The university should continue to give students the day off to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day.In 1999, the university canceled classes for the first time on the holiday, beginning a three year trial period.
Four Central Michigan University students are walking coast-to-coast to send males a message about sexual assault prevention: “Do something!”Pat Hanlin, Steve McAllister, Michael Charbonneau and Joseph McCarthy plan to walk from California to Delaware to raise awareness about sexual assault and educate college-aged males about their crucial role in preventing assault.Their seven-month trip will begin in mid-May, and they plan to burn through about five pairs of shoes as they walk as many as 30 miles a day on their trek from west to east.They will spend most nights in a small tent, sleeping in beds only when others provide housing.“All of us are going to love to see the country and meet the people in it,” McAllister, a graduate student, said.
While he is on a new team, in a new league, and in a different country, Morris Peterson’s game is still very much the same.
Nicole Winton’s column on Thursday expressed the most selfish argument I have ever heard for pro-smokers (“Cigarettes are a choice, not morality issue,” SN 1/11). Everyone knows the harmful effects smoking has on the body.
Two years ago, MTV Films released “Election” and missed its target audience by being too smart for its own good.
Cancer research will reap the benefits of a new partnership between MSU and Flint-based McLaren Health Care Corporation. The Great Lakes Cancer Institute, approved by the MSU Board of Trustees on Jan.
I agree with Michonne L. Omo’s view on the community standards and resident mentor system (“Dorm standards should be higher for all,” SN 1/16). This is my fourth year in the dorms, and as far as my living situation is concerned, the worst.
Kaliamme Ponnan knows how busy the life of a single parent with classes and a job can be. So do her three daughters.
Ingham County law enforcement agencies will continue teaming up this year to target drunken drivers.Officers from the Ingham County Sheriff’s Office and the East Lansing, Lansing and Meridian Township police departments will work overtime on selected nights for “Operation Nightcap.” The program aims to saturate specific areas with patrols to find drunken drivers.The agencies tend to target holidays and weekends.
Adam Busuttil knows he is lucky to be alive.After the music education sophomore fainted in his Wilson Hall shower in October 1999, he was taken to the hospital for treatment of a broken arm and a concussion.But after examination, doctors found he wasn’t suffering from either of those conditions.“I felt sick all weekend,” the MSU marching band member recalled.
While MSU’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration boasted high participation, event coordinators and students must wait to see if classes will continue to be canceled in observance of the holiday.More than 1,000 joined in Monday night’s march from Beaumont Tower to the Wharton Center, said Dorothy Harper Jones, senior consultant to the provost for diversity issues.Additionally, she said nearly 3,000 gathered at Wharton Center to hear Kweisi Mfume speak, president and chief executive officer of the NAACP.The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is the nation’s largest and oldest civil rights organization.“I am very happy to see that the amount of work that we put into this has come into fruition,” said Harper Jones, who co-chaired the 2001 Martin Luther King Jr.
Ingham County Prosecutor Stuart Dunnings III was elected to the MSU-Detroit College of Law governing body at the MSU Board of Trustees meeting Friday. Six other members were re-appointed to another term on the board. DCL Trustee Tracey Yokich was re-appointed a three-year term. “As an MSU grad, I am thrilled that we host DCL on our campus,” she said.
Paul Moen remembers it was only a few weeks ago when he saw students cross-country skiing around campus between finals.But Moen, a junior officer of the MSU Ski Club, said things aren’t as fun anymore.“The mood around here is pretty dismal,” the finance sophomore said.
The Residence Halls Association movie rental offices have not reopened since they were closed at the end of fall semester, leaving some students in the dorms wondering why they can’t rent a movie.
The Lansing City Council voted Tuesday night to appoint Kris Nicholoff to the Fourth Ward council seat and Steve Dougan as the Lansing City Clerk.Nicholoff, the governmental affairs director for the Michigan Dental Association, replaces state Rep.
In some parts of the world a mosquito bite can lead to more than just a pesky itch; it can lead to any number of fatal diseases.Alex Raikhel, an MSU professor of entomology and genetics, was the lead researcher in discovering and creating the world’s first transgenic - or genetically altered mosquito.
Despite his promotion from assistant general manager of operations to general manager on Dec. 19, 2000, Greg Rauch has been actively involved in all facets of Lansing Lugnut operations.“When (Greg) first came here he was responsible for all of our ticketing operations; he then picked up all stadium operations; last year he picked up the marketing operations; now he will be the person responsible for running the entire organization,” said Tom Dickson, president and co-owner of the Lansing Lugnuts.Rauch began with the Lugnuts in 1996 as ticket director, coming over from the Oklahoma 89ers, where he began as an intern. “The general manager at the time, who was the previous general manager of the Oklahoma 89ers, hired me as an intern right out of college,” Rauch said.
On Jan. 9, the National Collegiate Athletic Association approved Division II pre-enrollment amateurism legislation allowing high school athletes to participate in certain activities previously not allowed under amateurism by-laws.Prior to full-time college enrollment, prospects can be drafted by a professional sports organization, enter into a professional agreement, receive compensation for athletic competition, participate on a professional team and accept prize money based on place finish, all activities that, once, would negate NCAA eligibility.However, those athletes who choose to participate in professional competition and do not enroll at a collegiate institution in the next academic term following their high-school graduation will begin to use up seasons of competition.For example, for every year of professional play, the athlete will lose one year of eligibility.However, if they choose to leave the pros for college, they must first fulfill a year of residence at the collegiate institution before being eligible to play.While the new legislation does not affect MSU, a Division I institution, the NCAA is currently working on a similar piece of legislation that would apply to all Division I schools.“There is a subcommittee within the NCAA that has been studying amateurism by-laws for three years,” said Jane Jankowski, NCAA assistant director for public relations.
John Ashcroft. The very name strikes fear in the hearts of all red-blooded Democrats across America.