For some, Green Party provides welcome alternative at the polls
As many Spartans watched the first two presidential debates, some felt like the most important part of the debates was missing.While the majority of Americans have already decided to back either Texas Gov.
Women shouldnt be verbally abused
In his letter (“Fashion is cause of cat-calling,” SN 10/6 ), Andrew Sandri stated that he was sure he’d receive plenty of replies denouncing him for his letter.
City council to discuss patrol car computers
The East Lansing City Council will discuss several issues today concerning the transfer of funds to the East Lansing Police Department for vehicle improvements. The council may approve a contract in the amount of about $248,000 to install Mobile Data Computers in 14 patrol cars.
Jolly Brits create more fun culture
England, that foggy place somewhere far across the great, wide ocean has been sending its funny-talking pop culture exports this way for many a year.No harm in that, we drown them in our movies and music much more than any country does to us.
An MSU student and his life-long pal have strutted - hiked actually - their way into history. They’re believed to be the first Americans and the youngest hikers ever to successfully complete the venture, which began in Jiayuguan and ended in Shanhaiguan, near Beijing - spanning more than 1,800 miles. An overwhelming sense of relief and personal triumph swept over the two American hikers when they laid eyes on the Pacific Ocean. They had finally reached the end, nearly 80 days sooner than they had originally anticipated. “The last footstep is still stuck in my head,” said Bacevicius, 20, of Redford, Mich.
Fix the system
To keep up the ideals of fair and equal justice, states with the death penalty need to pull the plug on their forms of capital punishment.Protesters rallied outside of the Texas governor’s mansion Monday and the Texas state Capitol on Sunday, asking for a moratorium on capital punishment.
Even mediocre athletes can get thrills from running 26.2 miles
He’s an elite athlete from Kenya; I’m a beer-drinking college kid from the Midwest. But for some reason, I knew how he felt cruising past me on the Ambassador Bridge in the opposite direction - six miles ahead of me. Joseph Maina, who won Sunday’s 23rd annual Detroit Free Press/Flagstar Bank International Marathon with a career-best time of 2:24:47 trotted past me like a gazelle, and I could only look on. Many sports journalists think they have athletics all figured out. They believe they provide “insight” even though they might have never played a competitive sport in their lives.
Anti-Jewish graffiti paints picture of intolerance
One of the things that I have always noticed about college life is the tremendous isolation one feels from the outside world.
Do not criticize sections tradition
This letter is in response to a sports column by Krista Latham (“Student section is becoming unoriginal” SN 10/9). I’m not sure Latham gets the idea behind what it is she is writing about, so I’d like to clarify a few things for her. Latham, the very things you are complaining about and deem unoriginal are quite the opposite - they are what true football fans at MSU consider tradition.
Lansing receives grant for face-lift
LANSING - Another stride has been made in the race for downtown revitalization in Michigan’s capital.The Michigan State Housing Development Authority gave the city a $250,000 grant Monday morning to help with the goals outlined by the Blue Ribbon Committee on Downtown Revitalization.
Police expand search for E.L. beating suspects
Investigators have bridged their search to Evanston, Ill. and Big Rapids, Mich. in an effort to track down the person who assaulted Brandon D’Annunzio. D’Annunzio, a 24-year-old Livonia resident, died Wednesday from severe head injuries he received during an Oct.
Internship offers U credits, experience in nations capital
MSU is rolling out the red carpet, all the way to the nation’s capital.The Semester Study Program in Washington, D.C.
Students work to start Asian American studies program
A group of students is hoping to implement an Asian American studies program at MSU. Soh Suzuki, a studio art senior and Asian Pacific American minority aide in Snyder and Phillips halls, has been acting as a liaison between APA students and faculty and staff members.
Carnegie Scholar shares research
While university students are expected to become more critical of written texts in their schooling, not as much focus is on visual texts such as illustrations or diagrams.MSU Professor Colleen Tremonte has been trying to find out why.The associate professor of writing and American culture at the James Madison College spent two weeks this summer at California’s Carnegie Academy for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning researching her question.“The program acts like a center for advanced study in teaching and learning,” Tremonte said.
Gallerys location, show draws visitors
To celebrate its new location on Grand River Avenue, a local art gallery reopened an exhibit of two Lansing-area artists.Trillium Gallery, 207 E.
Students clean up river
Polluters’ plans to help improve the quality of life of organisms in the Red Cedar River by donating items such as broken bicycles and a television set were spoiled Sunday afternoon.These objects and other garbage were pulled from the river in a cleanup effort sponsored by the Residential Initiative on the Study of the Environment.More than 40 volunteers from various campus groups went down to the river in waders and canoes to help clean the water that flows through MSU’s campus.“This project was independent of the E.
Road reopens in Old Town
LANSING - After an 18-month hiatus, Grand River Avenue in Old Town is open for business once more. Business owners in the section of Lansing celebrated the end of the construction period on Grand River Avenue with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and celebration breakfast at Ramon’s Restaurant and Lounge, 718 E.
Congressional race heats up at DCL debate
One of the tightest congressional races in the country made it’s way to campus Sunday night. State Sens.
Train accident leads 18-year-old to untimely death
An Amtrak train headed for East Lansing struck and killed an 18-year-old man fishing Sunday near Aurelius Road in Lansing.The train, carrying more than 150 people, struck the man around 3:38 p.m.