Colorado Gov. Bill Owens and former Illinois Gov. George Ryan clashed Thursday evening, debating opposing opinions about the death penalty during a debate at the Wharton Center. The two Republicans argued legalities of the controversial issue for an hour and a half in front of more than 100 law students and professors.
When things go wrong, people tend to expect less. Whether it's the class you failed or the girl you struck out with, the next time around, your standards drop a little bit.
Local charities are gearing up for the holiday season, despite concerns about the nation's fluctuating economy.During the holiday season, Cristo Rey Community Center, 1717 N.
Integrating modern medical teaching and yoga therapy techniques, the Medical Yoga Club of MSU will hold its annual Yoga Jamboree this weekend.The club will offer demonstrations of yoga, yoga classes and yoga therapy, all free of charge, from 9 a.m.
The room erupted as if Justin Timberlake had walked in - screams, applause, cheers and chills. Underneath green T-shirts that read "1123," arm hairs were on end.
The Opinion Page is ridiculous. As a student and regular reader of The State News, I am always disappointed when I read the Opinion Page.
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Students from Detroit Public Schools hoping to attend MSU to pursue a teaching career will have new opportunities after the Broad Foundation donated a $6 million grant Wednesday.The Los Angeles-based foundation, headed by 1954 MSU graduate Eli Broad, pledged the money to fund a partnership between MSU and the Detroit Public Schools to help recruit students interested in a teaching career.
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As the MSU field hockey team embarks upon another NCAA Tournament journey, much of the spotlight will be on goalkeeper Christina Kirkaldy. The sophomore netminder from Afton, N.Y., continually shuts down opponents and is one of the main reasons the No.
At 7:30 p.m. today, the MSU Department of Theatre will end its fall season with William Shakespeare's "Macbeth" in the Wharton Center's Pasant Theatre.Frank Rutledge, director of the production, said this stage adaptation will be different from what people are accustomed to seeing.
In an effort to generate university revenue, the MSU Board of Trustees is proposing a revision to MSU's alcoholic beverage policy that would no longer entirely prohibit alcoholic beverages from arenas and buildings.Alcohol ordinances aimed at students and those attending sports events, however, will not change.
What was once tagged as geeky and tacky has quickly become a popular fashion statement. Now bowlers are bringing not only their custom-made bowling balls to lanes, but their own bowling shoes as well.
Ingham County Prosecutor Stuart J. Dunnings III will not bring juvenile delinquency charges against an 8-year-old boy who stabbed his 5-year-old brother in the back with a steak knife last month.Police said the 8-year-old snuck up behind his brother as they watched television in the family's home on Oct.
About 20 supporters of MSU's Graduate Employees Union - carrying a poster-sized "invoice" to President M.
I debated on whether to send in a letter expressing my disappointment at the way the MSU police department handled the entering of students at the Nov.
As the MSU basketball team embarks on its self-proclaimed "Magical Journey," three high school seniors took the first step in theirs.Wyoming Park point guard Drew Neitzel and forwards Marquise Gray of Flint Beecher and Goran Suton of Lansing Everett kept their promises to MSU head coach Tom Izzo by signing national letters of intent Wednesday to play for the Spartans next season.Wednesday was the first time Izzo could speak about his incoming class, which included two players - Neitzel and Gray - who have been verbal commits to the Spartans since their sophomore years.With so many high school players entering the NBA and the recent rash of decommittments in college basketball, recruiting has become a jungle, Izzo said.
It was an honor for me, an East Lansing native and MSU graduate, to have worked with Illinois Gov. George Ryan and his Commission on Capital Punishment over the past three years.
Lansing - Michigan soldiers and their families will save money when calling one another in the future thanks to a gift of 3,000 phone cards to the Michigan National Guard and Army Reserve.The phone cards, which are for 60 minutes of domestic long distance each, were donated by DTE Energy and Verizon and were presented to representatives from the two military branches by state Sens.