Two MSU faculty members boarded a United States Air Force plane Wednesday, departing for New York to identify bodies of Tuesday’s horrendous terrorist attacks.Norman Sauer and Joyce deJong are part of Disaster Mortuary Teams, a group which provides victim identification and mortuary services.Todd W.
Master Sgt. Elmer Duncan said MSU’s ROTC unit is conducting “business as usual” during stressful times throughout the country.“It is the best way to go about this, keeping things close to what we normally do,” the military instructor said, a day after terrorists attacked the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.Although flags are flying at half-mast outside Demonstration Hall and members of ROTC say they are shocked, no further actions or demonstrations have been planned in conjunction with relief efforts, Duncan said.Lt.
Fellow citizens, it is a day like Tuesday that puts our daily lives in perspective. While we spend a great deal of time and thought beating our chests about jobs, our petty problems or one sports team or another, we must not forget what is truly important in this world - the value of human life.
“MSU students in remembrance and reflection.”Those were the words painted on the rock on Farm Lane during the candlelight vigil Tuesday night, where more than 500 students gathered to do just that.The vigil planned by ASMSU, MSU’s undergraduate student government, focused on the Spartan community coming together to deal with Tuesday’s tragic attacks on the United States.“The main focus is to come together as students, community, faculty and staff to support each other and reflect on the tragic events that happened,” said Melanie Olmsted, an ASMSU Student Assembly member and coordinator of the event.Olmsted said she knew something had to be done when she saw one of the World Trade Center towers collapse.“I anticipated about 100 people and as the day wore on, the display of support grew,” she said.
This morning, while eating a bowl of Golden Grahams and a raspberry danish, my eyes were caught by the images on the television and the ghastly view of the New York skyline in smoke.
As I walk along the tree-lined streets of MSU, it is hard to imagine a crisis in this world. The glowing sun and floral aroma stain my heart with happiness and safety. Yet, as the frigid shadow of reality sets upon me, I cannot bear the idea of such a tragedy that has befallen us.
Okemos - A day that ended up terribly somber started off in a fun, light-hearted way for some local school children.Four members of the Detroit Pistons took part in a pep assembly at Kinawa Middle School, 1900 Kinawa Drive in Okemos, to promote their upcoming season with the students and local media Tuesday morning.But in the wake of the terrorist attacks across the United States on Tuesday, Okemos was the only stop head coach Rick Carlisle, forwards Brian Cardinal and Rodney White and director of player personnel John Hammond made before the remainder of the four-city media tour was postponed.The four were also supposed to visit Grand Rapids, Traverse City and Saginaw.Before the news hit, the Pistons addressed and entertained the crowd of area adolescents with free T-shirts, motivational messages and a brief dunk exhibition by White.
The Lansing Poetry Club will begin its fall season by kicking off the Old Town Poetry Series Wednesday at The Creole Gallery, 1218 Turner St., in Lansing. The season starts with a reading and publication party for Lansing Community College’s annual student literary magazine, The Washington Square Review.
The only noises in Howard Gobstein’s Washington, D.C., office Tuesday were the ring of a phone and the murmur of television news.Three blocks away from the Capitol, it’s rare for such a hush to fall over the busy MSU office in the District of Columbia.“They’re asking people not to come into town,” said Gobstein, MSU’s associate vice president for governmental affairs.
As students walk, ride or skate to class, they may be noticing something different about the sidewalks.On Bogue Street near the traffic circle and around the major intersections on campus, bike lanes have made an appearance on campus to separate pedestrians from bikers.
While most MSU students watched the horror of Tuesday’s attacks on the United States unfold on TV sets, an MSU student in Washington, D.C., and a graduate in New York witnessed the chaos firsthand.Adam Crysler started his day like any other.Crysler, a communication senior, is an intern at the Department of Commerce and had just started work at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in downtown Washington.But it wasn’t long before he knew something was terribly wrong.“Someone announced that the World Trade Center towers had been hit,” he said.
Tuesday morning looked more like a nuclear winter than the hustle and bustle we’re supposed to see in lower Manhattan. Hundreds of miles removed, safe within the ivy covered walls of campus, we watched in horror as the scene was replayed throughout the day.
The new movie “Two Can Play That Game” is a movie full of catchphrases and pop phenomenon that builds up to the basic “player gets played” type of movie.
When I woke up Tuesday morning my biggest problem was that I wasn’t sure if I was prepared for my journalism ethics class.An hour later I wasn’t sure if I was prepared for anything.I consider myself a smart person.
Although plane crashes and bombs are hundreds of miles away, businesses, schools and offices in Michigan locked their doors and emptied their buildings Tuesday.East Lansing City Hall, 410 Abbott Road, added security guards to unlocked doors to ease the minds of employees.City Manager Ted Staton said the East Lansing City Council work session was canceled out of respect for the victims.“People are paralyzed by these events,” Staton said.
Lansing - Children helped Mayor David Hollister cut the red ribbon on Lansing’s first All Children Connected to Succeed Program Family Resource Center Tuesday. MSU President M.
The first of four 2020 Vision forums didn’t have a big turnout, but the faculty and students who attended took the opportunity to offer their input about the future of campus. “This is the first opportunity to give a response and see how the plan works,” said Bill Latta, director for Facilities, Planning and Space Management. Latta and other members of the 2020 Vision committee presented those in attendance with details from the plan to show proposed campus changes over the next 20 years. “We’re hoping to inform the public and give them a chance to hear their comments,” he said. The forum concentrated on the second of three components of the plan, which consists of looking at facilities, environment, land use and zoning studies. After the forums, the plans will be taken to the MSU Board of Trustees for approval. Director of Campus Park and Planning Jeff Kacos said he hopes the plan will be brought to the board by the end of the semester. Transportation and parking issues were among concerns and questions brought up at the forum. Faculty expressed concerns about how transportation will be affected by the proposed changes, including how to enter and exit campus easily. Ryan Stelzer, a manufacturing engineering senior, said he’s pleased with the plans so far but feels the group isn’t looking into students needs concerning parking and transportation on campus. Stelzer said transportation could be improved if bus services were made free for students or included in their tuition. “I think they’re concentrating too much on faculty and staff parking and aren’t concerned with students,” he said.
AMANDA FIRST For The State News On a day of rain and tornado warnings, about 400 students from all over campus left shelter and congregated on Munn field to play Ultimate Frisbee. The students participated Sunday in the first MSU coed pickup Ultimate tournament hosted by the MSU men’s Ultimate team. Ultimate is played on what resembles a football field, with two teams of players moving the disc down the field to their respective goal lines by stopping and passing the disc to each other.
As local lawmakers scrambled to get out of their Washington offices, their thoughts were with victims nearby at the Pentagon and those in the World Trade Center.During the commotion, Michigan’s U.S.