After about three months of construction on the first sustainable mud-and-straw-bale mosque in southern Israel, a demolition notice appeared — courtesy of the Israeli government.
MSU’s Academic Governance system is abandoning the familiar pen-and-paper ballot format to venture into uncharted territory — online voting.
Alcohol, cigarettes and disabled smoke detectors are a recipe for disaster, East Lansing Fire Marshall Bob Pratt said. The East Lansing Fire Department is working to spread fire safety during September, which it has designated as Campus Fire Safety Month.
ASMSU’s Student Assembly and Academic Assembly will meet together at 7 p.m. tonight at 328 Student Services.
A new radio program is broadcasting sustainability issues across the airwaves. “Greening of the Great Lakes” is a collaboration between MSU and WJR (760-AM) in Detroit and focuses on sustainability issues, said Russ White, communications manager for University Relations.
The Michigan Supreme Court voted Monday to uphold a Court of Appeals decision to keep the Reform Michigan Government Now proposal off the November ballot.
The topic of Republican presidential nominee John McCain came up in my American studies class today. I found it amazing that in a class with absolutely no political background my teacher still found it appropriate to reserve the last half-hour to explain to us why McCain’s vice presidential pick of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin was racist, and why her supporters were chasing a dream of white, 1950s America.
I think I’m already sick of this presidential election. Turning on the TV two months before election day, I’m already finding the airwaves swamped with political ads. Newspaper headlines are dominated by what the campaigns are doing — with The State News as guilty as the rest.
The issue of campus security is consistently on the minds of university administrators, bringing up the question of how to most efficiently alert students. Last year, MSU initiated a system that would alert students of emergencies via text message. Now they are looking for additional ways to bring emergencies to the immediate attention of students.
Jacob Atem and his cousin were tending to cattle the evening their village was attacked in Sudan. As they went about their chores, Atem saw his village engulfed in flames. He and his cousin ran into the desert.
When the presidential candidates visit Michigan, they’ll be likely to focus on the economy, which an MSU survey showed is on the minds of many residents.
A class being offered in spring 2009 will help keep students going green long after they graduate. The course, NSC 491, section 001, will be an introduction to sustainability studies, said Terry Link, director of the Office of Campus Sustainability.
A mattress was found burning Sept. 2 in Ramp 4, MSU Police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said. Police classified the incident as arson.
During his second visit to Michigan in about two weeks, Barack Obama spoke with a renewed vigor at a town hall meeting Monday, even as John McCain gained ground in the presidential race. A Gallup poll released Monday revealed that McCain, a U.S. senator from Arizona, had a five-point lead after last week’s Republican National Convention. Most other polls show the candidates in a dead heat or McCain leading. Obama, a U.S. senator from Illinois, told the audience at North Farmington High School much of McCain’s success has been based on false accusations against him.
In the ’60s Bob Dylan sang “The Times They Are A-Changin.’” Marijuana advocates are hoping the box office success of “Pineapple Express” is indication that history is repeating itself.
How accurate are media stereotypes about college partying (including drug and alcohol use)?
Though it seems most students are constantly trying to shed pounds, many are fixated on just the opposite.
HPV, or human papillomavirus, is a contact sexually transmitted infection (STI). Yes, you heard me right — it’s an infection, not a disease. HPV is a very common sexually transmitted infection, and there are multiple strains or types. Most do not cause any symptoms or health problems, and it goes away on its own.