Henry Silverman, president of the Lansing-area ACLU, has been waiting for a Freedom Of Information Act request to be completed by MSU officials for a few weeks.He had been expecting his wait would pay off Wednesday, when the 10-day extension the university requested expired.
The federal government had not executed a prisoner in 37 years when on March 15, 1963, it executed Victor Feguer for murder and kidnapping.Timothy McVeigh was scheduled to die Wednesday, and I’ll make the argument that Feguer should remain the last person the government has killed.The latest developments that resulted in the momentary delay of McVeigh’s execution allow us to step back and evaluate the death penalty practice and its value in our society.While he has admitted to committing the worst, most heinous act of terrorism in the history of the United States, the question of whether capital punishment is morally and rationally acceptable is still up in the air in his case.Michigan may not have had a tragedy equivalent to the Oklahoma City bombing, but that hasn’t stopped the pressure to bring the death penalty to our state.In 1999, I was covering the Capitol for The State News when state Sen.
Only the best of the best will be displayed at the 38th Annual East Lansing Art Festival on Saturday and Sunday.
It has been three years since litter and rioting caused an alcohol ban on Munn field, but a university group still wants to make sure such activities don’t become a trend.The Tailgate Project, a group of students, alumni, community members and university officials, has been created to observe and discuss tailgating traditions - and to make sure there aren’t any more Munn melees.In the fall, group members hope to observe tailgating practices - good or bad - to find out what areas need improvement or encouragement.While Munn field has become a family gathering place during football pregame, tailgaters in the tennis court area near Wilson Road have had particularly large amounts of alcohol and litter problems.“Our definition of tailgating is people coming to a game, having a pop or a beer, having a burger or a dog before the game and maybe firing up the grill afterward,” MSU police Capt.
MSU’s tuition guarantee was originally a good idea, but considering the continuing lack of state funding, an increase in tuition rates has become necessary.The guarantee, in place since 1994, has kept tuition and on-campus housing cost increases at or below the projected rate of inflation.
East Lansing resident Lisa Bennett has been listening to the Philadelphia-based one-man band Atom and His Package for more than two years and has even traveled to Arkansas to see him perform. But Bennett didn’t have to travel very far for her third Atom and His Package concert Monday night. Multi-talented Adam Goren made his third visit to East Lansing on Monday, supporting his new album by playing at a local house party. “I’m really glad he’s out there being a guiding light for fun-loving nerds out there,” Bennett said. Goren performs with his guitar and his “package,” a music sequencer, from which most of his backup music is produced.
MSU women’s crew coach Bebe Bryans predicted correctly Sunday when she said the first varsity eight boat would have a good chance of making the crew national championships.Bryans said the team was contacted about its NCAA at-large berth right before practice Tuesday and everyone was “obviously really excited.”The varsity women’s crew team has been in competition for four years and has made nationals in all four of its seasons.
Depeche Mode Exciter (Reprise Records) Depeche Mode is just what modern music needs.
Amid $325,000 in budget cuts and added revenues from the East Lansing City Council, a $20,000 donation to a nearby skate park stood alone.The East Lansing City Council affirmed its 2001-02 budget Tuesday night after more than a month of discussion.At a meeting last month, more than 40 skate park supporters urged council members to budget money toward the new skate park.
I am writing to support Ingham County’s efforts to provide its citizens with smoke-free work sites, restaurants and bars.
The Associated Press HOUSTON - Timothy McVeigh has written a letter to the Houston Chronicle stating unequivocally there was never a John Doe No.
A community organization is taking steps to preserve East Lansing’s independent stores.The Downtown Community Action League began April 23, after Bagel-Fragel Deli, 527 E.
R.E.M. Reveal (Warner Bros. Records) Michael Stipe should quit whining.
Thomas Maleck said he hasn’t had time to think about being honored for his contributions to traffic safety by the Michigan State Safety Commission.
Current events have not always been something I claim to be an expert on. Before college, the main news-type shows I watched were Entertainment Tonight and Talk Soup.
MSU assistant hockey coach Dave McAuliffe’s childhood dream of rushing out of the Spartan Stadium tunnel is closer to becoming a reality, as MSU is in the process of planning an outdoor hockey game on the football field next season.The game would probably be played toward the end of the season in either February or March against archrival Michigan, replacing the teams’ annual meeting at Munn Ice Arena.The fate of the proposal should be finalized within the next two weeks.“Growing up in this area, I went to football and basketball games my whole life hoping someday we’d get a U-M/MSU game there,” said McAuliffe, who played for the Spartans from 1986-90 and has been an assistant coach for nine years.
MSU’s Department of Mathematics demonstrated it wasn’t all about numbers and equations last month when it passed out a large number of awards to deserving recipients.Mathematics graduate student and teaching assistant Aurelia Minut is one of them.
Anil Jain is being recognized by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation for his own work with recognition.A professor of computer science and engineering, Jain has spent more than 10 years studying methods of personal identification through recognizing and matching patterns in fingerprints and eyes.He was chosen from a pool of 2,700 applicants competing to share more than $6 million from the New York-based foundation.
Weezer Weezer (Interscope Records) Weezer finally released its third album, “Weezer,” after a five-year hiatus and the wait is well worth it.