MSU
Campus groups promote voting
The presumption that students don't vote and are not politically active could soon be changing.
MSU
Tech experts add features to ANGEL, provide anti-virus CD for students
MSU's Academic Computing and Network Services have upgraded a computer program and released a protection CD for quality and safe computer use at MSU. ANGEL, or A New Global Environment for Learning, has added more features and programs designed to make the program easier to operate. The program underwent an upgrade from 6.0 to 6.1 last week.
COMMENTARY
Reluctance to intervene in Sudan reveals policy flaws
Wednesday was the Day of Conscience for the Darfur genocide. I participated by fasting as a way to lend my voice to urge the leaders of the world to stop the massacre that is taking place. We swore the Holocaust would never happen again, but it is.
COMMENTARY
'Pro-Bush' photo needed to have Kerry counterpart
I'm extremely disappointed at the two photos accompanying the presidential election story on the front page of the Welcome Week Edition of The State News. The reader's eye is naturally drawn to the largest color photo on the page where we clearly read "Bush Country" or other pro-President Bush messages.
MICHIGAN
New complex opens despite past protest
New, fully-furnished apartments with features similar to East Lansing's Northern Tier complexes are now a step away from MSU's campus. Campus Village, located a block from Brody Complex on Michigan Avenue, was completed at the end of July.
COMMENTARY
Sexual assaults more common earlier in semester; know how to stay safe
Welcome to MSU. According to a 2000 study by the U.S. Department of Justice titled "The Sexual Victimization of College Women," nearly 5 percent of college women are victims of sexual violence each year.
COMMENTARY
Rap moguls on right track, columnist missing point
It's great to see hip-hop moguls Sean "P. Diddy" Combs and Russell Simmons trying to get young people to vote.
FEATURES
Theater season set to begin with new plays
With the new theater season at MSU beginning Wednesday, actors and directors are rushing to prepare and perfect their performances. "We are looking for shows that offer people a unique alternative this season," said Jeff Croff, director of theater group Icarus Falling. This week, the Lansing Civic Players will present their rendition of the "The Little Foxes" at the Hannah Community Center, 819 Abbott Road. "I really want to enhance the image and costuming of our theater," Lansing Civic Players President Althea Phillips said. Phillips said "The Little Foxes," a play about two deceptive families set on making money, is a good choice to begin the season. "We've been working on it for a while and we will start the season off strong," she said. BoarsHead Professional Theatre, 425 S.
MICHIGAN
Reading program brings students, city together
MSU students and East Lansing residents began a new chapter in the "One Book, One Community" program Wednesday.
FEATURES
Dance band rocks hard
Most rock albums have a tendency to be impossible to dance to. They're usually laden with heavy and distorted guitar riffs, smashing bass lines and beats meant to start a mosh pit, not a dance party. Yet Head Automatica, the side project of Glassjaw front man Daryl Palumbo, kills that theory by conjuring up a rock group that plays songs that make it impossible to keep your feet still.
SPORTS
Spartan Speculation
MSU head coach John L. Smith has wanted to make a decision about who would be the starting quarterback for a while now. The problem is, he can't. "If the knucklehead hadn't gotten hurt, this decision probably would have been made in spring," Smith said, in reference to sophomore quarterback Drew Stanton's injury in last year's Alamo Bowl. Stanton's injury has opened the door for senior Damon Dowdell or redshirt freshman Stephen Reaves to possibly be the starter in the Spartans' season opener at Rutgers on Saturday. The three quarterbacks have been battling all August for the starting job.
FEATURES
'Hero' teaches two sides to every story
In the opening moments of "Hero" we are told, "In any war, there are heroes on both sides" of a conflict. It's a significant message that undermines the rules of the epic tale.
FEATURES
Civic Players debut 'Little Foxes'
As the cast of "The Little Foxes" scurried around the set during a Saturday morning rehearsal, Althea Phillips anticipated the first performance of her career as president of the Lansing Civic Players. "This is the day you say it will never work, it will never make it," she said.
COMMENTARY
RNC in NYC
The Republican Party has assembled the right team of speakers for its national convention. The party is poised to bring home its ideology with a prime-time lineup that includes politicians who are influential both inside and outside the party line, such as U.S.
MICHIGAN
Businesses welcome student traffic
Local business owners are adapting to a sudden increase in sales as thousands of MSU students return to East Lansing for the fall semester. Joe Orlowski, store director at Steve & Barry's University Sportswear, 515 E.
NEWS
Arrival of fresh semester marked by old problems
Furniture lines every inch of wall in a first-floor Snyder Hall room while laundry baskets occupy spare space in the middle and clothes spill out onto the floor.
COMMENTARY
Marching on
There has always been the notion that suggests many Americans hold a nonchalant attitude about political issues.
COMMENTARY
Spirit of Olympics crushed by media
After turning off my TV in disgust every day of the Olympics, I wish to lodge this rant of complaint to officials, sportscasters, and sportswriters.
FEATURES
Perfume bottles: Unique art
Though it may not be the first thing that comes to mind, perfume bottles offer a look into a deep history of female art - the art of smelling fabulous. In July, Lori Emmons, a 1966 MSU graduate, offered 100 of her 1,000-bottle collection for display at the Michigan Women's Historical Center & Hall of Fame, 213 W.
NEWS
Locals travel to speak out against Bush's election bid
Neil Sardana traveled about 700 miles this weekend to attend the Republican National Convention in New York City.