Michigan’s sixth annual celebration of Juneteenth will feature various festivities and entertainment June 17-19 in Lansing. Juneteenth, or June 19, recognizes the announcement of slavery’s abolition in Texas in 1865. The celebration in Michigan will begin at 11:30 a.m. June 17 at the Capitol Building with the annual State Holiday Legislative Luncheon Program.
In 1997, the NCAA held its first-ever Women’s Rowing Championship. The very next year, MSU made women’s rowing a varsity sport.
Six Spartans qualified for the NCAA Championships throughout this past weekend, marking the second consecutive year MSU has sent six athletes to the biggest stage of college track and field.
Bruce and Sheryl McCristal created a single-volume comprehensive history of MSU in 2004. Five thousand copies were published and the McCristals say no more will be made, meaning only a few hundred remain available.
I’ve never really known how I feel about the Armed Forces. I know I am fascinated by it. I love the history, strategy, social and political changes that have happened in the wake of wars.
good news for anyone who did not want to trek out to the MSU Clinical Center on the southern border of campus for a routine check-up. The Olin Health Center will stay put for the near future while MSU explores the possibility of offering health, as well as academic services, in each of the university’s residential neighborhoods.
Led by strong performances by both of its varsity eight boats, the MSU women’s rowing team finished ninth at the 2010 Championship Regatta on Sunday in Sacramento, Calif. All three of the Spartans’ boats were in the petite finals, meaning they could do no better than seventh place.
On the final day of action at the NCAA East Regional in Greensboro, N.C., four members of the MSU track and field team did well enough to advance to the NCAA Track and Field Championships, starting June 8 in Eugene Ore. Among the many Spartans to record personal or season-best marks was senior triple jumper Kryon Foster, who jumped a season-best 15.79 meters. His leap was good enough for sixth place and a spot in the championships.
After an impressive first day for the MSU track and field team at the 2010 NCAA East Regional in Greensboro, N.C., day two Friday also proved to be successful. Two freshman Spartans, hurdler Keenan Michael and thrower Beth Rohl qualified for the NCAA Championships June 8 in Eugene, Ore.
In the first day of competition at the 2010 NCAA Championship regatta Friday in Sacramento, Calif., the MSU rowing team advanced all three of its boats to the semifinals, which start at 9:00 a.m. Saturday. The Spartans’ varsity eight easily made it to Saturday’s semifinal, when it finished behind California and USC but beat Washington and Washington State.
An interactive discussion between prisoners and Lansing-area residents took place at Lansing Community College, or LCC, on Thursday, highlighting the importance of education and personal responsibility. Area families and their children attended the Breaking the Cycle of Incarceration event Thursday at LCC’s Dart Auditorium.
The MSU track and field team began action in the NCAA Track and Field East Regional on Thursday in Greensboro, N.C., and already has a first-place finish to bring home. Sophomore Becca Buchholtz highlighted day one of the competition when she tied for first in the high jump and broke the school record with a leap of 1.81 meters.
Doubling the state gas tax and vehicle registration fees ultimately might cost Michigan citizens less, according to a May 13 study by the East Lansing-based research organization Anderson Economic Group. Road congestion currently costs each person about $287 each year in wasted gas and time, and in the near future, poor road conditions could cost the state some 12,000 jobs.
A recent study performed by MSU researchers and several other groups in five states could reduce hospital stays of pneumonia patients. The College of Osteopathic Medicine’s Department of Internal Medicine was one of seven groups in the Multicenter Osteopathic Pneumonia Study in the Eldery.
Two male MSU students, aged 20 and 21, reported their Nike shoes missing Sunday from a Breslin Center locker room, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said. The students left their shoes in unlocked lockers for the weekend last Thursday.
The Odyssey of the Mind 2010 World Finals has brought thousands of students from across the globe to MSU. The program presents teams with problems, which must be solved creatively. Organizers and participants said Odyssey of the Mind helps build critical thinking skills, creativity and, perhaps most importantly, forges lasting bonds.
Plans to relocate Olin Health Center to the Clinical Center have been dropped by university officials. The plans were being explored during the 2009-10 academic year because of university-wide budget reductions. Instead, officials are exploring offering Olin services in MSU’s residential neighborhoods, and have not ruled out a possible new building for the center in the future.
The state House Appropriations Committee voted Tuesday to keep funding for Michigan’s public universities at its current amount for the next fiscal year, and a full House vote on the issue is expected as soon as Thursday.
An 18-year-old female MSU student reported her cell phone missing Saturday in Snyder Hall, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said. The student left her dorm room to take out the trash, leaving the door halfway open, McGlothian-Taylor said. Upon returning, she discovered her phone missing from her desk.
Homeless veterans used free services at the seventh annual Capital Area Stand Down for Homeless Veterans hosted by the Volunteers of America. The event offered free food, checkups with nurses, vision tests, hair cuts, assistance with employment and legal help to soldiers without a home after their service was completed.