Last week, the Big Ten Conference announced its Bowl game lineup for the 2006-09 college football seasons, which will include two new bowls for the conference. The league signed off on four-year extensions with the Capital One, Outback and Alamo Bowls and signed new four-year agreements with the Champs Sports and Insight Bowls.
In my last column ("Campus radio station should diversify its daytime music rotation" SN 7/19), diversity was the topic, but judging from some of the responses it received, it seems that race might have taken the spotlight instead. Race is an imprecise way to describe a person, or a radio format for that matter.
I am confused as to why these articles about the Residence Halls Association incident are pretty much the same ("Ex-RHA official pleads guilty to embezzlement" SN 7/25). It seems The State News is scraping the bottom of the barrel to get a story.
Benjamin Greathouse seems to have missed the point of my previous letter ("Letter writer wrong with interpretation" SN 7/19). There are pastors with more theological training than he has that believe that homosexuality is not a sin. Perhaps he should seek out and learn about these viewpoints before dismissing them.
The recent London case of mistaken identity which resulted in the murder of an innocent Brazilian citizen is an atrocious, yet cutting example of trigger happiness and fear that runs rampant in today's world. Jean Charles de Menezes was killed last week when he was shot eight times by London anti-terrorist police.
In the state of Michigan, torturing an animal is punishable under law, but currently no law protects a human being from being tortured by another. Rep.
The general problem with the letter ("Step forward" SN 7/12) stems from a misunderstanding of what religion is all about.
MSU basketball head coach Tom Izzo will tee off with his playing partner, PGA golfer Tiger Woods, at approximately 7 a.m.
I appreciate John Bice's willingness to interact with the issues I raised in my letter ("Faith needs reason, not blind beliefs" SN 7/5). Yet in his most recent article ("Religion is 'blind faith;' anyone could have written Bible storybook" SN 7/21) he seems to be unwilling to address the fatal flaws and inherent contradictions that exist in the arguments he advances. Space prohibits me from offering a detailed response; however, I would like to briefly address a few of the more egregious errors found in his article.
Oct. 2, 2005 - The Detroit Tigers defeat the Minnesota Twins and win the American League Wild Card by one game. At the beginning of the season, the Wild Card spot was just a tiny thought in the minds of Tigers fans. The Chicago White Sox took control of the Central Division early and have run away with the title, while the Tigers slipped below .500 and into third or fourth place, out of contention for any playoff consideration. However, as of Sunday, the Tigers were back to the .500-mark at 49-49 and only four games out of the Wild Card lead, held by Minnesota and Oakland.
The hearing scheduled for last week to determine whether public employers can offer benefits to domestic partners has been postponed until August, and some university employees are worried about losing their benefits. A Michigan Constitutional amendment was ratified in 2004, which defined marriage as being between a man and a woman. The American Civil Liberties Union, or ACLU, is representing 21 same-sex couples who filed the lawsuit in March after Attorney General Mike Cox interpreted the amendment as barring the city of Kalamazoo from providing domestic-partnership benefits in future contracts. The court hearing was postponed in order for Gov.
Two bills recently introduced to the state House of Representatives would ban the use of alcohol without liquid, commonly called AWOL, in Michigan. AWOL is an inhalant that is a combination of alcohol mist and pure oxygen and can create a euphoric sensation.
Atlanta rockers Dropsonic can't resist linking themselves to classic rock greats. Reviewers of the group's previous efforts, and even the band's official Web site, repeatedly mention the trio in the same breath as legendary groups such as Led Zeppelin and The Rolling Stones.
A 20-year-old MSU student died Sunday when he drowned in Lake Michigan, officials from the Muskegon Police Department said. Jiang Wei Lim, a computer science and engineering senior and international student, was spending the weekend at a friend's home.
As a remake, "Bad News Bears" is yet another example of a movie that does not live up to the original version and is kept afloat only by its comedy.
In May, Jaime Engelhart walked across the graduation stage to receive a token of her achievements at MSU, but unlike her classmates who received their diplomas that month, Engelhart has to wait until the end of August.
Editor's note: This is the fourth in a series of four profiles of the candidates in Lansing's mayoral race. As the only female candidate running for Lansing mayor, former Michigan Children's Ombudsman Lynne Martinez said she looks to other women in leadership positions for inspiration and hopes to be among them. "We have from this community a number of strong women who are in leadership roles; Gov.
MSU junior guard Victoria Lucas-Perry and junior center Katrina Grantham and the Big Ten Foreign Tour team continued their winning ways in Belgium on Saturday night, with a 78-77 win over the Belgium National Team in Brussels. Lucas-Perry had 11 points and six rebounds, and Grantham had two points and two rebounds in the victory. Lucas-Perry made only one field goal, but made 9-for-10 from the free-throw line, for her second double-digit point total of the tour.
Next March, basketball fans could party at a university-sponsored event after MSU loses or wins. But Caitlin Morin said she isn't sure if students would attend a chaperoned gathering instead of heading to Cedar Village. "Students just want to celebrate together and feel united," Morin, a psychology junior said.