Matt Trannon is all but ready to go for the Spartans but head coach Tom Izzo joked the senior forward is "in the doghouse" because he brought the flu to the rest of the team.
As a proud member of the U.S. Armed Forces, and a young veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom, I was discouraged and saddened to see the nature of the political cartoon prepared for The State News to run on Veterans Day.
Child development junior Andrea Gillis received one of the Bright Horizons Family Solutions' annual Bright Futures Scholarship. The scholarship is in the amount of $2,500, and is given to three undergraduate students who are in the field of early education and child development within the education program. The scholarship committee looks for people who have overcome obstacles and are viewed as deserving by their peers and teachers. Gillis has made the Dean's List every semester. Last year, she worked with first graders and showed an ability to connect with diverse groups of children.
The Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity is calling for submissions to an annual essay contest that awards about $10,000 in prizes. An MSU student was recognized with an honorable mention in a 2001 contest sponsored by the New York-based organization. In its 17th year, the essay contest asks students to write about an ethical issue relevant to today's world.
I'd like to applaud The State News for printing the editorial "Identity right" (SN 11/16) on gender identity. Gender identity is as intrinsic and personal as anything else that we use to define ourselves to ourselves, and as such should be protected with the same safeguards as any other identifying characteristic. Yet presently at MSU, discrimination against transgender students in housing, employment and other areas of student life is permitted.
I would like to commend Mike Ramsey for exercising his First Amendment rights in his comic on Veterans Day (SN 11/11). I strongly disagree with the readers who want to contest his position at The State News.
At 6 p.m. Tuesday, the Black Student Alliance will present the 33rd annual Black Power Rally at Fairchild Theatre. The theme for this year is "These Three Words: L.ove, U.nification, V.oice." The event will feature performances and speakers such as DJ Reality, 3rd Eye Open, Urban Dreams, poet Amiri Baraka and Denise Troutman, an MSU associate professor in the Department of Writing, Rhetoric and American Cultures.
Two ASMSU executives are resigning at the end of the semester, and the student government hopes to fill the positions by early December. Association Director Jason Bucholz is leaving for an internship in the spring, and Tahera Sakarwala, vice chairperson for student programming for ASMSU's Student Assembly, plans to move to Iowa for a supply chain management internship this spring. Applications for the association director position are due by 5 p.m.
The MSU Debate Team came in second place at the 49th annual Wake Forest University Shirley Classic. More than 70 colleges and 140 teams participated in the tournament. International relations senior Ryan Burke received 10th place in the Individual Speaker Award.
After losing their final match on Saturday, MSU's volleyball players wiped the tears from their eyes and began to form a circle.
Some MSU freshmen say they are concerned about the debts they'll have to pay off when they graduate, so they've decided to get involved in lowering tuition rates. "I'm going to be paying loans until I'm 45," kinesiology freshman James Debartolo said.
MSU head coach Joanne P. McCallie knows her No. 9-ranked Spartans still have a lot to prove after dropping two of three games in the Paradise Jam tournament in the Virgin Islands during Thanksgiving weekend. "We're just getting started," McCallie said in a written statement.
The night of April 2-3 has been a frequent topic for The State News Editorial Board. For nearly eight months, we have been discussing the disturbances and the independent commission formed to investigate them.
I applaud those who protested Mike Ramsey's Veterans Day (SN 11/11) cartoon as being distasteful for keeping the protest mostly positive, with the theme of supporting our troops as the main issue. However, one reader suggests they are hypocrites to call for the artist's dismissal for the comic.
Thousands of bargain hunters braved the chilly darkness across Michigan early Friday morning for a shot at early bird sales. In the Lansing area, shopper turnout mirrored the scene across the state.
The Living Blue is a little bit of The Shins, a little bit of The Strokes and a whole lot of rock 'n' roll.
Eight schools, three days and unlimited college basketball — now that's paradise. This year's EA Sports Maui Invitational was pegged as the best ever, with four schools in the preseason Top 10.
It was so refreshing to read Ken Osborne's column, "Portrayal of city inaccurate, Detroit more than boarded-up buildings" (SN 11/16), defending Detroit instead of ridiculing it like the majority of people do. I was born and raised in Grosse Pointe Farms, Mich.: a suburb just outside of Detroit.
By Amy Oprean Special to The State News It seemed as if animals had gotten the first tour of Potter Park Zoo's Wonderland of Lights display after their footprints were captured alongside visitors' footprints in fresh snow on Wednesday night. "I think the animals get psyched," said Susan Owens, docent at the zoo for more than 16 years.