I respectfully disagree with the editorial criticizing legislation that would essentially eliminate the intoxication excuse as a defense for criminals (“Drunken disorder,” SN 5/23). Although I do concede the bill is a little redundant in word usage, its meaning is not trivial by any means.
The wild goose chase for a bed and breakfast in East Lansing came to an end when the Wild Goose Inn opened on May 19.
MSU men’s basketball head coach Tom Izzo said he doesn’t plan on having Marcus Taylor as his point guard next season. “I did tell you guys at the beginning that I thought he was 80 percent gone to 85 percent,” Izzo told reporters Tuesday.
Five MSU track athletes will represent the green and white in an attempt to attain All-America status.The Spartans will begin competition today at the 2002 NCAA Outdoor Championships in Baton Rouge, La.The group is headlined by senior Paul Terek.
Jacquelyne Froeber’s column on faith (“Religion, faith is what you make of it,” SN 5/22) struck me as a bit naive.
Once in a while, your expectations can exceed the reality of a situation, and BoarsHead Theater’s production of “Ain’t Misbehavin‘” did just that.It was supposed to be a representation of the Roaring ’20s, but it lacked something called energy.
South campus is experiencing fewer trains traveling after the chaos in Potterville on Tuesday.The derailment of a Grand Trunk train in Potterville just after midnight Monday had the tracks crossing Harrison Road quiet because of cancellations on the rails.Amtrak canceled two trains for Tuesday and Wednesday traveling between Chicago and Toronto because of work on the tracks, spokesman Howard Riefs said.The derailment has not affected operation of CSX Corp.
The East Lansing City Council’s suggestion to raise evening parking prices throughout the city is only a temporary situation to a larger problem.
Lansing - Although city council is expected to vote on whether to allow Wolverine Pipe Line Co. to install a new underground gas pipeline within its borders, company officials say the municipality doesn’t get a say.
Women’s golf finishes 19th, Bastel an All-American The women’s golf team finished in 19th place out of 24 teams at the NCAA Women’s Golf Championships in Auburn, Wash. The Spartans four-day total of 1,202 was highlighted by their final-round score of 289.
Thomas Emery believes the advertising campaign linking drug use and terrorism is just another in a long line of ineffective anti-drug efforts.“It’s been drummed in our heads for so long,” the criminal justice senior said.
The nation of East Timor territory has just recently been changed into the Democratic Republic of East Timor - a signifiable name for the world’s newest country must hold a great deal of meaning to the Timorese people who have lived, and fought, in one of the worst civil wars a nation has ever faced.
The third day of action at the Big Ten Tournament saw both highs and lows for the MSU baseball team. With one loss already under their belts, the No.
Facing elimination, the MSU baseball team scored in each of the first six innings Thursday, including a seven-run third to extend its season. In a slugfest, the Spartans (37-18) defeated Iowa 13-9 in day two of the Big Ten Tournament at Siebert Field in Minneapolis. MSU manager Ted Mahan said weather, more than bad pitching, contributed to the high scoring affair. “The weather was conducive today,” he said.
Lansing theater offers swingin’ good time Get out and enjoy the Boarshead Theater’s “Ain’t Misbehavin’,” a musical look into the world of jazz. The musical, written by Murray Horwitz, is the conclusion to the Boarshead season. “Ain’t Misbehavin’” starts at 7 p.m.
An MSU student who was a passenger in former MSU basketball standout Jason Richardson’s sport utility vehicle when it was shot early Thursday said the NBA star and his friends will now have to watch their backs. Richardson’s 2002 Cadillac Escalade was shot at least three times about 2:37 a.m.
Kathy Pelleran filed the complaint in Ingham County Circuit Court because she was told she cannot have her name put on the ballot because she turned in an out-of-date application she downloaded and printed from the city’s Web site.Pelleran, a Lansing Community College trustee and state director of Fight Crime: Invest in Kids, said she isn’t trying to blame anyone, she just wants to fix the situation.“It’s not personal,” she said.
An MSU employee stripped off his clothes and rushed home as soon as he found he had been exposed to mercury Wednesday in a Giltner Hall laboratory. “I’m a pretty intelligent person,” Greg Tyler said.