Kudos to Lansing Community College for banning smoking on its campus. It’s wonderful to know educational institutions are joining in the fight to marginalize and demonize the only people who actually suffer from the horrible tobacco companies that everyone loves to talk about.
College football is underway and another season of tailgating, trash talking and profound tradition is finding its way into the hearts of millions.
Fifteen-year-old Juan Rodriguez-Martinez has reached what Michigan 4-H state program leader Randy Bell calls “that critical age” for students from migrant families.“Once the kids reach fifth or sixth grade, they can and do begin to work in the fields with their parents,” Bell said.Juan’s family migrates more than 1,600 miles from Weslaco, Texas, to work the fields in Michigan for the summer months, leaving behind friends and family every year.To help students 11 to 17, the Michigan Department of Labor donated $1.7 million in 2001 to fund Project CAMINO, or Comprehensive Approach for Migrant Youth Introducing New Opportunities, for students such as Juan to participate in during the summer.“What we had in CAMINO was a chance to capture the junior high or high school aged kids,” Bell said.For more information about this report, see Wednesday’s edition of The State News.
The biggest play of Saturday’s game came from the most unlikely of places, the Spartans’ special teams.With a little more than a minute to play in the third quarter and MSU leading by a score of 20-17, junior wide receiver Ziehl Kavanaght broke the game open with a 88-yard punt return for a touchdown.“When Ziehl ran that ball back the game was close,” junior quarterback Jeff Smoker said.
After being lied to and run out of town by the city of East Lansing, my roommates and I are ecstatic to read the words “boycott E.L.” in The State News (“Money is power, ‘U’ should boycott E.L.” SN 9/27) It is not our intention to cause harm to any local business owners, but apparently city officials need a reminder of who supports its economy. Therefore, we propose that on one particular day, MSU students boycott all East Lansing businesses, from gas stations to retail stores to gyms.
Each day when I go to class I always think, “Am I going to get squashed today?” I admit I am not the best of drivers, but when I see people crossing the street and the yellow, neon signs that read, “Yield to Pedestrians,” I tend to stop so I don’t flatten anybody who might be crossing. Lately, it seems some drivers view these signs as some type of “metal objects” that somebody placed along the streets for decoration. What I find even more amusing is there are “baby yield signs” placed in the middle of the road that are supposed to clue in drivers they should yield to pedestrians. But this theory doesn’t work, as I discovered one sunny day.
A panel of MSU business experts met Monday to discuss the ethics and corporate governance in business companies around the world.The panel, moderated by MSU President M.
In 1950, Ray Bradbury imagined a world where firefighters ignited books in a society banned from the written word.
More scholarship college athletes are earning diplomas across the nation, according to an NCAA report released last week, but MSU’s numbers fall below the norm. While the national average rose to 60 percent for the Division-I freshman class of 1995, MSU graduated only 57 percent of its scholarship athletes from the same class.
The other day I saw protesters against war with Iraq holding signs reading “End the Genocide.” I found this disturbing.
Fifteen-year-old Juan Rodriguez-Martinez has reached what Michigan 4-H state program leader Randy Bell calls “that critical age” for students from migrant families.“Once the kids reach fifth or sixth grade, they can and do begin to work in the fields with their parents,” Bell said.Juan’s family migrates more than 1,600 miles from Weslaco, Texas, to work the fields in Michigan for the summer months, leaving behind friends and family every year.To help students 11 to 17, the Michigan Department of Labor donated $1.7 million in 2001 to fund Project CAMINO, or Comprehensive Approach for Migrant Youth Introducing New Opportunities, for students such as Juan to participate in during the summer.“What we had in CAMINO was a chance to capture the junior high or high school aged kids,” Bell said.For more information about this report, see Wednesday’s edition of The State News.
When assessing the year since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, East Lansing resident Chris Gottschalk often finds himself keeping a slightly more watchful eye. “You shouldn’t be paranoid, but by the same token you can’t think it can’t happen to you,” he said.
Michigan will receive $19.8 million in federal grants for reducing out-of-wedlock births and decreasing state abortion rates, Gov.
The East Lansing City Council is expected to approve a proposal that will increase retention of small businesses in the downtown area.The Small Business Rental Assistance Program will offer a grant to businesses who “need to buy some time to sort things out,” said Jim van Ravensway, East Lansing’s director of planning and community development.Van Ravensway said the program was developed in response to concerns expressed to the council by small businesses.
Michigan Republican gubernatorial hopeful Dick Posthumus announced Monday he had evidence his opponent Jennifer Granholm has been asked to grant contracts and positions in exchange for campaign support. Posthumus claimed to have a memo written to Granholm by Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick in which guaranteed votes to Granholm if she promised positions to Wayne County officials.
The State News published a series of reports about the nursing profession (“Career in crisis” SN 9/18 to 9/20). The feeling I got from that series was the profession is underpaid, underserved, overworked and not respected. Having been a nurse at Ingham Regional Medical Center for almost 10 years, I don’t feel this to be the case. I worked three 12-hour shifts a week.
I recently found out one of my friends from high school just dropped out of MSU, and I’m mad about it.
Virg Bernero is excited about this year’s Democratic ticket. The Democratic representative, running against Rep.
Kim Borowicz wants people to look past her disability. As president of the MSU Council of Students with Disabilities, Borowicz is recognized by some national equal rights leaders as one of the nation’s top young activists. Borowicz, who is legally blind, spent the past summer as an intern with the American Association for People with Disabilities. “She blew everyone away,” said Ollie Cantos, general counsel and director of programs for the association.“Kim really makes an impact everywhere she goes. “She’s also just plain, darn good.
A group of students and faculty members met for the first time last week to brainstorm ways to honor an MSU student leader who died this summer.