Leslie Little doesn’t smoke and is too young to go to the bar.Most of the places the pre-vet freshman visits don’t allow smoking, so where she and her friends spend their weekend usually doesn’t involve a question of where there will be less smoke.“I prefer if (a place) is non-smoking, being a nonsmoker,” she said.
When Colleen Farrow dines in the cafeteria, her favorite thing to munch on is Cinnamon Toast Crunch with peanut butter.“It’s actually really good and adds protein,” the English freshman said.Farrow, a vegetarian for five years, said it’s easy to meet her food needs in the cafeteria.“I haven’t found it too difficult,” she said.
In response to U.S. Rep. Nick Smith’s mandatory military service bill, Shaun Reed wrote, “To force young Americans to serve their country in the form of military service is not a democratic policy” (“Duty to country is served every day,” SN 2/6). Why not?
Despite not having the support of the undergraduate student governments of the Big Ten, ASMSU Women’s Council’s sexual assault education program is in the process of forming a registered student organization. Acquaintance Education Rape Advocates is being proposed to the undergraduate student government’s funding board, and will be implemented in about a month if it is approved. The purpose of the organization is to build a foundation for a two-hour workshop that would educate first-year students on rape awareness and sexual assault. The structure of the workshop would be helped by getting organization benefits, which include funding. “We are trying to build something substantial,” said Jeanette Lantzy, Academic Assembly external vice chairperson.
Surviving the college experience often requires adaptation to adverse living conditions. For Steve Marsh, alternative housing is the solution. In his third year of co-operative living, Marsh serves as president of Phoenix co-operative house, one of East Lansing’s 15 co-ops. “There’s a lot of advantages,” he said.
Sept. 11 was the best thing ever to happen to U.S. Rep. Gary Condit. Media attention wandered for much of the summer, focusing mostly on shark attacks and an energy shortage in California.
In the next step toward welfare reform, recipients could be required to work 40-hour weeks or receive no benefits, starting today.“Michigan is one of the first states to take welfare head-on as an issue,” said Matt Resch, spokesman for Gov.
From Station C studios in Grand Rapids, Brian Vander Ark recalls when he began playing acoustic guitar in Holiday Inn chains when he was 16.“I’m no stranger to bringing an acoustic guitar to a party and playing a handful of songs for people without being tethered,” he said.
MSU must reflect on the accomplishments of the past and prepare for the challenges of the future, MSU President M.
I have made the decision to move out of the dorms. My friends and I are venturing into the world of off-campus living, and honestly, I have mixed feelings about the whole idea.Dorms provide a lot of perks, and to be truthful, a lot of comfort.
Not many people are saying, “Won’t you be my neighbor,” nowadays. The cultural emphasis on work and electronic communities has fewer Americans trying to get to know the people who live right next door. East Lansing is no exception. “We talk to the guys by us, but we’re all really busy here,” said engineering arts senior Bryan Piendel, who lives off campus and has never really talked to his neighbors.
Most rules of packing don’t seem to apply to college students. Experts suggest boxes with clearly marked labels.
The MSU wrestling team suffered two losses this weekend. On Saturday, the No. 20 Spartans (4-8 overall, 1-4 Big Ten) lost 32-6 to No.
After capturing the 2001 Big Ten Championship in field hockey, the Spartans added four highly-ranked recruits to next year’s roster.Head coach Michele Madison, the 2001 Big Ten Coach of the Year, will welcome in two athletes from Delaware and one each from Ohio and California.Maggie Giddens, Michelle Huynh-ba, Megan Kunk and Jessica Miller all signed national letters of intent to play at MSU.Madison could not be reached for comment because she’s in South Africa serving as an assistant coach for the U.S.
Think there’s no difference between living in Yakeley Hall or Wonders Hall? Think again.
When Eric Pietsch had an ingrown toenail last year, he was happy with the treatment he received at Olin Health Center.And if he receives one of the 5,000 surveys distributed this week by the health center and the Institute for Public Policy and Social Research, he would say so.“They gave me medications and they were really helpful,” the urban and regional planning junior said.
The Lyman Briggs Students of Color is sponsoring its first Multicultural Expo from 7-10 p.m. Wednesday in the Union Parlor Room C. The event was designed to provide minority students an opportunity to network with professionals in such fields as psychology, nursing, applying to dental school and graduate programs and to provide workshops to prepare students for the job market.
Gilligan lives illegally in his dorm room, spending his days eating, napping and brushing his orange, green and white hair in the wood chips he sleeps on.
Say goodbye to bunk beds and community bathrooms and find a room to sublet for the summer. With internships and job offers rolling in from across the country, many MSU students will leave East Lansing in May and need to find subleasers for their apartments and houses. Fliers listing phone numbers and renting options are plastered on walls all over campus.
East Lansing employees are asking MSU students to donate blood Wednesday. The City of East Lansing Employees’ Second Annual Blood Drive is being held from 10 a.m.