U2 has been rescheduled to perform its U2 360° tour at 7 p.m. June 26, 2011 at Spartan Stadium, said Dave Clark, vice president of marketing for Live Nation’s north central region. Clark said although the opening act is still to be determined, most other details have remained unchanged.
Former MSU quarterback Ryan Van Dyke had a tumultuous and injury-laden football career at MSU. He didn’t graduate and retired from football in 2006 after a stint in the NFL. Van Dyke began working a typical nine-to-five, but eventually he found his true calling: coaching. Van Dyke has since returned to MSU and is set to graduate in August, and will begin a coaching job at Olivet College shortly thereafter.
A team of MSU faculty received a $9.1 million, seven-year grant to study malaria and its causes at an international center in Malawi, Africa, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, or NIAID, announced Thursday.
MSU geography professor Bob Walker recently returned from a 10-day trip to the Amazon rainforest, where he observed illegal logging practices along the Transamazon Highway. During his trip, Walker saw many anti-logging efforts were working, despite the practice’s continued existence.
A 40-year-old female from Ovid, Mich., reported her vehicle stolen after her 21-year-old daughter parked it in Ramp 6 on the evening of June 30, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
Planting trees across the world, MSU’s Carbon2Markets, or C2M, program has gained praise from the Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research for attempting to raise the standard of living in developing countries, while slowing down global warming. C2M was unanimously deemed “outstanding” by the organization’s board in recognition of the program’s five years of efforts in sustainability and third-world economics.
More than a month after the Democratic candidate for Michigan’s 8th Congressional District ended his campaign for the seat, an East Lansing resident is attempting to take his place as a write-in candidate for the Aug. 3 primaries. With Kande Ngalamulume bowing out of the race June 2, Lance Enderle hopes to vault past Ngalamulume in the Aug. 3 primary and challenge incumbent U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Brighton, for the legislative seat.
Ethical issues are being neglected when researching and teaching sustainability, according to a research paper co-authored by an MSU professor, published in this month’s journal, “Bioscience” and entitled “Sustainability: Virtuous or Vulgar?” Michael Nelson, an MSU associate professor of environmental ethics and John Vucetich, an assistant professor of wildlife biology at Michigan Technological University, collaborated to create the argument and asked what the authors call a vitally important question regarding ethics in sustainability.
Banging a variety of drums and singing a range of notes, participants at the MSU Community Music School’s, or CMS, Rock Camp rocked out Monday afternoon at the beginning of the week-long camp that will conclude with performances at Common Ground Music Festival. The camp features workshops for musically experienced participants ages 12-18, where participants learn how to perform in front of groups, how to form a band, how to market and promote a band and how to work together to form a final project.
Michigan residents might be able to become tissue and organ donors by checking a box on their state income tax forms next year, if a plan proposed by Michigan’s Secretary of State is implemented. Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land recently proposed adding the option as a way to make registering for the Michigan Organ Donor Registry easier for residents. Currently, residents can sign up online or by asking at any Secretary of State office.
Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero and state House Speaker Andy Dillon, D-Redford, received formal endorsements for their Democratic gubernatorial campaigns throughout the weekend and Monday. Officials from Michigan’s 13th and 14th congressional districts chose Bernero over Dillon during a press conference Saturday, citing a recent interview with Fox News Channel during which Bernero defended the area’s automobile workers and those without jobs. The Dillon campaign received an endorsement from former Detroit Mayor Dennis Archer on Monday.
M.I.A. is no stranger to controversy. She’s been called many things since her debut album “Arular” hit the scene in 2005: a genius, a radical and, most recently, a hypocrite. But the one thing listeners and critics usually could agree on was the fact that her music, after all was said and done, was innovative, inspired and powerful. Unfortunately, that’s not the case anymore.
As I sat gazing out my window at the fairly miniscule number of pedestrians walking by my office, the almost nonexistent vehicles hurtling by on the road, and the seemingly total lack of any negative thoughts in my head, I realized for the millionth time that it is a whole lot easier to be critical toward things in which we can find fault.
When all is said and done, MSU will have dropped $44 million on renovating the various cafeterias across campus. The renovations began with The Gallery in Snyder and Phillips halls in 2007 and continued with Brody Square, which will open this fall.
Although Holland put together the most impressive run in the tournament, the talent always existed on the Spanish side. Spain had some struggles early on in the tournament, but the talented squad was able to put it all together when it counted. They didn’t win any game overwhelmingly despite their loaded roster, but they won, and isn’t that all that counts?
The Pacific Coast states of California, Oregon and Washington have long held a reputation for top-notch craft beers. While many states have settled to enjoying those microbrews, Michigan is catching up — and perhaps surpassing — the West in the art of brewing.
With headlining acts such as American Idol’s Adam Lambert and Ludacris, the Common Ground Music Festival is set to take over Lansing’s Adado Riverfront Park starting Monday.
The East Lansing Farmer’s Market opened for its second year of business Sunday with vendors from the Lansing area and beyond selling a sense of community along with produce and baked goods.
MSU will spend about $44 million to revamp several residence halls’ cafeterias, a step officials said is in response to student demand and needs. The move is part of a larger plan to renovate and update dining facilities campuswide.
Mid-Michigan residents walked Saturday at the Stroll East Lansing event of the Walking in Our Community series. The series is aimed at promoting walking as a form of exercise and getting to know local communities. There were one-, three- and five-mile trails that started at the East Lansing Hannah Community Center, 819 Abbot Road, and led participants through East Lansing’s downtown and residential areas, as well as MSU’s campus.