My parrot is better than your honor student. That's a weird bumper sticker to have on that beat-up 1980s Ford truck, I thought while driving down the center of Interstate 69 in Indiana. As I peered into the driver's seat, expecting a guy in Army gear and a NASCAR hat, I couldn't believe my eyes.
After the police made 43 arrests and teargassed thousands of people on Saturday, ASMSU leaders said the law enforcement's riot-prevention tactics were uncalled for. Student Assembly Chairperson Andrew Schepers said he was not in East Lansing at the time of the celebration uproar, but information provided to him by staff suggested that students were celebrating in a nonviolent manner. "From all the information given to me, it sounds like the police were setup to stir something up," he said.
Indianapolis - The No. 1 MSU women's basketball team wasn't playing with feeling in the first half of Sunday's 68-64 national semifinal win over Tennessee. Down by six points at halftime, MSU head coach Joanne P.
The East Lansing city attorney is reviewing the charges against 43 people arrested during Saturday night's disturbances to see if any of them should be charged with felonies. Of those arrested, half were MSU students. Twenty-one MSU students were arrested Saturday, 12 were students from other colleges and 10 were not students, East Lansing police Capt.
Your editorial requesting an apology from area police for using force is both misguided and baseless ("Excessive force" SN 4/4). If anyone should apologize, it should be The State News for such an overstated and overly dramatic editorial position.
Seven months after 19-year-old Travis Eichten was accused of raping his Emmons Hall floormate, the marketing freshman appeared in court Monday to face charges that could earn him up to 15 years in prison. The trial addresses a Sept.
89-81 WIN AGAINST OLD DOMINION The No. 5 seed Spartans opened up NCAA Tournament play against the No.
There will be free yoga classes on one Sunday each month starting April 17 at The Center for Yoga, Movement and Massage, 1780 E.
St. Louis - It's tough to win games in the NCAA Tournament when the second-leading scorer on the team doesn't register a single point. But that's what happened to MSU, as senior swingman Alan Anderson was held scoreless in its season-ending 87-71 loss to North Carolina in the Final Four. Anderson, though, was fighting through a knee injury suffered in the regional final game against Kentucky last Sunday. "I know the injury had something to do with it," MSU head coach Tom Izzo said.
Imagine how much more peaceful human history could have been if people kept religious beliefs to themselves. Jesus seemed to agree: "When thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret" (Matthew 6:6). Many religious people live in general harmony with that wise advice.
Online dating service Web sites might have to disclose whether they conduct background checks on their customers, if a bill introduced by state Sen.
There's just one thing that can make 12-year-old Andre Vanpoelvoorde travel all the way from Hamburg, Mich.
The 4-H members of the Capital Kids Club in Lansing is hosting a charity walkathon benefiting Habitat for Humanity Lansing.
For 21 years, I had subscribed to the delusion that police existed for the protection of the innocent.
St. Louis - After a spectacular run that landed them in the Final Four, the No. 5 seed Spartans were brought crashing back to earth by No.
When he returns from spring break, East Lansing High School student Tyler Whitney will be allowed to distribute his conservative newspaper at school. Whitney said officials stopped the distribution of Right Way in March because they did not agree with its content.
Editors note: The following is a story that ran in today's Daily Tar Heel, the student newspaper of the University of North Carolina.
By Gabrielle Russon Special for The State News Lansing - Mel looked at an assortment of colored Easter eggs spread out in the grass on Saturday.
Bell's Greek Pizza 1135 E. Grand River Ave. Bell's Greek Pizza stayed open until 4 a.m., its usual closing time.