COMMENTARY
Wrong remedy
Several bills that would make marriage counseling mandatory before two people are allowed to wed would give the legislature authority over love. State Rep.
COMMENTARY
Picture shows Iraqi occupation reality
I am sorry Janelle Jennifer Jordan's sensibilities were upset by the publication of a picture of the mutilated bodies of two "civilian" employees of the private security firm Blackwater Security Consulting in The State News ("Graphic picture doesn't belong in SN" SN 4/7). However, I think it is very appropriate that the American public is allowed to see the results of the invasion of Iraq in all their raw, unpleasant details. It is fair that Jordan feel disgusted and appalled, but perhaps her indignation is better spent considering the policies that brought about the deaths of these men, rather than blaming the media that allowed her to see something so unpleasant. I, for one, applaud The State News for fulfilling its journalistic obligations, especially when so many other media outlets failed. John Brazier 1989 graduate
MICHIGAN
Assault victim sent home from hospital
The Beta Theta Pi fraternity member injured in an assault Sunday has been released from the hospital, East Lansing police Capt.
COMMENTARY
Let it out!
After months of secrecy, closed-door meetings and on-the-hush debate, it finally has happened - MSU and the city of Grand Rapids have reached a compromise on how to divide the College of Human Medicine unequally between the two locations.
SPORTS
Spartans leave comfort of home
The Spartans couldn't have asked for a better way to finish their nonconference schedule and begin the Big Ten season: 10 games, 10 wins. MSU (14-10 overall, 4-0 Big Ten) knows, however, that each of those games and victories came with the comfort of playing at Kobs Field.
FEATURES
Brown double disc screams, 'Get Up'
Until recently, I was never properly introduced to the music of James Brown. This is very unfortunate, but I suppose it's better late than never. If you were like me and haven't yet had a true James Brown experience, for the love of your ears and soul, pick up "The 50th Anniversary Collection." This two-disc set has 50 songs on it.
MSU
TAs rally to save jobs
Cloudy skies and chilly winds did not prevent teaching assistants from spending the day outside the Administration Building and the evening in Linton Hall rallying for their jobs. Based on preliminary budget numbers crunched by individual colleges, a smaller number of teaching-assistant positions was offered by the Graduate Employees Union's March 31 deadline. Many teaching assistants consider the Department of Spanish and Portuguese to be the hardest-hit.
NEWS
New ordinance allows citizens to prevent rental housing
East Lansing permanent residents now can petition the city to stop new rental properties from popping up in their neighborhoods, according to a new ordinance passed by the East Lansing City Council. The council wrote the ordinance into the books Wednesday evening, giving residents the option of protecting themselves from the "deterioration, increased density, congestion, noise and traffic levels and reduction of property values" associated with rental housing. Under the ordinance, individual neighborhoods can create "overlay districts," which restrict the conversion of houses into rental properties, if two-thirds of the neighborhood's residents sign a petition in favor of the restriction. The petitions then would be given to the City Council to determine whether to approve the overlay-district request. "I feel very strongly that we have districts ? and I think what this would really do is help keep your single-family districts (as) single-family districts, and I think it will strengthen rental-housing districts," said Councilmember Vic Loomis, who issued an affirmative vote in the 4-1 decision.
FOOTBALL
Spartans are deep at receiver
Experience, depth and competition are the main ingredients of the MSU football team's situation at the wide receiver position this spring.
MSU
RHA adds new executives, passes legislation
More people were added to the new Residence Halls Association Executive Board on Wednesday. The General Assembly validated four more positions, leaving three positions to be confirmed next week. Those accepted Wednesday were Director of Health and Safety Megan Muscia; Director of Recycling Clark Llamzon; Executive Secretary Cory Rose and Director of Special Events Eric Bolf.
NEWS
Med school report public
An MSU report released Thursday recommends moving a large portion of the College of Human Medicine to Grand Rapids, but a local leader says the report is inconsistent with a previous agreement reached with MSU President M.
MSU
Few ready for upcoming session
As the 2004-05 session of ASMSU begins in two weeks, only a few new representatives are preparing for their first meeting. On April 20 and 22, members of MSU's undergraduate student government will choose who will fill chair positions for both Academic and Student assemblies, but only three representatives attended orientation last weekend. To further help new representatives ease into their responsibilities, current ASMSU vice chairs held a new-representative orientation on April 3.
COMMENTARY
Hornung comments mirror SN's stance
I find it enormously hypocritical of The State News to criticize Paul Hornung's statements regarding race and academics ("Athletic bigots" 4/2), especially when The State News itself professes an ideology which is identical.
COMMENTARY
Reader gives tips on improving SN pages
I have attempted to come up with a small list of items I wish to never see in The State News again. These are just a few things that, if changed, could really make The State News a more enjoyable source of both entertainment and information. First, why does The State News always seem to publish a huge article about our riotous past every year?
MICHIGAN
Granholm asks officials to monitor gas prices
As gas prices in Michigan continue to spiral higher, Gov. Jennifer Granholm urged one state department to step up efforts to insure service stations are not cheating consumers.
BASEBALL
Kobs Korner
There is the Izzone, Slapshots, Corner Blitz and now a new kid on the block of the MSU cheering sections - Kobs Korner. Kobs Korner is the beloved student section of the MSU baseball team (14-10). An MSU baseball team that is 10-0 at home this season, courtesy of a little help from the Korner. "It's been fantastic," MSU head coach Ted Mahan said.
NEWS
Restaurant's alcohol ad causes concern
Restaurant owner Harry Saites' recently retooled marketing strategies have some East Lansing council members and city officials questioning their decision to support his liquor license approval. In numerous East Lansing City Council and planning commission meetings since the beginning of the year, Saites and his attorney, George Brookover, expressed that his adjoining restaurants, Lou & Harry's Five Star Deli and LH Grille Room, would not become bars and would maintain their dedication to fine dining. Thursday afternoon, less than a month after Saites finally received the license, the front windows of Saites' adjoining restaurants are emblazoned with happy-hour drink specials and frozen daiquiri prices. In a Lou & Harry's ad placed Wednesday in The State News, the restaurants advertised J?ger Bombs and tequila shots underneath a banner reading, "Guess Who Got Their Liquor License?!" At a City Council meeting Wednesday evening, Councilmember Vic Loomis addressed the ad, saying he felt "disappointed" and "broadsided." Loomis listed drink special after drink special, and Mayor Mark Meadows expressed similar disappointment. At meetings in January, Brookover stressed that the LH Grille Room was one of the only restaurants in the downtown area to serve "real mashed potatoes." "If my wife and I are walking downtown on a Friday night, and we want to have a sandwich, we might like to have a beer," Brookover said about the restaurant. Many downtown business owners had opposed Saites' liquor license with a petition to the City Council of more than 50 signatures, asking council members to reject the request for the establishments, located at 235 and 245 Ann St. On Wednesday, the council approved another liquor license request for India Palace, 340 Albert Ave., but Loomis said he had reservations about doing so.
SPORTS
Grrreat day for a Tigers fan
There are few things in my life I love more than Detroit Tigers baseball - my job, my dog, Long Islands from the Peanut Barrel, uhmm … I'd say that's it.
COMMENTARY
Sex, gender complexities ignored in marriage amendment
Typical of many policies pushed by cultural conservatives and the religious right, the proposed amendment to the U.S.