In less than one month, MSU’s graduates will have the opportunity to listen to Ireland’s first female president and the director of the National Science Foundation at spring commencement, which has drawn mixed reactions from upcoming graduates.
A campaign fundraiser is quietly being organized for President Barack Obama by the chairman of MSU’s Board of Trustees in hopes that it could stimulate support for the president’s re-election bid among the university leaders, who have been reluctant to donate in recent elections.
East Lansing’s total budget for the upcoming fiscal year is expected to be about $9.5 million less than the current fiscal year as the city tightens its belt and looks for ways to cut costs. Top city leaders got their first look at the city’s preliminary budget for the 2012-13 fiscal year during a work session prior to the city council’s regular work session Tuesday night at City Hall, 410 Abbot Road.
Two officers from the MSU Police Department caught a Caucasian 49-year-old Lansing male in the act of stealing a bicycle between 8:25-9:30 a.m. April 10 at the Butterfield Hall bicycle racks, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
The East Lansing City Council got its first look at what could be a step forward into the digital age at its Tuesday night work session. During its 7 p.m. work session at City Hall, 410 Abbot Road, the council heard a presentation from Jack Melnicoff, a solutions specialist with a nationwide information technology company called Granicus that works with government municipalities to promote transparency.
On her way out the door Wednesday to meet some friends at the rock on Farm Lane, advertising freshman Steph Benson bundled up for the chilly day, putting on her coat and mittens. But as she met the other students, they all had left an item of clothing behind — their shoes. Despite cold weather, about seven students met at the rock on Wednesday for a barefoot walk hosted by the MSU campus club for TOMS Shoes. The walk was part of a worldwide One Day Without Shoes movement on Tuesday in which people ditched their shoes to spread awareness about TOMS Shoes, an organization that donates a pair of shoes to a child in need each time a pair of shoes is sold.
On April 19, 1917, a new homeland security calvary team trotted out onto the grounds leased from Michigan Agricultural College farmland with the goal of protecting Michigan residents from the threat of a looming war. About 95 years later, that team has grown to become what now is known as the Michigan State Police. Although state troopers no longer are riding horses and the land rented from MSU has been returned to the university, the institution is taking its upcoming anniversary to remember its roots.
Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum dropped out of the presidential race Tuesday, paving the way for former Massachusetts Gov.
More than just spirits will be lifted thanks to MSU students who donated their bras to help stop sex trafficking in Africa.
With fair trade goods and programs lining a room in the International Center, local fair trade enthusiasts and curious students had their eyes glued to Jeff Goldman, the executive director of the Fair Trade Resource Network, as he spoke during the MSU Students for Fair Trade Club’s Fair Trade Bash on Tuesday at the International Center. Goldman read one of his favorite quotes about fair trade by Gisele Fleurant, director of the Committee for Haitian Artisans, during the event.
Students have a new option for cashing their checks and banking now that MSU Federal Credit Union relocated its Crescent Road branch to Farm Lane and Mount Hope Road.
Last month, members of the Council of Graduate Students, or COGS, elected Stefan Fletcher, who has been the COGS president for the past two years, to another term for 2012-13 after waiving a constitutional clause limiting executive board members to two terms. Fletcher and the other newly elected executive board members have spent the past few weeks transitioning before kicking off their new roles at the April full council meeting, which will be held at 5:30 p.m.
Shouts of “no” and the sound of hands striking pads echoed in the halls of the Union on Tuesday evening at the MSU Self-Defense Program and Women’s Resource Center’s self-defense program to instruct women how to stay safe on campus. Most sessions were open to students, faculty, parents and women ages 13 and up and about a dozen people attended Tuesday’s workshop. Jodi Roberto Hancock, educational program coordinator of the MSU Women’s Resource Center, said she has gone through the session herself and found it to be powerful information. “Even for someone who has seen it multiple times, it’s always great to (have) it fresh in your mind,” she said. Angela Michael, assistant director of Recreational Sports and Fitness Services, said the first hour of the session was aimed toward discussing information about sexual assault and how to be aware of potential dangers. “We try to break down myths and stereotypes regarding sexual assault, particularly on a college campus,” she said. Participants sat in a circle as members of the Self-Defense Program discussed a number of sexual assault-related topics, such as how to stay away from dangerous situations, what constitutes as rape and how society often inaccurately blames the victims of sexual assault for the incidents. During the last hour of the session, the women learned a few techniques to protect themselves if trouble should arise. “(They’re) not going to be skilled martial artists, but we teach easy-to-learn moves that cause enough pain so that (they) would be able to safely run away and get help,” Michael said. Instructors taught the women defense movements targeting assailants’ body parts from head to toe.
A company called Remind 101, launched in summer 2010, aimed to give students homework notifications by way of emails and text messages. When an assignment was due, an alert would be sent.
Imagine going about 40 days without eating your favorite food or watching the latest hit TV show that everyone else is talking about.
Although she considers her two young children to be blessings, social work junior Danielle Horton said she feels left out of the typical college experience.
Even in understanding the nature of the game, Jordan Keur has grown tired of hearing about the faults of the MSU baseball team on offense. At some point, something had to give. After stranding 34 runners on base in the weekend series with Michigan, the junior left fielder and the Spartans’ (20-10 overall, 3-3 Big Ten) bats overcame frigid weather and an offensive slump to beat Notre Dame 8-2 on Tuesday at McLane Baseball Stadium at Old College Field.
After the MSU softball team took a step forward by snapping its seven-game losing streak with a win at Central Michigan last Wednesday, it took three steps backward when the Spartans were swept by Penn State during the weekend. Now, MSU (11-26 overall, 0-9 Big Ten) is looking to right the ship once again as it prepares for a midweek game Wednesday at 4 p.m. in Secchia Stadium at Old College Field against Eastern Michigan, before it gears up to face in-state rival Michigan for a three-game series this weekend.
As the U.S. Supreme Court mulls over a decision on the constitutionality of the health care mandate, one collegiate executive plans to implement it anyway.
Last month, The State News published an article (“United they stand” SN 3/19) chronicling the partnership among MSU, the University of Michigan and Wayne State University on scientific research initiatives the schools assert will better the Michigan economy and bring skilled jobs to the state.