Local businesses, organizations prepare for Earth Day activities

When the first Earth Day was born April 22, 1970, Americans were slurping leaded gasoline through oversized sedans. Thirty-one years later, Americans are slurping unleaded gasoline through road-wide sport utility vehicles. While there have been improvements in the way people treat the environment, there’s still work to do, said Kyle Tisdel, a member of the East Lansing Commission on the Environment. “We’re taking some steps back in some areas, but I think it’s changing as well,” the international relations senior said.

Institution of marriage is for heterosexuals

I wonder how many readers of this column would object to the legal recognition of incestuous relationships, including states allowing a person to marry one of his/her first cousins or even a sibling. I do not refer to those relationships in which one person forces another to engage in sexual relations with a family member.

T-shirts outrage students

Protesters gathered in front of Bessey and Wells halls on Thursday to circulate petitions asking MSU to stand by its anti-discrimination policy. The demonstrators were upset about T-shirts that contained slogans they found offensive. The shirts, distributed as part of a Citibank credit card promotion, contained the words “Freshman girls, get ‘em while they’re skinny.” April Herndon, an American studies graduate student, teaches American Thought andLanguage 140, Women in America, in Bessey Hall, where one of the T-shirt stands was set up. “All week long my students and I had to walk up the stairs to get to our classroom past him,” she said.

Football tickets put on hold for next seasons student section

The MSU Student-Alumni Foundation will hold ticket sales Sunday for Bobby’s World, the student section for the upcoming football season.

Lugnuts look for big turnaround tonight

LANSING - The first few weeks of the season have not been kind to Julio Garcia. The Lansing Lugnuts’ manager has watched his team suffer through plagues of errors and impotent hitting and win only three of its first 12 games. Tonight, the Lugnuts will close their four-game series with the Dayton Dragons at Oldsmobile Park, still searching for some consistent play.

Ridiculous reality show goes bad

Welcome to the bizarre world of animal reality TV. The plot goes a little like this: This is the true story of too many animals picked to be in a segment, and have their human mishaps taped to find out what happens when they stop being polite and start being real - “When Good Pets Go Bad 2.” Some may call “When Good Pets Go Bad” low-quality television - and it is.

Life after college is right around the corner

On Wednesday I received something in the mail that was scarier than my Verizon Wireless cell phone bill.Well, maybe not that frightening, but it certainly gave me chills.

Weekend Guide

Friday: “Ladies First,” MSU’s all-women a cappella group, will perform its annual spring show.

GEU gains collective bargaining power

The Graduate Employees Union gained collective bargaining power Friday afternoon, when graduate students voted in support of the newly formed labor organization.“We’ve worked really hard and we’re glad that everybody was really supportive,” said Chris Oliver, president of the union.The union, affiliated with the American Federation of Teachers and the AFL-CIO, presented a petition to the Michigan Employment Relations commission on Feb.

Event awards outstanding diversity

Various MSU students, faculty, staff and departments were commended for their commitment to multiculturalism Thursday afternoon.Nearly 300 people filled the Kellogg Center Auditorium for the All-University Excellence in Diversity awards convocation.

Pasttimes offer enjoyment, relief from stress of school

It’s no secret that Americans are obsessed with playing games.The frenzy caused by gaming consoles such as the Sony PlayStation 2, the widespread use of online games and even the enduring popularity of classic board games such as Monopoly are all evidence of blind gaming passion.And the numbers back it up:In 2000, about 60 percent of Americans - 145 million people - played interactive games, accounting for more than $6 billion worth of sales.In contrast, only about 70 million people attended Major League Baseball games in 1999.Video games for consoles such as Nintendo 64 or Sony Playstation are bigger sellers than computer games, for several reasons.“It’s easier to hook a game machine up to a television than it is to own a PC,” said Russ Howard, vice president of Babbage’s, a game retailer.

Polar trekkers endure cold, delays on way to North Pole

Polar Trek 2001 team members may have slipped up when they began their trip across the ice of the Arctic, but their progress toward the North Pole is well on its way.

Yearbook seeks freedom from ASMSU authority

Since its rebirth in 1997, the Red Cedar Log has been growing out of publication infancy with the help of ASMSU.

Yearbook seeks freedom from ASMSU authority

Since its rebirth in 1997, the Red Cedar Log has been growing out of publication infancy with the help of ASMSU.

Hall-of-famer comes to U

Jerry “The Iceman” Butler was anything but cold Thursday afternoon as he mingled with MSU faculty and staff outside 191 Communication Arts and Sciences Building.The 61-year-old rhythm and blues icon, best known for the song “Moon River,” spoke of his accomplishments with warmth, wearing a dark suit and a wide smile.In 1958, Butler formed a group called the Impressions with R&B legend Curtis Mayfield.“In 1959, I went solo,” he said.

Bushs budget could hinder U research

President Bush’s budget proposal for federally financed research will increase funding for some agencies, but MSU officials say a budget imbalance for 2002 may leave the university shortchanged.The National Institutes of Health, the largest source of federal research dollars, received the greatest increase - 13.4 percent - while several other agencies received little or no increases.Howard Gobstein, assistant vice president of governmental affairs for MSU, said officials are pleased with the initiative to continue NIH funding, but they’re concerned about other science agencies.“This is critically important because all science is related, and to increase one area without the others is a very unbalanced portfolio,” Gobstein said.“What’s not well understood is how other areas of science contribute to new tools and new technology that also benefit health care.”The NIH increase continues the recent push by Congress to double spending for the agency between the 1999 and 2003 fiscal years.MSU President M.

Inconsistencies found in students résumé

By STEVE EDER, ERIC MORATH, and JEREMY W. STEELE The woman who claimed to be an associate editor of Time magazine looking to put MSU marketing junior Amondo Redmond on the cover is not employed by the publication, a spokeswoman for Time said. The State News erroneously reported Wednesday that Redmond would appear on the cover as the “College Student of the Year” in July.

Bias panel

A panel appointed to review the undercover investigation of a campus group will do little to help resolve this situation.MSU President M.

Police briefs 04/19/01

King calls on public to keep up fight

The wife of slain civil rights leader Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. urged a crowd of more than 500 to fight against hate and prejudice during a speech in the Auditorium on Wednesday afternoon.“History is calling your generation to put right the injustices that afflict our nation and world,” Coretta Scott King said.King is known for her civil rights accomplishments, including the creation of the Atlanta-based Martin Luther King Jr.