A recent policy by the American Academy of Pediatrics said same-sex couples should be allowed to adopt children, citing their ability to provide as stable a household as heterosexual couples. The policy, released Monday, focuses on gaining legally protected parental rights for gay parents whose partners have children and for couples who wish to adopt a child.
If U.S. Rep. John Conyers gets his way, MSU medical students can look forward to less stress and fewer hours during their residencies.Conyers, a Detroit Democrat, introduced the Patient and Physician Safety and Protection Act on Nov.
Molly Ivins loves to tell stories about the blunders in national politics, as well as the mishaps in her home state of Texas.
MSU President M. Peter McPherson will go from the Administration Building to Wilson Hall today to spend a little time listening to student concerns.McPherson will be attending the Residence Halls Association’s meeting to answer students’ questions.He said he will speak about more than finances and budgets - he plans to open up the floor to students.“Typically what I do is talk about some of the issues before the university,” he said.
Shannon Houghton For The State News I’m irritable and mopey. I have dark circles under my eyes, sluggish movements and may be heard mumbling, “Need to get home.” I haven’t gotten my nap today.
Joe Guzman had an interview last month but it wasn’t for a job - it was for a life-changing career opportunity.Guzman, a senior at Eastern High School in Lansing, met with an MSU admissions counselor in hopes of achieving his dream to attend the university.
Walking into Marvelanes & Lounge on Thursday nights, it’s not unusual to find an audience gathered to watch students casually shattering pins and adding scores close to 300 to the TV screens above.Unbeknownst to many in the MSU community, the Spartan bowlers are known as an elite squad at the collegiate bowling level.The group, which includes high school state champions from across the nation, practices twice each week at Marvelanes, 2120 Michigan Highway 78, and other bowling alleys in the area.On the weekends, the bowlers compete against the top teams in the nation.
Now that Super Bowl XXXVI has come and gone, the sports world can turn its attention to the Winter Olympic Games. With that, the world spotlight pivots to focus on Salt Lake City - the Mormon Mecca of the United States. I make that reference because it seems I have yet to see an Olympic preview about the host city in which its dominant religious influence isn’t mentioned. Through this second point, I have found the inspiration to write this column.
The MSU men’s basketball team will do its best to stay awake tonight against Northwestern at Welsh-Ryan Arena. “It’s kind of a lull-you-to-sleep offense,” MSU head coach Tom Izzo said of the Wildcats’ attack. Wildcats head coach Bill Carmody coached under the legendary Pete Carril at Princeton from 1982-96, and was the Tigers’ head coach until 2000.
Sitting at editing bay No. 5 in the digital media lab at MSU’s Communication Arts and Sciences Building, MSU telecommunication graduate student Jeff Hamlin reflects on eight years, six trips across the ocean and more than 40 hours of tape. He has been putting the finishing touches on his movie, “Finding Fidel: A Young Man’s Journey through Cuba.” And now it all comes down to the glow of three computer screens and plenty of patch cable as he prepares for the premiere of his documentary on the Communist country.
Shoveling snow and cutting the grass can be a troublesome or time consuming task - and East Lansing officials are beginning to see a market in housing that doesn’t involve chores like those.The city council voted unanimously in favor of constructing a 32-condominium unit on Coolidge Road following an unanimous recommendation from the city’s Planning Commission.
After nearly a year of searching, athletics officials will honor more than 300 female athletes Sunday with varsity letters - decades after they played for the Spartans. The women, who played sports before 1980 that now have varsity status, were tracked via e-mail, word of mouth, print advertisements and a special Web site set up by the university athletics department. “This is a nice gesture and it makes you feel important,” said Holt resident and former MSU softball player Linda Asciutto.
When sophomore guard Marcus Taylor left Sunday’s game early in the second half, things looked bleak.But after the final buzzer sounded, the MSU men’s basketball team recorded more than a 67-61 win over No.
The Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians added another plaintiff and defendant Friday to its search to stop the Michigan Department of Natural Resources’ South Fox Island land exchange.The exchange would be between the state and landowner David Johnson.The amendment to the lawsuit named Johnson, an MSU alumnus, and his Mirada Ranch as defendants and the Michigan Land Use Institute as co-plaintiff in the tribal group’s lawsuit.The changes came from a recommendation by Circuit Judge Thomas G.
In a tribute to Vietnam veterans and the Michigan Vietnam Monument, BoarsHead Theater continues its Dark Night Series in a tribute called “Touch the Wall” tonight.
Chris Beer left the Toughman Contest on Jan. 11 at The Palace of Auburn Hills unimpressed. In the middle of the contest, which put current and former MSU and University of Michigan students in a boxing match, promoters put on a “homosexual match,” pitting two “homosexual” men in a mock bout.
The key ingredients to a passing attack are a quarterback with a strong arm and wide receivers with speed and height.And the Spartans didn’t have to look far for the speed and height, with three Michigan wide receivers among MSU football’s 2002 recruiting class.The 6-foot-7 Matt Trannon joins Kyle Brown and Agim Shabaj, who have both been clocked 4.4 seconds in the 40-yard dash.Brown and Trannon are ready to sign Wednesday, but Shabaj is having second thoughts.
Somewhere in between Britney Spears’ final bounce through the decades and the E*Trade monkey, you may have noticed a barrage of advertisements during Super Bowl XXXVI designed to change the way you think about poisons millions of Americans ingest every day. I’m not talking about beer commercials. Truth, the “anti-drug,” is infectious, or something.
A bill introduced in Washington that would force all young men to serve in the military has good intentions, but is a bad idea. U.S.
Movie fans have a chance to catch Arnold Schwarzenegger’s new movie “Collateral Damage” a few days early on MSU’s campus. The movie will be shown 7 p.m.