Over the past weeks I have been tormented by letters that reject any attempt to face the complex issue facing us. The notion we can end the violence by violence is fool hardy.
3 Doors Down will be just down the road from MSU students when the national rock band plays at Breslin Center on Saturday night. The band is currently touring in the wake of their debut album “The Better Life,” which spawned the hit singles “Kryptonite,” “Loser” and “Life of My Own.” 3 Doors Down didn’t have an opening act scheduled for the show, so promoters scoured the area and invited local band Aventine to perform. The band hasn’t played recently because drummer Chris Ploeg left the band for unknown reasons.
Although I’m becoming more concerned about justice in the nation’s efforts against terrorism, I’m glad to see some in the MSU community have not forgotten about justice on the personal level.
Living alone in her Yakeley Hall dorm room, Lindsay Kroon knows she can just go to her room and close the door when she is fed up with her neighbors.
It’s a shame in this time of immense patriotism we have to defend our Constitution, and the rights our forefathers guaranteed us, against fellow Americans (“Out of ammo,” SN 9/27). The Second Amendment clearly states good old American Joes like you and I have the right to own firearms for our personal defense and protection.
Friday The Ten Pound Fiddle Coffeehouse will present Nashville singer/songwriter Stacey Earle at the Unitarian Universalist Church, 855 Grove St.. She will be joined by Mark Stuart on lead guitar and vocals.
Anyone looking to donate some time and caring effort may find an opportunity through the Lansing Area AIDS Network. The network is looking for volunteers for its buddy program and for this Sunday’s AIDS walk. “Being a buddy can change your life,” said David Bialski, a buddy program volunteer.
DeWitt Township - Kevin Carey sat in the almost vacant Capital City Airport on Thursday chatting with Lansing residents Steve and Marcia Kwiecinski. Steve was waiting with his wife Marcia, who was waiting to board a flight to Rochester, N.Y. “It is like a ghost town in here,” Steve Kwiecinski observed. Meanwhile Carey, who was waiting to board a plane taking him home to Madison, Wis., said he’s pleased with recent airport security upgrades. “I think the skies are pretty safe now,” he said. Such statements could be attributed to state and federal leaders who, since the Sept.
Senior defensive specialist Lisa Ashton had big plans for this season. Her relentless hustle on defense, her work ethic and her leadership were going to be inspirational for her teammates.What the Spartan volleyball co-captain didn’t plan on giving her teammates was a lesson in vulnerability and optimism.“Maybe taking a look at me on the sidelines will remind them they aren’t guaranteed four years of play,” Ashton said.
Lawmakers could be putting students’ safety at risk as they prepare to reform how colleges and universities report campus crime. U.S.
The MSU men’s golf team opens its season today as it heads to Ann Arbor for the Wolverine Invitational. The 21-team field, which includes seven Big Ten teams, begins play today and will compete through Sunday. “It’s always a tough one - the first one - because you haven’t gotten through the expectations yet,” head coach Mark Hankins said. Despite that factor, he said the team anticipates a strong finish this weekend. “We have a good team,” Hankins said.
The MSU men’s and women’s cross country teams will be traveling Saturday to Minnesota for the Roy Griak Invitational. Both teams are coming off impressive showings at last week’s Spartan Invitational at Forest Akers East Golf Course.
Things weren’t going smoothly for the offensive line midway through Saturday’s game at Notre Dame.Redshirt freshman guard William Whitticker left the game with an ankle injury, and junior guard Paul Harker collapsed with a seizure on the sidelines.
Do you still have a few of those Skidz outfits or an I.O.U. sweater and want to be in a movie? This weekend Michiganians will have their chance at roles in a new movie to be shot entirely in Michigan.
ASMSU, MSU’s undergraduate student government, approved a bill to support the improvement of sexual assault education and increase awareness of sexual offenders on campus.Women’s Council presented a statement to ASMSU that will challenge the MSU administration to create a safer environment and produce better standards for accepting students who have been charged with sexual assault into the university.The official statement has not been released to administration yet.Hillary Noyes, a zoology junior and co-director of Women’s Council, said the idea for the statement came from discussions about sexual assault issues that have been raised recently.“A lot of people are confused about the media coverage of Eric Knott,” she said.
Add Gary Gildner to your list of accomplished people to visit your campus during your college careers. Sure, this accomplished writer and MSU alumnus doesn’t draw attention like Bill Clinton or Elie Wiesel, but his work speaks of itself. The MSU grad, who’s work includes “The Second Bridge,” “The Warsaw Sparks” and the 1996 Iowa Poetry Prize-winning “The Bunker in the Parsley Fields,” will make a stop Friday.
We all seem to take the things our parents tell us for granted. As I approach graduation in a few semesters, I’m just realizing how wise my parents were and how they’ve helped me grow as an individual. That is what they’re there for, after all.
Lansing - Frogville, Mich.? That could have been the name of the city now known as Lansing without the help of the city’s pioneers.
The city of East Lansing may be miles away from New York, Washington and Pennsylvania but like many Americans, area residents are searching for ways to help in the wake of the Sept.
Without question, politics and music go hand-in-hand. But that’s not why I listen to bands like the Dead Kennedys or the MC5. I never even knew what the Dead Kennedys sang about until a couple years after I was introduced to it many years ago, and it didn’t matter. Even now when “Moon Over Marin” or “Let’s Lynch the Landlord” booms out of my box, I don’t hear political messages, but great music by a group that really loved what it was doing.