This is in response to the letter to the editor entitled, "Evolution covers life on Earth only" (SN 4/28). I would like to congratulate the author for stating the obvious - that evolution only covers the origin of life on Earth.
For those people fortunate enough to receive a college education, health care might be easy to take for granted.
The MSU baseball team finished its season with a win, after dropping the first three games on the road at Northwestern this weekend.
Restaurant customers who enjoy sipping wine during their meals no longer have to worry about polishing off the bottle due to a recent bill signed by Gov.
It happened to me twice today. As I am headed out the door of the building where I work, someone is smoking about two feet from the door.
MSU faculty members will benefit from the Ingham County regional SmartZone, which will help them research and start their own companies and support businesses in early stages. The regional SmartZone is a designated area in which developing, technology-based businesses are "incubated," or fostered, by established corporations.
By Jennifer Dodyk Special for The State News Lansing - Seven-year-old Rahjae Flowers-Taylor was excited to try on his first bicycle helmet on Saturday. "If I fall, I won't hurt my head," he said. His mother, Nicole Flowers, 33, brought Rahjae and his two siblings to the Helmet Safety Campaign at Pleasant View Elementary School in Lansing, where the children were outfitted in free helmets. "I've been wanting to get them (a helmet), but I couldn't get them one because I didn't have the money," Flowers, of Lansing, said.
I would like to take this time to thank Herb Parlato for his political rhetoric letter to the editor "Bush hypocritical in Newsweek mistake" (SN 5/19). "President Bush and his PR group" did such a good job convincing us Iraq had weapons that President Clinton bombed Iraq for the same reason years before Bush even became president.
The large-scale police force used during the April 2-3 disturbances is costing East Lansing more than 30 times the amount of property damage incurred during the evening's events. The city will shell out about $190,389 to cover the expenses of borrowing officers from other agencies, police overtime and clearing the streets of debris, a police report compiled at the request of the East Lansing City Council stated. About $5,775 in damage was caused by crowds of about 3,000, who police say flooded East Lansing streets after the men's basketball team lost to the University of North Carolina in the Final Four.
The Women's Golf team didn't expect to win an NCAA title this season, but what they did do is gain valuable experience at this year's NCAA Championships at Sunriver, Ore., where they finished 17th out of 24 teams. "It was a great spring," head coach Stacy Slobodnik-Stoll said.
Tuesday's East Lansing City Council meeting resulted in a number of financial cuts and the passage of the 2005-06 fiscal year budget. Among the areas affected by the cuts include the police department, the East Lansing Public Library and the city's finance department. Funding for buying library books was cut by $50,000, but the burden was lessened when council members opted to add $33,200 to the library fund from other parts of the budget.
I'm concerned that Michigan newspapers might be withholding a piece of important information from the public that has been reported widely abroad but hasn't yet reached our neck of the woods.
John Chumack likes to spend his time photographing distant celestial bodies. The Dayton, Ohio native found himself much closer to earth this past weekend as he showcased his photography on the streets of East Lansing during the city's 42nd annual Art Festival. Chumack, whose telescopic images have been published in magazines like Time, Newsweek and Science, was one of approximately 230 artists exhibiting their work at the festival. "I do the shows so that people can come in and see my work.
Restaurant customers who enjoy sipping wine during their meals no longer have to worry about polishing off the bottle after a bill was signed by Gov.
I would like to comment on Jolene Ross' editorial regarding Newsweek and the laughable reaction to the article by the White House.
Two food courts on campus are in the midst of a makeover that will bring four new restaurants to MSU by fall. The Taco Bell and Wendy's located in the International Center announced in February that they would not rebid their contracts, which expired at the end of the semester.
Tuesday was a busy night for the East Lansing City Council. City officials eliminated four positions in the police department, cut funding for buying library books and removed a managerial position from the finance department. They also named the lead developer in the East Village overhaul project and passed the 2005-06 fiscal year budget. The council approved the East Village Spartans LLC as the lead developer for the redevelopment.
As a child, Mike Ramsey doodled caricatures of his teachers, friends and himself. These drawings became the inspiration for his cartoon, "Sidwood." "I've been drawing my whole life, specifically cartoons.
What a wonderful article! I really enjoyed the fact that you listed all of the LBGT-friendly spiritual organizations in the area; thank you very much for that "Intersection of Identities" (SN 5/17). It is unfortunate that many LBGT people experience such spiritual conflict and personal insecurities because they feel damned, isolated and segregated by the one thing our society has taught us to hold onto.