James Andersen For The State News The Red Cedar River might be a little bit cleaner after Saturday. In an effort to promote cleanliness and environmental awareness of the river, several environmental groups took part in the annual Red Cedar River Cleanup. Eighty-three student volunteers participated, some donning waders and wielding rakes to pick up trash in the Red Cedar.
Two MSU students will put on their boxing gloves, so to speak, to debate about the Michigan Civil Rights Initiative, or the MCRI, which is an initiative that would end preferential treatment of minorities and abolish affirmative action.
An MSU employee is wanted for his alleged involvement in the death of his wife, who was shot and killed Friday in the parking lot of an Okemos MSU Federal Credit Union, Meridian Township police said. Donald Holmes, 64, was seen after the shooting traveling westbound from the credit union, located at 1775 Central Park Drive near the Meridian Mall.
Republican gubernatorial candidate Dick DeVos announced a plan on Friday to revitalize Michigan's urban areas if he's elected in November. DeVos' plan proposes specific ways to help urban areas, such as creating an urban jobs director, acquiring a federal block grant for job training, putting more police officers on the street and giving students from urban areas a chance to go to college.
Democratic state Sen. Gretchen Whitmer and Republican challenger Frank Lambert will debate live at 7 p.m.
Come and get it. The race to find housing for the 2007-08 school year is on, with students flocking to leasing offices across East Lansing, scrambling to get a house or apartment that's close to campus, yet still affordable. Having already signed a lease for a house this year, Scott Dunn, a political science and pre-law junior, said Sunday afternoon that he and his roommates began looking for another place to live as soon as school started because they wanted their own bedrooms.
Earlier this summer we sadly said goodbye to Lansing's premier booking agent Steve Lambert, and now the city to our west is losing another music mainstay.
A Democratic staffer was suspended by the Republican chairman of the House Intelligence Committee last week under suspicion of leaking classified information. Chairman Pete Hoekstra, a Representative from Holland, said Friday that the staff's suspension was a precaution until the committee investigates. Concern centers around a leak to The New York Times last month regarding a National Intelligence Estimate on global terror trends.
As the demand for students with technology management skills increases in the job market, prospective employers are looking for college graduates who possess some experience. To help students gain that necessary job experience, a class offered at MSU provides students with an opportunity to work one-on-one with clients. "It's good to know about information technology.
Students who cheat could receive a scarlet letter of sorts on their academic transcripts if university officials decide to permanently record academic dishonesty.
Mike Rogers' comment in The State News that Michigan is in a single-state recession is an attempt to blame Gov.
The Detroit Tigers jumped out to an early 2-0 lead in the first inning, with a home run from Craig Monroe and an RBI single from Carlos Guillen. It was just enough as the Tigers tacked on one more run to defeat the St.
Starting next season, several Major League Baseball teams will sell caskets marked with their team colors and insignia. Among the early buyers: The Kansas City Royals, who will use the caskets to house their playoff hopes once the season is a month old. Almost half of baseball fans want Barry Bonds to fall short of Hank Aaron's home run record, according to an Associated Press-America Online poll released last week. Worse for Bonds, almost 98 percent of fans hope he doesn't break Placido Polanco's record for biggest head in the league. In other baseball news, MLB players and owners reportedly have reached a tentative agreement for a new labor contract.
How quickly the tables have turned. MSU has earned significant negative attention in the national spotlight the last couple of weeks.
Evanston, Ill. — When MSU was down 38-3 against Northwestern midway through the third quarter, things looked hopeless. It looked like it could be John L.
This letter is in response to "MSU earns recognition for local service, Katrina relief," (SN 10/19). A quote from the article read, "When we got there, one thing we realized was that they just wanted someone to listen to their stories and they didn't want to be forgotten." As a Mississippi Gulf Coast native who lost everything in the storm, I was instantly intrigued by the headline, but it was this quote that put me on the verge of a breakdown in the middle of class.
The MSU Board of Trustees on Friday voted to authorize a plan to expand the College of Human Medicine, including where its new site will be. The expansion will be located in Grand Rapids, and although the exact site has not yet been named, it has been narrowed down to somewhere along Michigan Street. According to the plan the board authorized, the expansion will cost up to $70 million dollars, which will come from community and private donor support. The new facility will include classrooms, labs and faculty offices. Marsha Rappley, the dean of the College of Human Medicine, said the college was already getting ready for the upcoming year in anticipation of the expansion. "Right now we are in the recruiting process," Rappley said.
An MSU employee is wanted in connection with the murder of his wife, who was shot and killed in the parking lot of an Okemos MSU Federal Credit Union on Friday, Meridian Township police said. Donald Holmes, 64, was seen after the shooting traveling westbound from the credit union, located at 1775 Central Park Drive near the Meridian Mall, and authorities continue to search for the man, said Meridian Township police Chief David Hall. The victim, 62-year-old Catherine Holmes, was found dead at about 10 a.m.
Evanston, Ill. — The Northwestern Wildcats came out with guns blazing against MSU on Saturday, building a 35-point lead midway through the third quarter.