For all of the horrible things that have happened, why must it continue? For those people who are pointing their fingers at Americans with Middle Eastern heritage, you should be ashamed.
International students may be asked to pay a fee to the Immigration and Naturalization Service to improve the system that keeps student records.The roughly 2,900 MSU students who are from abroad would have to pay the expected $95 charge if the proposal goes into effect next January.Gregoire Vernet, a native of France, said he wouldn’t be happy to pay more fees.“I think we pay enough, we pay fees for housing, phone bills and fees for living here,” the lifelong education student said.David Horner, director of the MSU Office of International Students and Scholars, said the fee would pay for improvements in the technology used to track information such as a student’s academic major, address and date they entered the country - facts the university already keeps.
Detroit - The CCHA unveiled its preseason media poll at the league’s annual Media Day in Joe Louis Arena on Tuesday, and the Spartans were in familiar territory - atop the league. The media overwhelmingly endorsed MSU to repeat as CCHA regular season champions, giving the Spartans 22 out of 26 possible first-place votes.
We are rapidly approaching basketball season. My wife and I have been season ticket-holders for the last three years, and I intend to purchase tickets again this year.
The MSU Board of Trustees presented preliminary enrollment numbers for the most populated colleges in the university for the 2001-2001 academic year at its meeting Friday.Leading the list was The Eli Broad College of Business followed by the College of Natural Science, the College of Social Science and the College of Engineering - the same top four as last year.
Voices are raised, money is donated and a great deal of lip service is paid to love of country: “you can’t tread on us,” and “I’d die to keep us free.” Militia members who weeks ago would have shot a federal agent if he came within miles of their homes are embracing those same agents in a common cause - the anger and hatred of those who would cause harm to the United States.
Chrissy Golden began her morning Sept. 11 in a similar manner as many other MSU students did, learning about the attacks in New York and Washington. But Golden’s devastation was more personal. “I woke up that morning early because I had to be at work at 10,” said Golden, a human resources senior.
College has the potential to dramatically change people. For the majority of us this becomes suddenly apparent one day.
Gina FrigoFor The State News Men, women and children lined up and took aim over the weekend. They were taking part in the MSU Fall Classic Archery Tournament, held on the new MSU Archery Club Field located on East Service Road. The MSU Fall Classic is designed to be an intercollegiate event.
The president has guaranteed a long war against terrorists and any nation that harbors them. Afghanistan is a clear choice for retaliation and the military is headed that way.
Chicago-based record company Touch and Go Records may have become one of the luckiest labels recently when it obtained Quasi. The band, a two-piece outfit consisting of Sam Coomes (Elliott Smith) and Janet Weiss (Sleater-Kinney) has put the finishing touches on its brilliant sound with its latest. Their voices match perfectly with one another, and although Coomes provides his voice more than Weiss, they both rise to occasion when necessary. “A Case of No Way Out” is a loud, droning number which, if you listen carefully, contains an eerie and beautiful string pattern beneath the fuzz. “The Curse of Having it All” lets Weiss drip out some low-key vocals with some decent range while “Seal The Deal” is a catchy song that marries a distorted bass line with an effective tickling of the ivories on an organ and features some solid percussion work.
Your editorial (“Keep flying,” SN 9/21), obviously was written by a person whose aviation experience has been limited to eating pretzels and drinking Cokes in the back of airliners.
Christina StolarzFor The State NewsZhanna Abramovsky said bye bye to ‘N Sync and went searching for something new.“I’m getting sick of the radio music,” the forest ecology graduate student said.
Gasoline prices that swelled to more than $2 after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks are on the mend.
Events MSU Science, Engineering and Technology Day: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Oct. 6. Welcome sessions will be held in 1281 Anthony Hall at 9 a.m.
More than two weeks after terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, many Americans say they are unable to continue as normal with their lives in the aftermath of the tragedy.A Gallup Poll released Sept.
Lansing - The state Senate passed the higher education budget forward on Tuesday to Gov.
The lights are dimmed as patrons sit eating under palm trees.At Woody’s Oasis, 211 E. Grand River Ave., interested patrons can eat foods prepared in a Mediterranean style or stick with American favorites.Owner Chuck Raad said his new restaurant, which opened in August, is different from the other Woody’s Oasis at 970 Trowbridge Road.“We are more of a deli-style on Trowbridge and this is more of a sit-down dinner place,” he said.Raad said the atmosphere is more geared toward dinner for families, business dinners or dates.Another difference is the restaurant also has a liquor license.“I wanted to do something different than the typical watering hole,” he said.Raad hopes the new condos going up on M.A.C Avenue will help him develop a good customer base.“I’d like to have some regulars and have more locals down here,” he said.
Denison Witmer is the kind of musician who has a relaxed following. “When kids show up for his shows they’ll get a nice quiet evening,” said Dan Falconer, owner of Lower Level Records, 611 E.