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.
East Lansing City Council discussed budget reduction and the Avondale Square project at its Tuesday work session. All budgets in Tuesday’s presentation will endure at least a 5 percent cut. The city also might soon have a plan to acquire the final piece of the Avondale Square development.
Barely a year after the student group ONE MSU was founded, members are ecstatic with what they’ve accomplished. The group won second place in the nation for its video on universal primary education. They were attempting to win a $10,000 donation they could have given to a ONE partner organization of its choice, group members said.
At an MSU College of Osteopathic Medicine open house, people will have the opportunity to ask current students about life as a medical student.
The MSU Department of Fisheries and Wildlife will present a free showing of the documentary film “The End of the Line” at 7 p.m. April 20 in the East Lansing High School auditorium.
Goodwill will hold a computer collection in Lansing as part of the state of Michigan’s Earth Day celebration.
Artisans and farmers in third world countries are less distant from East Lansing than most probably think with a new global movement toward fair trade. MSU Students for Fair Trade hosted the fourth annual Fair Trade Bash Tuesday to educate the community and university about the fair trade movement.