The first question you need to ask yourself when perusing this week’s new releases is a simple one: “Do we really need this album?” The first answer you should come to is, “no, no we most certainly do not.” Perhaps the only redeeming quality to this album is that it features two brand new songs.
Another sorrowful school shooting this week in Michigan underscores the need for greater responsibility with guns, and in the way we care for our children.A 17-year-old student carrying a .22-caliber rifle and 20-gauge shotgun took a teacher and classmate hostage for hours Monday before releasing them and killing himself at The Caro Learning Center, about 75 miles north of Detroit.Authorities have not revealed how the student got the guns, but the issue of gun control and accessibility lies only on the fringe of this issue.It’s obvious we need better ways of limiting access to firearms and restricting the way a child can use them.
By ELISSA ENGLUND For The State News When the snow begins to fall, Mary Vorel isn’t going to be sitting by a warm fire with a mug of hot chocolate.
MSU’s drive to save natural resources and promote an environmentally-friendly campus is hitting the road - in hybrid cars.The Department of Transportation Services purchased a Toyota Prius and a Honda Insight that run on both electricity and gasoline in March.
The Gleaner from Henderson, Ky., on its editorial page proclaimed, “Clamp down on foreign visitors... Make sure that foreign visitors leave when they are supposed to leave... Make sure that they do what they say they are going to do, such as study in our universities.” From these comments, one could quickly move to a belief that we should no longer allow any international students to enter our beloved land.
Mercedes Rivera answered phones, made copies and opened mail in Linton Hall on Oct. 11 like she did every other day at work. She hasn’t returned to work since. The family studies graduate student, who pre-opens mail for office personnel, didn’t realize one of the letters she held would bring police, paramedics, hazardous-material professionals and FBI agents to the Office of The Graduate School the next day when it was read by its owner. Police dispatchers confused a call about a suspicious letter with another call mentioning a white powder.
By LINDSEY GROH For The State News Kaitlyn Black prefers chicken noodle soup. But, the 5-year-old from Fowlerville was still impressed with the 10 to 12 volunteers from the MSU National Society of Collegiate Scholars that cooked her chili Sunday. Kaitlyn spent the weekend at Ronald McDonald House, 121 S.
When the majority of us set foot on campus, we have some idea of what we’re here to do. Of course it’s to get an education and all, but some of us , after a few choice semesters of testing the waters, are still stumped about choosing a major. Lately, when interrogating fellow friends and classmates about their respective majors, I’ve decided to exchange the usual question of “Hey you, what’s your major?” for “Hey, what are you in for?” I have to admit, it’s definitely user-friendly, and the people being questioned usually get a charge out of it. They laugh because it’s true. While the whole connotation of “what are you in for” usually pertains to a prison sentence, being here is definitely, in its own right, a way of serving time.
Lansing - A handful of members of the MSU student group ECO stood outside of Staples The Office Superstore, 3003 E.
Members of ASMSU’s Academic Assembly had hoped MSU’s trustees would show up at a forum Wednesday night to discuss the potential of a voting student member on the university’s governing body.But they didn’t attend.Still, the trustees’ absence didn’t stop one-half of MSU’s undergraduate student government from talking about the issue and deciding what’s next.They decided the best way to deal with this issue would be to create a committee to improve the student voice on the Board of Trustees - an alternative to advocating a voting student member.Monica Leslie, a representative of the College of Communication Arts and Sciences, said she was disappointed the trustees weren’t there, but the meeting was still productive.“We wanted them to come, so that we could hear their opinions,” she said.
Green Day International Superhits! Reprise Records Once upon a time Green Day was a great band - back in the day when it was all about Lookout!
As part of National Osteopathic Medicine Week, a program to learn more about the threat of bioterrorism and anthrax will be held tonight at the Kellogg Center. “Anthrax, Bioterrorism: What You Have to Know” starts at 7 p.m.
On Nov. 5, fire destroyed the house where our daughter Jen Taylor, a theater graduate student, and three other theater students lived.
Another familiar foe from the past will try to knock the No. 15 MSU men’s basketball team from the Preseason NIT, when the Spartans matchup with No.
Support of U.S.-led airstrikes in Afghanistan is evident among college students across the country.Last month, Harvard University’s Institute of Politics conducted a telephone survey of 1,200 undergraduate students nationwide and discovered nearly four of five students were advocates of the airstrikes.
Events • Golden Key National Honor Society: Induction Ceremony, 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday, Brody Hall north cafeteria.
Sloan, quite possibly one of the few great things to come out of Canada besides Labatt beer and fellow rockers Our Lady Peace, has come out with its long-awaited release, “Pretty Together.” Plain and simple, this is a disappointing album, not because it’s bad, but because it fails to match earlier releases.
During the campaign for East Lansing City Council, candidates spoke frequently about the need to strengthen relations between city residents and university residents.Many of the topics brought up, including getting a student to serve on city council and changing the primary date for city elections, are also concerns facing ASMSU, MSU’s undergraduate student government.
The last of the city’s election results are in. Tuesday night marked the beginning of Mark Meadows’ third term as mayor of East Lansing.
Michigan poets Mary Ann Samyn and Gerry LaFemina arrive in Old Town Lansing today for an evening of poetry at The Creole Gallery, 1218 Turner St. Tonight’s Old Town Poetry series reading is sponsored by the Lansing Poetry Club and the Lansing Community College Creative Writing Club. “It seemed like a good idea to link up the writing club with The Creole Gallery,” club adviser and LCC Professor Dennis Hinrichsen said. Hinrichsen said the poets were chosen because of their recent publications and because he thought it was important to feature Michigan writers. Their most recent collections are LaFemina’s “Zarathustra in Love,” and Samyn’s “Inside the Yellow Dress.” He described LaFemina’s poetry as “Whitman-esque.” LaFemina wrote for a time about living in New York City, and now incorporates his city experiences with poetry about life in Michigan. “Mary Ann Samyn writes a very spare, lyrically concise poem,” Hinrichsen said.