MSU
Director asserts race is unimportant for position
Melanie Olmsted was hired as director of racial, ethnic and progressive student affairs two weeks ago.
FEATURES
Game lacks drive, intensity
So, I’m walking into my favorite theater to see the new release “Spy Game,” and who should be standing there than our very own governor, Mr. John Engler.
COMMENTARY
Wrong message sent in settlement
The Meridian Mall and Deb Shops, Inc., are settling to pay 10 opportunists $1,000. Does anyone see what caving to this sort of saber rattling and grandstanding does? I work in another retail store in the Meridian Mall and have worked in other malls.
MICHIGAN
E.L. revamps city Web site
Even the city of East Lansing needs a face lift every now and then.But unlike the heavy equipment working on the city center and fountain square projects, this face lift was virtual.The city unveiled its newest improvement, an upgraded Web site, last week.The old site had been in place since 1996 but, while it was comprehensive with more than 15,000 pages of information, the site was not interactive or easily upgraded.“It wasn’t long after (the original site’s) shortcomings began to show,” City Manager Ted Staton said.
COMMENTARY
No excuse
It’s an incident that should upset everyone on a university campus, a place reserved for open-minded study of the world. A black MSU student opened her Case Hall door recently to find a threatening racial slur written across a Case Hall Back Caucus poster.
FEATURES
Production comes to Wharton this weekend
Technology and theater have merged in a new production opening Thursday at the Wharton Center. “CTRL+ALT+DELETE” is a history play, as author Anthony Clarvoe describes it.
FEATURES
Television is mockery of everyday life
During Thanksgiving break I planned on immersing myself in homework. But every time I sat down to study, I looked up to see that black cyclops named TV staring back at me.
SOCCER
Hoosiers end soccer teams NCAA hopes
Bloomington, Ind. - The MSU men’s soccer team met Indiana for the third time this season Sunday and the outcome was the same. Indiana (15-3-1 overall) defeated MSU 1-0 in the second round of the CAA Tournament on Sunday at Bill Armstrong Stadium. With the loss, the Spartans’ first tournament season in 32 years is over, and fourth-seeded Indiana advances to the third round to play Rutgers. “I thought we were a little nervous early,” head coach Joe Baum said.
COMMENTARY
Language is barrier to learning math
I am writing this letter in response to the article “Math problems left unsolved,” (SN, 11/16). I agree with the Department of Mathematics Chairperson Peter Lappan that foreign teaching assistants’ accents are not the real problem.
COMMENTARY
Cloned
The debate over stem cell research and human cloning has left many camps divided, but new developments threaten to force lawmakers’ hands to a potentially foolish and careless decision. On Sunday, Advanced Cell Technology Inc. of Worchester, Mass., announced that its scientists have created the first cloned human embryo.
MSU
Peanut Barrel to host fund-raiser
The MSU Student Food Bank will hold a fund-raiser at The Peanut Barrel Restaurant, 521 E. Grand River Ave., all day Tuesday. The annual event will raise money toward the purchase of foods for the bank, which gives students without a residence hall meal plan access to free groceries. Fund-raising coordinator Minerva Gebara said she thinks the event will be successful. “All day, whatever they make for the day, they’ll give us a portion of the profits,” the business administration graduate student said.
COMMENTARY
Federal drilling ban takes states power
The recent signing of a bill banning oil drilling under the Great Lakes is an insult to the people of Michigan and an assault on our ability to manage our resources as we see fit.
MICHIGAN
Patriotic plates purchased for fund-raiser
Michigan motorists will see more than 10,000 new patriotic license plates on the road this Thanksgiving. Since initiating the patriotic “Proud To Be American” license plate Oct.
COMMENTARY
Not discrimination in Deb Shop case
While I tend to err on the side of the politically correct and am likely described as a liberal, I have a view on the Deb Shop case (“Companies apologize, give money to students,” 11/20) that runs contrary to those ideals. Let me understand this: I can get together nine of my friends, hang out in a Deb store being obnoxious (mind you Deb has a small store), loiter all I want and I won’t get thrown out because I am not a minority? I was not at the incident in question, but frankly this seems over the top.
NEWS
Absence of contract at Sparrow may spur strike
Although Michigan Nurses Association officials say health care professionals at Lansing’s Sparrow Hospital don’t want to strike, about 1,800 employees are prepared to leave their jobs while waiting for a finalized contract.Negotiations for nurses, physical therapists, pharmacists and other professionals will continue Tuesday, after going without a contract since Oct.
COMMENTARY
Society too conscious of image, inner beauty should count above looks
This may come as a surprise, and many of you probably won’t believe it. I hate to say it, because I don’t write things for shock value, but here’s the sad truth: I have terrible luck with any kind of romantic relationship. Of course, I know you’re all aghast, wondering how it could be true.
SPORTS
Penn State on a roll after worst start in years
Last year’s game against Penn State still doesn’t sit well with MSU sophomore quarterback Jeff Smoker.
FEATURES
Bleachmobile disappoints on latest
Americans love Japanese culture. From anime to action figures, people stateside can’t help but import every little thing that comes out of the land of the rising sun. And often, that fetish for the other culture goes both ways. Just as things such as “Dragonball,” “Pokémon” and “Gundam Wing” have fused with our Saturday morning cartoons, American pop and rock music has merged with Japanese entertainment.
MICHIGAN
Thoughts of travel, manners, affect U
For students going home this Thanksgiving, the next four days may seem more like a hassle than a vacation.
MSU
Students mentor Sudanese refugees
Amanda Audo travels to a few miles to a Lansing church each Tuesday to help The Lost Boys, a group of Sudanese refugees who have spent most of their lives traveling to get to Michigan.The pre-vet sophomore and about 90 other Residential Option in Arts and Letters students help tutor, play sports, do crafts and chat with about 130 refugees in their late teens and early twenties.“Some of the boys that are in high school are not keeping up with their subjects so we are going to try to help them,” Audo said.