I can sympathize with Cortney Woycik's plight regarding her "involvement" in the April 2-3 disturbances and I hope everything turns out well for her.
Area police and fire departments are helping save lives in a different way this summer by persuading people to combat seasonal blood shortage. The American Red Cross is trying to counteract the 15 to 20 percent drop in blood donations across Michigan with its Fifth Annual Battle for Blood.
While Cortney Woycik's ordeal ("Cloudy night in the city" SN 6/30) proves to be upsetting if true, even more infuriating are East Lansing police Lt.
Ken Black crashed through the undergrowth, avoiding above-ground tree roots, half-exposed rocks and hundreds of mosquitoes. Black is out for treasure. But the treasure he's seeking isn't your typical pirate's booty - it's a cache.
Some MSU students and Cool City officials are at odds as to how a government grant should be spent in East Lansing.
The nighttime scene in Lansing is no longer full of bars and clubs featuring only one kind of music - one club now features twice the variety of tunes. On Wednesday nights, Club Southtown, 1146 S.
Several police officers from departments throughout Michigan swarmed Spartan Village on Wednesday to investigate six homicide crime scenes.
Washington - Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman Supreme Court justice and a decisive swing vote for a quarter-century on virtually all the major legal issues of our time, announced her resignation Friday. Because she is a moderate, her departure gives President Bush a major opportunity to alter the direction of the court if he so chooses. O'Connor's possible resignation has been rumored for months, although many thought Chief Justice William Rehnquist, who has been ailing with cancer, would step down first. In anticipation of one or more departures, the White House has been stepping up preparations for a nomination and almost certainly would be ready to announce a choice soon. "With the illness of Rehnquist, he'll be able to replace both judges," said Brian Patrick, a political science and interdisciplinary studies in social science senior, of Bush's opportunity.
The latest in a series of computer attacks within the MSU community has struck the Human Resources servers. On Friday, MSU officials sent an e-mail to some members of the MSU community informing them that two of the department's servers, which hold information such as social security numbers and personal home addresses, had been hacked into by an unknown attacker. Assistant Vice President for Human Resources Pamela Beemer sent an e-mail to notify the potentially affected people about the intrusion. The letter said someone attempted to gain unauthorized access to two MSU Human Resources servers between June 25 and 26.
The government hasn't stockpiled enough of the only drug known to be effective against avian influenza but is in "aggressive discussions" with its maker to buy more, federal health officials said Thursday. Enough Tamiflu to treat 2.3 million people is in a national stockpile set aside in preparation for the next flu pandemic - a worldwide outbreak that influenza specialists fear could be triggered by the increasingly worrisome avian influenza in Asia. "There are simmering reports about China and Vietnam of people dying, animals dying," said Dean Sienko, medical examiner at the Ingham County Health Department.
The MSU Board of Trustees added the term "gender identity" to the university's anti-discrimination policy's harassment section in 2003.
I need to get a hold of some of the East Lansing Police Department's official stationary. It makes any far-out story true.
Once again Major League Baseball's All-Star teams will be a concoction of some of the best players in the game - and a bunch of guys who had a good first half of the season. MLB's brilliant idea of allowing the fans to vote in the starters - America's biggest popularity contest - usually works out, but it's way too much power for the fans to have their hands on. The rest of the process involves the players getting to vote for the reserves for each team, the managers making sure each team is represented by one player, and finally, the last spot on each roster is voted by the fans from a list of five players. Right now, managers choose a few players, players choose the rest of the reserves, fans choose one reserve and all of the starters.
In John Bice's article "Scientology's wild claims no stranger than those of major religions" (SN 5/28) he asks: "What's the difference, rationally speaking, between believing in body-infesting souls and ancient galactic confederations, or in the stories of virgin birth, Vishnu, the Garden of Eden, transubstantiation, Noah's ark, judgment day, or the baseless concept of the Trinity?" His own answer: "Not much." Unfortunately, Mr. Bice's article tells us more about himself than it does about religious beliefs in general, and Christianity in particular.
The phone rings, so I walk over and pick it up, figuring the odds are about 50-50 that the call is from a telemarketer. "Hello, this is Peter Parker," says the man's voice on the other line in a heavy Indian accent.
Death is a puzzle - at least when it comes to determining what causes it. With the recent discovery of two bags containing human remains in the Red Cedar River, the Ingham County medical examiner and a team of forensic scientists are trying to piece together the mystery behind the disassembled body parts. Police are waiting on DNA tests to confirm how many people's remains were recovered, said Sgt.
House Speaker Craig DeRoche, R-Novi, announced an economic plan on Thursday that included setting aside $1.5 billion of Michigan's tobacco settlement money for the Merit Award program. The money would be divided between 15 public universities, said Jason Brewer, spokesman for DeRoche. "Under the Republican plan, no politician will be able to touch the Merit scholarships," DeRoche said in a statement.
Former MSU forward Alan Anderson will report to the Charlotte Bobcats this week as an undrafted free agent, Anderson's agent Henry Thomas confirmed. Anderson was projected to be selected in the NBA Draft last week, as high as the 26th pick to the Detroit Pistons, but was still waiting after 60 selections. Anderson played four years at MSU, finishing his career with 1,195 points - tying him for 22nd on MSU's all-time scoring list with fellow 2005 senior Kelvin Torbert.
Ken Black crashed through the undergrowth, avoiding above-ground tree roots, half-exposed rocks and hundreds of mosquitos. He was out for treasure. Black is part of a growing number of people participating in geocaching. A cache is a hidden treasure - a container filled with trinkets, a historical place, or an unusual geological feature.
Death is an art - well, at least when it comes to figuring out what causes it. With the recent discovery of two bags containing human remains in the Red Cedar River, the Ingham County Medical Examiner and a team of forensic scientists are trying to piece together the mystery behind the disassembled body parts. Police are waiting on DNA tests to confirm how many people's parts were recovered, said Sgt.