Let’s recognize we are not an island. Our reliance upon the League of Nations assumed we were immune to outside influences and the result was World War II. We are pompous and puritanical if we assume our standards for human behavior is mandated to other societies.
Beverly Sills, best known as one of the world’s most respected sopranos, had to cancel her 5:30 p.m.
Congratulations to Raphael Goodstein. In his ramblings (“Think ‘U’ are on par with the Maize and Blue?
After months of campaigning, walking through neighborhoods, distributing literature and making phone calls, the four candidates for East Lansing City Council will spend the day waiting - first for the polls to close and then for the results.The polls opened today across the city and campus at 7 a.m.
At least 10 MSU players have been sidelined at one time or another this season, resulting in a frustrated coaching staff scrambling for healthy contributors.
Over the years, Eric Luoma said his band, Bellwether, has become less projective when it comes to writing music. “Our process is a little bit more open now,” he said.
It was perhaps the most frustrating night for American journalists - and I was one of them. The election of 2000. Yikes. By nightfall, every newsroom in the United States was in turmoil.
Christopher Bell loves learning and playing with children his own age, but there aren’t always many around. Luckily, about a month ago, his mom, East Lansing resident Adrienne Bell, heard about the All Children Connected To Succeed program that allows the 11-month-old to make friends and learn at the same time. “I wanted to get him around other kids because he loves to play with them,” she said.
MSU’s Energy Conservation Campaign will unveil its official logo this morning at a presentation for university officials.The logo was selected through a contest where the eventual winner will be awarded free textbooks for the spring semester from the MSU Bookstore.MSU President M.
College students are always in need of some extra cash and they could have taken advantage of a free loan from ASMSU - but they haven’t.ASMSU, MSU’s undergraduate student government, offers a service of $100 interest-free loans and most students don’t know they exist, ASMSU officials said.The loans were shut down Oct.
The Muslim Students’ Association is spending this week trying to teach our community about its culture - and that awareness has never been more important than now.Although the group’s Islam Awareness Week is an annual occurrence, the popularity of this year’s events will daunt the awareness weeks of the past.
For several months, Loretta Focht made the drive periodically from her home in Gibraltar, Mich., to Lansing, hoping it would be worth her while.Legislation passed by the Senate last week with her help proved to her that it was - and that the drive will be safer in the future.Focht’s son, 21-year-old Brian Slebodnick, was killed in a hit-and-run accident April 13, 2000.
A two-term mayor will be lacing up his gloves today to see if a newcomer can knock him from his title.The final decision between incumbent David Hollister and challenger Eugene Buckley will be made in today’s election for Lansing mayor and for Lansing city clerk.Hollister, 59, moved to Lansing in 1962.
Capital Area Transportation Authority will provide a variety of health screenings during its Rush Hour Health Fair 2001 today.
The coaching staff of the MSU women’s basketball team understands what it’s like to be part of the 64-team NCAA Tournament.
A crowd of about 50 people made their way to the Erickson Hall Kiva for the Burly Bear Network Comedy Festival Monday night.
It was an ending that could have been penned by Hollywood’s best writers. Teacher teaches student, only to be schooled by the pupil in the end.Only the backdrop wasn’t the silver screen, it was the floor of Breslin Center on Friday evening.And it was just an exhibition.Sophomore guard Marcus Taylor hit a driving double-clutch floater in the lane with three seconds remaining for the game-winning bucket in the Spartans’ 89-87 win over the Magic Johnson All-Stars.“It was just kind of an incredible way to end the game,” Spartan head coach Tom Izzo said.
Phi Beta Sigma fraternity members experienced nature’s elements instead of a warm bed at their fourth annual Sleepout for the Homeless.“It’s a humbling experience,” said Maurice Turner, president of Phi Beta Sigma fraternity and a human resource senior.
It was hard to tell if the tears in Josh Shaw’s eyes were of pain or joy after Saturday’s 26-24 win over No.