The fear of getting in trouble for a minor in possession of alcohol infraction is outweighing too many students’ concern for their safety - a dangerous trend that current enforcement policies encourage. Cracking down on underage drinking does not teach responsibility, it only causes students to fear for their legal well-being.
On Nov. 13, ASMSU’s Academic Assembly held a forum on how to improve the student body’s ties with the MSU Board of Trustees.
After scoring the gamewinning goal Friday against Butler in the NCAA Men’s Soccer Tournament, sophomore forward Thomas Trivelloni knew what to do - tear his shirt off.
When junior middle blocker Angela Morley stepped behind the service line with the score 29-24 Saturday night against Indiana at Jenison Field House, fellow Spartan volleyball player senior outside hitter Erin Hartley took a look around.And she didn’t look specifically at anything, she looked at what would soon be just a memory.“There were certain times out on the court, like when it was 29-24, when I said to myself, ‘this is the last point before I’m done here,’” Hartley said.
As the holiday season begins, several MSU student organizations are sponsoring a canned food drive to help the Ingham County Food Bank provide emergency food for local
“Bellyfruit,” a play about unplanned pregnancies, kicked off BoarsHead Theater’s Dark Night series Monday evening and ends at 7 tonight with a free performance. Put on by BoarsHead’s four interns and director K.
In October, the East Lansing city limits grew and the Meridian Township boundary lines shrank, but one issue remains unsettled in some minds - whether proper treatment was given to the one resident of the newly annexed property.Gerry Mannausa, co-owner of the 66-acre parcel of land known as Four Winds Golf Course, 5800 Park Lake Road, said unfair tactics were used by the township toward his nephew, Robert Mannausa, to determine if he was a legal resident of the property.Meridian Township sued Robert Mannausa and subpoenaed for several documents that Gerry Mannausa, who also served as his nephew’s lawyer, feels were unnecessary in the case.Some of these items included his draft card, health insurance card and policy, certificate of car insurance, credit card statements and cell phone bills for the previous five months.“By naming him as a party for this lawsuit, they were trying to get an injuncture to the election in November,” Gerry Mannausa said.
The No. 20 Spartan volleyball team will return to familiar ground when it makes its eighth straight trip to the NCAA Tournament this weekend. The No.
Gary Peters decided Monday there is too much traffic in the governor’s race. Peters, a Democratic state senator from Bloomfield Township, withdrew from the race to replace Gov.
Lansing - A 74-foot white spruce forced traffic away from Michigan Avenue in front of Oldsmobile Park for more than two hours Wednesday night.
More than 3,000 people were killed in the World Trade Center and that makes President Bush a hero? Failed Republican foreign policies caused the tragedy.
The holiday season usually means a surge in greeting-card sales and more demands on postal services, and this year should be no different. Despite anthrax scares and a sluggish economy, retail shops are reporting sales have not slowed. A recent poll conducted by the U.S.
I spent a lot of time over Thanksgiving break visiting old friends I haven’t seen or spoken with in a long time.
After the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, Mott Community College basketball star Rashi Johnson said he knew staying close to home was an important factor if he decided to transfer.That’s why the 6-foot-2 guard from Chicago picked MSU as his new home.“What really influenced my decision was the proximity, it’s a drive,” Johnson said.
Like a good lawyer, head coaches can often view a replay and see something totally different than their opponent sees. Such was the case after No.
While Penn State damaged MSU football team’s bowl hopes Saturday, one former Spartan is working to keep them alive.Former head football coach George Perles - the current CEO of the Dec.
Born nearly two and a half years ago, after a $1 billion state investment including a $40.4 million initial contribution to MSU, the Life Sciences Corridor is growing up.The corridor stretches from Van Andel Institute in Grand Rapids, through MSU and the University of Michigan to Detroit’s Wayne State University.
Raising a child, working and going to school at the same time can be a challenge.Nadia Rodriguez knows that.
U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Brighton, along with Rep. Ellen Tauscher, D-Calif., began the Intelligent Transportation Systems Caucus in hopes of best using new transportation technologies.Rogers said the caucus will work toward applying high technology to make the nation’s airports, highways, railroads and transit systems safe, secure and efficient.“We will have applied technology to automobiles in the future that will allow us to be less oil dependent and have cleaner engines,” he said.
The 507 misdemeanor alcohol violations and 167 alcohol civil infractions on campus in 2000 show MSU police haven’t relented since state law regarding minors in possession of alcohol was passed in 1995.But some students say a possible change to MIP penalties and confusion about the existing law aren’t deterring underage people from drinking alcohol.“I know people that would rather lie on their side all night and drown in their own puke than call campus police and risk getting an MIP (ticket),” said Daniel Bennett, ASMSU’s director of legislative affairs.