The leaves are a-changin' and that means gone is the season for ice cream store owners. As the mercury drops, seasonal businesses must compensate for dwindling clientele. One way is finding a different focus. "We're trying to build up the wholesale," said Lisa Belen, a manager for Melting Moments, 313 E.
A preregistration program to improve late-night check-in visitors isn't worth the hassle, some student desk receptionists said.
Some MSU computer networks will be shut down from 6-11 p.m. Friday for Academic Computing & Network Services to test electrical system upgrades. The online services to be affected are afs.msu.edu, Angel, LON-CAPA, Magic and Webmail.
A day after being labeled as probable for the Michigan game, it seems MSU senior quarterback Drew Stanton will be starting under center Saturday. "I have no doubt (he'll play)," senior center Kyle Cook said after Tuesday's practice.
For the 2006-07 Spartans hockey season, two different student-ticket packages are being offered. The packages are similar to those for football and allow for an upgrade into the official MSU hockey student section, Slapshots. One package offers admission to all 17 regular-season home games, excluding the CCHA playoffs, should the Spartans host a home series.
When Adam Van Lente read about Young Americans for Freedom's "Catch an Illegal Immigrant Day" event in the newspaper, he wanted to do something about it. Van Lente, co-owner and operator of RetroDuck, a T-shirt company at 210 Abbott Road, decided his store would design and distribute shirts disagreeing with YAF's stance against illegal immigration. "They are going to say 'Catch a YAF,' or something like 'promote tolerance,'" Van Lente said. The shirts will be free and will be handed out Friday from the store on the corner of Grand River Avenue and Abbott Road. "We want to print 100 of them," Van Lente said.
She cheers. She yells. She screams. "Occasionally, I throw things," Megan Ranville said.
Correction: The phrase "sticking a pipe" should have been "placing a self-expanding metallic stent." For clarification, there are more schools that teach the procedure than MSU, and the special funds do not apply to intervention radiology. Name: Matthew Beal, assistant professor Department: Small Animal Clinical Sciences Date of method: Beal has been working with the new procedure for about a year. Type of method: Interventional radiology Basics of method: "It allows us to treat animals in a less invasive way," Beal said. The methodology allows veterinarians to perform procedures on animals without them having large incisions. Some small-breed dogs can get tracheal collapse when the cartilage in their windpipes begins to collapse, Beal said.
A 42-year-old man, who attempted to steal cases of beer from CVS and 7-Eleven but failed in both instances, was arrested Tuesday following a bicycle chase through East Lansing. At about 8:25 a.m., the man entered the CVS store located at 240 M.A.C.
The scheduled preliminary examination for Alex Charles Ellis, one of two 17-year-olds charged in connection with the arson of an East Lansing playground structure in July, was postponed Tuesday at East Lansing's 54-B District Court. Ellis' defense attorney, Brian P.
East Lansing's newest City Council member is a veteran of the city's politics and problems. Diane Goddeeris, a former East Lansing planning commissioner and neighborhood president, said she's excited to have a more hands-on role in the city. The four City Council members appointed Goddeeris in a unanimous vote Tuesday evening.
Let me start off by saying I have no affiliation to the Young Americans for Freedom or any of its opponents.
The No. 5 Spartans hockey team officially kicked off the 2006-07 season with an intrasquad scrimmage in the annual Green and White exhibition scrimmage Tuesday night. The Spartans were split into two squads and played three 15-minute periods before treating the crowd to a shootout following the game. MSU's top two lines of juniors Jim McKenzie, Bryan Lerg and Chris Mueller skated opposite of sophomores Tim Kennedy, Tim Crowder and Justin Abdelkader.
Dear Dr. D., I was reading the State News article about breast cancer, and it talked about a woman who was only 33 years old and had a very advanced form of breast cancer.
By Jamie Malernee South Florida Sun-Sentinel Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (MCT) — She grocery shops with coupons, doesn't have cable TV and wore the same pair of sneakers for eight years.
Correction: Knickerbocker and his men should have been Knickerbocker and his crew, because one of the 14 student managers is a female. Bob Knickerbocker is one of the most important people on the MSU football team, and you've probably never heard his name. Who can blame you?
Each week, State News football reporter Ethan Conley offers his own Top 10 college football rankings. No.
It may be the first time you don business attire and practice the way you introduce yourself, but in the end, preparation can make a world of a difference for students attending Career Gallery 2006. About 290 companies are registered for one or both days of the event, making it the largest career event at MSU. The two-day event kicks off Wednesday at Breslin Center with the CommSciTech Exchange, geared toward technology, science and communication-related fields. Companies primarily in business-related fields, including accounting, finance, manufacturing, transportation and sales, will take the floor on Thursday for the Business Exchange. Supply chain management senior Dan Martini attended last year's Career Gallery alongside 4,500 other MSU students.
To celebrate its 50th anniversary, MSU Honors College students will have the opportunity to create their own ice cream flavor, which could be sold at the MSU Dairy Store. Certain restrictions are placed on the flavors because a single dairy plant freezer is all that is available.