As history looks back on our generation in search of things to define it, two things immediately will spring to mind: the proliferation of camera phones and Internet video, and graphic displays of human cruelty. Recently, these two things have been working hand in hand. Take, for instance, the widely circulated and disgustingly popular snuff video of Saddam Hussein's hanging.
According to MSU women's basketball head coach Joanne P. McCallie, every Big Ten game is a rivalry game. But to the fans, there are games that mean much more than others. Tonight is one of those games, as the No.
The Grand Rapids campus of the MSU College of Human Medicine will be named after an alumnus who will donate $20 million for its construction, university officials decided today. The MSU Board of Trustees named the college's new home in Grand Rapids the Secchia Center, after Grand Rapids native Peter Secchia, a 1963 alumnus. The board met today in Grand Rapids to officially purchase land on the corner of Michigan Street and College Avenue, moving forward the expansion that has been in the works for three years.
While their careers as MSU football players have ended, six Spartans have been invited to grip the pigskin once again in various collegiate all-star games. On Saturday, linebacker David Herron Jr.
In Fennville, Mich., three teenagers are learning a language not many high schools offer — Mandarin Chinese. So far, Sam Robinson, Michael Martin and Nicholas VanTil can introduce themselves and their families, and describe their bedrooms in the dialect. Though their traditional high school is in a small city just south of Holland, they take an online course taught by professors from the MSU Confucius Institute through Michigan Virtual High School. The course is designed to be studied five days a week, with four days of self study.
The legions of people fearing post-college debt breathed a sigh of relief Wednesday, when the U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved a proposal to lower the interest rates of student loans. The initiative, which passed 356-71, will gradually reduce the current 6.8 percent interest rate on federal Stafford loans.
As a former four-year member of the Izzone, I remember when Breslin Center was perhaps the most intimidating arena in college basketball.
America has been given a new chance for hope. With the recent announcement that Senator Barack Obama has formed an exploratory committee for the 2008 presidential election, we now are faced with the reality that today's obstacles do not have to continue tomorrow.
Plans to expand MSU's College of Human Medicine into West Michigan will take shape today with the purchase of land in Grand Rapids. The MSU Board of Trustees will meet at 3 p.m.
Garbage strewn about. Shattered glass and broken windows. Sledgehammer marks battered into the walls. The stench of raw sewage leaking from backed-up plumbing. This was the state of the MSU Beta Theta Pi fraternity house on Dec.
By Renee Schoof McClatchy Newspapers Washington — Four leading senators — two Democrats and two Republicans — introduced a resolution Wednesday that says President Bush's plan to add 21,500 American troops in Iraq isn't in the United States' national interests. The resolution, effectively a vote of no confidence in Bush's plan, also calls for more regional and international pressure on Iraqi politicians to make compromises and end rampant killings. The resolution, sponsored by Sens.
Promoting prostitution, money laundering and conspiracy seem like more apt charges for Tony Soprano than a second-year MSU College of Law student. Yet James Cortopassi, 27, pleaded not guilty to those same charges Friday at a New York courthouse. According to New York County district attorney's office, Cortopassi worked as a legal clerk for Paul Bergrin, a former New Jersey federal prosecutor.
Almost 700 people took to East Lansing's streets Wednesday afternoon — but it wasn't to cause trouble. An army of about 180 residents adorned with Spartan-green raincoats stood stationed on M.A.C.
Homeless people are homeless for a reason. I am so glad to hear that East Lansing is finally taking steps to crack down on the bums around East Lansing.
It's funny how your perspective can change things. My first two years at MSU, I was a card-carrying Izzone member.
This time last year, gas prices averaged $2.20 a gallon. Now, motorists are gleefully rushing to the pump, in awe of some of the lowest gas prices they've seen in a year. "I like (the prices). It helps my bank account," said Andrew Vaneenenaam, a human biology senior, who filled up at the Marathon gas station on Michigan Avenue in East Lansing on Tuesday. Gas prices dropped under $2 a gallon Monday.
Volunteers are being sought for the East Lansing Prime Time Seniors' Program to help run its Legacy Project, which aims to bridge the gap between young people and seniors.
This May, I will graduate from a college I never intended to receive a diploma from — and this was not my choice. I began my studies at MSU as an apparel and textile design major in the College of Human Ecology.
Editor's note: Laura Sologuren-Sanchez was first profiled in The State News on Aug. 30, 2005. On a Monday night, Laura Sologuren-Sanchez is doing her homework.