Even the Vatican has gone green. Monsignor Gianfranco Girotti, the Roman Catholic Church’s secondary authority on sins and penance, listed “ecological” offenses along with genetic manipulation and drug use as modern sins in an interview last week with a Vatican City newspaper.
The Graduate Employees Union, which represents teaching assistants, is in the midst of negotiating a new contract with the university. Many graduate students choose to come to MSU thanks to competitive assistantship funding and benefits.
In a recent editorial titled Waterboarding contradicts U.S. ideals, intent (SN 3/11), The State News criticized President Bush for vetoing the ban on waterboarding, claiming it “emphasized the flexible morals and hypocrisy” of the current administration.
After more than eight years of investigation, police and MSU officials announced Tuesday the arrests of four suspects in connection with the 1999 arson of Agriculture Hall. Detroit residents Frank Brian Ambrose, 33, Aren Bernard Burthwick, 27, and Stephanie Lynne Fultz, 27, and Cincinnati resident Marie Jeanette Mason, 46, each face four counts of conspiracy to commit arson, aggravated arson and arson in connection with the Agriculture Hall incident and a Jan. 1, 2000, arson of commercial logging equipment near Mesick, Mich.
When Rory Hoipkemier thinks about City Center II, her thoughts turn to her neighborhood. The $117 million redevelopment project slated for the area near Abbot Road and Grand River Avenue could transform her neighborhood into an urban center — something the mother of three who has lived there for about 20 years is not too fond of.
After an up-and-down senior season, MSU guard Drew Neitzel was recognized by his efforts by the Big Ten coaches and was named to the first-team All-Big Ten team.
Some of the weight of textbooks and course packets could be lifted off the backs of students if some textbook publishers have their way. Electronic or digital books, known as eBooks, could eradicate the need for students to carry around textbooks and, in turn, put texts into a slim device or laptop computer. Tom Stanton, director of communications for McGraw-Hill Education, said his company offers more than 1,000 digital textbooks — most at half the cost of traditional print counterparts.
A computer tower and several video games were among the $992 in items reported stolen from a Hubbard Hall dorm room during spring break, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
Liquor licenses and the redevelopment of a former nightclub site are among the items to be discussed at today’s East Lansing City Council work session. The meeting is scheduled for 7 p.m. in Conference Room A of City Hall, 410 Abbot Road.
A $146 million renovation project for MSU’s Life Sciences Building could enter planning stages this year, potentially marking the first state aid toward university building restorations in three years.
A trip to the restroom could contribute to MSU’s energy future if studies being done by the university produce cost-efficient results. The MSU Physical Plant is analyzing the cost of creating a fuel composed of coal, sewage and animal manure to reduce gas emissions.
While probation departments in district courts across the state feel the pressure of growing caseloads, technological and personnel updates have helped East Lansing’s 54-B District Court cope.
The end is near. Not in the catastrophic, end of the world sense. But for thousands of students at MSU, the end of a collegiate career is quickly approaching. It is now less than eight weeks away. All the time spent throughout the past four (or more) years has led up to this. It’s a time for seniors to tick off each passing day and, for some, to do the minimum amount of work required to cross the finish line.
The student Zach Jarou, physiology senior The crib Cedar Village The State News Is your room here similar to your room at your parents’ house? Zach Jarou My room at home is kind of bare since I took a lot of my stuff, so when I go home it’s kind of an empty feeling. I’ve got a more homey feeling here in my room, and took more liberties to design it than I did at my house.
The band Hellogoodbye will headline the seventh annual Sparty’s Spring Party on April 19 at Demonstration Field, according to a release. The University Activities Board, or UAB, announced Monday the free event will host local bands Bishop’s Collar and A Letter To You and another national band.
Graduation is just around the corner, and it’s the only thing some seniors seem to think about. As much as someone tries to avoid senioritis, they eventually will catch the dreaded virus — maybe even sooner than they think. Early symptoms include procrastination and having the urge to do nothing.
College is the result of inertia. The ball of education began rolling in preschool or kindergarten when we didn’t have a choice. Then it propelled us through four years of high school. With no other forces pushing against us, we simply keep rolling.
For many seniors, the light at the end of the tunnel is near. Although the future is bright, the tunnel to graduation is lined with important dates and details to remember.
One of Russia’s most notable ballet companies soon will spend an evening leaping, stepping and twirling to dazzling lights, sets and a live orchestra in East Lansing.
Dr. D., I had unprotected sex with a woman while on spring break in Cancun. I know it was wrong, but I wasn’t thinking. Now I’m freaked out that I might have a disease or something. What should I be tested for and where can I have this done? Need to know now. BD