As I was walking across campus on my way to class Wednesday, I was utterly appalled to see a melee near the Administration Building on the banks of the Red Cedar River.
I am writing in regards to the police actions this weekend against MSU post-loss crowds. I am sick and tired of all the people out there vilifying the MSU student body.
As a resident of the Cedar Village area, I had a firsthand look into the progression of the events on Saturday night.
The MSU community welcomed back the women's basketball team to East Lansing on Wednesday afternoon at Breslin Center from its trip to the NCAA Tournament. In a season when history was rewritten and various records were smashed, the Spartans (33-4) lost to Baylor in the national championship game, 84-62.
In response to the actions of the police on Saturday night, we as citizens have to stand up for ourselves and not let things like this happen.
When it comes to keeping lights on and water hot, the state of Michigan is looking for ways to promote the use of cleaner energy. The state's Energy Office and Public Service Commission recently started two programs to financially compensate residents and small businesses that use renewable energy.
Students have been up in arms about the excessive police force that followed Saturday's basketball game, and rightfully so.
You've all been talking about the events - or riot, disturbance, melee, call it what you want - of April 2-3. You've all been sharing war stories about how a tear-gas canister fell at your feet when you were simply returning home from the bar after a disappointing loss in the Final Four. And for the most part, many of you have been criticizing either the police or the revelers on their actions that night.
MSU was not the only university dealing with large basketball game-related crowds in the streets this week. Thousands of fans at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill celebrated in the streets twice in three days after NCAA Tournament games.
There is a group on Thefacebook called "Where In the F**k are all the Coney Islands and White Castles??? Msu Chapter." And yes, the asterisks are in the name. Right now, more than 200 members are in the group, all wondering the same thing: Where exactly are those greasy spoons?
I was in East Lansing Saturday night, meeting up with some old college buddies for the Final Four game.
The MSU Office of Affirmative Action Compliance and Monitoring will present its annual "Excellence in Diversity" awards at 4 p.m.
MSU head coach Rick Comley said he likes who he has coming back and coming in for the Spartans next season. "We had a lot of young guys gain great experience this year that should be better next year," Comley said last week. "I think we have an outstanding senior class next year that is really going to help the hockey team.
As East Lansing enters another fiscal year and presents another budget, it has also received less help from the state. Cities, villages and townships like East Lansing and Meridian Township, have seen decreases in sales-tax revenue from the state, which is called revenue sharing. "We have less money to provide the same services," said Gary Murphy, director of finance for East Lansing.
General management sophomore Christopher Tyll has made many trips to Canada and back - sometimes without showing any identification at the border. But on Tuesday, the U.S.
Monday night found the cast of "On the Run" on their toes as actors rehearsed the full show - in costumes, with sets and no scripts - for the first time.
Political science junior Sara Casetta, president of the MSU chapter of Habitat for Humanity, said this is the fourth year group members have left their homes for a night to help increase awareness of poverty conditions in Lansing.
Former MSU President M. Peter McPherson received a national award earlier this week for his years of public service. The award, a National Public Service Award, honors McPherson for work throughout his career dealing with international humanitarian issues in places such as Peru, Iraq and Africa. "I've been involved in public administration (and) public service a good share of my career," said McPherson, MSU's 19th president who left the university in January.
This is in response to Ashley Harding and Holly Newland's letter titled "Red Lake travesty warrants concern" (SN 3/30). Although I agree that this school and the town of Red Lake, Minn., need continued support for the recent school shootings, I disagree that the media needs to highlight the spectacle in more depth.
Gather round and you shall hear the tale of unknown beers. Although many of us drink beer on a regular basis and think nothing of it, there are some dark, harrowing secrets.