College is a whole new world for those freshmen traveling campus for the first time. The State News sat down with one of these brave explorers to get a glimpse, in 15 questions or less, at a new face on campus and her perspective on her new frontier.
No one knows the streets of East Lansing better than Rich Johnson. As a 27-year-veteran of the East Lansing Department of Public Works, he has spent the last five years working for the Streets Department doing everything from plowing to pothole repair. According to the Department of Public Works, the Streets Department removed a total of 3,649 cubic yards of material from the streets in 2008, excluding fall leaf collection. Johnson told The State News about his work as a street sweeper.
She’s a Grand Blanc resident, a mentor in Shaw Hall, and a psychology junior who wants to get her doctorate when she graduates. Like many other average students, Choua Kue went to the local movie theater to see “Gran Torino” last Friday with friends. But the difference between Kue and the hundreds of others that filled the theater prior to the movie’s start was that she was preparing to see a familiar face share the big screen with the movie’s star and director, Clint Eastwood. That face was her own.
With the winter wonderland outside of our doorways every morning, staying warm is on the minds of every student lucky enough to be stomping through the snow on a daily basis. Keeping this in mind, the fashion world has been forced to take a more practical turn with heavy coats, big boots and the latest winter staple to go trendy: flannel.
Have current economic conditions affected your New Year’s resolution(s)?
I know the feeling. I’m there, too. Everyone’s talking about layoffs and bailouts and the all-around crippling economy. People are obsessing over how President-elect Barack Obama is going to get us out of this mess — if he can. It feels crazy and complicated.
Every year people choose to make that one crazy New Year’s resolution to make their lives better. While most of those are usually dropped by early February, tough economic times make resolutions that much harder to put into action.
Upon entering the local Better Health Market, shoppers are greeted with a large green sign above the bulk foods that reads: “Organic: Growing Produce with Materials and Practices that Protect and Build the Health of the Soil, Environment and Your Body.”
Interdisciplinary studies in social science and health studies and prenursing junior Devin Brent makes his classmates feel underdressed when he dons his uniquely stylish dark fitted blazers and cowboy boots.
College is a whole new world for many freshmen traveling campus for the first time. The State News sat down with one of these brave explorers to get a glimpse, in 15 questions or less, at a new face on campus and his perspective of his new frontier.
The Movimiento Estudiantil Xicana/o de Aztlán (Chicana/o Student Movement of Aztlán), or MEXA, is a student organization that focuses on educating Chicano students about political and social issues. Aztlán refers to both the philosophical and physical homeland of the Chicano people and usually refers to the Southwest United States.
Seven years ago, computer science freshman Mac Dickinson found out what paintball had to offer for him that most sports lacked — adrenaline.
If you check out Odwalla.com, you are greeted with a screen that looks like a field. There’s green grass and bright blue skies, there’s fun and bright colored trees in the background and before you know it, two containers of Odwalla fruit smoothie drinks appear.
Not many clothing labels are founded on concepts of philosophy, sociology and Ayn Rand novels — but Lansing native Michael Doherty has done just that. After 10 years of traveling the world, Doherty, 29, came back to Lansing to found DEFYE, a clothing label with a concept.
Ever wonder who took the time to create some of the simple things you take for granted? Here are a few fun facts about some things we use daily.
Another year without a robot revolution or flying cars is about to pass. While we might not be living in a world as dark as predicted in novels such as “Brave New World,” some assumptions have come true, while others have not happened — yet.
In 1899 Charles H. Duell, commissioner of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, was famously attributed with the later much-contested quote, “Everything that can be invented has been invented.”
The Irish Tenors will perform “Christmas in Ireland” at 3 p.m. Sunday at Wharton Center’s Cobb Great Hall.
About 36,000 people die from influenza every year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
No-preference freshmen Nathan Urban and Eric Jazdzyk have been best friends since second grade. Although they live together in a single room in Landon Hall, they have covered the walls, top to bottom, with posters that show their similar interests.