On the one-year anniversary of the worst terrorist attacks the world has ever seen, it is essential that we, the students of MSU, remember that more than 3,000 individuals lost their lives simply because they upheld the democratic way of life. Americans have ignored the threat that terrorism poses to the world’s democratic societies for far too long.
Today MSU and surrounding areas will be marking the one year anniversary of Sept. 11 terrorist attacks with these events.On campus:• 8:48 a.m.: Today the Beaumont Tower is ringing at the exact moment when the first plane hit.
The White Stripes, The Vines, The Hives, The Strokes and various other “new” bands have quickly become the next big thing.
The MSU College of Osteopathic Medicine Student Council is hosting a memorial ceremony to commemorate those who lost their lives last Sept.
A heighten terrorism alert issued by federal officials prompted the Transportation Security Administration on Wednesday to indefinitely ban all banner-carrying planes over all open-air venues, including Spartan Stadium.The “orange” alert issued Tuesday is the second highest level on the Department of Homeland Security’s scale and is the highest warning issued since the Sept.
In the early morning hours of Sept. 12, Norm Sauer gazed out the window of a New York-bound military plane as dozens of questions and concerns reeled through his head.The MSU anthropology professor joined thousands of Americans who drove and flew to New York, Washington and Pennsylvania in the wake of the Sept.
Local charities attempting to navigate the post-Sept. 11 donor-pool are finding contributors are willing to donate time, but their pocketbooks are often dry.
A 30-year-old male MSU faculty member was found dead in his East Lansing apartment Tuesday, university officials said. An acquaintance of the man requested MSU police check on the faculty member because he had not been seen recently. MSU police are investigating, but the death is not considered suspicious, Sgt.
MSU’s Alliance of Lesbian-Bi-Gay-Transgendered and Straight Ally Students has only two members to its fill seven leadership positions. With social relations junior Natalie Furrow as the chairperson and general management senior T.J.
I can remember everything about where I was, what I was wearing and the emotions I felt on Sept. 11, but I really don’t think I want to relive them.
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Peoria, Ill. - After a 4-2 loss to the Chiefs Tuesday, the Lugnuts are now down 2-0 in the Midwest League Championships, and face elimination unless they win game three. “We knew it was going to be tough facing these guys coming in,” Lansing manager Julio Garcia said.
Beth Kwapispsychology junior “It was just a normal Tuesday, and throughout the entire day it just did not sink in at all,” Kwapis said.
An e-mail addressed to the “killers of the innocent” reached the Muslim Students’ Association executive board members days after terrorists attacked America. The group immediately called an emergency meeting to address the issues that arose after Sept.
A tourism project aimed at brightening up local stopping grounds will soon infiltrate the state.Program leaders from the Michigan Department of History, Arts and Libraries say they hope to improve the quality of cultural life in smaller towns to the benefit of local economies, hoping to make Michigan a leader in cultural tourism.
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.