The major-party candidates for two open seats on MSU’s Board of Trustees squared off in a relatively mundane debate Wednesday night at the Communication Arts and Sciences Building. GOP state Sen.
Heading into its inaugural season in the Midwest Alliance Soccer Conferences’ Northern Division, the MSU men’s club soccer team had no idea what to expect.
Friday • The Temple Club, 500 E. Grand River Ave. in Lansing, presents Live Jazz Happy Hour with the Jazz Dogs from 5-9 p.m.
Lansing - Shawna Plunkett and Justin Brown studied a bulletin board covered with photos of people dressed as Cleopatra, Marilyn Monroe and Robin Hood as they waited near a small counter at the top of the stairs. “I’m pretty clueless right now,” Plunkett, a psychology senior, said when asked what she was looking for.
People like Sarah Zeld seems to believe diversity is being thrust upon her (“‘U’ goes too far with diversity issue” SN 10/30). She wrote that she has been made to feel left out, discriminated against and guilty. I find it ironic that her feelings parallel many of those in the lesbian, bisexual, ga y and transgender community. I find it ironic that these feelings forced her to act by writing a letter to the editor, yet she doesn’t want anyone in the LBGT community to take action. She wrote, “There are no student groups trying to educate the members of the LBGT community on why they believe their lifestyle is wrong, so why can’t it have the same common courtesy?” Last time I checked, no one was attacking heterosexuals’ mate choices or civil liberties.
Lansing - A fast-paced debate between candidates vying for the 23rd District state Senate seat Wednesday started with jabs, included uppercuts and ended with a handshake. State Reps.
The Alliance of Lesbian-Bi-Gay-Transgendered and Straight Ally Students exist to educate MSU about issues that affect our community. We reach out through activism and activities, and promote awareness and understanding.
Four Tibetan Buddhist monks arrived on campus Sunday to prepare for the construction of a sand mandala that will be on display from Friday through Tuesday at Kresge Art Museum.The mandala, a two-dimensional meditation device that represents Buddhist deities, is an integral part of Tibetan Buddhist monk worship.
While the Green Party continues to focus on protecting the environment, candidates running on the party’s ticket say campaign finance reform is the most important issue this year.With the political system often emphasizing incumbents who are Republicans and Democrats, Greens say minor parties have to face an unfair barrier in elections.“As long as the money is coming in, it will find and get what it wants,” said Eric Borregard, who’s the Green Party’s U.S.
Rather than try and follow the plot in “The Truth About Charlie,” the best advice is to sit back and watch.
Salman Ateequi carefully passed a SIG-Sauer handgun off to his classmate after he practiced aiming and balancing an empty bullet shell on the gun’s barrel by dry shooting the weapon.With just three sessions of the Citizen’s Police Academy remaining, Ateequi says he knows a great deal about community policing.
Every once in a while, a politician who knows how to have a good time comes along. Enter Jason LaFay: a Green Party candidate from East Lansing and an MSU graduate student running for one of two open seats on MSU’s Board of Trustees. LaFay likes electronic music, has a synthesizer at his house and even helps student DJs mix music.
MSU English Professor Surjit Dulai said his candidacy for one of two spots on the university’s Board of Trustees might not be impressive, but he is still running for his wife’s sake. “My candidacy is her enterprise because she’s a very active Green,” the Green Party candidate said about Tuesday’s race.
Of course MSU would be labeled as a party school (“‘U’ should sweat ‘party’ list status,” SN 10/25). That label is practically begged for. Tailgating is encouraged, which is nothing more than one huge party; alcohol rules are extremely slack; planes carrying banners with Déj
MSU fans love to show off their Spartan pride, and on football Saturdays on campus, it’s easy to spot thousands of MSU faithful showing off their love for their team with commercial products. Fans can stay dry under an MSU E-Z UP Instant Shelter, relax on an inflatable MSU chair or folding tailgate chair, wear an MSU cap and check their MSU watch to make sure they get into the stadium before kickoff - all while cooking some bratwursts on the grill, topped by an MSU grill cover. Terry Livermore, the manager of MSU’s University Licensing Programs, said there are 500 companies under license from MSU and they experience about a 20 percent turnover per year. Livermore said the university’s royalty rate is 8 percent of the wholesale price and revenues are down 6 percent this year. The money the university makes from royalties are split between the Academic Scholarship Fund, the Ralph Young Fund and Auxiliary Services, Livermore said. “Being a public institution, we’re sensitive to a company’s request,” he said.
Thank you, The State News, for once again showing your typically biased reporting. The article “Gore rallies ‘U’ voters” (SN 10/29) spends one whole sentence mentioning the five protesters inside. Your reporters must have missed the nearly 25 additional protesters right outside the entrance - 30 total people showed up, most of them skipping class to protest and The State News was not even interested in the opinion of a single one of them.
Tracy Creal spent the majority of her life cheering for the Wolverines in Ann Arbor. She rooted for them at Michigan Stadium, spent Saturday afternoons hoping they would rack up another touchdown on TV and often sung the fight song. The dietetics sophomore still remembers tailgating with her family and giving her MSU neighbors gag gifts such as University of Michigan T-shirts during football rivalry weeks. But during her junior year at Okemos High School, she changed her mind and decided to tuck her maize-and-blue apparel away and replace it with green and white. “I decided I didn’t want the competitive atmosphere at school,” she said.
The ninth annual MSU-Penn State University blood drive, “Defending Our Title, Defending the Blood Supply,” will take place from Nov.
On Saturday thousands of Americans will march in Washington, D.C., in hopes of drawing attention to the injustices suffered by more than 25 million people.
What would Big Ten football be like with an instant-replay rule?The fumble-filled game between Michigan and Illinois in 2000 wouldn’t have been a Wolverine win; MSU might not have had one last second of glory last year; and Joe Paterno might be at ease with his team’s record.