http://statenews.com Stories from The State News en-us Gryphon 2.2.3b-tsn (woodward)/Foundry5 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:41:18 -0500 webmaster@statenews.com http://statenews.com/index.php/article/2009/11/student_found_unresponsive_on_couch_alcohol_believed_to_be_involved_in_death A 22-year-old MSU student who was found unresponsive early today in his Alpha Gamma Rho bedroom was pronounced dead later this morning at Lansing’s Sparrow Hospital, East Lansing police Lt. Kevin Daley said. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:41:18 -0500 http://statenews.com/index.php/article/2009/11/student_found_unresponsive_on_couch_alcohol_believed_to_be_involved_in_death http://statenews.com/index.php/article/2009/11/msu_hosts_mich_culinary_experts The first few minutes of Wednesday night in Ballroom B of the Kellogg Center could be best described as “hungry.” But by the end of the Fall 2009 Visiting Chef Series’ Taste of Michigan, reactions ranged from “extremely satisfied” to “ecstatic.” Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:05:35 -0500 http://statenews.com/index.php/article/2009/11/msu_hosts_mich_culinary_experts http://statenews.com/index.php/article/2009/11/2_mich_officers_on_leave_after_taser_incidents_el_on_watch In the midst of two Taser-related officer suspensions within the past week in Michigan, East Lansing police Chief Tom Wibert said the city’s department has had no issues involving Tasers. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:32:04 -0500 http://statenews.com/index.php/article/2009/11/2_mich_officers_on_leave_after_taser_incidents_el_on_watch http://statenews.com/index.php/article/2009/11/michigan_state_police_troopers_return_to_posts Fifty-five of the 100 Michigan State Police troopers laid off in June have returned to their jobs with support from state budget funding. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:22:38 -0500 http://statenews.com/index.php/article/2009/11/michigan_state_police_troopers_return_to_posts http://statenews.com/index.php/article/2009/11/el_secretary_of_state_to_merge_with_lansing_branch MSU students and East Lansing residents might have to trek to the Frandor Shopping Center to renew their driver’s licenses in upcoming years. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:07:06 -0500 http://statenews.com/index.php/article/2009/11/el_secretary_of_state_to_merge_with_lansing_branch http://statenews.com/index.php/article/2009/11/academic_council_introduces_public_comment_at_meetings One of MSU’s governing bodies is giving nonmembers a voice in MSU’s Academic Governance system. On Tuesday, Academic Council unanimously voted to allocate 10 minutes for public comment at the beginning of its remaining meetings this academic year. The time will allow up to five people to speak for up to two minutes each. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:34:58 -0500 http://statenews.com/index.php/article/2009/11/academic_council_introduces_public_comment_at_meetings http://statenews.com/index.php/article/2009/11/professors_research_companies_involved_in_illegal_activity_during_90s For Yuri Mishina, finding companies engaged in illegal activities doesn’t mean turning to the news. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:23:54 -0500 http://statenews.com/index.php/article/2009/11/professors_research_companies_involved_in_illegal_activity_during_90s http://statenews.com/index.php/article/2009/11/jewish_workplace_focus_of_lecture A presentation by MSU associate professor of history Kirsten Fermaglich titled “Becoming Someone Else: Jewish Name-changing, Employment and Class Mobility in Mid-Twentieth Century New York City,” will be held at 12:15 p.m. today at the MSU Museum auditorium. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:10:01 -0500 http://statenews.com/index.php/article/2009/11/jewish_workplace_focus_of_lecture http://statenews.com/index.php/article/2009/11/turnout_for_granholms_mich_promise_scholarship_rally_low Despite Gov. Jennifer Granholm’s plea for students to actively fight for the Michigan Promise Scholarship, turnout of MSU students at a rally Wednesday was lower than at other university rallies in Michigan. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:08:04 -0500 http://statenews.com/index.php/article/2009/11/turnout_for_granholms_mich_promise_scholarship_rally_low http://statenews.com/index.php/article/2009/11/google_apps_for_education_launched_wednesday_at_msu_for_faculty_students A group of Google applications for MSU faculty and students will make sharing information and working collaboratively on projects only a click away. Google Apps for Education at MSU launched Thursday and provides a suite of applications for the university community such as Google Docs, Google Sites and Google Calendar. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:33:21 -0500 http://statenews.com/index.php/article/2009/11/google_apps_for_education_launched_wednesday_at_msu_for_faculty_students http://statenews.com/index.php/article/2009/11/childrens_theatre_receives_3_grants The All-of-Us Express Children’s Theatre received three grants to support children’s theater and a winter production of “How Reading Came Back to Nowhere” at the East Lansing Hannah Community Center, 819 Abbot Road. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:10:56 -0500 http://statenews.com/index.php/article/2009/11/childrens_theatre_receives_3_grants http://statenews.com/index.php/article/2009/11/lecture_on_the_mind_to_be_held_friday Grant Gillett, a neurosurgeon and philosopher from the University of Otago in New Zealand, will present a lecture titled “A Workshop on Ethical and Conceptual Dimensions of States of Minimal Consciousness” from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. today in the Heritage Room of the Kellogg Center. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:09:02 -0500 http://statenews.com/index.php/article/2009/11/lecture_on_the_mind_to_be_held_friday