I'd like to applaud and reinforce the points of Holly Newland's opinion letter ("Students need to think about words" SN 1/27) on the absurdity of the liberal use of the word "faggot" at MSU. As an individual who has lived on campus for almost two years, I encounter the use of this word on a daily basis in the halls of the dormitories and in the cafeteria.
An unruly Izzone student section and several late runs by MSU weren't enough to stop No. 1 Illinois and its talented trio of guards. Fighting Illini guards Luther Head, Deron Williams and Dee Brown combined for 54 points, each finding ways to dash any hopes of an MSU comeback.
Students who apply for future financial aid might notice something missing from the application. A congressionally appointed committee recommended the removal of a question about whether an applicant has had a previous drug conviction from the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, FAFSA, last week. "The drug question is irrelevant - it is not something that should even be taken into account," said Tom Angell, communications director for Students for Sensible Drug Policy.
Nationally known economic writer Julianne Malveaux, whose work appears regularly in USA Today, will deliver a public lecture on issues such as race, culture and their economic impacts at 7 p.m.
It's late, 3 a.m. almost. I am not up studying for an exam or coming home from a night at Rick's American Café. Nope, I am sitting in my room trying to stay warm.
East Lansing City Manager Ted Staton will remain in the city's top position after not being offered a prominent position overseeing cities statewide. Staton was one of three finalists for the executive director's position of the Michigan Municipal League. "This means we get to retain a person who has helped to bring the city where it is today," said Deputy City Manager Jean Golden.
University officials are aiming to reduce the punishment for urinating in public by proposing an ordinance that bans it. A current state law makes the act a disorderly conduct offense.
It's a Saturday afternoon during football season, you've had a couple of drinks and game time is approaching.
Jack Fischer, if voting for George W. Bush makes me an idiot ("Bush not deserving of writer's praise" SN 1/31), then I am a very proud idiot right now.
You know the phrase, "Keep it simple, stupid?" Whoever invented that phrase should be thrown off the top of Hubbard Hall and fall face flat on the icy concrete below.
You probably picked the shirt on your back right now for a reason. The same goes for the shoes that carried you to this newspaper.
Missy Higgins. Missy Higgins. Missy Higgins. Sorry - just trying to acclimate you to the name you'll be hearing over and over in the coming months. The Australian singer/songwriter, already a smash hit in her native country, has decided to try her luck here in the ol' U.S.
On Tuesday, I went to attend my 10:20 a.m. finance class. I left my house 15 minutes before class started, and knew this would leave me enough time to walk into the room, find a seat and begin to take notes.
ASMSU officials decided in an emergency meeting last week to oppose the "blighted" - or deteriorated - status of a highly populated student housing area. More than 20 Student Assembly representatives created a bill stating the area, East Village, is not decaying or deteriorating. The bill says "ASMSU will work to protect the student housing in the area by any means necessary and that ASMSU refuses to support (East Lansing) City Council in its redevelopment efforts until they have promised to maintain the area as a primarily student neighborhood..." Student Assembly Chairperson Andrew Schepers said there will be lot of discussion and planning. "We just need to sit down at the table with students, the city and university officials to figure out what's going to work for everyone," he said. The City Council declared the area as blighted in 2000, and when the label expired in May 2003, the area was declared blighted a second time on Dec.
The owner of an East Lansing Chinese restaurant might be able to serve alcoholic beverages in the near future. The request from Yuen-Ming Lim of New Dynasty Buffet - Oodles of Noodles comes more than a year after controversy erupted when Lou & Harry's Five Star Deli and LH Grille Room received an alcohol license. The East Lansing Planning Commission held a public hearing on Lim's request last week, but no one spoke in opposition to the license, which would cost Lim about $600 a year to renew, according to Michigan's Liquor Control Commission.
The city of East Lansing extended a hand of friendship to MSU President Lou Anna Simon Tuesday evening during a reception held in her honor. East Lansing Mayor Mark Meadows said good communication between the city and the university is crucial to the continued success of both parties. "I have felt our relations with the university while I have been mayor have been positive," he said.
A cross-campus assembly of faculty members have been selected to plan the curriculum for the new liberal arts residential college program, slated to accept students in fall 2007. The members were chosen after acting Provost John Hudzik discussed possible candidates with the deans of the College of Arts and Letters, James Madison College, the College of Social Science and the College of Natural Sciences.
Guess what? Vh1 is not cool. Despite the "music" channel's endless barrage of nostalgia-themed programming, it missed the mark on one crucial decade: The '90s.
Last week, the server that houses the MSU library's computer system, Magic, was broken into, possibly exposing the personal information of about 100,000 members of the MSU community. Officials in Academic Computing and Network Services noticed activity on the server Thursday and took it offline the same day.