A 19-year-old Marshall, Mich., man was sentenced on Wednesday in the Ingham County Circuit Court to serve eight to 20 years in prison for the murder of an Okemos man. Alexander Hamil, who came to East Lansing to celebrate St.
It's Friday night. You're 19 years old living in the dorms. After a quick jaunt to get some food you realize everyone in East Lansing is at the bar or at a party that's getting broken up.
Benjamin Greathouse is misguided in his beliefs on the interpretive aspects of the Bible ("Homosexuality is a sin, Bible says so" SN 7/14). It isn't impossible to interpret homosexuality as not sinful; in fact, many people in diverse denominational populations do so every day. I would suggest Greathouse actually study the viewpoints of people he opposes prior to commenting on them.
In an effort to defend affirmative action, members of a national activist group will head down to the Capitol today to rally for the second time this summer, but one campus group will attempt to counteract their protests. The MSU College Republicans are getting involved to oppose the protest headed by the Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action, Integration & Immigrant Rights and Fight for Equality By Any Means Necessary, or BAMN. The Michigan Board of Canvassers are holding a meeting today to decide if the Michigan Civil Rights Initiative, or MCRI, proposal will be on the 2006 ballot. MCRI is a proposal to amend the Michigan Constitution by adding a new section that would prohibit state and local governments from discriminating against or granting preferential treatment to any individual or group based on race, sex, color, ethnicity or national origin.
I find it very interesting that, in his letter criticizing Craig Gunn ("United States could suffer same ill fate as previous world empires" 7/12) for misidentifying "the source of the rot," Peter G.
The East Lansing City Council will meet at 7:30 p.m. after a two-week break. The meeting will be held at the 54-B District Court, 101 Linden St. The council plans to approve street closures and have a public hearing on an ordinance for the display of political signs.
Students trying to register for campus parking permits Monday experienced some difficulty accessing the MSU Department of Police and Public Safety's online registration Web site. The volume of visitors to the site forced students to wait in an application queue ranging from several hundred to as many as one thousand students. MSU police Sgt.
New York - There's clearly something about Harry. The new "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" sold an astonishing 6.9 million copies in the United States in its first 24 hours - averaging better than 250,000 sales per hour and smashing the record held by the previous Potter release. "This is a cause for celebration, not just for Scholastic, but for book lovers everywhere," said Lisa Holton, president of Scholastic Children's Books, author J.K.
Editor's note: This is the first in a series of four profiles of the candidates in Lansing's mayoral race. In the days leading up to the Aug.
Officials from the East Lansing police and fire departments ruled that two garage fires early this summer were the result of an arsonist.
I'm very disappointed in The State News. I can't believe it gave enough credibility to try to "assess" the largest cult and pyramid scheme of this century ("Scholars assess Scientology" SN 7/14). Scientology is very well explained by Web sites such xenu.net. You shouldn't have to pay money or work your way up the ranks to gain enlightenment.
For people who don't know how to manage manure or handle cattle, the MSU Agricultural Expo can help. The Ag Expo will be held until Thursday at the commuter lot on the corner of Mount Hope Road and Farm Lane, providing more than 250 exhibits and scheduled demonstrations designed to attract farmers and the general public. "It was started as a way to demonstrate farm equipment, new research and new extension programs," spokesperson Laura Probyn said.
A welcome twist has recently come to the story of tailgating at MSU. Yes, the university administration has finally started listening to people's concerns about the game-day restrictions, in place since last fall, which include a ban on drinking games and a time limit of five hours before games and two hours afterward. Due to the fact that students, faculty, alumni and fans were unsatisfied with the curtailed tailgating schedule last fall, the administration will allow extended hours.
Right in the middle of its summer tour, Flipsyde has released its new album "We the People." The band has four members and brings a combination of rock, rap and even a little Spanish guitar to the studio.
There's a growing problem in hard rock that's been evident for some time now; namely, there isn't much in the way of interesting or original sounds making it to a widespread audience. Stutterfly's major-label debut, "And We Are Bled Of Color," is the perfect case study for this epidemic.
Students craving MSU Dairy Store ice cream will soon be able to purchase the treat at a new location inside the Union. Construction of the new store should be completed by the end of September, said Union Manager Jim Sheppard. On Monday, officials announced changes to the lineup of restaurants scheduled to open in the Union this fall. Grill 155 and Pete's Arena Pizza had been slated to replace the Little Caesars Pizza and Wendy's, whose contracts ended this year, located in the One Union Square Food Court.
On Friday, MSU women's golfer and junior Mandi McConnell won the 89th annual Michigan Amateur Championship in Ann Arbor at Radrick Farms Golf Course.
The proposal that the Michigan Civil Rights Initiative is working to put on the ballot in November 2006 is a racist and sexist attempt to undo what the modern civil rights movement has worked tirelessly to accomplish over the past 50 or more years.
The clanging and clattering of wrenches, the sounds of foul-mouthed bantering and a radio blasting out tunes from a classic rock station - ah, the noises of a bicycle shop in a college town. Since high school I've worked in a couple of shops in the Lansing area, and one thing they have in common is a disposition toward classic rock.
Millions of birth control patch users in America could be at risk for life-threatening side effects, according to research conducted by The Associated Press.