Although I'm sure the outraged masses are sick of beating a dead horse over Bryan Dahl's column about injecting choice into schools ("Teachers' unions are to blame for lax improvement in public schools" SN 12/1), I'd like to voice my support of the author. I'm certain Dahl had his facts straight - it's not like he said anything extremely off-the-wall.
There was a herd of them. They were all walking down Grand River Avenue with cell phones in hand and a mist of cologne floating around them. Those five college boys heading into The Landshark, 101 E.
Muriel Kirby wanted her daughter's killer found. Jeannette Kirby's body was discovered bound and stabbed near a trail she frequently walked in Delhi Township in June 1986.
The way it stands now, no matter what happens with Social Security, our generation will bear the brunt of the burden. Right now there are major problems with Social Security that can't be ignored, so it's good that President Bush is on top of it - even if his plan might leave something to be desired. It stands to reason that a system the government devised to take care of a changing demographic doesn't seem to cut it, but having something in place to debate and work from will instigate the first crucial step to reform. Bush's new plan splits the taxes, funneling some into regular Social Security and the rest into a personal account for people to invest or save.
It's been a trying first half of the season for the MSU hockey team, as inconsistency plagued the Spartans to this point. MSU was tabbed by both the media and the coaches to finish second in the league in their preseason polls. But the Spartans are just 7-8-1 overall record and a 4-6-0 mark in the CCHA.
Members of the Academic Council endorsed the concept of a new residential unit on Tuesday, moving the measure on to the provost for further review. The unit, which could be a college, school or program, would be housed in renovated Snyder and Philips halls.
This winter, a newly designed snow-removal plan is aiming to help students with disabilities effectively make their way around campus. The plan includes adding two new MSU grounds maintenance staff members and earlier snow-removal shifts.
Honolulu - Standing in the tunnel leading to the visitors' locker room at Aloha Stadium after his team blew a 21-point lead in a loss to Hawaii, sophomore quarterback Drew Stanton was searching for answers.
In Tuesday's online poll, you ask whether I think President Bush's plan for Social Security would work.
Just as the MSU volleyball players returned to normal after ending their season two weeks ago, they discovered Thursday head coach Chuck Erbe will not return next season. Junior middle Megan Wallin said Erbe's contributions would be remembered at MSU as the team looked to its future under the leadership of a new coach. "He's helped our program in so many ways," Wallin said.
The U.S. Postal Service might raise the price of stamps by about 3 cents in 2006, officials said. A request to the federal government to increase prices will probably come in the spring, said Gerry McKiernan, spokesman for the service.
The Lansing Fire Department, Flagstar Bank and Lansing Public Schools will sponsor a live Christmas tree burning demonstration on Wednesday. The exhibition is meant to demonstrate the flammability of Christmas trees.
About 20 pairs of eyes were fixated on two members of the comedy group - Sketchy People. Under control of the audience, the comedians prepared to perform an impromptu skit based on the crowd's recommendations.
In a year where music listeners packed piles of singles onto their sleek iPods, downloaded their favorite hits from iTunes and endlessly played that one Franz Ferdinand song, there were some good records released.
In its continuing effort to institute undergraduate minors to MSU's degree program, ASMSU decided to lobby the administration for a more rigorous credit workload with minors. MSU's undergraduate student government's Academic Assembly decided to push for minors that would require 15 or more credits of work in a subject area. The assembly was divided on whether to institute a system similar to the University of Michigan's 15-18 credit load, or follow MSU's teaching program and its more than 20-credit minors. Academic Assembly Chairperson Dan Weber prefaced the assembly's debate on minors, saying that ASMSU doesn't have the wherewithal to institute new minors, but could encourage them. "If we go 15 credits, we'd encourage new minors, like in Spanish and Japanese," Weber said.
Thank you, Jim Hines, for articulating what I have been preaching all semester ("Results of Holden Hall survey surprising, if not troublesome" SN 12/6). It is about time we as a campus look at who the perpetrators of rape are and why they feel entitled to rape women.
Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan recently warned, "Given the size of the U.S. current account deficit, a diminished appetite for adding to dollar balances must occur at some point." Greenspan, in his adorably cryptic way, was explaining that foreign investors will eventually grow weary of lending money to the United States. The Los Angeles Times reported that in September foreign investors finally balked at taking on more U.S.
President Bush has a few good reasons to change his mind about the Kyoto protocol, especially if he wants to make good on his campaign-end promise to bring Democrats and Republicans closer. By having the United States sign back on to the Kyoto protocol, Bush has an opportunity to right his wrongs with the United Nations.
In response to Bryan Dahl's opinion column, "Teacher's unions are to blame for lax improvement in public schools" (SN 12/1), I have a few comments. Did you know private and charter schools are not required to administer the same standardized tests that public schools are mandated to administer? Since the tests are not the same, comparison of test scores is equivalent to comparing apples to oranges. Did you know that private schools carefully select their students? They do not provide education for all.
The city of East Lansing is blaming MSU students for the change in the neighborhoods and number of residents with school children.