After a few days of being in the United States, Khomotso Modise wasn’t sure that she wanted to stay.Modise is now ending her 13-month stay in the states through Au Pair in America, a program that matches 18 to 26-year-old foreigners with American families who want live-in child care.“I came right in the middle of the Sept.
Lansing - When guests of bedroom eight at Ronald McDonald House of Mid-Michigan look out their window, they will no longer see a bleak concrete wall.
A recent study says the Internet is used more by college students than other groups. The Pew Internet & American Life Project released a survey Sunday stating 86 percent of college students across the country use the Internet.
MSU leaders are kicking off the public phase of the university’s largest fund-raising effort Friday in grand fashion as they hope to raise around $1 billion by 2007.
Spartan pride will be lining the streets of East Lansing in the form of the 2002 Homecoming Parade. The MSU Alumni Association, in collaboration with the MSU Homecoming Committee, will launch Homecoming Weekend on Oct.
Music school leader deserves thank you As two students of the MSU School of Music, we believe one man deserves to be recognized.
Jenny Ralston craned her head from her hospital bed to peer around the bathroom door as a man in a white coat checked her charts. “So I’m going home, honey?” she said, adjusting her powder-white sun bonnet.
At midnight Sunday, students marked Mexican Independence Day with “el grito,” or the cry.The Mexican Independence cry was shouted by about 50 students at the rock on Farm Lane.Mexican Independence Day marks the start of the Mexican revolution against Spain in 1810, led by the Catholic priest Miguel Hidalgo, who called together revolutionaries by shouting from a church rooftop and ringing bells.In Mexico, natives commemorate Sept.
It was lamentable to see the pains taken by Dan Bravender (“Christian society should change name” SN 9/12) to criticize an organization he apparently knows little about - Campus Crusade for Christ. His primary gripe concerns the use of the word “crusade” in its moniker. Bravender read a myriad of negative connotations into the word from “violence” to “bigotry,” and somehow infers, by reference, some similarities with the Holocaust. It might be suggested that before composing an eight-paragraph rant on the subjective connotations a word brings to mind, it would behoove oneself to open a dictionary to see if that viewpoint holds any validity. One of two definitions used in the dictionary provides the following definition for crusade - “a remedial enterprise undertaken with zeal and enthusiasm.” Not only is the use of “crusade” appropriate, it is commendable. Rob Annis Lansing resident
If a group of Canadian lawmakers have their way, our northern neighbor could soon be living the high life - possibly encouraging U.S.
A month has passed since classes began - and ASMSU’s Academic Assembly already is experiencing attendance problems.Two college representatives were removed from the assembly last week after missing a mandatory meeting three weeks in a row.“We’re in the process of filling those seats,” Academic Assembly Chairperson Matt Clayson said.
I read this weekend about MSU wide receiver Charles Rogers’ disappointment in the fans for booing the Spartans during their horrendous performance against California. I had the pleasure of going to every game last year - including trips to Minnesota, Wisconsin and California - and I saw the same ugly performance Saturday that I became accustomed to last season.
The MSU field hockey team left the Big East/Big Ten Challenge in Syracuse, N.Y. unharmed this weekend, capturing its fifth and sixth consecutive wins of the season.
Whether it be the amount of money you have in a savings account or the grades on a report card, when something goes down, it’s usually a bad sign.
I have to keep reminding myself, “Kevin, you’re not in East Lansing anymore.” Yes, my zip code might be 48823, but the town divided by Christmas light-lit Grand River Avenue that I once knew is no longer.
Football head coach Bobby Williams taking the blame in Saturday’s loss does not cover the reputation of our school.
At 7:30 p.m. today in the Music Building Auditorium, soprano Melanie Helton and pianist Alan Gosman will host a music show featuring unconventional music.
Name recognition goes a long way in movies. It helps fill seats even in the smallest towns. If a martial arts movie is what people want, chances are you will see Jet Li or Jackie Chan cast as the stars.
Fire protection money and state budgetary issues will be at the forefront of discussion today when state lawmakers return to session at the state Capitol. After more than a month of summer recess, state Rep.