With the recent charges against MSU students allegedly involved in Eric Blair’s death, I can’t help but think about drinking and its consequences. I’m a college student and, yes, I drink.
Marcus Taylor owes the university, its student body, and its athletic fans nothing. The economic argument that his scholarship requires him to fulfill his commitment is ludicrous.
The Ten Pound Fiddle Coffee House concert series will present its first of two open mic nights this year tonight at the Unitarian Universalist Church, 855 Grove St. The second open mic night will be on Thanksgiving weekend. “I’d say the guys with guitars tend to be the norm, but we’ve gotten harmonica players, the occasional keyboardist and we’ve had some poets in the past,” said Patrick Power, booking manager for the concert series.
Many MSU students will go home this weekend for Easter. But for those who can’t, Mount Hope Church will present its annual Easter play called “The Lansing Passion Play.” This year’s story addresses the events of Jesus Christ’s adult ministry as a continual revelation of his true life.
In Robert Cohen’s novel “Inspired Sleep,” he delves into the world of modern pharmaceuticals and examines both its occasional lack of ethics and the thought of placebos in medical practice.
With only three castaways remaining in this week’s Case Hall Castaways competition, the remaining students must find a way to survive one last day locked in a small hall-government office. After enduring cold nights, no showers and cross-dressing, international relations junior Melissa Mattingly, English junior Erika Wagner and political theory and constitutional democracy senior Lori Stone were voted out of the 12-by-12 room by Thursday afternoon.
As the year winds down, the air becomes warmer and the patio of The Peanut Barrel Restaurant opens again, chances are, studying may be farther from your mind than before. After all, visiting the bar, barbecuing or sleeping on a lawn chair on your porch are more fun, especially when you can daydream about the summer. “I’m studying abroad this summer and I want to just go and do that and get away from East Lansing for a while,” finance junior Alex Knott said.
A town hall meeting organized by black student leaders to discuss issues affecting their community will be held Monday. There will be a panel discussion with an open mic that includes students, faculty and staff from National Panhellenic Council, Black Student Alliance, residence hall black caucuses, the MSU police, the Office of the Provost and the Office of Racial Ethnic Student Affairs. The purpose of the town hall meeting is for minorities to discuss issues such as minority retention, student and police relations, racism, unity, a free-standing Multicultural Center on campus and Black Celebratory, a graduation ceremony to celebrate minority students. Osie Gaines, a human biology senior and one of the event’s coordinators, said he hopes the town hall meeting educates students and allows them to express their opinions. “The purpose is for students who may not know the parameter of campus politics to become better informed,” he said.
Off to its best start in years, the MSU baseball team prepares for its opening series in Big Ten play this weekend. The Spartans (15-3) host Minnesota (8-12) in a four-game series this weekend starting with a 2 p.m.
There’s a couple of theaters in each large cineplex that most people never get to. These theaters are small, smaller even than your average old-school small-town movie cinema.
Kids shows today suck. You can’t even watch them stoned. Back in my day, once you were too old to watch “Sesame Street” or “Mister Rogers,” you just started hitting the pipe, and next thing you knew it was all good again. But “Teletubbies”? - that show isn’t even fit for a crackhead.
Despite the hardships of negotiating its first contract, the Graduate Employees Union should consider striking only as a last resort. The union is sending ballots to its 1,400 members this week after voting 136-1 Tuesday night in favor of the seeking strike approval.
Success at the corner of Abbott Road and E. Grand River Avenue has eluded business owners again.Big Ten Delicatessen, 101 E.
I was finally able to gloat to University of Michigan fans after the Ed Martin debacle, and then something happened at my own alma mater that is so ridiculous, so devoid of reason, as to boggle the mind.
Despite expectations that ASMSU’s Student Assembly would pass its 2002-03 budget Thursday night, not enough members were present to vote. The undergraduate student government must pass the budget by April 4 or it will be in violation of its own code. The proposed budget includes a $12,000 budget cut and rearranged money allotments within the organization. Inflation and the organization’s failed $3 tax increase referendum last week contributed to the new projected $775,855 budget.
For some fun, interesting film this weekend, my advice is “Panic Room.” Why? Well, I’m glad you asked.
When longtime MSU head coach Ron Mason announced that the recently concluded season was going to be his last behind the bench, freshman center Jim Slater started considering options.
The interior of Wireless Express L.L.C. doesn’t immediately look impressive - boasting only a brown adobe pot, a couch, a couple of rows of cellular accessories and few small display cases. But behind the checkout desk - complete with a set of barstools - Navid Ghavami makes a living. The 18-year-old Okemos High School graduate owns and manages the store, 109 E.
A group of Spartans continue to protect their No. 1 ranking. MSU’s industrial organizational psychology graduate program - ranked No.
I wasn’t your average high school student.A lot of kids had standard nicknames stemming from popularity status, sports prowess or good-natured fun.