Medicinal marijuana is just fine with Ann Arbor residents. Last week, they approved a proposal that protects patients who use marijuana for medical purposes, such as soothing pain or increasing appetite.
While I completely agree with your viewpoint on stereotypical mascots (SN 11/8), I believe The State News is ignoring aspects.
Few people can make light of death and the afterworld while sending a serious religious message home, but at the 5 p.m.
When I went with my girlfriend to the men's basketball Izzone ticket meeting on Sunday, I witnessed an episode of "My Short, Balding, Obnoxious Basketball Coach." First, we waited in line for a half-hour outside just to get in Breslin Center.
When the lights are off and most people go to bed, BoarsHead Professional Theatre's interns begin working into the early morning hours, exploring their hidden talent on stage in a series they call Dark Nights. For the past few years, theater interns at BoarsHead, 425 S.
I am writing in response to the editorial, "Hurtful mascot" (SN 11/8). In the editorial, you ask "Would America tolerate a mascot based on stereotyping any other race?" The answer, contrary to what the answer in the editorial was, is yes. What about the Boston Celtics and Notre Dame Fighting Irish?
This is a response to Manumit Chui's letter, "Protesters should appreciate freedom" (SN 11/5). Questioning our government through protests, boycotts and sit-ins is what our country was founded on.
One night while delving into Cheap Trick's "Surrender," brothers C.J. and Mike Szuter mused at the idea of forming a rock band. Although many wannabe rocksters dream of such out-of-reach goals and never achieve them, the Szuter duo took the opportunity seriously and soon shaped the alt-rock group Magna-Fi.
Dave Cosper, an MSU alumnus who worked his way up the corporate ladder to become Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer of Ford Credit, will speak tonight at 7 p.m.
The 2005-06 school year will be extra busy for the university. On top of a new provost and president, and wrapping up liberal arts reconstruction, MSU officials will seek re-accreditation from the North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement.
John Karagoulis ("Christians deserve better than ridicule" (SN 11/5)) might be tired of Christians being characterized as ignorant, but he certainly doesn't provide an argument to the contrary.
Despite MSU's 32-19 loss to Ohio State, senior place-kicker Dave Rayner had a record-setting day - making the MSU all-time field goals record, with 60, and the all-time scoring record, with 312 points. "It feels good, but it would have felt a lot better if we would have won," Rayner said.
Evanston, Ill. - All of the games the No. 5 MSU field hockey team lost this season have been decided in overtime. And again, in the second round of the Big Ten Tournament on Saturday, the Spartans were eliminated 1-0 in overtime by No.
The MSU men's soccer team earned the No. 5 seed in the Big Ten Tournament and will face No. 4 seed Wisconsin in Ann Arbor at 9 a.m.
Big Rapids - Riding the coattails of sophomore goaltender Dominic Vicari and the line of sophomore Drew Miller, freshman Chris Mueller and junior Colton Fretter, the MSU hockey team continued its dominance of Ferris State with a weekend sweep. "That line has been an outstanding line for us," MSU head coach Rick Comley said.
The MSU men's soccer team defeated Valparaiso, 7-1, on Friday at Old College Field, completing its regular season.
The MSU wrestling team began the season on Saturday at the Eastern Michigan Open. Sophomore Nick Simmons took first place at 125 pounds, losing only one point in four matches and defeating Central Michigan's Matt Steintrager, 9-0, in the championship round. Sophomore Tony Greathouse was second at 141 pounds, winning three straight matches but lost to Brad Forbes of Bloomsberg in the championship round. Junior Darren McKnight placed fourth at 149 pounds, recording five consecutive wins. Freshman John Murphy was fifth at 184 pounds, winning the first two matches of his career and defeating Finlay's Dave Weinandy, 7-4, in the fifth-place match. Junior Jeff Clemens finished in fourth place at 197 pounds, defeating Muskegon Community College's Travis Wiley, 15-0, in his second match of the day.
American sports have a long-standing tradition of stereotyping American Indians. Crude Bonanza-style images reduce nations of indigenous Americans into one racially offensive, feather-wearing bobble-headed mascot. Which sport they appear in doesn't really matter.