With the now unpredictable economy, retailers are beginning to worry how to stock shelves and what to expect when it comes to customer purchases. Perhaps because of this confusion - and adding to our own - some stores have begun to display Christmas decorations.
I find the “Bizzaro” cartoon by Dan Piraro on Oct. 12 quite offensive. If Mr. Piraro thinks that staying up all night, sleeping all day and getting all dressed up for the evening is basic training for a stay-at-home mom, he’s an idiot. Have him trade places with any stay-at-home mom for one week.
Thomas Rachman has been racing since he was a born - and Sunday was no exception.Thomas, 3, placed second in the Unity Walk and Run 5K and his dad placed an extremely close third.That’s because Steve Rachman pushed Thomas in a red racer stroller throughout the twisting 3.1 mile Pinecrest neighborhood course.“This is a way for us to be together,” Rachman said.
MSU’s defensive secondary may have entered Saturday’s Homecoming game against Iowa as a question mark but emerged as an exclamation point in the Spartan’s 31-28 win.The loss of both starting cornerbacks to ankle injuries in the bye week gave MSU reason to worry.
Nazis represent no country, no nation; and no nation can be held accountable for their crimes. If members of the German government are part of the Nazi organization, those people should be hunted down and turned over to the League of Nations, along with the rest of the criminals.
Linton Hall offices are set to open today like any other Monday, even though they closed under abnormal circumstances Friday. A university employee opened a letter that reportedly contained a white powder about 2 p.m.
The sounds blasting over the speakers may have come from the past, but the faces on the floor reflected the future for the MSU men’s and women’s basketball teams.At 10:30 p.m.
MSU administrators are making a $1 million request to students - turn your lights off. Kicking off a campuswide energy conservation campaign Friday at the Board of Trustees meeting, Terry Link, director of the Office of Campus Sustainability, said students and staff turning off unused lights and computers would cut energy consumption by 5 percent - a $1 million savings. “There are excessive costs involved (in energy production) and that is something we need to control, particularly now when economic budgets are tight,” said Link, who is co-chairman of the university’s conservation committee. The initial step of the campaign will use posters and advertisements in on-campus media to promote conservation by students in the residence halls. “In the residence halls students have all kinds of electronics now, how many of those are running at the same time?” Link said.
Plans to convert the playing surface in Spartan Stadium from artificial turf to natural grass took a step forward with the hiring of the Lansing-based Haussman Construction Co. The firm outbid six other construction companies with a price tag of $649,832 and the MSU Board of Trustees accepted that lowest bid at its meeting Friday.
Tailgating and football are typical events that occur during fall weekends on campuses across the nation.
MSU’s Homecoming weekend was New York City firefighter Mike Cantwell’s first visit to the Midwest. And it sure was a memorable one.
Okemos resident and MSU professor of family child ecology, Harriette McAdoo, said the $18 she spent on gas would give her almost a full tank. “I purchased gas I think it was the 12th and it was $30 to fill my tank, it was all I could do,” she said while pumping gas into her car Sunday at the Speedway, 6323 W.
I’ve often wondered from childhood through adulthood why people put some of the things they do in their mouths.
The number of piping plovers may not be plummeting.The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service reported a slight rise in 2001 with 32 new nesting areas spotted in the Great Lakes area.Last year only 30 nesting pairs were counted.Jack Dingledine, Great Lakes regional piping plover coordinator for the U.S.
Helen Dalton was a 36-year-old mother of two.But instead of watching over her children, a “silent silhouette” memorial to her watches over students entering Mason Hall.Dalton, a Grand Rapids resident, was shot and killed by her boyfriend last year.
The No. 6 field hockey team’s winning streak grew to four games as it beat Kent State 3-2 on Sunday and Indiana 3-2 in overtime Friday. MSU improved to 12-4, which is the team’s most wins since the 1996 season.
After opening the weekend with a disappointment, the Spartans women’s soccer team returned Sunday with more intensity and resulted in a better outcome.The MSU women’s soccer team (6-5-2 overall, 3-4-1 Big Ten) lost to Purdue 2-0 on Friday and beat Indiana 2-1 on Sunday.The Spartans struck quickly against Indiana (6-4-1, 3-3-1).After only five minutes of play, sophomore midfielder Trisha Kenny sent the ball down field to sophomore forward Tiffany Laskowski, who put the ball in the net.Kenny also attacked the Indiana defense tenaciously in the second half, creating several opportunities because of her increased intensity, Kenny said.“I always try to use my speed, because that’s really all I have,” she said.
The front page bold headline, “Paying for rape” (SN 10/10) and a photo of a girl crouching naked on the floor was a powerful sight that stayed with me as I flipped through the newspaper.
The No. 13 women’s cross country team beat the top-ranked team in the country, by placing second out of 34 teams with 118 points at the Pre-NCAA meet in Greenville, S.C.No.
We usually feel safe on campus, but the scare of an anthrax attack Friday at Linton Hall should be a reminder to all of us to be aware and vigilant against suspicious activity. The landmark hall on West Circle Drive was closed off after an employee opened a letter thought to contain a white powder - especially worrisome considering anthrax was mailed to a Florida tabloid newspaper office, NBC News anchor Tom Brokaw and a Microsoft office. Officials sent 15 people to the hospital as a precaution while the letter, apparently from an animal rights activist, was tested for dangerous substances.