Perhaps Ryan Townsend, "Only two genders, demands are bogus" (SN 12/02), should check his facts before he starts spreading his preachy dogma. There are people out there that have two Xs and one Y.
Bar patrons would be able to stay out after 2 a.m. if a bill unanimously passed by the state House and Senate is signed by Gov.
Let me introduce you to Allyssa DeHaan. She'll be a freshman at MSU next year. She's from Grandville. She wants to be a doctor. And, oh yeah, she's going to revolutionize women's basketball at MSU. See, DeHaan is a once-in-a-lifetime kind of player.
I'm writing in response to Ryan Townsend's overly simplistic letter "Only two genders, demands are bogus" (SN 12/02). Biological realities are far more complex than Mr. Townsend's observation would suggest.
If we bring in Steve Mariucci to coach our football team, we might as well bring back Bobby Williams too. They both share a common thread as coaches: They lack discipline. There's no better proof of this than Charles Rogers.
Senior Ian Clutten set a Peppe Natatorium record on the second day of the Ohio State Invitational, clocking in with a time of 54.68 in the 100-meter breaststroke on Saturday. Clutten also competed in the 200 medley relay team with seniors Rudolf Wagenaar, Nick Harley and Matt Wisniewski.
Philip Lauri was inspired while interning in Houston this summer. The supply chain management senior decided to write a speech reflecting on his time at MSU and approaching his final semester. "I had been working and sitting in a cubicle, and I thought, 'What am I going to do here with my life?'" Lauri said.
Be all you can be. Aim high. U.S. military slogans are pretty recognizable. Military service is done strictly on a volunteer basis, so the different branches are in the business of recruiting. Really, they are in the business of selling themselves as organizations to potential employees. Thursday, the group Direct Action took issue with the military's recruiting tactics and organized a protest outside the local Marine Corps Recruiting Station on Grand River Avenue.
A heated debate on and off campus has started surrounding the Michigan Civil Rights Initiative, or MCRI, which will appear on the November 2006 ballot.
The MSU women's basketball team showed no signs of a long layoff Sunday as it defeated Pepperdine, 82-64, at Breslin Center. Senior forward Liz Shimek had 28 points and 12 rebounds to lead the Spartans. "Liz was doing her thing today, that's for sure," MSU head coach Joanne P.
With rumblings that his job might be in jeopardy after a second consecutive losing season, MSU head coach John L.
Los Angeles, Houston, New York City ... Lansing. Within the past few years, Mac's Bar has put Lansing on the map — literally.
I feel compelled to respond to Eric Wolowicz's letter, "Public needs to 'stay the course' in war" (SN 12/2). I am sorry, although not surprised, to hear of the scarcity of morale in Iraq.
Hurricane Katrina victims have gone through a lot. They've lost everything to flood damage and looters.
Former MSU head coach Hugh "Duffy" Daugherty was famous for his idea that championships are won between the months of December and September with recruiting.
Ryan Townsend incorrectly substitutes gender with sex in his letter "Only two genders, demands are bogus" (SN 12/02). An individual's sex is a tangible, biological characteristic assigned at birth by the presence of the gonads, which will later influence aspects of the further physical development of that person. An individual's gender, however, is an intangible construct of that person's identity, not under the influence of the gonads. In our culture, girls stereotypically play with dolls and boys play with trucks; but such constructs do not transcend all cultures and are not directly correlated with a person's sex, since this happens before puberty. Your idea of a clear-cut division between male and female is blurred by such genetic abnormalities as Klinefelter syndrome. And if God is still creating only two sexes, how do you account for an intersex person? Travis Reed veterinary medicine first year
It takes audience members at BoarsHead Theatre about 10 minutes to figure out that Paul Riopelle and Neil Necastro aren't playing the part of two schizophrenic Irishmen. Instead, they're part of a two-man show called "Stones In His Pockets" in which they play all 14 characters. "Once the audience keys into that, it becomes really fun for them," Riopelle said.
By Danielle Grondin Special to The State News Shannon Hoffman said she sang holiday songs in the dark Saturday morning, waiting to help crafters line their cars up before the 42nd annual Holiday Arts & Crafts Show. "Why else would you want to be at the Union at 4:45 a.m.
Six of the 10 members of the independent commission reviewing the April 2-3 disturbances wrote personal statements about the commission's conclusions. The responses have been added as an appendix to the commission's final report, which was released in early November. Commission member and East Lansing City Councilmember Mark Meadows focused his statement on the commission itself and the issue of assigning blame in the report. "That seemed to be the primary issue that divided people looking at the recommendations of the commission," Meadows told The State News. Commission members Edmund McGarrell, Nancy Schertzing, Robert Ianni and Raymond Beach endorsed Meadow's statement. The commission had diverse viewpoints, Meadows wrote in his statement. "For those who want to point to the 5-4 vote on the "blame" issue as evidence of some failure of the commission, I want the record to reflect that I consider that vote to be an affirmation that the commission was truly independent and diverse," he wrote.
Competitors only had one minute to complete their task — guide cattle into a pen without using ropes or their hands. People on horseback directed the cows and raced to beat their opponents, with varied success. About 150 people — ranging in age from about 6 to 80 — competed with their horses in Cowboy Christmas, a horse competition held at the Pavilion for Agriculture and Livestock Education during the weekend.