For journalists, integrity is essential. In a field where the sole interest is reporting the truth, one must have the public's trust that what is being written is what really happened.
Former MSU goaltender Ryan Miller is on the brink of history tonight. With a win against the St. John Maple Leafs, the East Lansing native will become the first AHL goaltender to hit 40 wins since Gerry Cheevers set the league record of 48 victories in 1964-65. Miller had a chance to reach 40 on Friday but his Rochester Americans lost 5-1 to Binghamton.
I was not in East Lansing for the "peaceful gathering" on April 2, but I saw it on the news.
What is so different from this year's Final Four loss compared to the Final Four loss of 2001? And why isn't that loss covered in any of the statistics concerning damage, amount of people, riot gear, etc.? It is impossible to compare police and student actions of this year's loss to that of the 2000 NCAA Championship.
I have read many of the opinion letters published over the past several days in The State News that decry the response of the East Lansing Police Department on April 2-3. The simple fact that all of this boils down to is that East Lansing has earned the reputation that the students and citizens will riot after big games.
For MSU sophomore sprinter Cynetheia Rooks, running the 100-meter dash is one of the least-run races in her arsenal of events. But that didn't stop Rooks from outrunning the competition at the MSU Invitational as she started her season, hoping to build on last year when she qualified for the NCAA Outdoor Championships in the 200-meter run and placed in the 400-meter run at regionals. "It's not really my main focus, but my competitive spirit kicked in, and I just wanted to win," Rooks said. Rooks placed first in the 100-meter with a time of 11.92 seconds and the 200-meter with a time of 24.43, helping the Spartans win 16 of 19 events on their home track against four other teams - Dayton, Lansing Community College, Oakland Community College and IPFW. After the women's team had the majority of its events at its first outdoor invitational in Florida canceled due to bad weather on March 25, many competitors got their first chance to race and earn spots on the traveling squad, said MSU head coach Angela Goodman. "The team is young," Goodman said.
Rahil Merchant waited nervously for his turn on stage Friday at Wharton Center. Clad in a long, gray tunic and bright scarf, Merchant was about to take part in the fashion-show segment of the Coalition of Indian Undergraduate Students' Satrang 2005. The event is the coalition's annual cultural show that featured dances and music from across India.
On-campus residents can expect to part with even more money on top of their rising tuition bill next year. On Friday, the MSU Board of Trustees approved a 5.25 percent increase to residence hall room and board rates and University Apartments rates.
An A-? "Women's team's season solid overall" (SN 4/8) You guys over at The State News must have had the hardest professors.
The MSU volleyball team will face Bowling Green at 4 p.m. Saturday in an exhibition game at Jenison Field House.
Lansing - Both teams' offenses forgot Opening Day was Thursday, with only one hit between Lansing and Fort Wayne in seven innings.
East Lansing police Chief Lou Muhn said Thursday he supports the formation of an independent commission to review a report of the police actions taken during Saturday's disturbances.
The men's and women's basketball teams each suffered their worst losses of the season in their final games. But the hurt all of the players on both teams feel right now will soon subside, and all of them will realize what great seasons they had. The men's team began the season with high expectations, but after losing at Duke, MSU took a mental hit which they could not get rid of until the home game versus Wisconsin.
Upon reading Monday's paper, I notice a distinct lack of any reasonable assertions held by the participants of Saturday's "celebration" (or that of The State News' defense). There were numerous complaints about the conduct of the police officers.
So I'm sitting in the bar the other evening, enjoying a smart cocktail with an old associate I hadn't seen in some time.
The online MSU People Directory has a different look, but university officials are working to correct minor glitches that are affecting the new system. Most students are being displayed as one grade level higher than they actually are. Rich Wiggins, senior information technologist for Academic Computing & Network Services, said the problem should be sorted out shortly, and students shouldn't be confused that they somehow received bonus credit. "If I were a junior, I would not suddenly assume that I had been awarded senior status," he said. The changes, which were implemented late last month, were designed to boost the system's speed and performance, Wiggins said. Previously, when a person was searched by name, the directory would immediately scan the server to see if that person had a personal Web page. Wiggins said this process was time-consuming and largely unnecessary because few people use the directory primarily to find these sites. "Most people, when doing a search, are looking to see if you have an e-mail address or what your phone number is," he said. The new directory lists only a person's name, e-mail address, local phone number and college after an initial search.
The clock struck midnight early Wednesday morning, and March Madness was officially over. And so ended the historic "season of the seniors" at MSU.
Poet Maya Angelou will be the undergraduate convocation speaker, MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon announced at Friday's MSU Board of Trustees meeting. The ceremony will be held at 1 p.m.
East Lansing wasn't the only university town with a "riot" on its hands this past week. Chapel Hill, N.C., home to the University of North Carolina, had its own fair share of civil disturbances.