Adams working to perfect transition into bandit position
MSU sophomore bandit Sir Darean Adams has exploded onto the scene for the MSU defense. In Saturday's game against Kent State, Adams had four tackles and is expected to become an even bigger contributor in the future.
City set to receive evacuees
East Lansing is ready to receive victims of Hurricane Katrina. The city announced it has 150 rental units available and 90 spots open in its public school system for displaced persons Wednesday. "We did a quick survey of landlords by phone and asked them what the availability was," Deputy City Manager Jean Golden said.
Iraqi war misguided, exit strategy needed
Cody Zoppa's letter "Sheehan's stand bold, impractical" (SN 9/1) touches on the issues America should have been debating long ago. Now that most of us can see how politically and morally wrong the Iraq invasion was, the next question is "what is the exit strategy?" I would advise Zoppa not to fall for the establishment's excuses against an early withdrawal.
MSU hosts extreme sport event
When most people think of dodgeball, two things come to mind - an elementary school gym-class activity or a 2004 movie starring Vince Vaughn and Ben Stiller. Students who came out to watch Thursday's Extreme Dodgeball competitions at the rock on Farm Lane got something in between. The competitions, which were brought to campus by Comcast and the Game Show Network, or GSN, featured a Thursday afternoon matchup between teams from MSU and the University of Michigan. "It's the same game we played in elementary school, but with attitude," said Jerome Espy, Comcast's Michigan spokesman.
Newbie on block after 1st week
Matt Leinart Senior quarterback Southern Cal Last week: Went 18-for-24 for 332 yards and three touchdowns, had one interception Looked poised in quest for another Heisman as No.
Tragic mistake
As the pumps continue to drain New Orleans, authorities are finding what lies beneath the murky Louisiana waters. We can't imagine what it's like down there - our homes are intact and our lives are scarely altered by this extreme tragedy. The volunteers, citizens and journalists who are presently in the area are the only people who know the reality of this event because they see it. They're living it. When politicians and public figures, such as former first lady Barbara Bush at the Astrodome in Houston, say things such as "So many of the people in the arena here, you know, were underprivileged anyway, so this is working very well for them," it shows the disconnect between leaders and the people they represent. Bodies lie in the streets of New Orleans.
ASMSU to discuss new groups, parking rates
Members of ASMSU's Student Assembly will vote on bills about everything from accepting student groups into the association to lowering parking-meter rates on campus during their meeting today. Academic Assembly members voted to give the MSU International Student Association and Arab Culture Society seats on their assembly, but the groups won't become members unless Student Assembly members vote them in as well. Student Assembly also will vote on a bill to support the lowering of parking-meter rates on campus, said Derek Wallbank, Communication Arts and Sciences representative for the assembly. The meeting is at 6:30 p.m.
Still sharing
Is the battle over file sharing and copyright laws going to end soon? Absolutely not. The never-ending argument was reopened yet again with the Australian court deciding that Kazaa - a popular downloading program used for file sharing - has violated copyright laws.
Press secretaries to give lecture at MSU
Five current and former press secretaries of Michigan governors will speak at 5:30 p.m. today in the Big Ten A room of the Kellogg Center. "Meet the Press Secretaries" is the 2005 Edward Zabrusky Public Relations Lecture.
Here's who to bench, who to play
The first week of the NFL season is upon us and that means the return of fantasy football. Here are a list of this week's studs, duds and sleepers. Studs: • QB Brett Favre, Green Bay at Detroit, 4:15 p.m.
MSU gets grants to study causes of ADHD
Most people are exposed to small amounts of harmful chemicals every day, but MSU researchers will soon delve into the role people's genes play in developing Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, or ADHD. The researchers will use two grants, a total of more than $3 million, to conduct a study of children's behavior, environment and genetic makeup to determine possible correlations, said Joel Nigg, associate professor in the Department of Psychology and lead researcher in the study. "The genetics part is important, but it's not in a vacuum," Nigg said.
While 'The O.C.' kills radio stars, music novices relish in it
Lately it seems we're getting our music fix from TV shows rather than music videos. MTV plays better music as background for their slew of reality shows more than they do on "TRL" or "Direct Effect," which are virtually their only shows dedicated to playing music videos.
Evening vigil brings campus, community together
The sun set across the lawn beside the rock on Farm Lane as about 65 students, teachers and community members solemnly gathered for a university-sponsored candlelight vigil to honor the victims of Hurricane Katrina on Wednesday. "It's complicated, and it's sad," mechanical engineering senior Stephen Casey said. Casey, a transfer student from Tulane University in New Orleans and Holt native, was driving down to Tulane to begin his fall semester last week when he received word that Tulane's classes would be postponed, and then called off completely for at least the rest of the semester. Although Casey is now enrolled at MSU, he has friends he knows from Tulane that he is unable to make contact with. "The worst part is not knowing," Casey said. Casey said there is an online directory for Tulane students to remain in contact with one another. "I check it everyday," he said.
ASMSU bill to aid hurricane victims
As a group that focuses on serving students - not only at MSU, but outside of the university - ASMSU's Academic Assembly unanimously passed a bill to honor and aid Hurricane Katrina victims as well as advocate taking in evacuated students at its Tuesday meeting.
Local firefighters, Paramedic sent to help ravaged south
After Troy Brya finished hugging his wife and two young children at Lansing's Capital City Airport on Wednesday night, the reality of his situation began to set in. In less than an hour, he and three other East Lansing firefighters would leave for at least the next 30 days to help with the devastation and confusion left by Hurricane Katrina. "All they said was plan on adverse conditions," East Lansing Fire Marshal Bob Pratt said.
MIDDAY UPDATE: Simon outlines plans for new college, research
MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon deviated from her prepared speech Thursday afternoon, but she stuck to the message as she laid out her plans for MSU's future in front of several hundred people in the Kellogg Center's Big Ten Room. Her address opened the Sesquicentennial Academic Convocation, held to celebrate MSU's 150th anniversary. After introductions by sesquicentennial committee Chairwoman Sue Carter and MSU Board of Trustees Chairman David Porteous, Simon announced her new "Boldness by Design" initiative - a series of strategic actions that include developing a new residential college and pushing MSU's National Institutes of Health research funding past the $100 million mark by 2012. At the center of the initiative is a commitment that MSU will be recognized worldwide as the United States' leading land-grant university by 2012, which Simon stated directly in her speech. "We are simply going to execute in a way that's unsurpassed in higher education," she said. For more on this story, please see Friday's edition of The State News.
Residents need to accept E.L. partying
In response to Tali Hylen's letter "Students, city need better relationship" (SN 8/31), it is unacceptable that fellow students are vandalizing residents' homes. On behalf of the majority of MSU students, I would like to offer an apology to those East Lansing residents that have dealt with this embarrassing problem. What residents need to remember is that East Lansing is a "college town." If it makes you feel better to view East Lansing as more of a city and less of a college town, then feel free.
Inhale the flavor
The sweet fragrance of hookah smoke fills the room as a group of people sit around the water pipe, holding small hoses as gray smoke from the flavored tobacco curls around their heads. This scene could be in a dark restaurant or a crammed dorm room in the middle of the afternoon.
Church to help victims of Hurricane Katrina
As hundreds of people make their way to Lansing after losing their homes when Hurricane Katrina ravaged the south, St.