http://www.statenews.com A 42-year-old MSU student was found dead Friday in his Spartan Village apartment from what a relative called “an accidental death from medication.” en-us Foundry4 Fri, 09 May 2008 16:43:44 -0400 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 06:19:34 -0400 webmaster@statenews.com http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/12540/view MSU, where students go to die. That’s like, what, five students dead so far? Tue, 18 Mar 2008 21:25:53 -0400 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/12540/view http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/12546/view Could you please think about the grieving friends and family of this deceased man that might be reading this right now before you post unnecessary comments, Grim Reaper? Tue, 18 Mar 2008 23:09:41 -0400 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/12546/view http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/12547/view He was in a class of mine, this is really sad and shocking news. Tue, 18 Mar 2008 23:16:53 -0400 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/12547/view http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/12560/view Being the angel of death, a Jungian archetype feared by some, celebrated by others and the bearer of the dead to their eternal fate has made me a little numb to such mortal concerns as ‘death”. We all die, so why should death be a taboo? Our best course is to merely laugh in the face of death. Wed, 19 Mar 2008 00:27:31 -0400 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/12560/view http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/12562/view There are a lot of things in life that must and will happen, but we don’t have to constantly acknowledge them, or anticipate them. Some people might claim Carpe Diem because of death, but I think we can accept death without having to sugarcoat its significance. Wed, 19 Mar 2008 00:45:14 -0400 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/12562/view http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/12583/view No joke grim reaper. East Lansing is making Flint look like a safe alternative. Wed, 19 Mar 2008 09:33:28 -0400 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/12583/view http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/12594/view Tim was a wonderful person who touched many here in the Boston area. I wrote up some thoughts/remembrances for the collaborative blog I write for here. http://www.moodmat.com/?p=692 Wed, 19 Mar 2008 13:23:33 -0400 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/12594/view http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/12597/view I wrote something up too.:“http://www.weeklydig.com/blogs/dayvidday/tim-haslett-rip” Words don’t really suffice. Wed, 19 Mar 2008 13:39:25 -0400 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/12597/view http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/12602/view 24 years of college partying does that to a guy… Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:29:26 -0400 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/12602/view http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/12606/view I had the pleasure of knowing Tim for a number of years under many different circumstances. He was a real gem of a person. His passing brings me unbearable sadness and, to be honest, everytime I hear New Order I’ll immediatly think of Tim. Wed, 19 Mar 2008 15:00:24 -0400 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/12606/view http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/12676/view Trackback from http://tribes.tribe.net/9a73ed85-00c5-4778-9b1f-dd7552b6da35/thread/d7b37eb5-744c-42c6-81bf-ec4068702286#7d4cc6dc-67ec-4b1f-8768-f9ce73a9c24aSome of you may remember my friend Tim, who i was living with about a year ag... Wed, 19 Mar 2008 16:39:03 -0400 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/12676/view http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/12618/view I had the wonderful pleasure of meeting Tim a couple of years ago online. We became the best of friends.We grew bery close, even though we were so many miles apart! Tim made his first visit to Memphis to see me. It began the most wonderful friendship that I had ever in long time. I was truly devastated to hear of Tim’s death! He supported me when I lost my father to pancreatic cancer about 5 months ago. Tim was one of my closest male friends in a long time. He was very loving, considerate, kind, intelligent, caring, understanding, and sincere. I truly will miss him! Love always, Tangee Wed, 19 Mar 2008 18:37:51 -0400 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/12618/view http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/12683/view Only recently did I have the pleasure of talking and working with Tim. Dr. Smitherman’s My Brother’s Keeper Program (not “ministries,” as the article said) provided me with an opportunity to get to know this fellow AAAS student. As others have said, Tim was brilliant, an original thinker unafraid to challenge orthodoxy for truth, justice. I will miss talking with him. Our program, our field, our communities lost something special. Rest in peace, Tim. Prayers to his family during this tragic time. Austin Jackson Doctoral Candidate (ABD) African American and African Studies Thu, 