When Kristen Seifferlein heard about Tuesday’s terrorist attack on the United States, donating blood was the first thing she wanted to do. “I heard about it, and I heard that they needed blood, so I decided to sign up,” the animal science senior said.
Ozomatli Embrace the Chaos (Interscope) Don’t let the title scare you, Ozomatli’s sophomore release, “Embrace The Chaos,” is anything but chaotic. It has been three years since the Los Angeles band released its self-titled debut, but the new album is worth the wait. Unfortunately, I don’t speak Spanish, so I don’t understand half of the lyrics on the album, but that doesn’t make a difference.
Although Lansing-area police prepared for the worst, no major incidents related to the terrorist attacks in Washington, D.C.,
Victims of Tuesday’s wicked events were dealt a tremendous outpouring of support from the campus community today - with massive lines of students and community members waiting to donate blood. Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., and the American Red Cross co-sponsored today’s blood drive in the Union while events continued unfolding in New York City and Washington, D.C. By noon, there was a three-hour wait to donate. But that didn’t discourage the line from growing.
Though the extent of fatalities and injuries is yet to be known, there is an obvious need for blood donations in Washington, D.C., and New York.
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.
Dredg Leitmotif (Interscope) In the past few months I haven’t come across very many new bands that I’ve liked.
The Associated Press State House Minority Leader Kwame Kilpatrick and City Council President Gil Hill were the top two finishers in Tuesday’s Detroit mayoral primary and will square off in the November general election to succeed Mayor Dennis Archer. With 24 percent of precincts reporting, Kilpatrick had 15,298 votes, or 47 percent, followed by Hill with 12,638 votes, or 38 percent. The two top finishers in the nonpartisan primary compete in the Nov.
From staff and wire reportsNew York - In the most devastating terrorist onslaught waged against the United States, knife-wielding hijackers crashed two airliners into the World Trade Center on Tuesday, toppling its twin 110-story towers.The deadly calamity was witnessed on televisions across the world as another plane slammed into the Pentagon and a fourth crashed outside Pittsburgh.“Today, our nation saw evil,” President Bush said in an address to the nation Tuesday night.
The possibility of international or terrorist involvement in the New York City and Washington, D.C., tragedies has caused MSU’s international students to question the events.Hours after the destruction of the World Trade Center, The Islamic Center of East Lansing, 920 S.
Big Ten athletic directors will decide in a phone conference Wednesday morning whether or not this weekend’s football games will continue as scheduled, said Sue Lister, the Big Ten Conference associate commissioner.
Lansing - Air travel across the country, including flights from Capital City Airport, will be suspended until at least noon today.Mike Lynn, assistant director of Capital City Airport in Lansing, said the Federal Aviation Administration ceased all domestic air travel and rerouted international planes in response to hijacked commercial airliners that crashed in New York and Washington, D.C., on Tuesday.Lynn said the attacks will change the way airports operate in the United States.“The world as airports know it changed this morning, and I think the world as you know it changed this morning,” he said.
After attacks on Washington, D.C., and New York made history Tuesday, MSU students had to choose whether to attend classes.And some chose not to, upset the university still held classes after the disaster.Psychology sophomore Sarah Brockert questioned MSU’s decision to have classes, saying four of her friends across the country all had theirs canceled.“One of my best friends is in Manhattan, and I still have no idea what’s going on,” she said.Brockert crowded around her couch to watch the news with 12 other women in Sigma Kappa.One of the women, Vanessa Moses, compared the events to a the movie, “Independence Day.” “I just think out of respect to the victims, their families and relatives, classes should have been canceled,” said Moses, a political theory and constitutional democracy senior.
Betsy Prudian stood in the lobby of the Union on Tuesday morning, staring in stunned silence at a television set on the wall.“It’s so sad,” she said.
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.
Drivers lined their vehicles up to rush the pumps. Service station employees said they could only look on as one customer would leave while at least three more would take their place.Gas prices will rise 15 to 20 cents per gallon, said the Michigan Petroleum Association/Michigan Association of Convenience Stores.“I have had some calls from my members since this morning, they are worried about this,” said Mark Griffin, the association’s presidentThe market is reacting to the recent terrorist attacks to the United States, said John Griffin, the American Petroleum Institute’s executive director of associate petroleum industries in Michigan.Officials are linking the incidents in New York and Washington, D.C., to Middle Eastern extremist groups.
Some pageants aren’t just for beauty queens - one MSU student won her crown because of her commitment to beans.Selected out of 17 applicants, Crystal Smalley, an agriculture and natural resources communication junior, was crowned Michigan Bean Queen on Sept.
Even though he didn’t play in Saturday’s home opener - a 35-21 victory over Central Michigan - about 100 protesters outside Spartan Stadium still felt Eric Knott’s presence. Knott said Monday that he was aware of the protests, but didn’t pay much attention to them.
I grab my earplugs and wiggle them out of my ears. It is not yet 7 a.m., and I am already up to my knees in chlorophyll. My sleeveless shirt is spewed with the guts of 200 dead forms of life.
As a cartoonist in the Lansing area and a former MSU student, I am outraged and disgusted by The State News’ (MSU’s “independent” student newspaper?) lack of support for local talent.