U is not to blame for broken guarantee
Everyone has an opinion about the increase in tuition in effect at MSU for Fall 2001. Local news media have been very vocal in their concern over this unbelievable increase at a public institution.
Law asks for convicted felons DNA samples
A single swab from the mouth of a convicted felon could mean jail time. Starting Oct. 1, all convicted felons in Michigan could have to rub the inside of their cheeks with a sponge to add their DNA code to a database.
Posthumus seeks tuition hike review
Students aren’t the only ones worried about increased tuition costs.With three college-age daughters, Lt.
Lighthouse restoration likely in publics hands
SOUTH FOX ISLAND - The words “I love Cat” are still visibly carved into the tower of the first lighthouse built on this Lake Michigan island. The words could have come from a lonely lighthouse keeper, an islander’s love-struck teenager or a woeful camper anytime since 1867, when the earliest island lighthouse was built. With more than 120 lighthouses dotting Michigan’s shores, the two lighthouses on South Fox Island are hidden from the mainland’s sight and could be easily left to ruin. Cat and her love have probably faded from history and memories. And while the South Fox Light Station may be three hours from the Lower Peninsula’s shores, it hasn’t been forgotten. “Private citizens are concerned about it,” said Steve Belko, manager of the Michigan Lighthouse Project.
Program helps ex-racehorses
EATON RAPIDS - Fax, an ex-racehorse, nuzzled up to Eaton Rapids resident Michelle Poe on Monday as she changed his dressings from a knee injury that ended his career.“He’s nosy and needs to be where the action is,” said Poe, a volunteer with the Communication Alliance to Network Thoroughbred Ex-Racehorses.
Treaty trouble
The good news is the Kyoto treaty has been signed by 178 countries, a big step for the world’s environment.
Drunken driving drops in E.L., Michigan
Gov. John Engler announced last week fatalities and accidents involving drunken drivers have dropped to the lowest point in eight years.The recent drop in numbers was attributed to Michigan’s repeat offender laws.Under state law, a repeat offender has two or more alcohol-related convictions within seven years, three or more convictions for driving while suspended or revoked in seven years, or three or more alcohol-related convictions within 10 years.Motorists who are repeat offenders face tougher sentencing, license sanctions and are required to attend substance abuse counseling.The numbers dropped from 541 deaths in 1999 to 515 in 2000.
Comfort Eagle flys high
Cake Comfort Eagle (Columbia Records) Any band willing to take a risk with its sound deserves to be commended.
People you meet make school more memorable
When you are young, the number of friends you have can be measured by the amount of valentines you receive every February.
U course looks at food hazards
Thirty-six participants from 16 countries have made their way to MSU to talk about food. They aren’t here to discuss entrees or desserts, they are here to talk about food safety. The third annual Food Safety Short Course, sponsored by the National Food Safety & Toxicology Center, kicked off Sunday.
TheStart decades behind with release
TheStart Shakedown! (The Label/Geffen) TheStart’s debut album “Shakedown!” would’ve been one of the great albums from the late 1970s and early 1980s. Unfortunately for early punk and new wave fans, “Shakedown!” wasn’t made until earlier this year. TheStart got its start when vocalist Aimee Echo and drummer Scott Ellis abandoned defunct cult band Human Waste Project, and hooked up with guitarist Jamie Miller of Snot.
School, Hix reach compromise
HOLT - Jeremy Hix and his twin sister Jessica, who shared a kindergarten classroom, will don caps and gowns together as part of the class of 2002. After two months of deliberation, the Holt High School administration and Hix’s family came to a settlement in the case that put Michigan’s zero-tolerance laws to the test.
Qdoba grill to increase E.L.s Mexican flavor
The tiles are halfway done and the walls are brightly painted for East Lansing’s newest Mexican restaurant. Qdoba Mexican Grill will be opening at 1127 E.
Bailey festival features 10 acts
The audience sat on red and yellow painted wooden box chairs or shag carpeting as Cathy Illman sang bittersweet songs on her guitar.The psychology junior was just one of the acts in the first Bailey Music Festival on Saturday at the Bailey Center, 300 Bailey St.The concert, which included 10 performances, was sponsored by East Lansing Recreation & Arts.Studio art junior Josh Kermiet, who helped coordinate the event, said the idea for the daylong music festival was his.“The idea was to throw together local talent that doesn’t get much exposure,” he said.The Bailey Center, he said, had at one time been a place for people to come and enjoy live bands.
ACLU continues search for answers
The Lansing-area chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union still hasn’t found what it’s looking for. After filing two Freedom Of Information Act requests with MSU and receiving no new information on the 2000 undercover police investigation of a campus group, the ACLU is looking at legal options. The second FOIA was filed June 25 and the information was returned June 27. Henry Silverman, president of the ACLU Lansing-area chapter and an MSU history professor, said the information was no different from that returned in May with the group’s last FOIA request - previously released official statements and no new data. “It was essentially the same,” Silverman said. He said the information was simply rearranged and points were made next to the answers to specific questions raised by the ACLU. Now, ACLU lawyers are discussing which possible legal actions they could take. “We have decided not to pursue a suit on the First Amendment,” Silverman said. “But we might do a suit on the FOIA.” The public outcry surrounding the infiltration began in April, when The State News first reported an MSU police officer posed as a student to join United Students Against Sweatshops - now Students for Economic Justice - for months, beginning in February 2000, to gather data about the organization. University officials have cited five different reasons for the infiltration, most recently that MSU was focusing a “specific unidentified subject” of the investigation of the 1999 Agriculture Hall arson. The New Year’s Eve fire ripped through the fourth-floor office of a genetically engineered crop program, causing about $400,000 damage.
Race is incidental to college success
Last Wednesday, I read your story “‘U’ examines graduation ‘race gap’” (SN 7/18) with a bit of disgust.
Political correctness can stifle expression
In February of this year, the venerable actor and NRA President Charlton Heston spoke at the Harvard Law School Forum.
Izzos 2002 recruiting class take shape after commitments
After losing Saginaw’s Anthony Roberson to Florida, MSU men’s basketball coach Tom Izzo had to look elsewhere for a guard to invite into his 2002 recruiting class.
U isnt here to hold your hand
This is an open letter to those who feel once you’re a student at MSU, you’re just a number. This may be true at first, but you must take some action so you don’t feel this way.