Recent Articles
Suspected arson
A Lansing firefighter pours water on fuel burning underneath a scorched Cadillac Escalade Monday night.
Taking closer look at disturbing, real images of war is beneficial to society
Some stories are told to inform, and some stories are told to entertain. For example: Hoping to slow down a slaughter that has claimed more than 200,000 lives, a cease-fire was signed by Sudan's largest rebel group earlier this month.
Keeping MSU's campus powered
The hum never stops. It reverberates off a maze of piping, grated stairways and cold industrial machinery.
E.L. amends law for Breathalyzers
A revision to an East Lansing law will officially allow people to turn down a breath analysis test without being ticketed or fined — although the method had been practiced by East Lansing police for more than two years. The East Lansing City Council approved the amendment Tuesday evening after a brief public hearing. Although the revisions were just brought up at a February 28 City Council meeting, East Lansing police Chief Tom Wibert said voluntary consent for a breath analysis test — commonly known as a Breathalyzer — in this type of situation isn't new.
'Libertine' fails with plot, upsetting scenes
John Wilmot, second Earl of Rochester, tells the audience "you will not like me" during the prologue. What he fails to mention is that you won't like the movie either. This opening scene of "The Libertine" — a witty five-minute speech by Rochester's head eerily vignetted into a gray background — is the best part of the two-hour biopic. For anyone who rummages through gossip magazines in search of Johnny Depp photos — and has been doing so since the sixth grade — you won't like the movie. The last portion is intensely upsetting, as it shows Rochester (Depp) slowly dying from what was probably syphilis. But whatever disease, or combinations of diseases, it was certainly severe, and my gut wished I hadn't eaten that bucket of popcorn.
