Lansing - Gumdrops and toilet paper rolls were some of the materials used to teach children about black inventors at the Impression 5 Science Center’s second African American Celebration on Tuesday. In addition to its regular exhibits, the center, 200 Museum Drive in Lansing, had hands-on activities which focused on six black scientists and their inventions.
Having the namesake of a famous poet and author is one reason Nikki O’Brien is excited about the keynote speaker for Malcolm X Week. As part of the week and in honor of Black History Month, activist and poet Nikki Giovanni will speak on campus tonight.
The Ingham County prosecutors office received a $120,000 grant from the federal government to begin Project Safe Neighborhoods. The three-year grant is part of a program aimed at getting criminals with gun violations off the street. The grant makes it possible for federal, local and state government agencies to work together to prosecute felons. John Cipriani will be working as both an Ingham County prosecutor and a special U.S.
After about a 10-year absence, StateWalk is being handed back to its founder, Alpha Phi Omega. The Residence Halls Association General Assembly voted unanimously to end the program Jan.
A group of students will compete today to prove what famous hero is worthy of being inducted into the MSU Multicultural Heroes Hall of Fame. Since Jan.
Distance education allows instructors to teach anywhere around the world - and one study says they are teaching more than their counterparts who don’t use it. A report released last week by the U.S.
The cast of “The Vagina Monologues” transformed from actors to artists with paintbrushes, chalk and markers to draw vaginas. ASMSU Women’s Council sponsored the event to kick off V-Week, the week of the play’s opening at the Auditorium’s Fairchild Theatre.
Historical facts mixed with the personal tales and photographs of families in East Lansing will be featured in a new book.Whitney Miller, an MSU records archivist, is writing a book about the history of East Lansing.
Monday marked ASMSU’s election application deadline, and the collected number of applications for the undergraduate student government are up slightly from last year.ASMSUofficials tallied about 23 Student Assembly applicants and 15 Academic Assembly applicants at the 5 p.m.
Lansing - Local health care professionals received a boost and a promise for helpful changes in the health care system when U.S.
Off-campus students, like Diane Mater, routinely complain about drafts and heat loss during the winter. Such concerns often translate into higher utility bills, especially electricity and gas. The chemistry senior lives in an old house with windows that don’t provide the best heat insulation. “Of course there are steps (to lower heat losses),” she said.
In Thursday’s state House meeting, Rep. Virg Bernero, D-Lansing, joined 99 other House members in a vote to remove the intoxication defense.
A performance of Brazilian martial art in the form of a dance Friday night featured a group of four students symbolizing the actions of indigenous Latinos and slaves who sought to overthrow their masters.Brandon Mauro, an East Asian languages and cultures sophomore, participated in the dance, known as Capoeira, during Latin Explosion, the talent show sponsored by Culturas de las Razas Unidas.Mauro said the event helped open people’s eyes to Latino culture.“It’s important so people get more exposure and a better understanding,” he said.
One week into the school year, MSU students find their mailboxes filled with advertisements for credit cards with attractive features like “No annual fee” and “Instant $3,000 credit limit.” Sen.
A 4-foot-long and 3-foot-wide events calendar was put on the wall outside 307 Student Services by ASMSU, the undergraduate student government. The $130 calendar will post all ASMSU Student and Academic assembly events.
A debate concerning racism arose during ASMSU’s Student Assembly meeting on Thursday during a vote to fund a presentation by a political speaker who is anti-affirmative action.The undergraduate student government assembly unanimously voted to allot $2,948 for the appearance of David Horowitz, who will speak on campus in March about his experiences with student activism.Crystal Price, Student Assembly’s Black Student Alliance representative, left the meeting after more than an hour of debate about the speaker.Price said she is against funding Horowitz because of his anti-affirmative action beliefs.
Isaac Jason’s cheeks flushed bright pink as he jumped up and down on his green floor mat, giggled and looked for the next book he wanted read.
Folk music played softly Friday in Conrad Hall as the lecture hall filled with more people than it usually holds.The hall housed the beginnings of “Turn Down the Heat,” a weekend-long conference on global warming organized by ECO, a student organization concerned with environmental issues.Booths lined the lobby with representatives from groups such as Washington, D.C.-based Power Shift, who enthusiastically told its audiences about issues such as alternative energy and the effect of global warming on beer - humidity and parasites from the higher temperatures can ruin the quality.“We had scientists look into it,” said Power Shift member Mark von Topel.