COMMENTARY
Founding fathers had God in mind
The key issue in regard to Roy Moore's Ten Commandments statue and the "Establishment Clause" is the authorial intent of the Constitution.
MSU
Students gain valuable career insights from alumni symposium
MSU alumni shared experiences with merchandising management students Friday afternoon at the Department of Human Environment and Design's Alumni Link-Up Symposium.
NEWS
MIDDAY UPDATE: Lansing mayoral candidates debate on campus
Lansing mayoral candidates Tony Benavides and Virg Bernero met on campus Monday for the first official debate of the 2003 election.The two men squared off at noon in the WKAR television studios in the Communication Arts and Sciences building, which was moderated by "Off the Record" host Tim Skubick and WKAR radio host Matt Ferguson.
COMMENTARY
Money, not always qualifications, key to occupying Oval Office
Do you remember being in grade school and having the teacher ask the class what they wanted to be when they grew up?
MICHIGAN
WEB ONLY: Fall festival raises funds, brings entertainment to Old Town
Michael Ingram's trip to the store for sugar was sidetracked Saturday when his 8-year-old daughter Marissa caught sight of a familiar face."I was going to the store and she saw Ronald McDonald," the north Lansing resident said.
MICHIGAN
Drum circle bangs up as open mike alternative
Mike Townsend Special for The State News A pounding cadence sounded out into the streets near Caffe Latte Friday night - Team Mania was holding its biweekly drum circle. A circle of about 15 people, including two first-time drummers, gathered to play at the coffee shop at 110 Charles St. "It's a lot of fun," drummer Manuela Kress said.
MICHIGAN
'U' community tapped by Bush
Two MSU students and Trustee Dave Porteous were named to the Bush-Cheney 2004 re-election leadership team Friday alongside veteran politicians, established business executives and millionaires.The early "grass-roots" campaign comes about a year before the 2004 election and focuses on states that were won or lost by less than 5-point margins in the 2000 election, said Marc Racicot, campaign chair for Bush-Cheney '04 from the Marriott East Lansing University Place, 300 M.A.C.
COMMENTARY
Campus controversies taken too seriously
I feel that the students might not have made the correct choice in choosing the slogan for their T-shirts.
MSU
'U' to require ACT writing test
High school students applying to MSU for the fall of 2006 will be required to take the new, optional writing portion of the ACT, which will add a half-hour to the more than four-hour test.ACT spokesman Ed Colby said the decision to create the additional portion of the test was made in August 2002.
SPORTS
WEB ONLY: Field hockey shut out by Wolverines
Even though the MSU field hockey team dominated in nearly every statistical category, it could not get past Michigan's defense and goaltending.
NEWS
Party safety to be focus of national campus study
City and campus leaders are studying the "phenomenon" of off-campus parties to better understand the safety and health concerns that accompany them, officials said Friday. Ginny Haas, a member of MSU's American Campus and Alcohol Team, the organization directing the study, said leaders from at least 16 college towns nationwide are participating in the project to research problem partying. "We want to keep our students safe," said Haas, MSU's director of community relations.
MSU
Performance raises drug war awareness
The Climbing Poetree and MSU Students for Economic Justice will present "Uniting the State of Americas" at 7 p.m.
COMMENTARY
'U' shouldn't take things so seriously
I would like to say something to all those people who can't take a joke, or take things too far.
COMMENTARY
Columnist incorrect on 'God' in pledge
Once again I have been exposed to a pitiful attempt at an article by some long-haired communist wannabe.
FEATURES
Scary 'Chainsaw Massacre' a cut above other current horror flicks
Of the horror movies that have made their way to theaters recently, killing teenager after horny teenager, "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" is by far the best. The movie is flawed by the stereotypical car that won't start and the plot is sketchy, but Leatherface still will scare your date. This remake of the 1974 horror movie starts with a group of teens off to see a Lynyrd Skynyrd concert in Texas.
MSU
Free trade forum to feature poet-activist
Members of Students for Economic Justice are asking MSU students to join them and poet-activist Alixa Garcia for a discussion on free trade. Colombian native Garcia will share her experiences organizing against the Free Trade Area of the Americas at 8 p.m.
COMMENTARY
E.L. residents too quick to call police
I would like to address the "solution" that Jan Pylar has so graciously proposed to the student body of MSU ("E.L.
BASKETBALL
Midnight Madness
Charles Rogers was in attendance. So were Kirk Gibson and the Scarecrow from "The Wizard of Oz." No, wait - that was MSU men's basketball players Andy Harvey, Rashi Johnson and Drew Naymick dressed up as their respective alter egos as they were introduced to the crowd at Breslin Center as part of "A Magical Journey" to officially kick off the men's and women's basketball seasons.
MICHIGAN
Sibling stabbing leads to charging of mother
Facing child abuse charges, Tanya Marie Bigham said Sunday she is "very surprised" at the course of events since her 8-year-old son stabbed his 5-year-old brother in the back on Oct.