http://www.statenews.com After two days of trial, six witnesses and almost three hours of deliberation Tuesday, a six-person jury delivered an assortment of decisions about a criminal justice sophomore’s participation in April’s Cedar Fest riot. en-us Gryphon 2.2.3b-tsn (woodward)/Foundry5 Thu, 25 Sep 2008 08:36:50 -0400 webmaster@statenews.com http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/23207 Whats with the headline of this article? Since when is a student getting an MIP headline news in East Lansing? This is certainly true vis-a-vis a story of someone being acquitted of the more serious crimes of assembling to riot, drunk and disorderly, hindering arrest, and a hung jury regarding a fourth charge. Wed, 24 Sep 2008 07:22:22 -0400 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/23207 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/23225 I graduated in 1984 and Cedarfest was big then too. You can read about MSU then in my new book “A Pie in Every Eye” This is the story of The Chefs…Campus Pie Assassins, as they pied professors during lectures in humungous lecture halls at Michigan State University from 1979 to 1981. The story covers how The Chefs came into being and came to be nationally known student pranksters during an era of free love, not having to register for the draft, and boozing-it-up legally at 18. Read about Thiamin, Niacin, Riboflavin, Carbohydrate, Calcium and Potassium Sorbate as they disciplined the faculty and mocked the status quo. So sit back, relax, enjoy your favorite beverage, smoke it if you got it, and read a tale for which the world was not yet prepared. Viva les Chefs! http://stores.lulu.com/awe_artworx Wed, 24 Sep 2008 09:26:57 -0400 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/23225 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/23234 The headline in this article is completely misleading. As cedarfest, an ancient Spartan annual tradition which I hope to see my own children enjoy, continues, I’d like to see less enforcement and more freedoms. This kind of harassment by the ELPD and malicious prosecution to follow, tacked on to biased reporting interested in making this problem look worse than it is, it just horrible. The leadership of this newspaper, City, University and especially the ELPD is worthless and pathetic. This was a victory and vindication of Leigh, not a conviction. Wed, 24 Sep 2008 10:38:38 -0400 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/23234 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/23261 Wow, did the State News seriously publish this story with the headline “Student at riot convicted of MIP” I’m speechless, and I think Mike puts it best. “The leadership of this newspaper, City, University and especially the ELPD is worthless and pathetic. This was a victory and vindication of Leigh, not a conviction.” Wed, 24 Sep 2008 13:37:06 -0400 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/23261 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/23263 Dang: ANOTHER WHIPPER SNAPPER AVOIDS THE ROPE! That would have been a good headline. So far not much has really come from all the hoopla about ALL the bad people who attended Cedarfest compared to the actual convictions. What a waste of taxpayer money but without all this stuff half the ELPD would get laid off. Wed, 24 Sep 2008 14:18:59 -0400 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/23263 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/23270 I find A.W. Ellisons comment both offensive and appalling. I was a student at MSU during the Chefs reign of terror. I don’t think the blatant assaults on teachers was at all funny. To this day I recall Dean Stiedle dripping blueberry pie from her face as i sat stunned as her attacker yelled ‘Vivia la Chefs’ as they fled the scene. Wed, 24 Sep 2008 15:16:03 -0400 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/23270 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/23272 Roses are red No evidence did they bring When will justice prevail In the city of East Lansing????? Wouldn’t you love to see the price tag for this pathetic theatre of the absurd!!!! Wed, 24 Sep 2008 15:22:40 -0400 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/23272 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/23288 Does the City of East Lansing have any idea what they put this student and his family through for the past five months? Charged with five crimes, sufficient evidence of only drinking beer? I feel the only crime here was the failure to read the “town gown relationship” portion of the college guides. Wed, 24 Sep 2008 20:09:26 -0400 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/23288 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/23314 The headline of this story is slanted and misleading, revealing the clear bias of this paper. While many of the events of the Cedarfest may have been destructive and reprehensible, as citizens in a democracy we should all respect the rule of law. In this case, an individual student was found not guilty of a number of serious charges. That decision was reached by a group of East Lansing citizens. The headline would lead most readers to the conclusion that Jordan was convicted of something more serious than having consumed alcohol. Don’t engage in yellow journalism just because you are angry at the individuals who actually did something wrong. Thu, 25 Sep 2008 08:36:50 -0400 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/23314