The meaning of a new year is different for a lot of people. For most, it is a time for clean slates, and the ultimate time to stop bad habits and better ourselves.
The closure of the Shaw Lane ramp has Katie Brooks “brown bagging” her lunch this semester, along with some of her colleagues in the chemistry department.The ramp - where the majority of the chemistry faculty parks - closed Monday for reconstruction and demolition, taking away its 950 parking spots.
Monday will mark the end of a three-year pilot period for the Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration at MSU, which allows students the day off of classes to remember the fallen civil rights leader.Event organizers are hopeful the day off will continue.
In the beginning there were doubts.Critics pointed to a criminal record as a severe roadblock for him to succeed, with charges of shoplifting, battery and receiving stolen property.Then there was the hurdle of trying to qualify academically to be eligible to play Division I college basketball, as he was 20 points below the score needed on the SAT.
All hail MTV. But you won’t hear me doing it.The mega-hip music network begins its yearlong “Fight For Your Rights: Take a Stand Against Discrimination” campaign Wednesday evening.
After commencement ceremonies, graduates often have goals to accomplish and dreams to fulfill.And according to Kaplan Inc. Vice President Trent Anderson, these goals and dreams often include impulse buying of cars and luxurious vacations that are not necessary and only create more debt.
Steve Smith’s 2,263 points may have solidified him as the second leading scorer in MSU men’s basketball history, but it has been his generosity off the court that may make the lasting impression. Smith, who graduated from MSU in 1991, announced during a Thursday press conference from Rose Sports Arena in Portland, Ore., that he would donate $600,000 toward scholarships for students at Detroit’s Pershing High School, his alma mater. Smith called the endowment a “gift of opportunity” - a gift that will send one student to MSU each year on a full academic scholarship. Initially, Smith, with his wife Millie, donated $2.5 million to MSU for use in building the Clara Bell Smith Student-Athlete Academic Center and established a scholarship fund for graduates of the high school in January 1997. Smith could not be reached for comment Monday. Pershing High School Principal Emeral Crosby said he was appreciative of Smith’s generosity the last four years. “(My first reaction) was one of great enthusiasm and gratitude that he remembered us,” Crosby said. And MSU President M.
Michigan Lt. Gov. Dick Posthumus joined a group of Michigan lawmakers Monday in support of a new safe delivery law.The new law enables the parent of a newborn baby to surrender the child anonymously to a hospital, police or fire department.
While many will join President Clinton today in supporting the MSU men’s basketball team at Breslin Student Events Center, others plan to show their support for another cause.A group of MSU students will organize a rally outside of the Breslin Center in support of Leonard Peltier, a leader of the American Indian Movement who was convicted of the murder of two FBI agents and sentenced to two consecutive life sentences.President Clinton has issued presidential pardons to 62 people during his final days in the White House.
Louis Adado and Larry Meyer will lead the Lansing City Council in the new year after they were recently chosen to serve as president and vice president of Lansing’s city council.
When Joe Blackburn was a sophomore he set MSU records for goals against average, saves percentage, earned CCHA Best Goaltender honors, was named to the All-Great Lakes Invitational team and named NCAA West All-American.Then Ryan Miller came along.Now a senior, Blackburn has lost his starting job to the sophomore phenom from East Lansing, and has almost become a forgotten member of the top-ranked Spartans.Miller has already broken Blackburn’s goals against record, earned All-CCHA honors and tied the school record for career shutouts - in only a season and a half.Miller had started 24 straight games for MSU before head coach Ron Mason finally gave Blackburn the call in net against Yale on Friday.
MSU may be just a university to many students, but others have plans to explore its place in the universe.Nearly 100 students from a range of majors have enrolled in Social Science 290, section two, Our Place on Earth, a new course being offered for spring semester 2001.Unlike many science-based ecology courses focusing on environmental problems, this semester-long seminar concentrates on the social, psychological and spiritual aspects of humans’ relationship with the natural world.“What we are trying to do is get all of us to be more mindful of how we live on this earth in a way that makes it possible for us to share it with many life forms for many generations to come,” said Laura DeLind, a senior academic specialist in the Department of Anthropology, who helped organize the course.And the course emphasizes the demand for individual responsibility in the local community in particular, some say.“I don’t think we spend enough time thinking about where it is we live,” said Terry Link, another course organizer and director of the Office of Campus Sustainability.
Those visiting or waiting in line at the Registrar’s Office this semester can view some student-inspired creations. The oil canvas paintings of Greg Siler and Julia Warner, both master of fine arts graduate students, will hang in the Registrar’s Office, 150 Administration Building, for the duration of the spring semester.
As New Year’s Eve 2001 drew closer, I came across an interesting story in the Detroit Free Press that got me thinking.
President Clinton’s visit to campus is a credit to the university and its accomplishments. Clinton will speak at Breslin Student Events Center today to honor the men’s basketball team’s NCAA Championship and reflect on his presidency.
In Carrie Copeland’s eyes, the recent Grammy nominations of acclaimed and controversial rap artist Eminem presents the wrong side of society.“It’s a sad day in society when we honor such bigotry with an award instead of regarding it as a hate speech, which it is,” the interdisciplinary humanities senior said of the Detroit native’s lyrics.It seems many nationwide agree.The Recording Academy, which hands out the nation’s most prestigious music awards, has logged thousands of e-mails and phone calls from people angry about the four nominations for Eminem, who in his music has referred to “fags,” fantasized about raping his mother and talked of killing his wife.Michael Greene, president of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, said he knew the nominations may cause conflicts.“We’re going to catch a lot of flak for this, there’s no question,” he said Monday.
Crystal Clay moved into Landon Hall in August, and was surrounded by older residents.But friends say the 18-year-old’s fun-loving, caring personality helped her to fit in perfectly.“She was just a confused freshman so all the sophomore girls took to her,” said Stacey Telesz, a civil engineering sophomore who lived across the hall from Clay.
By ED RONCO The State News When manufacturing engineering senior Jennifer Cody graduates in May she will be going to work for Ford Motor Co., but she doesn’t know if she would buy its product. A settlement involving both money and public disclosure of information was reached Monday in the case of Donna Bailey, a paralyzed woman seeking $100 million from Bridgestone/Firestone Inc. and Ford Motor Co. for injuries sustained in March. It would have been the first lawsuit of its kind to go to trial since Bridgestone/Firestone tires were first recalled last August. The settlement was announced by lawyers for Bailey and the two companies. Financial terms were not disclosed but according to attorneys for Bailey, the settlement calls for an acceptance of responsibility and an apology by Ford, and requires both Ford and Firestone to publicly disclose any additional information from the tire recall investigation. Ford representatives visited Bailey in her hospital room Sunday night and delivered the apology she had sought. “(The settlement) is enough to take care of her for the rest of her life,” said Mikal C.