Jim Wallis, author of The New York Times bestseller "God's Politics: Why the Right Gets It Wrong and the Left Doesn't Get It," will speak at 7 p.m.
"CSI" met "Bill Nye, the Science Guy" earlier this month when MSU police conducted a two-day workshop on techniques for preserving fingerprints during investigations. MSU police Sgt.
I'm writing in response to Ryan Kimball's depiction of the pope in his cartoon, (SN 9/20). What Kimball fails to realize is that Pope Benedict XVI did not make an insensitive remark at all but simply quoted an emperor from the late 14th century.
Sometimes getting ready for the evening can be a drag — especially if you've just arrived home from work and have little time to prep.
MSU College of Nursing officials are creating an online program to help fill the potential void of nurses, with a $246,602 grant awarded to the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation intended for the program. By 2008, Michigan could be unable to fill as many as 7,000 nursing positions, said Teresa Wehrwein, assistant dean for Professional Partnerships & Faculty Practice. The new program, which is geared toward working nurses, will train them in hospice, home care, ambulatory care or long-term care. "Nursing for Life: The RN Career Transition Program" would be accessed from the Angel Web site so participants can continue to work in their current field, Wehrwein said. "It is a certificate program to prepare nurses that are looking to move to (other fields)," Wehrwein said.
An MSU student is one of two men charged Sunday in connection with armed robbery and assault on a police officer that occurred minutes before Saturday's kickoff. Physics junior James Pritchett, 23, and nonstudent Andre Brown, 21, were arrested Saturday on Wilson Road near Spartan Stadium following the incident, MSU police Sgt.
After watching our football team blow yet another second-half lead to a major opponent, when are the students, fans and alumni going to call for Ron Mason to fire John L.
Jean Golden says she's off to find bliss. After serving as East Lansing's deputy city manager for seven years, Golden is ready to retake control of her life. "I'm going to be 60 years old — I've been working hard since I was 16," she said.
The MSU men's basketball team received its first verbal commitment for the 2008 class, landing Korie Lucious, a 5-foot-10 guard from Milwaukee Pius XI High School. Lucious is ranked as the No.
Residents of Spartan Village, Cherry Lane Apartments and Owen Hall will no longer receive Residence Halls Association channels because they don't pay RHA taxes. Channels 11 and 12 will be broadcast through RHA exclusively to undergraduate residence halls on campus. "Our primary focus is undergraduate halls.
The State News article, "2K protest ban on some Mich. affirmative action practices" (SN 9/18), was substantially inaccurate and biased against supporters of affirmative action.
The MSU Product Center will sponsor a Road to Independence workshop Nov. 7 at the Jackson County MSU Extension Office, 1715 Lansing Ave.
Detroit — Higher education institutions are looking for new ways to make education affordable after shrinking state funding caused operating costs and tuition to rise, university leaders said Monday at the Annual State of the Public Universities Program. Michigan public universities have received 10 percent less funding from the state this year than in 2002, MSU President Lou Anna K.
Although it is against the law in the United States, online gambling has reached a peak that even rivals the popularity of Las Vegas.
Look them up. Poke them. Support them. Some candidates in Michigan's midterm elections received Facebook.com profiles earlier this month to showcase their campaign platforms and reach college students and alumni. Candidates are already anticipating the possibilities of having the popular connection with young voters. Phil Novack, spokesman for Republican gubernatorial candidate Dick DeVos' campaign, said this election is the first test to see if Facebook means more younger voters. "I don't think people can question the popularity of Facebook," he said.
Pictures of chalkings that said "Speak English" and "Build The Wall" were hanging on a poster behind three students who faced a packed room Monday in the Union and issued an open challenge to members of Young Americans for Freedom to host their "Catch an Illegal Immigrant Day" at the rock on Farm Lane on Oct.
Rick Comley might be the only coach in the world who takes a pen and pad of paper with him while kayaking on vacation. After a successful 2005-06 campaign that included a CCHA playoff championship and No.
In football rivalry games, emotions often run high. Such was the case in MSU's game against Notre Dame on Saturday, when a late hit caused a sideline scuffle and an MSU investigation. Senior quarterback Drew Stanton was running out of bounds into the Notre Dame sideline in the second quarter when he was hit and got pinned under the opposing team's bench.
Freshly washed, the orange and blue paint on the 2000 SE Ford Focus gleamed on Saturday afternoon. The brick of East Akers Hall reflected off the glistening 17-inch American Racing Rims. The attention to details didn't go unnoticed. A blonde, 20-something woman walked in front of the car and pulled out her camera phone. Click. Strangers taking photos of her car is nothing new to Maggie Peña, a theater senior.