A day after Gov. Jennifer Granholm proposed a $9 million decrease in funding for MSU, university President Lou Anna K. Simon said the funding cut represents hundreds of potential staff and faculty layoffs or a tuition increase of almost 9 percent.
A 19-year-old male student had his PlayStation 3 game console stolen Monday from his Case Hall dorm room, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said. In addition to the stolen PS3, a game controller and HDMI cord were stolen. The total value of the lost items was $675, McGlothian-Taylor said.
The MSU women’s basketball team moved into sole possession of first place in the Big Ten on Thursday with a 71-65 overtime win at Indiana. The Spartans started off the game fast, as junior center Allyssa DeHaan angled the opening tip toward a wide open redshirt junior forward Aisha Jefferson who ran the ball down the court for a layup.
MSU would see a $9 million, or 3 percent, cut in state funding under Gov. Jennifer Granholm’s budget released Thursday, which could be a significant financial blow to the university as Granholm urges higher education institutions to freeze tuition.
Plans to centralize management of residence hall fitness centers began Wednesday at an MSU Residence Halls Association meeting. A bill was passed that charged University Housing, the Department of Residence Life and RHA to work together to explore and propose plans to centralize the fitness centers.
Many Michigan geography and geology classes statewide have been lacking a vital teaching tool for some time — a textbook.
Recent deaths of MSU students Don Ausman and Kevin Boskey do not seem to be related, police said. MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor and Capt. Kim Johnson of the East Lansing Police Department said the public should not be concerned about any contagious illness causing the deaths.
Picked to finish third in the Big Ten, the MSU women’s basketball team is off to a 17-7 start and are 10-3 in the conference. Winners of seven of the last eight games, MSU is in shouting distance of the Big Ten Championship. Here’s how they grade out so far.
With the best Big Ten start in school history, an undefeated road record and the moxie to rise above an array of injures and illnesses, the MSU men’s basketball team looks to be in prime position to win its first Big Ten Championship since 2001. Even with all of their success thus far, nobody’s perfect and the No. 9 Spartans (20-4 overall, 10-2 Big Ten) have had their share of breakdowns. Here’s how they stack up with six games remaining:
There are two things I love above all other things: baby animals and baked goods. So, when I came across a picture of the adorably named Cubcakes, I jumped at the opportunity to personalize them to my liking and have a little bear cub forest of my own.
I couldn’t tell if she was trying to dance with me or if the room was crowded — an all too common problem in the throbbing masses of people dancing to blaring music. Growing up in metro Detroit and raised as a Polish Catholic, dancing was never a social skill that was emphasized or encouraged (see “Polka”).
MSU hockey head coach Rick Comley thinks his team’s recent schedule cluster is the toughest in the CCHA this season. After this weekend the Spartans will have played 12 conference games against three of the top four teams in the league — all of which are ranked in the top 20.
The MSU men’s basketball team’s side of the Berkowitz Basketball Complex was completely quiet earlier this week, as the No. 9 Spartans (20-4 overall, 10-2 Big Ten) were forced into shutdown mode by MSU head coach Tom Izzo.
Imagine spending your whole life dreaming of scoring goals and thinking up new moves to trick defensemen. Then imagine being flipped into the complete opposite role mid-season late in your hockey career. That’s exactly what forward-turned-defenseman Kurt Kivisto has done this season.
I don’t quite know how I ended up in the Mississippi Delta as part of Teach for America. Perhaps it was because I hadn’t been to the South and it sounded just about as far away from the Midwest as one could get.
Ah, the sweet fruit of change. How marvelous it is to have a president in the White House who challenges the oppressive systems that have held down the majority for so many years. While some of my less cynical cohorts bask in ejecting the militaristic former President George W. Bush from our nation’s highest office, I seem to be left virtually alone in my disgust at what should amount to scandal in a changed, better world.
There are plenty of places to make cuts in the state budget, and many of Gov. Jennifer Granholm’s suggestions make sense. But the cuts to education — the largest proposed by Granholm — will continue to impede the state’s chances at an economic recovery.
Michigan universities can expect to see a decrease in their funding from the state, according to Gov. Jennifer Granholm’s budget recommendations for the 2010 fiscal year.
A 22-year-old female student reported her purse stolen from her vehicle, along with $40, while she was at work Tuesday at the University Club, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
MSU should have a better idea today of how much money it will receive from the state in the next year after Gov. Jennifer Granholm announces her proposed budget for the 2010 fiscal year.