In response to Mark Myers', "Abortion has negative effects on mother and father, not just unborn" (SN 2/3), I'd like to say I'm sorry that some women regret their choices, but that does not mean that others don't deserve the right to choose.
Eleven-year-old Rachel Wing said she wants to learn to do the hula and see the black sand beaches of Hawaii that her nurse told her about. With her Lansing room painted in beach scenes, her mother Chris Dennings said she tells Rachel every night to "dream of Hawaii." As Rachel enters the final phase of chemotherapy for acute lymphatic leukemia, her wish to go to her favorite island might come true as early as June this year.
ASMSU officials decided at a joint meeting to pass its amended constitution Thursday to keep the two assemblies separate, despite one representative's plea not to. ASMSU's constitution is a blueprint of how colleges, minorities and progressive students are represented within its system.
Sen. Virg Bernero, D-Lansing, will appear today on the NBC's Today Show, ABC's Good Morning America and CBS's The Early Show with employees from Okemos-based Weyco Inc. The workers were fired for refusing to take a test that would have determined if they smoked outside of work. Bernero said he plans to introduce legislation that would prevent companies from firing employees who choose to smoke or engage in other legal activities on their own time.
Detroit - Time was running out for the MSU hockey team when the Spartans found themselves behind late in both games against No.
In the six years since it was established, the MSU Polo Club has grown from a few players using a wooden horse for practice to almost 30 members with a stable of 15 horses at its disposal. Coach Tom Wisehart said the team began when the Detroit Polo Club approached the MSU Horsemen's Association and offered to help them form a team. "We focused on starting from the fundamentals and going from there," said Wisehart, who played polo as an undergraduate at the University of Connecticut.
What looked to be another easy win for the No. 10 MSU women's basketball team at halftime turned into a hard-fought victory over Illinois, 68-59. The Spartans (20-3 overall, 9-2 Big Ten) took a 12-point lead into halftime after leading by as many as 17 in the half, but Illinois (13-8, 5-6) came out strong in the second half, and cut the lead to as close as two points before the Spartans put this one away. "The team showed a lot of heart and fight down the stretch," MSU head coach Joanne P.
More than 60 percent of MSU students believe it's the university's responsibility to ensure on-campus safety during tailgating, including using alcohol restrictions to do so, according to the 2004 Fall Celebration Survey. Among the 1,277 MSU undergraduate responses to the online survey, the number of students who drank or got drunk during tailgating was reduced by more than half after restrictions were put in place halfway through last football season.
The average graduate with student loans leaves MSU $21,000 in debt. And with more than 20,000 students taking out loans, recent news surrounding Pell Grant funding might affect as many as half of all MSU students. President Bush touched on the escalating cost of higher education in his State of the Union address last week, saying he will increase the size of the Pell Grant, a need-based federal grant. But as Bush vows to increase the Pell Grant maximum by $100 during the next five years, he doesn't have plans to add more money into the total financial aid pot.
Iowa City, Iowa - "And starting at guard, a 6-foot freshman from Grand Rapids, Michigan, No.
It's evident on campus that we're definitely a trendy bunch of college students. It's impossible to go to class without seeing The North Face, Ugg and Moosejaw advertised on the student body.
Now here's a movie that didn't need to be made. For one thing, it's been done before.
Hundreds of local female business owners came together to exhibit their services for thousands of women at the Mid-Michigan Women's Expo, Friday through Sunday at the Lansing Center. While women shopped from booth to booth, listened to demonstrations and learned about health issues, business owner Diane Boulet said times have changed for women in business. "It's a lot easier now for women to own businesses," Boulet said.
The MSU hockey team finished Saturday night's game at Joe Louis Arena similarly to the way they finished the previous night - in a tie. With the Wolverines (20-7-3 overall, 17-3-2 CCHA) holding onto a 1-0 down the stretch of the third, freshman forward Jim McKenzie found a loose puck in front of the U-M goal, and backhanded it in to even the score at 16:42 of the stanza. Just like Friday's game, neither team was able to convert in overtime and the game ended in a 1-1 tie, with each team picking up a point in the CCHA standings. Sophomore goaltender Dominic Vicari's 41-save performance was enough to earn him first-star honors on the night. "He (Vicari) was the difference to allow us to do it," MSU head coach Rick Comley said of two points the Spartans picked up this weekend. "It's a big step for Dominic the whole weekend.
Iowa City - After amassing a 20-point lead early in the second half, the No. 12 MSU men's basketball team (15-4 overall, 6-2 Big Ten) struggled, but eventually held on to defeat Iowa (15-6, 3-5) 75-64 on Saturday afternoon at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.
Things were not looking good for the MSU hockey team Friday night when they played, and tied, Michigan at Yost Ice Arena, 2-2.
By Eric Fish The State News Things were not looking good for the MSU hockey team Friday night when they played — and tied — Michigan at Yost Ice Arena.
Rebounding is the key to victory - that is what the No. 10 MSU women's basketball team believes. This has been the case for the Spartans, especially last Sunday against Indiana.
ASMSU's Academic and Student assemblies passed a bill Thursday to raise its tax on students by $3, increasing it to $16.75.