COMMENTARY
Fans' conduct poor during home game
I am a Penn State junior, and drove eight hours with my friends to support our team in East Lansing during the MSU-Penn State game.
COMMENTARY
Hateful state
What is going on in Michigan? A study done by the FBI of 2004 crime statistics found Michigan ranked as the third worst in the country in hate crimes, despite the fact Michigan ranks only 6th in total population. Michigan was behind California and New Jersey. We didn't see this one coming. Here we are in the Midwest, a place many people think of as full of people who are tolerant.
COMMENTARY
MCRI more important than students realize
This letter is in response to recent attacks against affirmative action and groups who support the anti-affirmative action legislation called MCRI, or Michigan Civil Rights Initiative.
NEWS
The happenings
Music happenings Tonight: Bear Vs. Shark, Ari Ari, Eyes Like Knives, Letters in Binary play Mac's Bar, 2700 E.
NEWS
New mayor promises to build diverse city cabinet
Mayor-elect Virg Bernero said he will have the most diverse cabinet Lansing has seen, despite an all-white council in his first year in office. "I'm committed to celebrating all the wonderful cultures and ethnic variety in the community," Bernero said.
COMMENTARY
MSU union beats bad economic climate
Amazing. Amazing and wonderful and incredible! In the midst of plant closings and terrible economic news, the Coalition of Labor Organizations at MSU has done it again.
COMMENTARY
Mayor needs to stop with politics, decide
After reading Mayor Mark Meadows' statement on the April 2-3 disturbances, one thing seems obvious: Meadows would rather play politics than do his job. He defends his lack of a conclusion into the matter by laying out all definitions of the word "blame." According to him, the disturbances were everyone's fault and no one's fault. Meadows blames the students for throwing rocks at officers.
NEWS
Take a look at what several area museums have to offer
The semester is almost finished, so it's time to start planning for winter break. Why sit around watching TV when you have the opportunity to experience a little culture?
SPORTS
With 'a little' more discipline, Spartans having early success
If MSU senior wrestling captain R.J. Boudro noticed one thing that stands out about the team this season, it's discipline.
MICHIGAN
Diverse crowd celebrates 'Holidays in Old Town'
Lansing's Old Town is in the midst of its holiday celebration with events aimed at bringing people of all ages to the area and its businesses. "It's an opportunity for MSU students to sneak away from East Lansing and see that this area has a lot more to offer than they think," said Jamie Schriner-Hooper, executive director of the Old Town Commercial Association. The celebration, "Holidays in Old Town," started on Dec.
NEWS
Museums come alive during break
Kalamazoo — Under theatrical lighting, intensely colorful glass shined as a young couple circled the sculptural installation of a "Macchia Forest." The bowl-shaped pieces stood on pedestals at the viewers' eye level. Nearby, a girl with a digital camera leaned in to take a detailed picture of a flowerlike glass creation called "Ikebana," inspired by the Japanese tradition of flower arranging. These imaginative and abstract glass forms are the brainchild of sculpture artist Dale Chihuly.
NEWS
Police briefs
Students across campus experienced troubles with Internet service starting at about 9:50 p.m. on Wednesday. Network staff were working with the campus network provider, Merit, to fix the problem, said Richard Wiggins, senior information technologist for the Academic Computing and Network Services. The problems could have been caused from some sort of network failure or because an attack on the system occurred.
NEWS
E.L. police: Area thefts committed by visitors
The "college atmosphere" in cities such as East Lansing and Ann Arbor can be a draw for predators, as well as revelers, police say. Of the 13 robberies in East Lansing where assailants used unarmed force, only one of the 22 suspects was identified as an East Lansing resident or student, East Lansing police statistics show. There were 34 robberies of this type between Jan.
NEWS
Bill calls for review of police actions
Members of ASMSU's Academic Assembly will vote tonight on a bill asking the Academic Governance system to look into the actions of MSU police during the April 2-3 disturbances. MSU police did not play a significant role in the independent commission that reviewed the disturbances, said Derek Wallbank, independent commission member and College of Communication Arts and Sciences representative for ASMSU's Student Assembly. Since the MSU police did not attend independent commission meetings as did the East Lansing Police Department and the Michigan State Police, the MSU department should be reviewed by a university body, Wallbank said. The bill calls for the Executive Committee of Academic Council to create a committee of students, faculty, MSU police and administrators to investigate the department's actions concerning the disturbances and the commission. "If one wants a review of what MSU police did, one will have to get a review through Michigan State University," Wallbank said. The MSU Board of Trustees has control of the MSU police, and the Executive Committee of Academic Council makes recommendations to the board. "We can have an unbiased and impartial body who can sort through the facts and see what happened on April 2 and find out perhaps why (MSU police) weren't as involved in the April 2 commission as some other police organizations," said Robert Murphy, Academic Assembly chairperson. Academic Assembly plans to vote on the bill after the joint ASMSU and Residence Halls Association meeting tonight.
MSU
Supplies sent to Miss. schools, kids
More than 10,000 books, boxes of school supplies and backpacks were donated last month to a Mississippi school district hit by Hurricane Katrina, after an MSU student adopted the district. Through her organization called Heart 2 Heart, elementary education senior Michelle Buffa collected donations at drives held at local libraries and schools, and at her hometown school in Grand Blanc.
NEWS
MSU shows no mercy
MSU showed no signs of rustiness on Wednesday night, putting in a strong 40-minute effort despite having played just one game in the previous 10 days.
SPORTS
MSU has 55 Academic All-Big Ten recipients
Fifty-five MSU student-athletes have been named Academic All-Big Ten for the fall semester. MSU is sixth in the conference in total number of athletes selected, but ninth in number of selections per team.
MSU
Book drive to benefit Africa
At one point this semester, Laura Sologuren Sanchez had about 1,600 books in her residence hall, but none of them were hers. The learning disabilities freshman started the student group Books for Africa when she arrived to MSU from her native Bolivia, and kept donations in a Mason Hall storage room. The group collects new and used English-language books for all ages and donates them to organizations working to help reduce costs for building community libraries and educational centers in African countries. "We are changing African children's lives — it's amazing," said Sanchez, who is president of the group.
MICHIGAN
E.L. principal refuses $20K gift
Chris Savage was shocked to learn the $20,000 prize he won from Samsung's "Hope for Education" essay contest for East Lansing High School was rejected because the principal refused to provide her social security number on the paperwork. "I heard from Samsung saying (the school) had declined it," said Savage, an East Lansing resident.
NEWS
The bartender
The forecast reports snow for today, tomorrow and the next day. The bottom of your pants are soaking wet because of the snow.