Detroit - President George W. Bush introduced a plan Monday that could cut delays at the Detroit-Windsor border while preventing terrorists from using the area as their gateway. The president, standing under the Ambassador Bridge in front of 1,500 people, joined Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien and Gov.
This week, the university community will gather to remember and reflect on the terrible events of Sept.
In this world of typecasts and the same old song and dance, it’s refreshing to see actors placed into new storylines. Fortunately, “City by the Sea” comes as close as humanly possible to meeting the criteria for new ideas. The film portrays New York City police officer Vincent LaMarca (Robert De Niro) unwilling to face his past.
Finance senior David Nedorezov is expecting to graduate this December - but he still has not looked for a job yet because he is busy with work and class. “It’s probably harder to find a job now,” Nedorezov said.
Can you remember when the men’s basketball team won the NCAA National Championship in 2000? MSU finished 32-7 that year, but it wasn’t all highs during that season. On a cold December evening, the Spartans took a 9-3 record down to Dayton, Ohio, for a contest with the 2-8 Wright State. As 23-point favorites, the Spartans were expecting a relatively easy contest.
Standing at the foot of the crumbled buildings that once were the World Trade Center towers, Bob and Sylvia Stevens recall the crash of breaking glass falling to their feet. “I will never forget that sound,” Sylvia said.
Right wing Steve Jackson and forward Pat Brush have both left the Spartan hockey team, MSU head coach Rick Comley confirmed Monday.Jackson, who would have been a senior, and Brush, who would have been a junior, are the third and fourth players to prematurely leave the team since Comley replaced Ron Mason in March.Last month, junior goaltender Ryan Miller left the Spartans to sign with the NHL’s Buffalo Sabres and sophomore defenseman Aaron Hundt transferred to Wayne State.Both Jackson and Brush voluntarily quit the team, Comley said.
Lansing - Thirteen-year old Kaitlin McCue smiled as her dad snapped a picture of her in front of her photography exhibit at Sir Pizza Grand Café in Lansing’s Old Town. The Lansing eighth grader said she was nervous and excited to have her work displayed for the first time Sunday. “I took a lot of people pictures,” she said.
Irritating screeches, jammed paper, poor quality results and student frustration are problems university officials hoped to end by installing new laser printers on campus. The overhaul, administered by various divisions within the MSU computer laboratory, placed new Hewlett Packard 8200 laser printers in 15 residence-hall computer labs across campus.
Tickets for “Rally for Peace: From Fears and Tears to Hope and Harmony,” a program featuring keynote speaker the Rev.
After reviewing a tape from Saturday’s 27-10 win over Rice, one thing was clear to Spartan head coach Bobby Williams. “After looking at the film, we probably should have thrown it to (junior wide receiver) Charles (Rogers) 10 to 15 more times,” he said.
Norm Sauer worked in New York and in Pennsylvania identifying bodies in the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.Though the anthropology professor said he worked amid “a complete destruction of humanity,” he tried to focus on the job at hand.“When I got home, my wife pointed out that I was distant for a few weeks,” Sauer said.
Tomorrow is Sept. 11, but I will not be joining the blathering voices flooding the media with calculated sentimentality.
Peoria, Ill. - After securing the Eastern Division Championship on Sunday, the Lansing Lugnuts opened game one of the League Championship with a 9-2 blowout loss to Peoria on Monday night. “We’ll just chalk it up as a butt-kicking, that’s what we got,” Lansing manager Julio Garcia said.
A 30-year-old male MSU faculty member was found dead in his East Lansing apartment today, university officials said. An acquaintance of the man requested that the MSU police check on the man because he had not been seen recently. MSU police are investigating, but the death is not being ruled as suspicious. The man’s name is not being released until his family has been notified. Visit Statenews.com throughout the day for more information.
It’s pretty much a fact of life - things don’t often work out the way people expect them to, especially the first time around.
Michigan Attorney General Jennifer Granholm will speak on campus today in an effort to sway legislative votes, which could determine the future of MSU’s fire station. Granholm, who is the Democratic candidate for the Nov.
Just three weeks into the semester, and it’s happening already. Despite my feeble attempts to resist, I’m slipping into the abyss of college ignorance. I’m not talking about stupidity.
MSU will benefit from a visit from another prominent figure as students might have the chance to have their fears and concerns about life after the Sept.