Lansing - Ray’n Baker smoothed her handmade white “God Bless the U.S.A.” T-shirt, grabbed her camera and snapped a photo of the piece of twisted metal from the World Trade Center in Wentworth Park on Wednesday.Baker, a senior at Lansing Catholic Central High School, said the Lansing area planned the perfect balance of Sept.
It was with great interest that I read about the Sept. 15 visit to MSU by the Rev. Jesse Jackson (“Jackson to visit campus” SN 9/6). Even more exciting is the topic of his talk that day - peace.
Students here in the United States would be outraged if a campus group were to call itself the Campus Jihad for Muhammad.
A mixture of emotions was displayed at a church service filled with remembrance and hope Wednesday afternoon. The sanctuary of The People’s Church of East Lansing, 200 W.
Pistons to visit E.L. Members of the Detroit Pistons will visit the Lansing area for the third consecutive year.
Fearing noise, traffic congestion and parking troubles, some East Lansing residents are taking a stand against a proposed student-apartment complex on Michigan Avenue. Blueprints for a 222-resident complex at 1153 Michigan Ave.
Friday The University Activities Board presents movies at Wells Hall. “Spiderman” is showing at 7 p.m.
I would say I was truly moved by the words of Melissa Sanchez in her column, “Destroy Earth, kids will thank you” (SN 9/6), but then I would be guilty of the same criminally incompetent use of satire. While I do not wish to belittle her concerns and opinions, a courtesy she did not extend to her readers, I found the column trite and lacking in any suggestion of a constructive solution to what she obviously feels are pressing issues. She is offended by sports- utility vehicles, but what good does that do anybody?
Haslett - Silence, except for a few scattered murmurs, filled Haslett High School’s Performing Arts Center as a crowd gathered to memorialize lives lost in the Sept.
Marijuana usage is on the rise in East Lansing this year.In addition to marijuana on MSU’s campus, mushrooms, LSD, ecstasy and alcohol are other drugs that are being used.East Lansing police Sgt.
Lansing - The half-staffed American flag atop the state Capitol stood out against a clear blue sky.
Three years ago an athlete described as having “competitive fire” was a coveted recruit.The Spartans lost the recruiting battle as Sara Villwock chose to stay close to home and attend Colorado.After two years of leading the Buffaloes’ volleyball team to as far as the second round in the NCAA Regionals, the junior outside hitter wanted to compete for a national championship.“I felt like I wanted more and I needed a change,” Villwock said.
Where is Mark Wahlberg? A sequel to “Fear” would be empty without our favorite relationship psycho. But “Swimfan” isn’t the knockoff of the 1996 movie.
Planes carrying banners will not be allowed to fly above Spartan Stadium. Transportation Security Administration officials said Wednesday the ban is indefinite.
The University Committee on Student Affairs chairperson presented an informational report about a new policy Tuesday for police on undercover investigations to the Executive Committee of Academic Council.
Clear clouds and a bright sun Wednesday morning began the one year anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.At 8:48 a.m., the bells of Beaumont Tower rang in memory of first plane hit the World Trade Center Towers.Students and people passing by stood around the MSU landmark and took in the moment as the trees in the backdrop rustled in the crisp morning air.The ringing of the bells was the only thing heard minutes before 9 a.m.
A year after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, America is on the highest security alert it has experienced under the new homeland security department’s codes Although the country is on a heightened state of security awareness, Americans should not fear for their safety and go on with their daily lives normaly. On Monday, the Bush administration raised the country’s terror alert to code orange - the second-highest state of alert on the five-level, color-coded system.
On the anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, there is no better time to educate ourselves about what is really going on in the world.
The Muslim Student Association will join the American Muslim Council and the Islamic Society of Greater Lansing in organizing an interfaith meeting to commemorate the anniversary of Sept.
While new rules released by MSU President M. Peter McPherson are meant to protect campus political and social activism from undercover investigations, we’re forced to wonder how effective they will be. These new guidelines, released Monday, define the “extraordinary circumstances” under which the MSUBoard of Trustees will allow such an investigation.