Police and medical examiners said they were unable to determine the circumstances behind the methanol ingestion that caused the February death of finance senior Kevin Boskey and have closed their investigation.
Free copies of The New York Times or The Wall Street Journal might not be free to students next year, but MSU’s undergraduate student government might step in before the university stops the presses.
MSU and state officials said they are preparing for the worst, as reports of swine flu cases continue to come in throughout the state. Michigan lab workers are expecting lab results Wednesday afternoon determining whether five people in Ingham County with symptoms similar to those of swine flu have been infected, a county health official said.
For East Lansing-based dentist Brian Ruster, keeping an eye on the business of dentistry never has been more important. Despite working in a profession that, according to industry reports, was one of few to weather the recession with some bite in the past year, Ruster has had to cope with the plight of Michigan residents, customers losing dental insurance and patients taking more economical approaches when choosing procedures.
The East Lansing Department of Code Enforcement & Neighborhood Conservation will hold an open house May 6 in room 217 of East Lansing City Hall, 410 Abbot Road, to celebrate the 2009 Building Safety Week.
The Capital Area Michigan Works! agency was given more than $6 million in funding Tuesday from the Workforce Investment Act, or WIA, under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
College freshmen spend more time hitting the bottle than hitting the books, according to a report by Outside the Classroom. The report surveyed 30,183 college freshmen from 76 colleges and universities across the country enrolled in AlcoholEdu for College, an Outside the Classroom online alcohol education program.
During her time at MSU, Courtney Trezise’s roommates have poked fun at her for watching and keeping pace with the contestants on “Jeopardy!,” the long-running trivia game show. “They’re always like, ‘How do you know all these answers?’” the international relations and Spanish senior said.
The end of the school year in East Lansing typically means copious abandoned furniture, clothing and household items up for grabs, lying on the side of the road. However, East Lansing and MSU officials are seeking to eliminate such waste by teaming up for the Pack Up, Pitch In recycling program.
College is a whole new world for many freshmen traveling campus for the first time. The State News sat down with one of these brave explorers to get a glimpse, in 15 questions or less, at a new face on campus and their perspective on their new frontier.
Mary Hennessey loves her job. As teen services librarian for the East Lansing Public Library, Hennessey works with and puts on programs for about 20 local teenagers who are active in the program and almost 80 others who are signed up for the Listserv. Hennessey told The State News about her work as teen services librarian.
Sometimes, they just need a break. And that’s just what the LAP Respite Center aims to do for local families looking for temporary relief — a weekend or two-hour-long break from seeing to the needs of their high-needs children or dependents.
With the cancellation of Tuesday’s MSU baseball game against Eastern Michigan, the Spartans (17-23 overall, 8-7 Big Ten) and Eagles will meet for two games Wednesday.
Not only does Kalin Lucas plan on returning to school for his junior season, but according to his coach, the star guard never even gave much thought to entering the 2009 NBA Draft.
For the MSU men’s golf team to three-peat as Big Ten Tournament champions, MSU head coach Sam Puryear said his squad is going to have to play flawless golf. But after a win this weekend at the Fossum/Spartan Invitational, he feels his team is closer than ever to reaching that summit.
Finally healthy, the MSU softball team is rounding into form, even if only six games remain on the schedule. The Spartans notched their first Big Ten wins of the season, sweeping Minnesota over the weekend to move their conference record to 2-11.
It has been argued by leading scholars such as Noam Chomsky that our efforts in the War on Terror have made us less safe. American foreign policy as of late has exempted itself from international law while sanctioning those who are deemed as threats, and it is this kind of behavior that fuels the flame that is extremist anti-American sentiment.
I had a million things on my to-do list when I was 10 years old, and I have been able to accomplish hardly any of those goals. Granted, my mind was more imaginative and far less realistic than now. So no, I never became or will become a professional baseball player; I never will have a pet dinosaur; nor will I ever be 7 feet tall (but I only wanted to try that out for a day anyway).
By May 11, MSU graduating seniors will enter the real world. Those with a bachelor’s degree, and maybe even a master’s, might find it difficult to land a job during these unusually tough economic times, no matter how qualified or eager they might be.
Dr. Norm Sauer describes forensic anthropology in simple terms. “Most of the work that we do is looking at bones,” he said. However, the value from the supposedly simple work Sauer and fellow forensic anthropologist Dr. Todd Fenton do in their fourth floor East Fee Hall laboratory is invaluable to the various law enforcement agencies they assist.