MSU's Study Abroad Fair will be at the MSU Union from 12-6 p.m. on Sept. 21. Students will be able to talk with professors and former Study Abroad participants and see photos and artifacts from other trips.
Looks like summer is finally over for Detroit's 130,000 students. Detroit teachers ended their more than two-week strike on Wednesday after their union's executive board approved a tentative three-year contract.
East Lansing isn't just a Cool City — now it's a smart one, too. In a joint meeting between business, city and university officials Thursday, the city received its first designation as a SmartZone from the state. A SmartZone is an area in a city meant to house businesses with a focus on technology, East Lansing City Manager Ted Staton said. "One of the obvious reasons to create (a SmartZone) is to have jobs for our residents, but more importantly, to create jobs for the people graduating from Michigan State," he said.
Retired MSU culinary professor Robert H. Nelson died Monday evening in his home at the age of 78. Nelson's funeral services will be held at noon today at Palmer, Bush & Jensen Family Funeral Homes, Lansing Chapel, located at 520 E.
Correction: The article should say the MSU Board of Trustees would vote on the planning and commencement of nine projects. More than $44 million in additional construction and renovation projects could be in store for MSU. The MSU Board of Trustees will vote on the planning of nine projects today at its first meeting of the semester. Some of the projects on the agenda include: • Renovations to Mayo and Brody halls. • Reconstruction of the traffic circle at Red Cedar and Wilson roads to form a four-way intersection with traffic lights. • Construction of a comprehensive campus recycling center near Service Road and Harrison Avenue, a $3.5 million project, where the current recycling center is located. Both Mayo and Brody halls could have floors and ceilings replaced and their roofs and exteriors renovated.
No. 1 — Troy Smith Senior quarterback, Ohio State SEASON: 35-of-51 passing for 566 yards and five touchdowns. Smith leapfrogged Brady Quinn as the Heisman front-runner after convincingly leading the Buckeyes over Texas.
On Sept. 17, MSU's Sigma Kappa sorority will walk a 5K to raise money for the Alzheimer's Association. The Alzheimer's Association has been raising money to fight the disease since 1989, using the Memory Walk as one of its largest fundraisers.
It's not often when two quarterbacks with such great success play each other in a nonconference game. It's even more uncommon for those two quarterbacks to be such good friends. But that's the case with MSU's Drew Stanton and Pittsburgh's Tyler Palko, who met as campers at Elite 11 Quarterback Camp during high school. "I got a chance to form a relationship, and obviously quarterbacks are notorious for having that relationship and friendship," Palko said in a conference call. After losing touch a little bit during their college careers, they reunited this summer as counselors at the Elite 11 camp. While in California for the camp, Palko and Stanton played golf together. "He kept me rolling on the golf course," Palko said.
Mitch Coz Never heard of him, right? Well he won't be anonymous much longer — he has the inside track to the starting punter position at Northern Colorado!
Ask Otis Wiley his philosophy on playing defense, and there's a 99 percent chance you'll get the following response: "Just flying to the ball." "Just flying to the ball." Then once more, like an automated football assassin: "Just flying to the ball." Watching the sophomore safety roam the secondary for the MSU football team, the explanation of his playing style holds true.
If it's true that trends begin in Europe and cross over to the United States, we might be seeing the beginning of the end of skinny models. Madrid's fashion week recently banned sickly thin models from strutting their (nonexistent) stuff on the catwalk, CNN.com reported.
Stressed-out high school seniors have one less early admission to worry about. Harvard University announced this week it will drop its early admissions program because the program favors the rich, advantaged students. While this may be true, the change is risky.
A nonpartisan community forum to discuss the six statewide ballot proposals for the Nov. 7 general election will be held at 7 p.m.
Matt Trannon vs. Darrelle Revis Don't expect to see Matt Trannon get 14 catches, or anything close to that, in Saturday's game.
It was like someone finally took the cover off the front of the net. The MSU field hockey team went scoreless Thursday in the first half of its home opener against Yale despite nine first-half penalty corners.
I found it disappointing that The State News chose to run such an intentionally negative, politically charged editorial on the anniversary of the Sept.
A road-weary MSU field hockey team will make its home debut at 3 p.m. today, when it faces Yale at the MSU Field Hockey Complex. MSU, 6-1 at home last season, is looking to rebound from a brutal season-opening six-game road trip. "It's really nice to be home after three long weekends on the road and little to no time to recover," MSU head coach Rolf van de Kerkhof said. After a 2-4 start to the season, van de Kerkhof said MSU has something to prove to its home fans. "For Michigan State, it's an opportunity for them to show their friends and their fans at home that they are on the right track and that the season is still young," he said.
Meridian Township officials are challenging the legality of an issue on the November ballot that would transfer nearly 200 acres of land near Saginaw Street to East Lansing. The township, which borders East Lansing to the east, stands to lose nearly $40,000 a year in property taxes if the land is annexed to East Lansing, said Meridian Township Manager Jerry Richards. "There is developable land in there, which could easily triple the amount (of money) that could come into the township over time," Richards said. Meridian Township officials consider the area to be lucrative, developable property. For the land to become a part of East Lansing, the annexation request must undergo a two-step vote by voters in East Lansing and the affected area of Meridian Township. On Aug.
Former Okemos volleyball star Allison Ianni found her way home when she returned to the Lansing area earlier this year. Ianni grew up following MSU athletics because she lived minutes from the campus.