Housing and dining rate increases and the demolition of two campus apartment complexes will be on the MSU Board of Trustees’ docket at its meeting Friday. The meeting is scheduled to take place at 9:30 a.m. in Room 401 of the Administration Building.
April 15 is a day most people dread: tax day. With federal income taxes due, some people will rush to finish all their paperwork while accountants convert desk space into bed space. The daunting tax task doesn’t have to be so intimidating, though, tax professionals said. With a few helpful hints, April 15 can be just another day.
A 19-year-old male student was arrested Monday for having marijuana in his dorm room, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said. The student was arrested Monday after police officers were dispatched to Emmons Hall because of a strong odor of marijuana.
Western Michigan right fielder Tim Cross hit a game-winning double in the bottom of the ninth to break a 10-10 tie, giving the Broncos a 11-10 win and the MSU baseball team its first two-game losing of the season.
The MSU women’s golf team hope to ride its success into this weekend’s Buckeye Invitational, the final tournament of the regular season and last tune-up before Big Ten Championships.
Chen-Yun Liu took the stage, bowed and took a seat at the piano in the noiseless auditorium. Liu, a music performance doctoral student, was one of three MSU College of Music students to play in a master class Wednesday in the Music Building Auditorium with composer and guest artist Alexander Korsantia as part of the college’s Chopin Bicentennial Celebration.
A man who allegedly stole 15 pairs of thong underwear from a West Akers Hall laundry room on March 22 has been exposed, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
The MSU Student Food Bank now has 140 blocks of fresh cheese to give to students in need, thanks to a $2,500 donation of milk from the Michigan Milk Producers Association, or MMPA, processed into cheese by the MSU Dairy Store and delivered Wednesday.
Gov. Jennifer Granholm is scheduled to return to Michigan late Thursday night after spending the week mingling with business executives in Europe. Granholm met with Italian and German executives at companies such as Fiat and Daimler AG, encouraging new and continued business investments in Michigan.
Judith Kaufmann, a visiting scholar at the Global Health and Foreign Policy Initiative of the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies and an independent consultant on global health diplomacy, discussed how health care worldwide affects diplomacy Wednesday afternoon in the Radiology Auditorium.
MGMT’s recent CD release, “Congratulations,” shows the real side of the face-painted, cape clad duo’s (Andrew VanWyngarden and Ben Goldwasser) songwriting.
The article “MSU salaries increase above average rates”:http://statenews.com/index.php/search/?submit.x=0&submit.y=0&q=salaries (SN 4/13) does not tell the whole story of faculty compensation at MSU. According to salary figures published by the Association of American University Presses, full professors at MSU earned an average of $125,000, second only to the University of Michigan among the 29 public and private institutions listed for the state of Michigan in the survey. Associate professors at MSU earned an average of $87,300 — third in the state, behind Cooley Law School and U-M.
One of the essential duties of a journalist is to expose the truth. Simply parroting what administrators or faculty say is not enough, especially when the words themselves are inane. Case in point: “Merit-based raises could be limited for 2010-11” (SN 4/14) includes the recently minted administrative doublespeak “ … zero percent increase …” promulgated by some fool in the employ of MSU.
You probably have many anxiety-ridden questions circling in your mind if you’re a graduating senior. Where am I going? How will I get there? Am I seriously graduating from college already?
Some students might question this move to increase the budget of any university department when program cuts are being made and tuition is on the rise, but with careful consideration of many contributing factors, they should be relieved of any worry.
The Michigan House and Senate want to pass a statewide texting while driving ban, and lawmakers are expected to spend this week coming to a compromise about how to enforce it. Both the Senate and the House approved bills that would make texting and driving illegal and punishable as a secondary offense, which means drivers must be pulled over for another reason to receive a texting ticket.
When Michelle Filipiak’s 3-week-old child stopped breathing on a February morning, she found a saving grace on the other line in East Lansing 911 call center operator Rebecca Nelson. Filipiak was led through CPR by Nelson, who was honored Tuesday at a Lifesaving Award Ceremony.
MSU will not offer post-retirement health care benefits to newly hired university employees on all levels beginning July 1, university officials announced Tuesday. University spokesman Terry Denbow said the decision was made by MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon in light of the institution’s budget uncertainties as well as increasing health care costs.
Faculty Council members voted Tuesday to propose a zero percent increase to raises granted as part of MSU’s general merit pool, a trend MSU officials said is occurring at a number of Big Ten institutions. Merit pool raises are awarded to faculty by advisory committees on academic unit and department levels.
A 19-year-old male student was injured Thursday after he was struck by a vehicle in Lot 9, near Giltner Hall.