While a 2.5 percent voter turnout may not seem like a encouraging number for most elections, it has given ASMSU a vote of confidence.“The number is not that good, but it’s something we can build upon,” said Nimri Niemchak, ASMSU chief of staff.
When I first came to MSU, I was full of expectations, but what I really learned came as a surprise. In the end, it’s not the economics formulas you remember, it’s the little things that stand for your college experience.
Today was supposed to be the home opener for the MSU baseball team, but instead the Spartans will have to wait a couple more days to get a taste of some home cooking.
I am writing in response to Michonne Omo’s column, “Frozen Four is as important as Final Four,” (SN 3/27) regarding the lack of hockey team coverage.
Americans are not getting enough sleep and going through life being drowsy, according to the results of a study released this week by the National Sleep Foundation.As part of National Sleep Awareness Week, which continues through Friday, the foundation released the poll reporting 63 percent of Americans do not get the recommended eight hours of sleep needed for good health, safety and optimum performance.Marsha Stein, spokeswoman for the National Sleep Foundation, said people are not making the connection between sleep and health.“The proper amount of sleep is needed to get the health benefits people are looking for,” she said.
Semisonic All About Chemistry (MCA Records) Sometimes when a band puts emphasis on the production of their record, it is a clever idea.
I have a few objections to the column written by Ashley Bell ( “Concealed weapons law will increase guns,” SN 3/23). Most are minor and probably nitpicking on my part. Why does Bell assume any substantial percentage of gun-related accidents occur with concealed weapons?
Students and legislators are joining efforts to repeal a ban on federal financial aid to students with drug convictions.The law, which went into effect July 1, denies students federal financial aid who have been convicted of drug possession for one year from the date of the conviction, and two years from the second offense.
What did the drummer get on his final exam? Drool. How do you know a drummer is at your front door?
The donor who gave money to help fund a new center for the business college should be congratulated for the generous gift. An anonymous donor contributed $8 million toward the soon-to-be completed Executive Development Center.
At 3:52 a.m., police in full riot gear marched down Bailey Street firing tear gas.Two years later, a blackened, rough patch of asphalt mars the street’s surface; a reminder of a fire that reached some two stories into the sky on March 27-28, 1999.
Don’t tell the women of the MSU Polo Club that their sport is socially exclusive to leisurely play among the elite on country club grounds.
2PAC Until the End of Time (Interscope Records) Tupac Shakur wasn’t lying when he said “When I die, I’ll come back.” Shakur surged back into the rap game with his fifth posthumous release, “Until the End of Time,” a set of 29 songs recorded in the final year of the slain rapper’s life. In an era where rappers are often found boasting on material success, Shakur continues to set the record straight on his most recent release.
After a two-hour meeting Tuesday between university officials and representatives from Students for Economic Justice, Ethan Smith said he would have stayed much longer to push MSU to join the Worker Rights Consortium.“I would have stayed all night if I had to,” said Smith, a forestry senior.
I am writing in response to Janell Seymour’s letter, “Christ is there - even on vacation” (SN 3/22). Born and raised on the other side of the world (Taiwan), I have looked at religion issues from a neutral standpoint.
The Union Ballroom will offer a taste of sex and New Orleans on Friday night. Danny Roberts and Melissa Howard, from the MTV show “The Real World” New Orleans, will join MSU sex and relationship experts. Sex In the Real World, a Loveline-style event, will be held from 9 p.m.
An $8 million anonymous donation will help propel MSU’s business school to new heights nationwide. The gift, announced Monday by university officials, will benefit MSU’s soon-to-be-completed Executive Development Center and calls for the complex to be named in honor of Jim Henry, who in November stepped down as dean of the Eli Broad College of Business and the Eli Broad Graduate School. He was one of the original minds behind the complex - a 98,000-square-foot facility that Henry says will provide many benefits to not only for those in the business college, but other students as well. “The EDC
Scientists aren’t the only ones winning science awards these days.In recognition for his accomplishments in enhancing federal-university relations, Howard Gobstein has been named a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.Gobstein, the assistant vice president and director of federal relations for MSU in Washington ,D.C., is pleased with his accomplishment.“It’s an incredible joy to receive this honor,” he said.
LANSING - Because of a slowing national economy, cities around Michigan may have to cut back on their spending budgets - but not Lansing. Lansing Mayor David Hollister proposed a $102.5 million budget plan Monday for fiscal year 2001-02 - a 3.1 percent increase from last year’s budget - to the Lansing City Council. “We were able to avoid cutbacks,” Hollister said.