I would like to thank Amanda Smith for her insightful observation that the university should warn students not to cross the flooded, frozen Red Cedar (“Block off flooded paths on campus,” SN 2/13). But here is a better suggestion: use common sense.
Mellow Another Mellow Spring (Atmospheriques) Part melodic fuzz, part depressing surf guitar, part disco-minded and part Pink Floyd, French band Mellow has just released one of the most intriguing albums of the year. The lyrical pattern of “Paris Sous La Neige” pitter patters along like the vocal patterns of laid-back rock all-stars Pavement, while the happy-go-lucky chorus sounds like Beck trying to replicate the Brady Bunch theme song - this is good. These innocent futuristic power-pop lads surprise the listener in a different sense in each tune. Though it is obvious this band paints pictures with the psychedelia of the late 1960s, their mix with contemporary electronica leaves their canvasses painted with abstract murals of the past, present and future. The keyboards nearly mimic a Natalie Merchant piece during “Sun Dance,” but out-of-place samples and a drummer who taps the skins only for blues-esqe fills compliments the track’s new age theme. “Violet” is a classic “do-de-do-de-do”-type song with a rhythm that encourages heads to rock back and forth while singing along and smiling from ear to ear.
Patti Wheeler honored Susan B. Anthony’s birthday and other powerful women Tuesday.Wheeler was one of roughly 150 people to attend the Tri-County Women’s Coalition’s 23rd annual Susan B.
Students are being asked to support a bone marrow drive to help save lives. The drive will be held at East Shaw Hall’s lower lounge on Thursday from 3 p.m.
Over the last three games, MSU has given up 108 points on three-pointers compared to 18 points off its own three-pointers.“There’s definitely a deficiency between what teams are scoring against us and what we’re scoring against them,” said MSU head coach Tom Izzo of the No.
While Napster is a haven for money-strapped music lovers, a shut down of the service would be understandable.The 9th U.S.
The East Lansing City Council will discuss a revision of an ordinance that could change the maximum height allowed for city buildings at tonight’s work session. Height limits for buildings in the downtown are eight stories, or 14 with a city permit.
Monday morning on my way to class, I had a very close encounter with the Red Cedar River. The Brody path that I - and the majority of people living in the Brody Complex - use to get to class was flooded over.
This is in response to Erin Schwartz’s Feb. 9 column titled “Drug war has turned into race, class conflict.” Ethnic cleansing is criticized around the world - from Adolf Hitler to Slobodan Milosevic - but it is practiced daily with the Drug Enforcement Administration’s drug war.
MSU’s tradition of its president giving an annual State of the University Address is common among some other universities in the Big Ten. But while an annual event, many students show little interest in attending. Joyce Sandie, an elementary education senior, agrees such a speech is important to keep students informed of key issues on campus. Yet she has no intention of attending. “I wasn’t aware that he gave such a speech but I am going to listen to what he has to say,” Sandie said.
Gillian Harvie is like many American motorists who hate driving in a cold vehicle.“I get my spare set of keys and let it warm up,” the journalism graduate student said.
Regarding Erin Schwartz’s excellent Feb. 9 column (“Drug war has turned into race, class conflict”), the drug war’s early beginnings are rooted in a race and class conflict. The drug war is mainly a war on marijuana, by far the most popular illicit drug.
8th State of the University Address delivered by M. President Peter McPherson on February 13, 2001: Thank you for joining me for our faculty awards ceremony and my eighth State of the University Address. During one of the most dynamic periods in MSU’s history, then President John Hannah noted that “an identifiable characteristic of a true land-grant institution should be its sensitivity to the changing needs of the people, and its ability to adapt quickly in response to those needs.
A new group of Michigan residents was chosen to get an up-close and personal look at politics. The Michigan Political Leadership Program announced that 24 Michigan residents will receive fully paid fellowships with the MSU-based program. “We are very excited to see how such a diverse group comes together,” said Shannon Horvath, the program’s director.
I would just like to share one small fact with Drew Olson (“Bush should not be our president,” SN 2/9), and the several hundred other students on this campus who are frustrated over the presidential election.
John Kratus doesn’t like to be hypocritical. “My research area is in creativity and composing,” said Kratus, professor and area chairperson of music education.
East Lansing and Lansing are expected to contribute $20,000 to Capital Area Transportation Authority’s proposed railway to link Lansing to Detroit after concerns have arisen that the route may be in jeopardy without the funding from the two cities and other areas.
A computer virus disguised as a JPEG picture file of Russian tennis player Anna Kournikova made its way onto campus Monday. According to a security report on the Symantec AntiVirus Research Center Web site, the file, known specifically as a worm, comes as an e-mail attachment labeled “AnnaKournikova.jpg.vbs.” When the attachment is opened in Microsoft Outlook Express mail program, it accesses the user’s address book and sends copies of itself out to all listed e-mail addresses.
For some MSU researchers, an analyzed bug in the hand is worth two in the bush.Professors Robert Hollingworth and Ke Dong are researching possible answers to the question of how insects become resistant to pesticides.Hollingworth, a professor of entomology, said he and Professor Dong are interested in the biochemistry and genetics of how populations of insects change and mutate in the field.“A population of insects starts off where a percentage are killed by insecticides, but by sheer chance, mutations allow some of them to become resistant to the insecticides,” Hollingworth said.
MSU President M. Peter McPherson may not have a background in academics - it was one of the controversies surrounding his hiring in 1993.Still, more than seven years later, many say he’s served the university’s higher education well.