Applause seems called for, considering the swift progress of our new president. George W. Bush has branched out from his familiar territory of murder by execution in our racially-biased justice system.
By JULIE KNAPP For the State News In the spirit of Valentine’s Day, the Food Science Club is hosting a Love Cans fund-raiser, selling gifts far from the traditional red roses or heart-shaped boxes of chocolates. Love Cans are soup cans filled with Hershey’s Kisses, Laffy Taffy, Ring Pops, sour candy and Tootsie Rolls.
As an undergraduate, Christa Robinson was petrified to walk around campus on her own.“They show you a film to freak you out,” the telecommunication graduate student recalled of her first days on campus.
With spanking-new theatrical Spartan blood and lots of enthusiasm, two freshmen will put their talent to work and lead the MSU Department of Theater’s spring productions, “Sylvia” and “The Diary of Anne Frank.”“We give the roles to the talent,” said Frank Rutledge, MSU professor of theater, of his decision to cast no-preference freshman Megan Milota as Anne in “The Diary of Anne Frank.” “It’s how professional theater works, and university theater should echo pro theater as much as possible.”Anne is a character who possesses an unbridled amount of spirited girlish charm, which develops to a somber maturity beyond her years, and the play covers serious and accurate areas of history.
Michigan’s Republican governor and Democratic attorney general brought a unified message to the Kellogg Center on Tuesday: Government should keep its hands off the high-tech industry. Gov.
MSU’s hockey team held on to its No. 1 national ranking in this week’s USCHO.com poll, but it has to share the top spot in the USA Today rankings with Boston College.The Spartans (22-3-4 overall, 15-3-3 CCHA) split their weekend series with Northern Michigan, allowing BC (20-6-1) to tie.The Eagles and Spartans both have 258 points, but MSU has 10 first-place votes to BC’s eight.In the uscho.com poll, MSU garnered 28 of 40 first-place votes, with Boston College in second with nine votes.North Dakota (20-5-5) kept its three first-place votes from last week’s uscho.com poll and stayed in third place in both rankings.“If it were my choice, I wouldn’t even want to know the rankings during the season,” senior right wing John Nail said.
Sean Madigan Hoen The Atavan Tapes CTW Records A singing voice that is completely natural, and not changed with voice-altering machines, usually makes for a more sincere and true sound. Detroit native Sean Madigan Hoen’s debut album “The Atavan Tapes” is refreshing in this way.
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - In its only game as an underdog thus far this season, challenging a 15-game home winning streak, No.
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Despite Tuesday’s loss to Illinois, the game will always hold a special place in the memory of senior guard Charlie Bell. With his 124th career start, Bell became MSU’s all-time leader in games started. “It’s good to have Charlie Bell back,” MSU head coach Tom Izzo said after his squad lost to the Illini 77-66.
DAN KITTLEFor The State News CARP LAKE, Mich. - It’s just after 6 a.m., and the blaring sounds of buzzing alarm clocks pierce the hunting cabins’ paper-thin walls. About a dozen MSU Outing Club members haul their fatigued bodies out of sleeping bags and blankets, throwing on countless layers of clothing in preparation for the wintry conditions. Weary and bleary-eyed, the group clumsily tiptoes into the kitchen, whispering over a breakfast of oatmeal and Cheerios.
Students can receive a little taste of black culture tonight.A soul food dinner, sponsored by the Office of Minority Student Affairs, will start today at 4 p.m.
Being a freshman stinks - literally.I live on the eighth floor of an office building called Hubbard Hall.
MSU wrestler Gray Maynard is expected to be out of action for at least a month after having knee surgery Monday.Maynard tore knee cartilage in his victory over Michigan’s Pat Owen on Jan.
The keg tagging bill proposed by the Michigan state House will do little to deter underage drinking and will only serve to cause problems for those who want to purchase alcohol legally.Rep.
The East Lansing Police Department may have an extra set of eyes on the road in coming years. The city council is expected to approve a request at its meeting tonight for a legal opinion regarding the placement of video cameras at some intersections. The cameras would be used to photograph license plates of vehicles running through red lights, allowing police to mail a warning to the vehicle’s owner. When the city last requested information about camera-ordered warnings in 1981, running a red light was a misdemeanor that required an officer to see the offense first-hand. That’s not the case anymore. “The particular issue is a way to try to reduce some of our problems involving red-light running in the city,” John Matuszak, city engineering administrator, said.
Erin Carrier said she isn’t worrying about the type of people who may respond to her roommate-needed advertisement on the Web. The parks and recreation and tourism resources sophomore utilized a new online service listing roommates and rental units in the Lansing area.
Have you ever wondered if astronauts have had sex in space? If so, Playboy magazine adviser Chip Rowe will be at MSU on Friday with the answer to that and other strange, sexy or hilarious questions running through your brain. Rowe is coming to Spartan country through efforts of the Campus Center, a student organization that provides weekend entertainment at the International Center and Wells Hall.
This letter is in response to those writing about icy walk ways (“Icy sidewalks should be salted,” SN 1/30, “Salted sidewalks too little, too late,” SN 2/5). On Monday, Jan.
LANSING- Political science junior Alexis Bastedo said Carrie Copeland’s recognition for her advocacy is not only deserved, but it is also overdue.Bastedo nominated Copeland, an interdisciplinary studies in humanities senior, for the Prism Awards, an annual event held to honor activism in the lesbian, gay, bi-sexual and transgendered community in the Lansing area.