It’s happened.The warning signs were all there. This is a campus of thousands of trees after all.And thousands of students.It was the latter sign that told us the time had arrived.
U.S. Sen. and MSU alumna Debbie Stabenow will speak to students on campus today about the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and what can be done for the future. Stabenow, D-Lansing, will discuss the fact that despite national struggles in the past, the government has still managed to pass significant legislation. She will also address the diverse American culture and her experiences as a senator.
Politics and music. During the uprising of anarchy and the evolution of counter-culture in America during the 1930s and 1960s, music played an important role in expressing feelings - both positive and negative - of where America was going. Woody Guthrie was the main musician in a great American tradition in the 1930s - the man who figured out how to merge culture with politics. Then, in the 1960s, Bob Dylan took over.
MSU officials have succeeded in increasing the minority student population, with 20 percent of this year’s freshman class projected to be minority students. But retention of minority students is still sluggish, threatening to undermine the work recruiters do to bring black, Chicano and Latino, Asian and Pacific Islanders, Native American and other minority students to campus.
I was concerned about the improper display of the U.S. flag on the right shoulder of football players’ uniforms Saturday.
The MSU head football coaches are so worried about starting flat against Northwestern on Saturday - like the team did last year - they addressed the issue minutes after beating the Fighting Irish.“They just want to make sure that unlike last year we don’t come off a couple of wins in the beginning and then get too high and forget about next week’s game,” senior linebacker Josh Thornhill said.
Students and community members who love plants will have an opportunity to purchase them at a cheap price Friday and Saturday.In an effort to cut back its live plant collection, the Department of Plant Biology is selling a portion of its greenhouse collection.Jason Kilgore, president of the department’s Graduate Student Organization that is planning the sale, said the need to downsize stems from the loss of greenhouses behind the Old Horticulture Building, which were torn down in August 1999 with the promise of new ones.“While we were waiting for these new greenhouses, the plants were stored in temporary ‘polyhouses’ (plastic houses) on south campus,” the botany and plant pathology graduate student said.
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.
As one of thousands who took a lot from this weekend’s game, I just want to say thanks to Michigan State for the patriotic spirit you displayed. In holding up signs of the American flag and chanting “U.S.A.” before the game and during halftime we confirmed America and all she stands for, hopefully offering some support for those who need it most at this time. The halftime show was something that won’t soon be forgotten.
Before the regular business got underway at Tuesday night’s East Lansing City Council meeting, two new faces around city hall were introduced.
Shira Weinstein said she will share in a Hebrew prayer for peace and those suffering during Yom Kippur today. Yom Kippur is the Jewish holiday for reflection and forgiveness. Weinstein, the program director of the Hillel Jewish Student Center, 402 Linden St., said the disasters in New York and Washington are in her heart during the holiest day of the year. “It’s been a part of our prayer.
Things have been pretty wild in the world of sports lately. The Detroit Lions are hitting rock bottom early into the season instead of during the middle of its schedule, and 38-year old Michael Jordan is returning to the NBA for the second time.
Cold temperatures and rain across the state have some thinking winter is coming quicker than usual.And for some students, a change in weather is exactly what they want.“I don’t mind the change,” business freshman Laura Long said.
The odors on swine farms can be a problem not only for farmers, but for the public as well. Agricultural engineers at MSU are hoping to do something about it. A group of researchers are searching for ways to eliminate these pungent odors.
The MSU production of “SubUrbia,” scheduled to begin today and continue through next weekend, has been reduced to only one performance.Put on by the MSU Department of Theatre, “SubUrbia” is a drama about a rock star who returns to his home in small-town America and put his burnout friends’ lives into perspective.The lone performance will take place at 7:30 p.m.
Normally, getting a massage is self-serving, but Thursday students can treat themselves while helping those in need.Chiro-Technology Spinal Health Center, 4064 E.
Often there is no place for independent and foreign film fans to see their favorite type of picture on the big screen.
Lansing - A survey conducted by The Education Policy Center at MSU shows most Michigan residents give their public schools high marks. The center released results of a survey Wednesday that asked nearly 1,000 residents to grade their local schools.
The Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility says the Ingham County Health Department censored facts in its report published in December 2000.The statement, released last week, said important dangers facing Ingham County’s surface and groundwater were not identified, endangering many residents.Eric Wingerter, national field director for Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, said the department censored the report because of cold feet.“It was a chilling effect; they were nervous about angering people,” he said.