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.
What’s better than a five-piece band? A two-piece band who sounds like a five-piece - meet Quasi. The Portland-based outfit, comprised of Sam Coomes (who has contributed bass duties with Elliott Smith) and Janet Weiss (drummer of Sleater-Kinney), will perform their branded method of independent rock Thursday night at the Magic Stick in Detroit. Coomes said the band’s ability to marry somewhat upbeat rhythms with somewhat depressing lyrics comes naturally. “I like music that is rhythmically propulsive,” he said.
There was a time no one questioned his moves, his word was gospel, and he could do no wrong.But with one fax, he has brought a hellfire of controversy upon himself.Michael Jordan’s announcement Tuesday that he will return to the NBA to play for the Washington Wizards has the entire sports world wondering what to expect.To many around East Lansing, his return brings a lift to basketball and to sports in general.“It’s great,” human resources senior Ashli Fabiano said.
People Who Care About Kids is on an empty clip. The group, which has led opposition to the months-old concealed weapons law, announced it is stopping a petition drive to place the issue on the 2002 ballot in an effort to overturn it. The law requires county gun boards give CCW licenses to any adult who completes a gun-safety course and doesn’t have a criminal record or history of mental illness. Previously, those who wanted to carry a concealed weapon had to show legitimate need to possess a firearm. The group says it could collect the more than 250,000 signatures needed, but doesn’t have the money to run the large-scale campaign necessary to compete with gun-rights activists. This is truly unfortunate to see.
“By the waters of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion.”When I was younger and angrier at everything, my favorite selection from the Bible was Psalm 137.
If MSU’s T.J. Duckett is considered the Midwest’s “freak of nature,” then Northwestern’s Damien Anderson comes in a close second. Both Heisman Trophy candidate running backs are known for their uncanny speed and strength, despite the fact they differ in size. Duckett, at 6-foot-1 and 249 pounds, bruised his way to 1,353 yards in 2000, while Anderson, at 5-foot-11 and 207 pounds, scampered for 2,063 - the most in the Big Ten.
When Jeanne Clery was a freshman at Lehigh University in 1986, she wasn’t aware that 38 violent crimes had been committed on her quiet Pennsylvania campus in the three years before her arrival.Her family learned the statistic a few years later, after 19-year-old Clery was raped and murdered in her dorm room during a botched robbery.
After the semester’s first meeting of the Graduate Employees Union on Tuesday, about 40 of its members marched to Cowles House to demand a contract.At the beginning of the meeting, held in the Erikson Hall Kiva, union members signed a poster-sized letter to MSU President M.
The MSU Spartan volleyball team saw two extreme ends of the spectrum last weekend. At No.