For three days this past weekend, the top athletic coaching educators, professors and administrators came together to set new standards in athletic direction at the 2006 National Coaching Educators' Conference. The conference took place on MSU's campus this year from June 15-17 at the Institute for the Study of Youth Sports.
The spooky, yet highly talented and innovative indie band The Paper Chase will perform tonight as the headliner at Mac's Bar, 2700 E.
Donning a sparkling tiara and wearing rhinestone-covered jeans imprinted with the name of her hometown, 2006 MSU graduate Michelle Kimball became the third runner-up in the Miss Michigan Scholarship Program on Saturday. Kimball, a Grand Rapids native who graduated with a degree in mechanical engineering, is Miss Greater Grand Rapids, a title she won in August 2005 and once before in 2003. "I came across their Web site a few years back, and it was a scholarship pageant, so I thought I'd give it a shot," she said. The Miss Greater Grand Rapids Scholarship Program, which is associated with the Miss America Scholarship Program, gives scholarships to talented young women based on a personal interview, talent, physical fitness and evening gown, said Kathy Dood, producer of Miss Greater Grand Rapids. "The goal is to earn the right to go on to Miss Michigan and then on to Miss America," Dood said.
Critics who are still skeptical of man's innate ability to take flight obviously didn't attend Thursday's DT Summer Slam.
Haslett — Students in the MSU Sailing Center got off to a chaotic start Sunday afternoon.
Since one of the Bush administration's main priorities continues to be strengthening the sanctity of marriage, I would like to offer up an excellent solution. First, it should be noted that the gay community has no intention to wage war on heterosexual marriage.
Does Fred Sharp, who wrote the letter "Granholm blames Bush for Michigan's problems," (SN 6/16), really think that Dick DeVos is going to change Michigan's fortunes?
The city of East Lansing has filed a motion of reconsideration to the Michigan Supreme Court against the Michigan Department of Transportation, or MDOT, over speed limits on certain streets. The case involves speed limits raised by the department in February 2005 on portions of Grand River Avenue and Saginaw Highway. The limits were raised from 25 mph to 35 mph on areas of Grand River Avenue and 35 mph to 45 mph on Saginaw Highway. In March 2005, the city sued three agencies over the speed limits, and the Ingham County Circuit Court ruled the speed limits should be lowered to 25 mph and 35 mph.
No other NHL team has come back from a 3-1 series deficit in the Stanley Cup finals besides the Toronto Maple Leafs in 1942, but the Edmonton Oilers are on the verge of completing that feat again tonight. The Oilers face off against the Carolina Hurricanes at 8 p.m.
As students move into the university apartments this fall, furniture may not be in the picture. And some say a lack of furniture may be especially hard on international students.
If you're looking for some sort of epic or life-enhancing entertainment, don't go see "Nacho Libre." But if you feel like turning your brain off for about two hours in an air-conditioned setting with cozy seats under your butt and cupholders on each side, then "Nachoooooooooo" it is. The plot: Ah, nothing really special, but "Nacho" does come through in four zany categories of cinematic sweetness. First category of sweetness: Similarity to "Napoleon Dynamite." If you like the humor in "Napoleon," then you will like this film.
Charles DeCamp, chairman of the department of small animal clinical sciences and a veterinary medicine professor, will serve as the acting dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine. The MSU Board of Trustees approved DeCamp at its board meeting Friday. A new permanent dean for the college has been recommended to provost Kim Wilcox by a search committee. As early as fall, a permanent dean for the college could be in place, Wilcox said. The candidate will not be announced to the Board of Trustees until this person officially accepts the position, and logistics such as salary and a start-date are worked out, Wilcox said.
Michael Koot was told in May to get ready for on-site research in a week. He wasn't told what the research would entail, but Koot heard the opportunity was a "big deal." "It was really exciting because we knew only the night before what we were doing," the anthropology graduate student said.
For many of us, our perception of Vietnam is not the same war-torn controversial one held by an older generation.
Why is it that individuals like Gary Glenn and Rep. John Stahl continue to insist that a gay or lesbian sexual orientation precludes one from being a good parent?
Imagine getting a prescription for two hours of meditation. MSU researchers will begin a study in September attempting to find a link between spirituality and health.
This weekend, East Lansing swung, grooved and shook to the smooth sounds of the Summer Solstice Jazz Festival. Amid the orange backdrop of a summer sun, a multitude of good-sized crowds rotated in and out of the festival's intimate setting.
In Fred Sharp's letter "Granholm blames Bush for Michigan's problems" (SN 6/16), he asks, "If (President) Bush is such a powerful force for job losses, why is Michigan the only one suffering from his economic policies?" The answer is actually quite simple: Michigan has lost a larger percentage of its workforce due to unfair trade practices than any other state, losing one-third of its manufacturing sector since Bush took office.
Two stray dogs allegedly killed three Patagonian cavies, large rodents from South America, on Thursday night at the Potter Park Zoo, 1301 S.