It shouldn’t take another full-scale genocide to pay attention. And the current administration shouldn’t take all the time in the world to do the right thing — especially when it comes to Kenya and Darfur. Africa has had its fair share of bloodshed and violence, especially along the eastern portion of the continent where Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia and Sudan are located.
A patch of light drew several bundled stargazers into the cold February night Wednesday. But the students and faculty members who viewed Wednesday night’s lunar eclipse in front of Abrams Planetarium said the event is a phenomenon.
A 24-year-old female reported $523 in fraudulent spending on her Visa debit card between Feb. 11 and Feb. 13, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
Cold sweat trickled down the back of medical technology sophomore Mike Hresko and ushered in an excruciating bout of the influenza. “There’s no way I would’ve made it to class,” said Hresko, who contracted the flu earlier this month and suffered through a fever, aches and chills. “I didn’t feel like eating or doing homework. I didn’t feel like doing anything.”
An East Lansing resident’s resolution to ban the city from using eminent domain was struck down during Tuesday’s East Lansing City Council meeting.
Fidel Castro, ailing and 81, announced Tuesday he was resigning as Cuba’s president, but some MSU professors and students said Castro’s resignation won’t produce immediate political change in Cuba.
Revelations that the candidate selected to be the new MSU College of Law dean played a role in the 2007 resignation of former Dean Terence Blackburn have raised questions about a possible conflict of interest.
Legal immigrants will once again be able to obtain driver’s licenses starting today after the Michigan Secretary of State implemented a law re-establishing legal immigrants’ right to drive.
The format war for high-definition DVDs came to an end Tuesday when Tokyo-based Toshiba announced it will no longer develop, manufacture or market its HD DVD line of players and recorders.
Faculty Council took another step in the process to reorganize MSU’s Academic Governance system by approving changes to recommendations for executive-level faculty of university governance Tuesday.
Brianne Haner turned to social action theater more than two years ago after witnessing the pain sexual assault and rape cause victims.
When Lori Mehigh walked into Bead Boutique in Lansing last July, she expected to buy a few beads. She didn’t find what she needed, but bought the store instead.
Amy Zerwas has been hooked on anime since age 12. “I’d drop everything no matter where I was in our neighborhood. (At) 3:00 — go home and watch ‘Sailor Moon,’” said Zerwas, the president of Animosity, MSU’s anime club.
A case of writer’s block last year left poet Tara Chastine feeling disconnected with herself. Like many other writers, Chastine uses poetry as a form of expression.
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 his perspective on his new frontier.
As captain of the MSU hockey team, Bryan Lerg pulls double duty — to put it lightly. That “C” sewn on his jersey takes hard work.
I feel the need to address an error in the editorial Campus security goes beyond building safety (SN 2/18). In the editorial, it’s stated that the Northern Illinois University shooter purchased gun accessories online.
If superdelegates could shoot laser beams out of their eyes, run really fast or fly, things might be different. But apparently few people have heard of them until now. They’ve come under close scrutiny at a time when they could have a definitive say in who will officially be the Democratic Party’s 2008 presidential nominee.
I love the Spartans and I always will. I am stating this because I am about to say something that will likely be met with open hostility: If the 2007-08 MSU men’s basketball team is going to have any success this season, someone other than preseason “all-universe” guard Drew Neitzel will have to step up.
Can’t say that I’ve ever stopped to think about proverbs. Knowledge is power. Curiosity killed the cat. Don’t talk to strangers. Things like that. But after “Think Before You Post,” I do now.