In an attempt to disclose business conducted at private MSU Board of Trustees meetings, The State News filed a request for documents distributed at a closed work session.
Instead of lusting after the gorgeous designer clothes you can't afford in Vogue magazine, go to Target.
Minimum wage workers in Michigan will get a raise of $1.80 beginning in October, after Gov. Jennifer Granholm signed a bill Tuesday guaranteeing the increase for low-wage workers. Following the initial increase in October to $6.95 per hour, the minimum wage will be raised to $7.15 beginning July 1, 2007, and then to $7.40 on July 1, 2008. "This is a simple matter of fairness — anyone who puts in a fair day's work should receive a fair day's pay," Granholm said in a press release.
March 26 officially became National Support Our Troops Day after a Waterford Township high school student started a grassroots campaign to recognize the troops. While watching the news late last year, 16-year-old Alexandra McGregor said she recognized the strength of the soldiers fighting in Iraq. During winter break, McGregor began writing letters to state and U.S.
You might have seen a person running around campus in a duck costume last week. But did you know why? The random duck sporting an ASMSU T-shirt was meant to promote the 2006 student elections for both the undergraduate student government and the Residence Halls Association.
Lansing — When Julie Price's mother was dying in the hospital, Price had not eaten in three days and had not slept in four.
The wait was worth it. It was well past midnight when the MSU Debate Team learned it captured the 2006 National Debate Tournament championship in the wee hours of Tuesday morning. After an intense series of debating and judge deliberations, the MSU senior duo of Ryan Burke and Casey Harrigan, who debated for the team, was still in shock. "It still hasn't sunk in," Harrigan said.
Set in New York City in the late 1950s, "West Side Story" tells the story of a "Romeo and Juliet"-esque forbidden romance between the beautiful Puerto Rican immigrant, Maria, and the handsome American street rat, Tony.
This is in response to "Cutting tensions" (SN 3/23). Racism, discrimination and harassment are horrible things, and I fully agree that there are a great deal of people who should be educated. However, with more than 45,000 students and visitors on campus of all ages, races, genders and backgrounds, to say that there are many people who are racist or intolerant is too general. Contrary to popular belief, East Lansing is an explosion of culture to what seems about 75 percent of campus. I came from Flint, which I estimate is 60-70 percent black.
MSU student Spencer Olinek, on study abroad in Rouen, France, decided to use a day of canceled class to see for himself what the country's nationwide student protests look like up close. Mostly concentrated in Paris in recent weeks, the demonstrations have grown to other cities, including where Olinek is studying international business — about an hour from the capital city. Olinek —a studio art and general business administration and prelaw junior — heard Monday evening that classes would likely be canceled Tuesday because instructors wouldn't be able to make it to Rouen because of striking train and subway workers. The photographs Olinek took while witnessing the demonstrations in Rouen accompany the Associated Press story on this page. "Since we had the day off, we walked to downtown (Rouen) - businesses were closing down and riot police began lining the streets," said Olinek, a 20-year-old from Detroit's Birmingham suburb. It wasn't long before demonstrators barricaded a street and a Dumpster was set on fire, he said. Once protesters began throwing stones at officers, police fired back with rounds of tear gas, Olinek said. "Bus stops were getting smashed, I saw at least one business with windows completely shattered," he said.
No one likes getting called names, especially when those names are derogatory or offensive. But name calling, even though we're in college and should be above that, is not a crime.
MSU researchers are working to develop a more potent version of a powerful cancer-fighting drug, while making its production more environmentally friendly. MSU Assistant Professor Kevin Walker is heading up research to develop a biosynthetic way of producing the drug Taxol — a popular anti-cancer agent — and make stronger versions of the drug that would reduce treatment dosages. Taxol is known as a "spindle poison" that targets quickly dividing cancer cells and prevents them from dividing, according to a University of Bristol Web site.
I am writing to commend the Multi-Racial Unity Living Experience, or MRULE, for the AIDS conference, called "No Place to Hide: Student Activism and the Fight Against the Global AIDS Pandemic" which it put on this weekend. I attended the conference and was amazed at the amount of time and effort that they had put into it in order to make it a success for the hundreds of people who attended.
Eric Villegas reads about corn meal. He digs up old recipes that use ground up popcorn. He thinks using sugared bacon in a recipe is exciting.
Questions and comments ricocheted between two experts Tuesday night at a campus debate over a controversial ballot measure that would ban most forms of affirmative action in Michigan. The debate, hosted by the Residence Halls Association, or RHA, focused on the Michigan Civil Rights Initiative, or MCRI, which will appear on the November ballot. Carl Cohen, a University of Michigan professor in favor of the MCRI, and Tim Wise, an author against the initiative, were the panelists in the formal debate.
Now that an additional $237,000 will be made available because of a student tax increase, ASMSU officials plan to expand their organization to compensate workers for their efforts during the year and create new jobs to equalize the workload. The funding was made available to ASMSU officials after voters passed a $3 tax increase in last week's student government election, but now a new budget must be passed and finalized by ASMSU's Student Assembly before any extra funding goes into effect. The extra money gives student government officials a cushioned budget of about $1.1 million to work with for the year. The tax increase, which raises the current tax from $13.75 per semester to $16.75 per semester, will be effective during the summer and is necessary to "enhance the characteristics and qualities" of the organization, said Meg Wolocko, ASMSU's comptroller. "(We want) to be able to give back to students," Wolocko said.
"Reno 911!," the Comedy Central spoof of "Cops" will be coming to a theater near you this summer. "Reno 911!: Miami" follows our favorite Nevada law-enforcement officers as they attend a police convention in Miami.
I recently read Gabrielle Russon's column "Kalamazoo schools serve as prime example for others to follow" (SN 3/24). I was thrilled that she brought this wonderful idea to the attention of everyone not from the west side of the state or who missed it in the Detroit and Lansing papers. When I first heard about it I thought it was probably one of the coolest things I'd ever heard. However, I think she missed one of the main points in the story.
Bioeconomy — it can't be looked up in the dictionary. And while Gov. Jennifer Granholm and MSU President Lou Anna K.