This letter is in response to "Police launch 2-week safety-belt campaign" (SN 8/9). Michigan State police Trooper Tom Tucker said the area chosen is highly traveled. I wonder how many lives they save by enforcing in a 45 mph zone?
Many students at MSU have been at a party that's gotten broken up by the police, or at least have heard stories about one from a friend.
MSU officials announced on Tuesday that the university's three-year-old capital campaign to raise $1.2 billion in funding for academic and campus projects has passed the billion-dollar mark. To date, the "Campaign for MSU" is about $161 million short of its total goal.
Call me a nerd, but the night the Central American Free Trade Agreement, or CAFTA went to the House, I sat up watching C-SPAN intently, waiting and waiting for the result I had been hoping for - for logic, for sensibility, for the best interest of Average Joe living and working in Every Town, USA.
I know homosexuality is a constantly discussed and heated issue among Christian conservatives, politicians and people who just don't understand.
I'm writing in reference to Megan Frye's column, ("Opinion editor beseeches upon public to stop whining, start writing" SN 8/8). I recently returned to the U.S.
She might just be one mother, but she's got the opportunity to represent thousands of them. Californian Cindy Sheehan showed up at President Bush's Crawford, Texas ranch with one goal in mind - getting some answers.
MSU baseball head coach David Grewe announced that A.J. Dunn, a pitcher from Grand Ledge, signed a national letter of intent to play for the Spartans in the 2006 season on Saturday. Dunn, a four-year letter winner at Grand Ledge High School, was an all-district team and all-region team member as a senior.
Underage drinkers walking down East Lansing streets could remain safe from being breathalyzed if a lawsuit filed by the Michigan chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union is held up in federal court. The suit challenges a state law allowing police to breathalyze pedestrians under the age of 21 and aims to stop the blatant abuse of Breathalyzer tests across college campuses statewide, Legal Director for the Michigan ACLU Michael J.
Each season four captains are named for the MSU football team - this year's group is junior defensive end Clifton Ryan, junior quarterback Drew Stanton, senior center Chris Morris and senior safety Eric Smith. "I like the mix, and I like those kids and what they've done," MSU head coach John L.
MSU students are helping Gov. Jennifer Granholm, who recently returned from Japan, prepare for another journey. This time her destination is the Internet. The governor released her first radio address and podcast this weekend through a partnership with MSU's student radio station WDBM (88.9-FM), the Impact. Impact Production Director Jeremy Whiting and General Manager Gary Reid head the team producing the governor's podcasts. "It's a great experience for a young student to get involved and know how broadcasting works on a professional level," Reid said.
This letter is in response to "Keep it out" (SN 8/8). Contrary to The State News' assertion, President Bush's statement was not an attempt to indoctrinate the youth of our country with religious beliefs.
Kristie Macrakis described East Berlin in the late 1980s as a drab, black-and-white city, where the East German secret police operated behind the scenes. "It was kind of like 'spy city,'" she said.
Michigan law-enforcement officials launched a two-week effort Friday to enforce and educate the community about safety-belt laws. The East Lansing Police Department is among several Ingham County agencies that will participate in the campaign on Friday.
Kate Nault is like many area landlords trying to maintain her property and relationship with tenants. But for the 23-year-old anthropology senior, the house is her own and the tenants are her roommates. Nault has owned the house for three years and said the process of purchasing her own home wasn't simple. "I am from Lansing and my mom was always suggesting I buy my own house instead of throwing my money away paying rent somewhere," she said.
The MSU fundraising effort to raise $1.2 billion for the university before 2007 has surpassed the billion-dollar mark, university officials are expected to announce today. The Campaign for MSU, which began in 2000, seeks to raise gift support for research and teaching, support for students, scholarships, new facilities and building renovations, maintaining programs and faculty recruitment.
The new addition to Spartan Stadium has everyone from coaches to players raving about its more attractive look. The renovations make the stadium look similar to Purdue or Ohio State's, mainly because MSU used the same architect as the aforementioned universities, and many of the design elements are the same, said Greg Ianni, senior associate athletics director for facilities and sports management.
It's been almost 40 years since anyone did what sophomore Ryan Brehm accomplished - he made the cut in the Buick Open as an amateur. There were 156 players at the start of the tournament, but only the top 79 made the cut.
Forget baseball: Cars, booze and cigarettes are the real American pastime. The rule of thumb is if there's not a significant risk for severe injury or death, it's not fun. For instance, consider diving boards at the pool.