I am writing in response to the letter to the editor, “Students should set date to boycott city” (SN 10/01). In regard to the past few letters that have called for a boycott of East Lansing’s businesses, students are making the wrong choice.
Events • Into the Streets presents its annual community service event from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Lifting fingerprints off pieces of evidence and checking out MSU police’s crime scene investigation van are some of the hands-on policing experiences students learned about Tuesday night.For the first time, the MSU Department of Police and Public Safety is offering an 11-week Citizen’s Police Academy that is conducted through MSU’s Virtual University and meets Tuesdays until the end of November.
The MSU Museum is celebrating National Arts and Humanities Month with exhibits and activities throughout October. This event is a celebration to the spirit of creativity, culture and community.
I’ll say it now: Courtney Love is completely out of her mind. Ever since I started following Love’s vendetta against the surviving members of Nirvana after the death of her husband and the band’s former frontman Kurt Cobain, I’ve lost nearly all respect for the once talented lead singer of now-defunct Hole. The ruckus Love raised while trying to stop the release of one of Nirvana’s last recorded songs, “You Know You’re Right,” caused a standoff that spiraled out of control, creating one of the worst publicity stunts I’ve ever seen. Following Cobain’s death in 1994, things were bad for Love. I’ve got sympathy for her there - losing her husband to suicide, leaving her to care for their daughter Frances, certainly couldn’t have been easy.
The MSU women’s cross country team moved up four places to No. 5 in the FinishLynx/NCAA cross country preseason poll, conducted by the Women’s Intercollegiate Cross Country Coaches Association.
MSU’s Women’s Resource Center is encouraging women to get a mammogram with October being Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The center plans to kick off events with a presentation from 12:10-12:50 p.m.
The men’s soccer team will play its only home game for the month of October today, and the team plans to make it count.Loyola travels to Old College Field 4 p.m.
Alcohol use among MSU students has decreased, but East Lansing City Council still acted with the issue in mind Tuesday, turning down one request and narrowly passing another from businesses that cater to students. The council narrowly voted to approve a new East Lansing apartment complex amid concerns from area residents about noise, but turned down a request to increase capacity at a downtown bar. The votes came after a presentation by Jasmine Greenamyer, health education coordinator at Olin Health Center, who told the council 25 percent of MSU students did not drink alcohol in the past month, as compared to 20 percent in 2000.
The MSU field hockey team extended its winning streak to a record 10 games last weekend, defeating two nationally-ranked teams in the process.The Spartans are now 10-1 for the season and 1-0 in Big Ten play.Freshman goalkeeper Christina Kirkaldy was dubbed the Big Ten Conference’s Defensive Player of the Week for the second consecutive week, after allowing only one goal in two games during the weekend.
It is disappointing to read State News editorials, such as “Talk it out” (SN 10/1), that insist the Graduate Employees Union “might discover a job promotion should be at the employer’s discretion.” The editorial weakly backs up its assertion by presenting professors getting tenure as being equivalent to graduate employees being promoted to a level-three pay tier. Professors are unorganized workers and do not have a contract that stipulates when they should receive tenure.
MSU Assistant history Professor Roger Rosentreter learned Monday about a grant that will help to place resources on Michigan’s history online, and he’s already supportive of the idea.“A lot of information is in small library districts and the people outside that area don’t know about it,” said Rosentreter, who teaches a class about Michigan history and would consider informing his students about such a Web site.
Sunday was a sad day for Tigers fans - not because the ball club posted its worst season record since 1996, but because a chapter closed in the team’s history. Sunday’s 1-0 loss to the Blue Jays in Toronto capped the Tigers’ 2002 season and the broadcast career for the only voice anyone of our generation has equated with the Motor City ball club - that of Ernie Harwell. Harwell didn’t say goodbye to the generations of fans who have tuned in to the voice of Tiger baseball for the last 42 years.
Small businesses in East Lansing stand to receive up to $10,000 from the city council if members approve a rent-assistance proposal at tonight’s meeting. The Small Business Rental Assistance Program is designed to offer grants to businesses that “need to buy some time to sort things out,” said Jim van Ravensway, East Lansing’s director of planning and community development.
Although Ron Mason’s fingerprints are all over the MSU hockey team, new head coach Rick Comley appears to have a more hands-on approach than his predecessor.With one week of practice already in the books - and another underway - both the MSU players and assistant coaches are raving about Comley’s interpersonal skills.“Coach Comley has really gone out of his way to break down the communication barriers,” assistant coach Tom Newton said.
An MSU health coordinator says alcohol use among students has decreased from previous years.Jasmine Greenamyer, health education coordinator for Olin Health Center, said an MSU study showed 25 percent of MSU students have not drank in the last month and 66 percent of students consumed five or fewer alcoholic beverages the last time they drank.
James Madison College Founders Circle is sponsoring a trip to MSU by Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick on Oct.
East Lansing Public Schools has joined with MSU to investigate the possibility of bringing an international twist to an elementary school via an International Baccalaureate primary program. The program stresses a multicultural education within an elementary school environment.
Lansing - Diana Lopez strolled through the Cristo Rey Parish Church basement, hugging friends as she chatted in smooth transitions from Spanish to English. Lopez, a health program assistant for the Ingham County Health Department, helped with translation at the Annual Hispanic Health Fair on Saturday at the 201 W.