Michigan Legislature resumes next week The Michigan Legislature will not be in session until April 29, due to a two-week spring recess. When session resumes, the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Higher Education will conduct a vote on the budget for Michigan's 15 public universities, postponed last week. The subcommittee is expected to introduce a plan to review the tier system of per-pupil university funding.
The heads of all Red Wings fans are hanging low at the moment and with good reason. This was supposed to be another easy postseason, ending with Lord Stanley taking a tour through downtown Detroit.
Prosecutors continue to send a stark message to students that unruly behavior won't be tolerated. Five more students were arrested this weekend for their involvement in last month's disturbances.
East Lansing and Bath Township officials are currently developing plans to increase safety in the Northern Tier area in response to the tragic accident there last fall.New sidewalks are being constructed along Coleman and Chandler roads, extending past Melrose Apartments, 16789 Chandler Road, and through to the Family Aquatic Center, 6400 Abbott Road.Construction is expected to be completed later this spring."We are working toward the best solution with what we have," Bath Township supervisor Lynwood McGonigal said.For more on this story, see Tuesday's edition of The State News.
Dance clothing composed of bright green, orange and yellow strings draped the back of dancer Wayne Silas at the Pow-wow of Love on Saturday.
Police are flirting with limits of the Fourth Amendment and attempting to set a dangerous precedent as they embark in an effort to seize private computer hard drives they believe could contain evidence against lawbreakers during the March 28-30 disturbances. Last week, police obtained a warrant to confiscate a computer from an on-campus student.
The MSU football team hopes a new defensive setup will result in more aggressive and productive linebackers this fall.The new schemes allow them to wreak havoc on opposing offenses.And they're just chomping at the bit to get started."The way the defense is set up now, it allows us to be more free," junior linebacker Ronald Stanley said.
There are some amazing things going on at MSU but, sadly, you probably wouldn't know it by glancing at the headlines of our student newspaper.
Another student was arraigned today in 54-B District Court for alleged involvement in the March 28-30 disturbances.Tony Oliver Warren, a criminal justice freshman, was charged with unlawful assembly and preparing to burn less than $200 in property, East Lansing officials said.
It's probably fairly difficult to make a film about a man who is to many a living legend, especially one who would likely pull a gun on you were you to approach his home to ask a question. Such is Hunter S.
Regarding the lengthy campustruth.org opinion statement in The State News ("Ads present often neglected viewpoint" SN 4/7), I would like to offer a reply on behalf of the Students for Palestinian Human Rights at MSU.
Three years of changes to a document that governs graduate students were approved by the MSU Board of Trustees on Friday. The Graduate Student Rights and Responsibilities Document cements the rights of graduate students, lays out the steps for filing grievances and explains the processes for theses and dissertations. The document was created in 1971 and had not been modified since 1984. Among the changes to the document is a mention of the Graduate Employees Union, which was formally recognized in April 2001. Council of Graduate Students President Jim Ciszweski was relieved to have this document passed. "It has taken several years to get this far," he said.
Normally, it's pretty hard to find hip-hop fans and jam-band fans hanging out together in large numbers. But that wasn't the case during Friday evening's unity concert at the rock on Farm Lane. Several hundred local students and residents gathered on both sides of the Red Cedar River for Project East Lansing Unified Music. Sponsored by the Angel Wing Foundation and JTD Enterprises Inc., the event brought together local jam and rock bands Killer Miller and Jebus, area hip-hop artists 3rd Deggree, Alias and DJ Owen and masters of ceremonies Legacee, Pistone, Detritus and Big Perm. Admission was free, with proceeds from drink sales going to help terminally ill children through Angel Wings, a relatively new group based out of Adrian. It acquired the stage used for the concert, donated for the evening by Stage Express, and sold soda pop - donated by Pepsi - to raise money for their cause. Killer Miller manager Aaron Dare, who helped organize the operation, said his motivation for doing the show at the rock is because there is a lack of venues in the area. "We couldn't find any venues for 18 and up so we just wanted to do it ourselves," the communication junior said. "We wanted to bring local rock and hip-hop together for some good exposure.
Lansing - Recent budget cuts resulting in 17 layoffs and the elimination of five staff positions for Lansing Community College were needed in order to keep tuition low, Trustee Todd Heywood said. "We're at a place where really tough decisions have to be made to avoid increasing tuition rates so that they are affordable," he said.
Augusta, Mich. - As the bus passed through the gate house at Ft. Custer on its way back to MSU, the exhausted cadets fell asleep to the low hum of the motor. As it neared Demonstration Hall, Sgt.
After years of seeing issues of great importance to the university community tabled by trustees, we applaud the hundreds of students who gathered together to let the board know they won't back down. Congregating in a large cluster outside the Administration Building last Friday, a number of student groups, including the Alliance of Lesbian-Bi-Gay-Transgender and Straight Ally Students and Coalition for Social Responsibility, came together to protest during the final Board of Trustees meeting of the semester.
To those students who took part in the riots - even those who were only "watching" - you should be ashamed.
Tamika Payne can sympathize with women who come to her with their stories of sexual violence. She is a survivor herself."I feel like I don't want it to be for nothing," said Payne, sexual assault counseling staff coordinator for The Listening Ear Crisis Intervention Center, 313 W.
Redshirt freshman quarterback Drew Stanton is starting to leave his mark on teammates and, most importantly, MSU football head coach John L.