In an effort to encourage student activism on campus, the university’s undergraduate student government is looking to be held more responsible for its actions.ASMSU’s Student and Academic assemblies will be considering a joint resolution next week that makes the referendum process more accessible to MSU students.
This letter is in reference to Justin Bilicki’s political cartoon printed Feb.
The focus of ASMSU’s campaign to eliminate sales tax from college textbooks in Michigan is now shifting from campus to the state Capitol.In response to support shown by the university’s undergraduate student government, State Rep.
Culture of Greece and the Mediterranean will be coming a little closer to campus, when a professor and Greek native comes to Lansing on Sunday. The Cypriot and Greek Associationof MSU will be hosting a guest speaker at the Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, 1701 East Saginaw St.
Midnight pizza feasts aren’t the only thing weighing down college students these days.The soft drinks washing down those meals may be splitting seams and popping buttons, too.A study published last week in the Lancet Medical Journal says drinking one soft drink a day can increase a child’s chances of becoming obese by 60 percent.Diane Fischer, the chief dietitian at Lansing’s Sparrow Hospital, 1215 E.
Things were hard enough when I was a vegetarian. But now I’ve decided to try veganism, and I just can’t take it any longer.
While I was excited to read about the new music venue that will be opening up in the area (“New all-ages venue for local, national bands to display talent,” SN 2/22,), I couldn’t help but feel frustrated because The Common Grounds Coffeehouse, located in the basement of Akers Hall, continues to be completely ignored by The State News. Started in 1998 by an MSU student, Common Grounds has been an unbelievably positive outlet for students to come and see both local and national bands.
The State News’ editorial “Dance On” (2/22) incorrectly identified me, by name and title, as the lone dissenting vote against a special-use permit for a dance floor, coupled with other conditions, requested by the Spartan Sports Den before the East Lansing City Council at our Tuesday meeting.
I have never been so motivated to write to The State News than after I read the most chauvinistic letter I’ve ever seen (“Rape accusation is very serious,” SN 2/22). How dare you assume this poor girl brought that on herself!
It’s certainly not lost on Sean Patchell that Ohio State is the team that abruptly ended his freshman season at MSU. The senior left wing and the top-ranked Spartans (25-4-4 overall, 18-4-3 CCHA) will travel to Columbus, Ohio, this weekend to face the team that knocked MSU out of the first round of the 1998 NCAA tournament. “My first two seasons we had a real rivalry going with Ohio State,” Patchell said.
The Capital Area Transportation Authority is considering raising the cost of bus rides for students, senior citizens and people with disabilities from 25 cents to 50 cents beginning in August. Prices for student bus passes could rise as well, with monthly pass prices potentially shifting from $12.50 to $14, semester passes from $40 to $45 and annual passes from $60 to $70. CATA executive director Sandy Draggoo said the request to raise prices comes after a year of high fuel costs and other heightened expenses, which have left CATAin need. “It isn’t a surprise, if you consider it’s been unusually low,” she said.
Another packed arena on the road could pose another serious threat for No. 5 MSU when it visits unranked Penn State on Saturday. A sellout crowd of 15,261 is expected at Bryce Jordan Center in a matchup that will be the first time a defending NCAA champion has visited Happy Valley, Pa.
They just couldn’t let go. Madonna’s decade-spanning fashion grips glued the design duo of Joe Berean and Katie Wiberg together, as the pair re-funktified Madonna-inspired, early 1980s looks for Savoir Faire, the sold-out fashion show put on by the Student Apparel Design Association on Wednesday night. “We tried to make the outfits more progressive, modernized them, and used a lot of inspiration of Dolce & Gabbana,” Wiberg said.
The Young Playwrights Festival will commence this Sunday in the Wharton Center’s Pasant Theatre, where the creative works of six high school students will be acted out by MSU students.“The plays came to us blind, with just numbers on them,” said theater professor Frank Rutledge, who helped select the plays.
Actor Gary Riggs said he’s surprised the play “The Odd Couple” is still funny after so many years. Riggs plays Oscar in The Bath Community Theatre Guild’s presentation of “The Odd Couple” on Friday and Saturday at the James Couzens Memorial Auditorium at Bath Middle School, 13675 Webster Rd. “There’s Oscar, the biggest slob in the world, and Felix, the neatest person in the world, and they live together for about two weeks before they try to kill each other,” director Andy Houghton said of the play. “It’s going to be fun,” he added. Lamont Clegg, information officer for the MSU Department of Theatre and Kresge Art Museum, plays Felix in the show.
On Wednesday it was the star-studded Grammy awards.On Saturday, it’s a different kind of Hollywood night.At 7 p.m.
Five years ago, in the basement of a New York City cafe, “The Vagina Monologues” graced the stage for the first time. And now the show has become more than just a play - it’s a way for thousands of people around the country to help end violence against women. This Sunday, MSU contributes to the cause by putting on a two-hour show to raise awareness on this and other women’s issues, such as sexual violence, menstruation and childbirth. This is the third year “The Vagina Monologues” has been shown at MSU.
Friday will be a night of endings and new beginnings at Jenison Field House when the 14th-ranked MSU wrestling squad hosts sixth-ranked Oklahoma. It will not only be the last home meet of the season, but it also will be the last time four Spartan wrestlers will take the mat at home.
Despite Olin Health Center’s statement that it cannot carry RU-486, ASMSU is continuing the push to ensure the drug is available to MSU students. ASMSU’s Student Assembly debated a measure Thursday calling on the health center to make RU-486, also known as mifepristone, attainable through Olin. But Mike Ehlers, college of Social Science representative for the assembly, said the ultimate decision of RU-486 at MSU is out of ASMSU’s hands. “It is up to the university and Olin when and how and whether anything is done or not,” he said.
LANSING - Angie Smith’s golden retriever, Neuman, could run freely in Lansing if a proposed dog park is included in the Parks and Recreation Department’s five-year master plan.“A park specifically for dogs would be great,” the 27-year-old Lansing resident said.