How afraid is the No. 11 MSU men’s basketball team of Penn State guard Talor Battle? Frightened enough to place a taped 3-point line four-to-five feet beyond the normal 3-point line.
The spring break forecast for the No. 24 MSU gymnastics team looks similar to that of many students: sun, breeze and maybe some beach. But unlike regular MSU students, the team has serious business to attend to.
It appears the Spartans are fully healthy and might have found the chemistry and spark needed after Sunday’s win at then-No. 3 Purdue. To continue their roll, they’ll have to stop the Nittany Lions, who boast one of the Big Ten’s top scorers and have won three of their last four.
Two MSU freshman were sentenced Wednesday on charges stemming from a Nov. 1, 2009 prank where they allegedly threw a firework into the yard of an East Lansing home. Both were sentenced to 18 months of probation, 40 hours of community service and fined $613, according to a court clerk.
Under a plan facilitated by two MSU professors, the islands of Micronesia could become the first “world park” — a new concept for a promise to conserve the land and protect its culture. About 7,200 miles away from East Lansing, the park would become a sustainable tourism destination.
Lansing, East Lansing and other area officials are in the process of applying for an experimental Internet service provided by Google. The fiber-optic service would improve Internet speeds and could expand local business.
Proposed changes to the pay schedule for academic year faculty were discussed Tuesday at an Executive Committee of Academic Council meeting. Proposals for a different pay schedule would be implemented by August, if the proposal is enacted. Under the new proposal, faculty would be paid money usually withheld under the current system during the academic year and no longer would receive a paycheck during the summer months.
Amendments to the 2009-10 fiscal year budget imposing more than $1.9 million in reductions were approved by the East Lansing City Council Tuesday at its meeting. City officials predicted layoffs for the 2010-11 fiscal year, in which the city will face a $2.5 million shortfall.
A 21-year-old male MSU student reported his bike stolen Feb. 23, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said. The bike was locked with a cable lock near Mason Hall. The bike is a red Schwinn bike valued at $200, McGlothian-Taylor said.
The Residence Halls Association, or RHA, will will hold its presidential elections at 7 p.m. Wednesday night in Van Hoosen Hall. The three candidates include RHA President Emma Perot, Vice President Chelsea Satkowiak and McDonel Hall representative Ryan Starski.
MSU is ranked among the top 40 U.S. academic institutions in an annual survey of the best places to work in academia for the fourth year in a row. According to The Scientist magazine’s survey, MSU fell from No. 4 in 2008 to No. 17 in 2009.
Snow removal services in East Lansing were reduced because of a steady decrease in tax revenue, the city announced Tuesday. Currently, snow removal starts when there are 3 or more inches of snow on the ground.
Local governments across the state will be receiving $195,996 in Energy Efficiency & Conservation Block Grant awards, Gov. Jennifer Granholm announced Monday.
The Forage Technology Conference scheduled for 10 a.m. March 11 at Kellogg Center is part of Agriculture and Natural Resources Week.
The Center for Gender in Global Context at MSU will host its spring colloquial series, New Research on Women and Gender: Global and Local Perspectives, at 1:30 p.m. March 19 in Room 302 of the International Center.
The East Lansing Public Library will be holding Second Sunday @ Dublin Square from 4-9 p.m. March 14 at Dublin Square, 327 Abbot Road.
Curtis Stokes, dean of James Madison College, will lead a lecture and discussion Wednesday titled Race and Human Rights at 6 p.m. in Club Spartan on the third floor of Case Hall.
MSU and Lansing’s Sparrow Hospital are teaming up to help relief efforts in Haiti by sending representatives to the country on Wednesday. Together, they are sending five people to Haiti to assess what aid MSU and Sparrow can offer the disaster relief in Haiti.
Legislation passed unanimously 37-0 in the state Senate on Tuesday could make voting while overseas less “daunting” for Michigan residents.
State Rep. Joan Bauer, D-Lansing, who chairs the House Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee, is holding a student hearing Wednesday at 4 p.m.