20 Mar 2008 17:45:44 -0400 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/12683/view http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/12684/view My condolences to his friends and family. I just learned of his untimely death thru a mutual friend. We shared some wacky times at Brandeis – creating chaos and spreading humor. Even though we hadn’t spoken in MANY years, I thought it may be helpful to Reminisce here of some fun times – even if it was many many years ago. He was really into a british comic whose name I can’t remember, but think it must have been Glen Baxter (and if that wasn’t it, I would think Tim would have liked Glen’s work also). This comic drew cartoons and put tag lines underneath that had nothing to do w/ what was in the picture. One thing led to another and he partially inspired me to send out the mass valentines, a practice that has since stopped, but had spread much joy throughout those lucky recipients. What I’m trying to say is – we had fun talking in non-sequitors together and it makes me very sad to think of his demise in this way and all I can think is he would want us to play some loud techno – dance around – be wacky and have fun to remember him. Much Love, Wendy Thu, 20 Mar 2008 18:00:16 -0400 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/12684/view http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/12689/view http://wzbc.blogspot.com/2008/03/tim-haslett-1966-2008-tim-haslett.html sign our blog for tim….. Thu, 20 Mar 2008 22:30:36 -0400 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/12689/view http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/12739/view So very sad. He struggled with depression and kept on going for so long. Fri, 21 Mar 2008 16:53:18 -0400 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/12739/view http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/12742/view This is very sad. Tim worked for me in my record shop in Boston (Boston Beat) for several years. He had the most amazing sense of humor and wit. He made everyone feel very special. I will never forget him and his passion for music and above all the way he would make us all laugh. He will be missed very much! Fri, 21 Mar 2008 19:11:23 -0400 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/12742/view http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/12781/view I sold Tim many a record in my shop in the early 90’s. He was a very passionate person about underground electronic music. He was also one of the nicest people you could meet. I hope you are in a better place now then this planet. Sun, 23 Mar 2008 18:53:52 -0400 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/12781/view http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/13030/view I worked with Tim for a few years in NYC—he was a really special person, his brain held a crazy amount of detailed information and i’m so sad that he’s gone. Genuinely one of those people who we are worse off without. Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:32:11 -0400 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/13030/view http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/13289/view Tim was a fine fellow. sorry to hear the bad news. may his soul rest in peace save me a spot Tim Thu, 27 Mar 2008 21:53:34 -0400 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/13289/view http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/13432/view This is very sad. I listened to Tim’s music while he was a dj in Boston and I was attending Harvard. His music brought quite a bit of happiness to me. Any time I play New Order I think of him. Sat, 29 Mar 2008 18:33:03 -0400 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/13432/view http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/13462/view i met tim in the mid 1990s and really admired his scholarship on black cultural studies. we corresponded a bit back then and i always found him to be generous with his knowledge, humor, and real enthusiasm for critical thought and social justice. only years later did i become fully aware of his great interest in underground electronic music. he has influenced many in the boston scene as a dj, writer, and info source on new sounds, and over the last decade i have found myself retracing many of his exploratory steps particularly through techno and its many offshoots. recently i have become fascinated by dubstep, and again it is apparent that tim was light-years ahead of me and other converts. i will miss him and his interventions in multiple cultural fields of contemporary importance. his passing is very sad news indeed. Sun, 30 Mar 2008 23:01:02 -0400 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/13462/view http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/13470/view We send our love, condolences and best wishes to Nancy, Tim’s mother, Adam his brother and Julia his sister…our US cousins. We remember Tim on our tennis court in England as a child – not playing tennis but doing a continual as-if radio reporter commentary. He will now re-join his father Brian, our cousin who died in tragic circumstances while Tim was a teenager. Both were highly gifted communicators and movers of others, and loved by those who knew them. Mon, 31 Mar 2008 06:19:34 -0400 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/13470/view