families.
Joanne P. McCallie knew her team was going to allow some points during MSU's last-second loss to No.
I read David Garlock's letter, "Historical man not worth vast attention" (SN 1/19), with a distinct sense of déjà vu. Nothing he had to say was anything I hadn't heard before, usually from some "conservative" pundit with nothing else to write about when Martin Luther King Jr.
For a long time, the State News editorial board has said that ASMSU needs to find a good way to get students' opinions on issues and get them involved. In fact, in "Unresolved issues," (SN 1/9), we said getting students involved with college funding and getting them to show up when their presence is needed was going to be a tough goal.
It's that time of year again — the quality of new motion picture releases has been progressively dropping, and it's about to hit the low point.
After splitting a road series against Nebraska-Omaha last weekend, the No. 16 Spartans are back on home ice tonight against another run-and-gun, up-tempo team in Ferris State. "They skate very well.
Laura Hall looked around the myriad of athletic equipment in motion at IM Sports-West's fitness center Saturday afternoon. The second-year social work graduate student, who uses a wheelchair, had never exercised using the center's facilities before. "I never thought they were accessible," she said.
East Lansing officials want to stamp out disruptive drinking games in city neighborhoods. "It's one thing for these games to be played in bars; it's another thing to have them going on in the front lawns of residential neighborhoods," Deputy City Manager Jean Golden said. The city's police have noticed an increase in the number of drinking games being played outdoors this year, and those games create noise problems, police Chief Tom Wibert said.
Most of us entered life with help from the nimble and licensed hands of medical professionals. Oregon voters believe that medical assistance for patients who desire suicide should be available as well, despite attempts by the federal government to outlaw the practice. And it should be the voters' choice, not the federal government's. The state approved the Death with Dignity Act in 1994 and affirmed it in 1997.
A proposal which would guarantee yearly funding increases equal to inflation for all public schools, including community colleges and Michigan's public universities, has received significant support from voters across the state. The K-16 Coalition for Michigan's Future has collected about 300,000 signatures supporting its proposal, according to the group's spokesman Ken MacGregor. The number of signatures required for a proposal to appear on the November ballot as a ballot initiative is 254,206.
By Erin Atkinson Special for The State News MSU professor Sam Varghese will return to South India on Friday to study the effects of his educational work with tsunami victims. Varghese, an animal science professor, has been aiding tsunami victims since learning his hometown of Kerala, South India, was affected by the 2004 storm.
The title sums up the whole plot — "Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World" is about just that.
Big debates are often inspired by simple and fundamental questions. What is the purpose of government?
From what I read of "Professor salaries rank 5th in Big Ten," (SN 1/19), it sounded like the staff is complaining about being ranked fifth and having an average salary of about $111,000. Now, I understand that MSU has to be comparative, if not better, than some schools to attract good professors and keep the ones we have. But if the salary is going to be higher, then better screening of new professors and better examinations of current professors needs to be put in place. For the most part, I have had average to great professors during my three years at MSU.
If you were in attendance at Munn Ice Arena last Tuesday night, you would have seen a good Spartans hockey team beat Michigan, 2-0.
Crossword puzzles across campus are feeling spurned as more and more people turn to the number game, Sudoku, to tease their brains. The game that requires no math has become a staple in newspapers around the country, including The State News.
Although the No. 19 Spartans' winning streak ended after splitting a pair of games at Nebraska-Omaha this past weekend, the poise and spirit of the team has not been dampened. "You can't get down on one loss," senior forward David Booth said.
New office buildings are planned to join the explosion of recent developments in East Lansing's Northern Tier. A roughly 140-acre plot of marshy land covered by leaning oaks, the overgrown remnants of a pine tree farm and plowed earth could make way for a new road as soon as early summer. The site is located west of Coolidge Road, near the Chandler Crossings apartment complexes, and south of East Lansing's Department of Public Works, 1800 E.