Two days after winning on the road for the first time this season, the MSU women's soccer team (4-2-2 overall) fell to Western Michigan (2-4-1 overall), 1-0, Sunday afternoon. Midway through the second half, Western Michigan's midfielder, Andrea Tyler, found midfielder Amy Letzgus for the only goal of the game.
It seems that one group of Hurricane Katrina victims has been overlooked in the effort to recover from this terrible disaster. As the former first lady and mother of the current president, Barbara Bush so astutely observed upon her visit to the Houston Astrodome - "And so many of the people in the arena here, you know, were underprivileged anyway, so this is working very well for them"- we can now rest assured that the tens of thousands of displaced New Orleans have been adequately cared for. And our concerns can be focused on the real victims of the hurricane.
A 20-year-old man was sentenced to three to 15 years in prison for raping an MSU student in her dorm room in April 2004. Joseph Zant, a 2003 Grand Haven High School graduate, pled no contest to third-degree criminal sexual conduct in July and was sentenced by Ingham County Circuit Court Judge Beverley Nettles-Nickerson on Wednesday. "For all those males out there who think it's OK to do this kind of thing, particularly if the woman is intoxicated, they should be thinking of three to 15," said Ingham County Prosecutor Stuart Dunnings III.
The Listening Ear Crisis Intervention Center, 313 W. Grand River Ave., will have orientation sessions for new volunteer training starting at 7 p.m.
Muskegon resident Dave Johnson looks on during a memorial speech for veterans of all wars classified as missing in action or prisoners of war at the seventh annual Michigan Remembers Run on Saturday. Johnson, a veteran of the U.S.
Sometimes chick flicks can be entertaining, funny and enjoyable all at once. "Just Like Heaven" is one of those movies.
It was a nauseating experience to see John Knowles' "Opposition is trendy, but Iraq war is justified, more popular than most" (SN 9/13) opinion on the justification of the Iraq occupation. It felt like an overdose of Fox News sound bytes compounded by hallucinations such as the notion of a "liberal media." The media is supposed to report the facts, and it's obvious that there is something preventing this when people as muddled as Knowles deny that "Bush lied." Iraq had no part in the Sept.
In a unanimous decision during Friday's MSU Board of Trustees meeting, board members approved the sale of MSU's Merillat Equine Center, an 80-acre farm in Adrian that specializes in breeding. The farm was given as a gift to the university in 1996 by the Merillat family.
Mike Ramsey's editorial cartoon (SN 9/12) has somehow, just when I thought it could not be done, managed to make the staff of The State News seem even more sub-human. Do you print things like this for the shock value, or do you really feel that the economy is in tatters and we do not respect human rights or civil liberties in this country?
For the second year in a row, the Izzone directors have scheduled the annual Izzone campout during women's greek recruitment. For the second year in a row, I have complained. Last year, the directors responded to me by saying, "We are making no exceptions for the campout," and never touched upon their overlap with greek recruitment.
After reading the State News article "Area reacts to same-sex marriage bill" (SN 9/8), I was struck with the dangerous misunderstanding of the difference between a right and a privilege. This is more than just a semantic detail.
I sincerely hope that John Knowles ("Opposition is trendy, but Iraq war is justified, more popular than most" SN 9/13) will let us know when he ships out to Iraq so we can send care packages.
Dog owners are invited to attend a moonlit walk through the woods at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 14 at the Harris Nature Center, 3998 Van Atta Road.
Would it really be blues without trouble brewing all around? Because when it comes to the blues, either your mate isn't treating you right or the weather treats you like a chump.
Student Parents on a Mission will have a welcome meeting from 6-8 p.m. Tuesday at the Spartan Child Development Center, located at 1730 Crescent Road. Free dinner and child care will be provided, and a children's craft activity will start at 7 p.m. The organization was founded in 1995 with the Family Resource Center to provide an environment for student parents to come together and learn about resources MSU provides for them, such as assistance in finding employment and financial aid.
It's tough to please everyone in a column. During the summer semester, an intriguing discussion on sin and homosexuality took place in the Letters to the Editor section of The State News Opinion Page.
In response to the column "I'm not paying" (SN 9/13) regarding ASMSU's involvement with trying to lower the parking meter prices, I would just like to ask, whom does The State News think ASMSU represents?
As East Lansing Fire Marshal Bob Pratt drove on Sunday down a residential street in Bogalusa, La., a city that Hurricane Katrina devastated with high winds, he tallied the damaged houses. "One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight; eight out of 10 houses on a random block have tarps on roofs," Pratt said on his cell phone, as he sat by his partner, East Lansing Firefighter-Paramedic Dawn Carson.
Paul Wilk's comments ("Resident angered by tragedy response", SN 9/9) about MSU students were ruthless.
Indiana Pacers guard Anthony Johnson pleaded no contest Friday to a count of misdemeanor assault and battery stemming from last season's brawl at The Palace of Auburn Hills. He's still awaiting sentencing on his 33 percent shooting performance against the Pistons in the Eastern Conference Semifinals. Saturday's instant classic 44-41 win over Notre Dame put MSU in the Associated Press Top 25 for the first time this season.