A charge of racism is an accusation that cannot be taken lightly. But steps also should be taken to verify such claims and give the accused a chance to respond. Former Lansing official Genice Rhodes-Reed stood at a public meeting this week to accuse Mayor David Hollister’s administration of subtle racism.
It’s been more than eight months since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, but the threat of terrorism is not over. We were reminded of that recently in East Lansing, generally considered an unlikely place for terrorists to strike.
A quartet of Spartan sophomores - led by center Jim Slater - expect to hear their names called at this weekend’s NHL Entry Draft in Toronto, but the players say they have no inkling as to which team will pick them. “I really don’t have a clue,” defenseman Duncan Keith said from his home in Penticton, British Columbia earlier this week.
After failing to earn a first-half playoff spot, the Lansing Lugnuts will try to build on a strong finish and nab one of the four remaining postseason spots.Lansing won nine of its last 11 games for a 37-32 first-half record.
The Michigan Public Service Commission is expected Friday to decide whether to approve a controversial gasoline pipeline along Interstate 96 - a project some Lansing residents and officials say could endanger area groundwater.The Wolverine Pipeline Co. wants to build a $40-million, 26-mile pipeline from Stockbridge to the north side of Lansing to replace a 65-year-old line that goes through Meridian Township and East Lansing.
Three MSU students were sentenced Wednesday for supplying alcohol to an 18-year-old Bay City man who drowned in October in the Red Cedar River. Political science and pre-law senior Nicole Bukowski, 21, education junior Cassandra Duggan, 20, and family community services senior Laurel Trezise, 20, were sentenced by 54-B District Judge Richard Ball to six months probation, $1120 in fines and 24 hours of community service. Two other students, kinesiology sophomore Nicholaus Belski, 18, and psychology senior Sara Kaufman, 21, were given similar sentences May 13 on the same charge. The five students were charged in connection with the death of Eric Blair, whose body was found in the Red Cedar River on Oct.
What a weekend! In case many of you haven’t noticed (and judging by the 2:30 a.m. EST kick-off time Monday morning, you very well might not have), the U.S.
This is in response to the letter by E. H. Muldoon, “America in need of collective ideals,” (SN 6/17). Muldoon is not sure what he is talking about - is it the homosexuality that’s hurting the “American way,” or is it the immigrants?
I read Drew Harmon’s column, “Modern relationships outdated, people may be better off alone,” (SN 6/17), in the paper, and I wanted to offer a counter vision to his grocery-store analogy.
Leadership on MSU’s debate team helped a 2002 graduate become the first person from the university - and only the sixth ever - to land a prestigious Washington, D.C., internship at a nonprofit think tank.Austin Carson, who graduated with a degree in international relations, begins the yearlong William J.
Not a lot of things separate East Lansing school board candidates Randy Bell and Bill Donohue.
Wine, food, music. No, this isn’t an MSU house party - it’s the third annual Festival of the Sun. As Mid-Michigan’s largest wine- and food-tasting festival, it features wines from around the world, some Michigan brews and the area’s finest restaurants and caterers. “This year we have wine from Australia, France, California,” said Linda Sutton, executive director of the Old Town Commercial Association.
Gov. John Engler on Wednesday joined the bandwagon of state lawmakers looking to raise the state’s cigarette tax. Flanked by legislative leaders and representatives from the Michigan Education Association and Michigan Association of School Administrators, the governor proposed a 50-cent tax increase on cigarettes.
Lansing - The state House passed a measure late Wednesday to increase the cigarette tax by 50 cents. The proposal, an amendment to the school aid bill, passed at 11:35 p.m.
East Lansing officials want the stench of car exhaust to be a distant memory for visitors to downtown’s Ann Street Plaza.
Kayaking, roller hockey, climbing and repelling.They may not be the first things that come to mind when people think of 4-H, but that’s what nearly 3,000 students and chaperones are doing on campus to celebrate the agricultural organization’s 100th birthday.The students will spend until Friday in Akers, Holmes and Hubbard halls for 4-H Exploration Days, an annual youth conference.“Kids and chaperones come from all over the state,” said Judy Ratkof, conference coordinator for Michigan 4-H Youth Development, which is based at MSU.
In response to Ebony Williams’ letter, “Work performed should receive pay” (SN 6/17), I am the supervisor to whom she refers, and would like to mention some imperative information that she left out of her letter.
Tax increases are certainly not unheard of to help balance the budget during tough economic times. But lawmakers always should take an honest approach to the process. As state lawmakers look for ways to resolve budget problems, it appears they are faced with either $150 million in cuts or a 30-cent tax increase on cigarettes.
Several East Lansing City Council members and residents bickered back and forth over possible improvements to East Grand River Avenue on Tuesday night, but councilmembers OK’d parts of a plan to make the busy street more pedestrian friendly. Improvements to the avenue, from Bogue Street east to the city limits, are set to include pocket parks, irrigated lawns, expanding sidewalks by 3 feet to 8-foot-wide sidewalks and a pedestrian-activated crossing signal at Stoddard Avenue.