Eleven years ago, MSU President M. Peter McPherson beat out Provost Lou Anna Simon for the school's top executive position, but it wasn't the last he saw of her.
A U.S. Supreme Court decision that came down Monday upheld a Nevada judgment, stating individuals who refuse to give their names to police can be arrested, even if they have done nothing wrong. Michigan was not one of about 20 states with similar statutes to the Nevada one that sparked the 5-4 Supreme Court decision, but local officials say although they now have the right to carry out the court's policy, students still have nothing to worry about.
U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Brighton, found a new attitude in Iraqi people when he went to the country for three days to view the progress of Iraqi independence and security efforts.
With the fate of this year's $250 million deficit and next year's state budget on the line, lawmakers still are struggling to reach an agreement on Gov.
When MSU President M. Peter McPherson was named president in 1993, some faculty felt betrayed by both the closed-door selection process and his lack of academic administrative experience. Eleven years later, some faculty feel the same betrayal and frustration over closed doors in Provost Lou Anna Simon's selection.
After reading "Police sting Holt restroom (SN 6/15)," I can only wonder why those homosexual criminals don't get it.
Your editorial "License to Whine" has many valid points.
East Lansing was awarded a $24,500 grant from the Michigan Department of Labor & Economic Growth Energy Office to help fund a new biodiesel refueling storage tank. The new biodiesel fuel, which is a blend of 20 percent biodiesel and 80 percent petroleum diesel, is an alternative fuel made from renewable resources such as soybeans.
When the winners write the history books, we're all at a loss. History, as we know it, is inherently biased.
I am supremely disappointed with the MSU Board of Trustees in their search for MSU's 20th president.
With one swift decision on Friday, the MSU Board of Trustees chose Provost Lou Anna Simon as MSU's 20th president - ending weeks of speculation as to who would be M.
I am responding to Billy Kelly's statement concerning slavery and segregation never existing in Michigan ("SN editorials should be more objective," SN 6/21). I hate to burst your bubble, but segregation and slavery both existed in Michigan. Maybe he needs to take a class in African-American history.
Traffic will be restricted on Grand River Avenue from High Street to Pennsylvania Avenue for about two months. The City of Lansing Department of Planning and Neighborhood Development said the closure is required to accommodate sewer separation and road construction due to Lansing's Combined Sewer Overflow Separation Project. Businesses adjacent to the closed area still will maintain local access.
Impression 5 Science Center in Lansing will host "Animal Super Saturday" this weekend. The event is part of their "Super Saturday"-themed events. "The Animal Super Saturday" exhibit will be open from 11 a.m.
Three Spartans have been chosen to play in Michigan's 93rd Amateur Golf Championship alongside 153 other players from across the state.
It's 1:30 p.m. on a sunny Monday afternoon, more than five hours before game time, and Lansing left fielder Kevin Collins is already down in the batting cage, working on his swing. The Lugnuts slugger was recently named the starter and designated hitter for today's Midwest League All-Star Game, a long way from last season when his number of strikeouts almost doubled his number of hits. "Last year was a long year for me," Collins said.
I will remember Ronald Reagan as the man who sent Donald Rumsfeld to normalize relationships with Saddam Hussein, despite knowing his horrible human rights abuses. I will remember Reagan as the man who sold arms to Iraq and Iran during the Iraq-Iran conflict, in which one million people were killed by U.S.
A tuition increase of 2.4 percent has been passed by the MSU Board of Trustees for the 2004-05 school year.
Other than his part in "There's Something About Mary," I can't stand Ben Stiller's attempts at being a good actor.
The fear of germs and worrying about safety is quite normal, but when fears and worries begin to interfere with professional, social and personal relationships, OCD Support Group of Lansing officials say people might have a condition called Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.