In the race for governor, once all the spin, attacks and counterattacks are cut through, there is one inescapable reality: Michigan's economy is in serious trouble. We are consistently ranked last in the nation in unemployment.
Editor's Note: You can find State News reporter Trey Scroggin in St. Louis for this week's three-game World Series stretch in Cardinal-country.
ASMSU is teaming up with the University Committee on Academic Policy, or UCAP, to tackle academic dishonesty.
Mason — Donald Holmes, the man wanted in connection with the Friday shooting death of his wife, turned himself in to authorities at about 5 a.m.
Sophomore defenseman Brandon Gentile still cringes a bit when he remembers an incident that happened three seasons ago. At the time, he was playing for the U.S.
Sirens sounded, red lights blazed and yellow caution tape lined the Pasant Theatre as students gathered for the Black Student Alliance's 34th Annual Black Power Rally on Tuesday night. This year's theme, "State of Emergency … What Next?," raised students' awareness of MSU's minority-retention rates, progress for Hurricane Katrina victims and the Michigan Civil Rights Initiative, or MCRI. "This is a critical year," said Dominick Quinney, president of the Black Student Alliance.
Susan Davis, chairperson for the Board of the Grameen Foundation USA, will be speaking at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct.
Sometimes they don't know they're dead. During one paranormal investigation, a man who died of an overdose in the basement of a Pontiac home thought he was still alive, a local ghost hunter said. "He asked us where did his family go?" said Brad Mikulka, director of the SouthEast Michigan Ghost Hunters Society.
In remembrance of domestic violence victims, words of empowerment, survival and forgiveness were spoken as flames flickered before people's eyes during a candlelight vigil on Tuesday night. The event featured Amy Krause, Lansing District Court judge, and a group of three domestic violence survivors, called Surviving and Thriving, who recited poetry about their experiences. "Raising community awareness helps people think about domestic violence," Krause said She added that many people are not targets of it but still encouraged people to help. The candlelight vigil was held this month because it is Domestic Violence Awareness Month.
Throughout the last 20 years, MSU has seen an increasing interest in researching and learning in Africa, and MSU's Office of Study Abroad reported a significant rise in students who want to study in Africa. Cindy Chalou, the assistant director of the study abroad program, said since she has been involved with the program, students, staff and faculty have participated even more. "Quite honestly, I don't know why the interest has grown so much," said Chalou. "Right now, Ghana is receiving the most attention and already has a waiting list put out for it, which is usually held by the ones in England." The program in Ghana offers students the opportunity to travel and study health care and mass media. Jeanne Gazel, a consultant in the student affairs and services branch, said she participates in a study abroad in South Africa focused on race relations and said this year's interest in the class is a big surprise. "There are way more applicants than I have seats," Gazel said.
25-1/2 hours and counting until game time It's 6:30 p.m., and three MSU graduates, myself and a fully loaded rental car are making our way on the six-and-a-half-hour journey to St.
In a darkened field, he sits waiting, just as he has every Halloween for the past 39 years. Oct.
Zenaida macroura. The name might not conjure up much emotion, but the species has recently found itself in the middle of a passionate debate that pits conservation against tradition and science against emotion. How will you decide the future of the mourning dove? Although its status as a song bird has been heatedly debated, the mourning dove has lived for more than 100 years as a nongame specie.
Joel Zumaya's two-run error in the seventh inning extended St. Louis' lead to four, and the Cardinals went on to win, 5-0, taking the series lead. Chris Carpenter, the Cy Young Winner in 2005, was sharp, allowing only two hits through six innings. Jim Edmonds' two-run double in the fourth inning got St.
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Lansing — Election volunteers and special interest group members took a serious tone on Tuesday under the spotlights and disco ball at Lansing's Club X-Cel. At a "Get Out the Vote Rally," speakers from Michigan Equality, the Human Rights Campaign and the National Organization for Women talked to a crowd of 45 people about Proposal 2, HIV-AIDS and some Michigan politicians' inaction on legislation for equality. Despite some somber topics, there were positive rallying and cheers on Tuesday night. Penny Gardner, an MSU women, gender and social justice professor, was invited to speak at the rally about second parent adoption. "Voters need to be informed and also perked-up in a rally," she said.
Coleman Sego enjoyed playing soccer until the very sport he loved nearly took his life. Five years ago, when Coleman was 12, he was at soccer practice for his middle school travel team in Perry when a bolt of lighting traveled 10 miles from the harmless-looking sky and struck him. "(The lightning) was out to get me," Coleman said.
MSU's U.S.-China Center for Research on Educational Excellence is searching for two more Michigan school districts to participate as free partners in its Education for Global Citizenship Schools Project. The program, also known as EGC, teaches English for half of the day and Chinese for the other half. "The world is flattening and the global economy is globalizing, and in the future, you may not just be able to work in Michigan," said Nicole Ellefson, senior project director for Education for Global Citizenship Schools.
Freshman Amol Huprikar, who took sixth place in Friday's Eastern Michigan Classic, was named the Big Ten's Men's Runner of the Week. The Novi native finished the course in a personal record of 32 minutes, 29 seconds.
Sparkly pink eyelashes for drag queens. Oversized elf ears. Bushy mustaches so realistic they look like they were ripped from someone's upper lip. These are just some of the items for sale as the scramble for Halloween costumes ramps up this week during the busiest shopping time of the holiday, local businesses said Tuesday. "People go crazy — it's last minute shopping," said April Rose, a supervisor at Halloween USA in Frandor Shopping Center.