I am writing in response to Joseph Blaim's letter "Aborted fetuses are not people" (SN 1/24). Blaim's claim is clearly illogical. Let's leave humans out of the equation for a minute.
While sitting in her Haslett home, Pat Bezdek saw her daughter's residence hall on a television news report Friday night. Her daughter had called the night before saying one of her floormates was taken to the hospital with an illness similar to meningitis. Thirty minutes after seeing the news report, she was with residents in a Hubbard Hall classroom looking for answers. A female journalism sophomore living on the building's ninth floor contracted meningococcemia, a disease similar to bacterial meningitis.
After falling to Iowa State by less than three points Jan. 17, the MSU gymnastics team dropped another close meet to Ohio State 195.875-195.175.The loss leaves the Spartans searching for their first victory of the season as their record falls to 0-4 (0-1 Big Ten).Senior Diana Crea won the uneven bars with a score of 9.900.Next up for the Spartans is the State of Michigan Classic at 4:30 p.m.
East Lansing police officials say the assault of an MSU student in her home earlier this month is likely connected to a sequence of similar attacks that have occurred during the past three years.
Emmons Hall roommates Lisa Lubinsky and Keara Cromie have mixed feelings about the possible construction of a new residence hall in the Brody Complex. MSU officials said Friday a 300-student building could be added between Emmons and Butterfield halls within five years.
The Union Ballroom was bursting at the seams with energy Sunday from the singers of Expressions of Praise, a gospel concert sponsored by the Women of Color Task Force.The event, featuring Lansing's own brother-sister gospel hip-hop group Tre'-Kin,Detroit's Heavenly Hands, an American Sign Language choir and Lansing's New Mount Calvary Choir, was a night of "special praises in song."Students and church members attended the event and had nothing but good things to say about the concert.
The MSU men's tennis team had an easy time over the weekend in its second straight home doubleheader.The Spartans undefeated streak continued as they trampled Toledo 6-1 and Dayton 7-0 to bring their record to 4-0.Sophomore Cameron Marshall picked up his 12th win of the season against Dayton - and his first in the No.
The East Lansing Transportation Commission will discuss improvements to the Trowbridge Road and Harrison Avenue intersection at 7:30 p.m.
The Notorious B.I.G. song "Juicy" blared from the speakers as the audience in Erickson Hall Kiva danced to the familiar old-school beat at "School Daze Part 2" on Friday.The event, sponsored by the Black Poets Society and the African American Celebratory committee, featured skits and poems dedicated to the innocent times of childhood.The celebratory, which honors African American graduating seniors, is trying to raise awareness about low minority retention rates, said finance senior Jeremiah Quarles, co-student director of the celebratory committee."Our main focus is to raise awareness about retention rates for African Americans and we wanted to send a message to freshmen, sophomores and juniors that graduation is important," he said.Quarles said he hoped the poetry night would help to raise awareness about the group.
A battle began brewing over how to balance the state budget Friday morning, when several MSU students and state representatives picketed outside Kellogg Center.About 14 protesters, including three Republican state representatives, held signs reading, "Tighten your belts," and chanted, "No new taxes," during a meeting of the Red Cedar Coalition, a group of education and other lobbying organizations searching for ways to minimize cuts by increasing state revenue.
When Sega released the original "Panzer Dragoon," it became an instant legend, making a big impact on the underground gaming world.
Spartans wrestling head coach Tom Minkel recorded his 100th victory at MSU on Friday as his team dismantled Northwestern 33-7.But MSU (3-5, 1-1 Big Ten) couldn't maintain its winning ways through the weekend, falling Saturday to No.
Lansing - A British cannon from the War of 1812 has a new home at Lansing's Michigan Historical Museum where it is undergoing restoration to put it once again on display for the public. The cannon was found about 16 years ago in the Detroit River in 28 feet of water, about 300 feet from Detroit's Cobo Hall, museum spokesman Chris Dancisak said. "It is a part of the state's collection," he said.
ASMSU officials announced James Perra as the new association director for MSU's undergraduate student government last week. Perra, a psychology senior, has been working as interim association director since October, after Joe Mignano resigned from the position in August. As association director, Perra oversees the executive board and steering committee.
To say "Enter the Dragon" is the best martial arts film of all-time would not be a stretch.
Members of the MSU men's and women's track and field teams turned in impressive performances in Ann Arbor during the weekend.Competing in the Red Simmons Invitational along with Michigan, Central Michigan and Ashland, five Spartans recorded top-three finishes on the men's side while three recorded top-five finishes for the women.The best MSU finish came from junior Steve Manz, who won the shot put competition with a mark of 59 feet, 5 inches.Saturday, the Spartans hit the field in South Bend, Ind., to face Notre Dame.
San Diego - For 37 years, the Super Bowl has defined the legacies of the NFL's greatest warriors. This year, an MSU turfgrass management student hopes he'll look back on Sunday's Super Bowl as a defining moment in his own career. Loyd Bowman joined the Super Bowl grounds crew in San Diego on Jan.
Ann Arbor - There hadn't been so much excitement for an MSU-Michigan basketball game in nearly five years. The Spartan men's basketball team had won the last eight meetings, but were on the ropes, entering the game with a 1-7 record outside the confines of Breslin Center. And the Wolverines were ready to take advantage.
Surrounded by plastic garbage bags filled with clothes and personal items ready to be shipped home for cleaning Friday afternoon, the journalism sophomore said she doesn't know how she can continue to live in the Hubbard Hall room.Her roommate, also a journalism sophomore, was diagnosed early that day with meningococcemia, a meningitis-like disease.Meningococcemia is a potentially fatal disease that infects the blood stream and inflames blood vessels.
Ah, the Super Bowl. The biggest event of the year for many sports fans. The best of the gridiron pitted against one another in the ultimate football game. Although the Super Bowl is an event viewed as an intense and honorable athletic competition, it is also a monument to consumerism.