State Sen. Valde Garcia, R-Howell, a U.S. Army and National Guard veteran of Operation Desert Storm, will preside over the 16th annual Memorial Day Service at 10 a.m. Thursday in the Michigan Senate Chamber at the Capitol Building.
After 17 years, the antics of the Phantom terrorizing opera houses in theaters across the country are soon coming to an end. However, there is more than just rehearsals and theatrics that allow the star of the show to carry on his performance.
Just as director Walt Drenth said he had hoped, the improvement of MSU track and field has continued, as 26 Spartans will make their way to Greensboro, N.C., this weekend to compete in the opening rounds of the NCAA Regionals.
The MSU women’s rowing team starts action in the NCAA National Championship Regatta on Friday in Sacramento, Calif. For the 12th time in the last 13 years, the Spartans will be competing in the sport’s national championship and will look to improve on their sixth place finish each of the last two years.
The Big Ten recently announced its all-conference teams. The seven MSU players earning a spot on All-Big Ten teams is tied for the second most in MSU history and the most since 1968.
Summer is a time to relax and let the mind open up to something other than 15 credits or a mass of responsibilities. Perhaps it also is the right moment to think about what a university should be fostering in its students, faculty and staff.
Now, the university is performing an informational study that gauges how prepared students are for a potential switch to e-books and other digital courseware. It makes sense from an environmental standpoint to utilize advances in digital technology to reduce paper waste. Moneywise, it wouldn’t hurt to find an alternative to the fleecing students receive when they purchase course textbooks.
Three of the five Republican gubernatorial candidates focused on education funding cuts and keeping graduates in Michigan during a GOP debate held Monday in Grand Rapids as part of the Great Debates 2010 series.
An Illinois man allegedly connected to an on-campus sexual assault in February was sentenced Wednesday in 54B District Court to 120 days in jail. In addition to a prison sentence, Montague Stanford, of Naperville, Ill., received 24 months probation and must pay a total of $3,666 in court fees after pleading guilty to one count of indecent exposure April 30.
East Lansing’s landscape likely changed with an approval by the city council at Tuesday night’s City Council work session. At the meeting, the council authorized the placement of a new sculpture on the new plaza being constructed on the east side of the East Lansing Marriott at University Place.
A recent compromise between lawmakers and the Department of Defense has put the U.S. one step closer to repealing “don’t ask, don’t tell.” Good for us.
Michigan was awarded a more than $10 million grant as part of the Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems Grant Program, or SLDS, which aids states in gathering data to improve schools by tracking students’ progress throughout their educational career. All 50 states, as well as Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, applied for the grant money, but Michigan was one of only 20 states to earn a portion of the $250 million.
A 36-year-old male MSU professor reported his digital clock missing from a windowsill Friday morning at the Engineering Building, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said. The man left his office last Wednesday and returned Friday morning to find the clock missing.
For the past 10 years, the only thing more predictable than MSU men’s basketball head coach Tom Izzo making the Final Four about every other season is his name being thrown into the mix as a candidate for every high-profile coaching job in the country. So, if no school or franchise has been able to lure the Iron Mountain, Mich. native away from Spartan Country before, why would this time be any different?
There are only a handful of things in life you can really depend on. Driving somewhere always takes longer than driving back, drinking beer before liquor will give you a hangover, puppies will always be cute and The National will always release a stellar album.
U2 announced on its website that its U2 360 tour — including a June 30 stop at Spartan Stadium in East Lansing — will be postponed until 2011, as lead singer Bono recovers from surgery.
Near the end of his sophomore year, horticulture senior James Manning came to a sudden realization — he had no idea how to grow his own food. “You learn that food, water, shelter … those are the things we need,” Manning said.
Nontenure-track faculty at MSU can expect greater job security beginning in the fall after the Union of Nontenure-Track Faculty reached a contract agreement with the university last week. The approval comes about a month after members of the union rallied outside the Administration Building during an MSU Board of Trustees meeting for what its officials then called a “fair and timely” contract.
An MSU alumnus has founded a company that offers an assignment reminder service to students by sending e-mails or text messages. The service is being tested during the summer semester, and will launch exclusively at MSU in the fall.
A campuswide student survey is being conducted by MSU researchers to discover ways students might easily transition from paper to electronic textbooks. Although the survey’s findings won’t necessarily translate to university-wide changes, researchers said the university is looking to be on the cutting edge of educational technology media.