Beaner’s Gourmet Coffee will change its name to Biggby Coffee by Jan. 31, 2008, because the name could be interpreted as a racial slur. Bob Fish, Beaner’s chief executive and a 1989 MSU graduate, based the store’s name on the coffee bean, and said he didn’t realize the word “beaner” was also used as a racial slur.
Very recently, the University of California, Irvine rescinded an offer to distinguished Duke University School of Law professor Erwin Chemerinsky to serve as its dean. This rescission has caused much controversy and the overriding opinion is that Chemerinsky is too politically controversial for the position because he is very liberal.
Our country is experiencing a major problem and the elected officials that are supposed to be representing us are sitting by while our country is being invaded. The problem of illegal immigration encompasses more than the simple fact that 10 million to 20 million people are here unlawfully; it has tremendous effects on our economy, our security and our culture.
For once I find myself agreeing completely with the State News editorial on politics in Increasing taxes will not solve budget crisis (SN 9/17).
For Sumit Ray and J.D. Leichtman, a ranking is nothing more than a number. Both second-year master’s business students were surprised that MSU’s MBA program dropped in rankings for The Wall Street Journal/Harris Interactive Business School Survey.
When former MSU President M. Peter McPherson and current MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon came up with the idea of a major fundraising campaign eight years ago, the economy was more accommodating to higher education. Now, the funds couldn’t come at a better time, with state provisions at a premium and the need for more research, projects and programs every year.
Editor’s note: An inaccurate version of this story was published Monday night. This is a corrected version of the article, which notes the commission’s vote does not reverse a previous decision made by the commission.
A University of Florida student with a history of taping his own practical jokes was Tasered on Monday by campus police and arrested after repeatedly trying to ask U.S. Sen. John Kerry questions during a campus forum.
Five $20 bills were taken from a bowl in a North Hubbard Hall dorm room Monday by an acquaintance of the resident, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
Since her freshman year, political theory and constitutional democracy junior Raynika Brown has worked in Brody Hall’s cafeterias and never had a problem with her job. Until this year. MSU’s Housing and Food Services has made a few changes to the dining halls across campus. As a result, student cafeteria employees say they are understaffed and are struggling to adjust to the new dining hall schedules.
Heading to the cafeteria every day can become just another part of the daily grind. Unless you happen to dine in West Circle where food service worker Tim Farmer gets the party started.
I remember in fall of my junior year of high school, in October 2003, a girl came in to my newspaper class and said she wanted to write about Elliott Smith, a 34-year-old musician who allegedly had committed suicide.
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.
This weekend, the Wharton Center marked its 25th anniversary celebrating the talents of dancers, actors and musicians who have graced the stage for the MSU community.
From cutting-edge research to primping the many acres of athletic fields and facilities on campus, the MSU students and staff that make up the Turfgrass Management Program cover a lot of ground.
Anna Sinischo can easily recall the most memorable thing she’s ever crafted in icing for MSU’s bakery. “One time there was a cake for a fraternity that had Yoda riding a donkey carrying a woman’s leg with a bottle of champagne,” Sinischo said. “I think it was an inside joke. We like those kinds of orders.”
When Amy Fouty attended MSU in the 1990s, her dreams always grew green. As a turfgrass management major, the Milwaukee native set her sights on managing golf greens to bridge her training at MSU — which included an internship at a golf course in Japan — with her love of the outdoors.
They both top out at 6 foot 1, love volleyball and share mirror images in every aspect besides hair color. But that is where the similarities end for sisters Ashley and Megan Schatzle. The sisters, who are both members of the MSU volleyball team, are admittedly as different as can be.
Today the MSU women’s soccer team begins what head coach Tom Saxton calls “a critical stretch.” The Spartans have three matches in five days beginning at 4 p.m. this afternoon at Old College Field against Eastern Michigan.
Out of the past comes a term that you may not have used or simply avoided because it was just plain old. That term is “pet peeve.” They are the actions, behaviors, vocabularies or a myriad number of other things that drive you crazy.