Scott Rutter said he lost more than 10 great soldiers under his command in Iraq. Since then, Rutter, a retired U.S.
Most incoming college athletes have to deal with lack of playing time and balancing academics with athletics. For Sarah Andrews, a junior on the MSU women's tennis team, the biggest concern was getting a Social Security number. Andrews is from Australia and never had been to America before coming in August 2003 for MSU's International Orientation Program.
By Erik Adams For The State News Drive-By Truckers certainly picked a good title to represent its latest album. The songs on "A Blessing and A Curse" are a mix of raucous anthems for the night of and regretful ballads for the morning after.
Take Back The Night is an annual event at MSU as part of a broader, international movement to help raise awareness about sexual assault, domestic violence and other violence against women. Marches have been held as far back as the 1970s and were often spearheaded by the radical feminist movement.
In thousands of instances across Michigan, polluted ground isn't being cleaned up, and there's not much the state's enforcement officers can do about it. A lack of funding and legal authority are making it hard for the short-staffed Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, or DEQ, to hold polluters accountable. "There's a long list of sites that need immediate attention," said Tom Simpson, a DEQ project manager who oversees all gas tank leaks in Ingham and Clinton counties. Michigan's varied geology and history have left the state with a legacy of environmental problems, officials say. "We have been a manufacturing center for more than 100 years," said Phil Schrantz, chief of field operations in the DEQ's Remediation and Redevelopment Division.
Tiny toys on fishing wire hang down from the ceiling. The cash register has a small fortune from a fortune cookie taped to the front of it that reads, "You love Chinese food." Tucked away in Kresge Art Center, the Spartan Art Store, also known as the Kresge Art Store, has been a crucial part of art students' lives since 1969. Much like an MSU book store sells everything a student could need, the Kresge Art Store sells almost everything artistic, from canvas to paints to sketch pads. "They have most everything you'll need for class in stock," art education senior Arielle Popkey said. Popkey said she comes into the store a few times every day and gets coffee every morning. Last year, she bought her roommates toys from the store for a gift exchange, Popkey said.
Very few athletes get the chance to close out a professional career at the way Igor Larionov did in "Farewell From Moscow: The Igor Larionov Farewell Game." After hanging up his skates following the 2003-04 season, the former Detroit Red Wing took advantage of the 2004-05 NHL lockout season and invited his friends and former teammates to Moscow, Russia on Dec.
The spread offense has been a continuous force of production for MSU's offense since John L. Smith took over the head coaching job in December 2002. The spread offense all starts with the quarterback. Former signal-caller Jeff Smoker had a career senior year in 2003 with the passing-style offense, and Drew Stanton is set to become the next great product of Smith's football philosophy as he enters his senior year this fall. But aside from Stanton, redshirt freshman Domenic Natale and sophomore Brian Hoyer are competing for the backup spot this spring and for the starting spot in 2007. "There's no problem with that because it'll bring out the best in both of us," Hoyer said of the competition with Natale. As of now, Hoyer is the backup.
Across the nation, people will be gathering under the umbrella of environmental issues to celebrate the 36th annual Earth Day — to protect, preserve and restore. The State News asked MSU students, professors, area researchers, governmental agencies and environmental groups what the most pressing environmental issues are for Michigan and what students can do to become active. Great Lakes invasive species Two years ago environmental biology and zoology senior Kevin Geyer got a small surprise while he was perch fishing in Saginaw Bay.
I am writing this letter in regard to the unfortunate problems this university has been facing with diversity.
MUSIC TONIGHT: Natives of the New Dawn and Woodward are performing in Lansing at Mac's Bar, 2700 E.
Films adapted from comic books and graphic novels have become more mainstream in the last few years.
ASMSU has been given the power to choose student representatives for academic committees. Now MSU's undergraduate student government needs to make sure they're using that power to increase student involvement on those committees. The MSU Board of Trustees approved the measure on April 13 to let ASMSU choose representatives to the committees, which are part of the Academic Governance system, instead of faculty.
Downtown Lansing abounds with politicians, and Bill White could be any one of them as he sits in a Beaner's Gourmet Coffee around the corner from the Capitol, dressed in a suit and tie, sipping a tall mocha topped with a swirl of whipped cream. But White isn't a mainstream politician.
By Toshira Johnson For The State News A day of swing dancing got the Comm Arts Dance-Nic celebration off on the right foot by wowing the crowd with jumpin', jivin' and swingin' routines.
In 1855, MSU helped to define what it meant to be a land-grant institution, teaching agriculture, technical skills and a variety of other studies to the working classes. Now, more than 150 years later, members of the MSU community are looking to extend the university's international reach, and are attempting to define what it would mean for MSU to be a world-grant institution. "We've built a university to serve not only Michigan, but the world," said Jeffrey Riedinger, acting dean of International Studies and Programs.
Equality is the overarching basis of the freedoms we enjoy in this country. Without equal status before the law our legal system is perverted and our lawmakers are allowed to govern according to their own whims, fears and prejudices.
Students reacquainting themselves with driving across campus next fall will face some new challenges after the reconstruction of a major roadway is completed this summer. The changes include redeveloping the Abbot Entrance in north campus by removing some parking, improving the crosswalks and changing the section of West Circle Drive from the entrance to Beal Street into a one-lane road with a new bike lane. The construction will also remove 24 parking spaces along the circle near the MSU Museum. University officials reviewed plans for the West Circle Drive redevelopment at the MSU Board of Trustees meeting April 13. "Over the next three years, we're basically going to attack every part of West Circle Drive," said Dennis Hansen, an MSU landscape architect who gave a presentation on the construction at the meeting. Hansen said the university would reduce parking on the road by 65 spaces in the next three years.
The final reports of five committees looking to increase faculty input in university decisions will be assessed by one new committee — lengthening the amount of time before the committees can impact the Academic Governance system. Faculty Council approved the formation of an integration committee Tuesday, which will begin looking at reports released this week from four of the committees. The five committees, called the Faculty Voice Task Force Groups, were created last fall to address faculty's role in specific issues — such as restructuring the Academic Governance system, reviewing administrators and academic programs, defining the role of fixed-term faculty and improving communication within the system. Four committees presented their final recommendations at Tuesday's meeting, and the task force looking at the structure of the Academic Governance system is scheduled to issue its final report in October. The proposal of an integration committee came on behalf of the Executive Committee of Academic Council, which now has the responsibility to form the new committee. Although the proposal passed without any formal discussion, several faculty members voiced their concerns throughout the meeting about having an integration committee. "Having an integration committee is counterproductive," said Wolfgang Bauer, chairperson of the Department of Physics and Astronomy and chairperson for the communications task force. "We have an opportunity to occupy a leadership position here, so let's not send it to another committee," Bauer said of his task force's recommendations. The integration committee will look at combining the task forces' various recommendations into a single package and assess the costs of carrying them out.