When I went brought one of Apple Computer’s new iMacs home during spring break to play with, my dad asked me why Apple was making lamps as I was setting it up.
Min Cho doesn’t smoke, but he might have to pay $100 for the nearly 50 cigarette burns that cover the blue carpet of the fourth floor study lounge in West McDonel Hall.“I realize that I have responsibility because I live here, even though I don’t smoke, but $100 is just too much to pay,” the computer science freshman said.Floor residents received a notice that they each would have to pay $100 - about $4,000 total - to replace the carpeting.The common-area damages clause of the residence hall handbook states that residents all will be held equally financially responsible for destruction to their floor, unless someone comes forward and confesses to the damage.
Sometimes the full length record isn’t enough - occasionally the ultimate fan needs more. But this isn’t always a plus, as bands may jump the gun with another product simply to make an extra buck.
Raising $15,000 in 30 days is a lofty goal for organizers of annual Michigan Pride events, but it can be done.
Elections for the Residence Halls Association’s executive board will continue tonight at the general assembly meeting. President-elect Tim Liss could be joined by Case Hall Rep.
I’m writing in response to men’s basketball head coach Tom Izzo’s ridiculous public complaints about MSU’s seeding in the NCAA Tournament (“Izzo upset with No.
A crime wave of unparalleled scope and depth has hit the cafeterias of this once-safe campus. Right under our collective noses, from the inside of seemingly banal cereal bowls comes a threat to the very fibers of our freedom and well-being as students.
Don’t be ambivalent enough to let ASMSU representatives outvote the vast majority of us who are sick of them spending our money on fruitless ventures. Why should you care about $16 of your money?
A crime wave of unparalleled scope and depth has hit the cafeterias of this once-safe campus. Right under our collective noses, from the inside of seemingly banal cereal bowls comes a threat to the very fibers of our freedom and well-being as students.
I enjoy a satirical, well-drawn political cartoon based on current events. It does not matter whether I agree or disagree with the viewpoint.
Responsibility on the part of businesses and restaurants that serve alcohol promotes responsibility all around.
The universitywide student elections for ASMSU and University Apartments’ Council of Residents were postponed today, and have been rescheduled for next week. Computer glitches and conflicts about ballot wording led Tuesday to the All University Elections Committee’s recommendation to postpone and void the undergraduate student government representative elections and referenda. The recommendation was approved today by Lee June, vice president for student affairs and services, after he met with committee members. “The goal is to run and fair and equitable election,” Lee said.
A fire that ripped through one of three units in an East Lansing apartment complex March 1 left displaced residents scrambling for housing.
Utility players are a rarity in hockey.The capable-at-all-positions players are better known in baseball, where fielding principles from second base to left field are similar.Hockey generally doesn’t lend itself to position-hopping, partly because players are taught to station themselves on the ice for offensive attacking and defensive coverage based on their assigned position.But don’t tell MSU junior forward Troy Ferguson there’s no place for a jack-of-all-trades in hockey.
While MSU students were enjoying their spring break, two Spartan athletes were busy becoming All-Americans. Senior Paul Terek and sophomore Steve Sherer competed in the 2002 NCAA Men’s Indoor Track and Field Championships in Fayetteville, Ark., last weekend. For Terek, this was the second year in a row he took home All-America honors for the pole vault.
By KRISTIN CAIN For The State News Since November, a group of MSU students has been urging other students and faculty members to “get on the bus.” But they aren’t talking about the campus transportation system. As members of the university’s chapter of the Public Relations Student Society of America, the group used the slogan to publicize Contiki Holidays, a travel company specializing in bus tours, as part of the national Bateman Competition. Each year, the student chapters enter the competition, in which they must create a media campaign for a designated company while following rules set by the Public Relations Society of America. This year, student chapters created a media campaign for Contiki using a $300 initial budget and soliciting donations that could not exceed $1,000. Members of the MSU group contacted local media to distribute press kits and invited them to “get on the bus” at a media event Feb.
Universitywide student elections could be postponed today, a day after voting began, because system glitches didn’t permit some students to vote and others to vote in races outside their representation. Unapproved language that appeared on referendum questions also has been contested by an ASMSU elections committee. After a two-hour deliberation, ASMSU’s All University Elections Committee unanimously recommended on Tuesday evening the elections be postponed for a week.
By JUSTIN KING For The State News The MSU Men’s Club Hockey team traveled to New York with the hopes of winning a national title, but fell just short of the national semifinal. The team tied for first in its four-team pool with a record of 2-1 after beating Indiana 8-3, March 1.
An international sport popular in India and Australia has made its way to campus. MSU’s newly created cricket club will soon join about 15 others in a statewide summer league.
Halle Berry can act! Halle Berry can act! Upon hearing that she was nominated for an Academy Award for “Monster’s Ball,” I was a little skeptical.