MSU Trustee Donald Nugent refused to comment Wednesday on his company's involvement in the illegal dumping of industrial waste in a Benzie County gravel pit.
I am a Penn State alumnus and middle school counselor living near Raleigh, N.C. I visited MSU for the Penn State-MSU football game.
The Residence Halls Association and both assemblies of ASMSU will meet together for the first time tonight to discuss issues such as the independent commission reviewing the April 2-3 disturbances, water quality and campus recycling. Members of RHA and ASMSU, MSU's undergraduate student government, will hold the meeting at 7 p.m.
FarmHouse Fraternity members, when faced with having their home destroyed in the planned East Village redevelopment, did something surprising. The East Village Master Plan is aimed at transforming the area into more apartments and businesses.
It's the most wonderful, er, stressful time of the year for college students. Finals week is always a time of revelation for us — we realize how much easier life would be if we hadn't been using our textbooks as coasters all year. But don't let the rigors of it all turn you into a Scrooge.
By Michael Steigmeyer Special for The State News A plan to move a Lansing Board of Water & Light building to an East Lansing park is being reconsidered despite a city advising commission's reservations.
More than 10,000 books, boxes of school supplies and backpacks were donated last month to a Mississippi school district hit by Hurricane Katrina, after an MSU student adopted the district. Through her organization called Heart 2 Heart, elementary education senior Michelle Buffa collected donations at drives held at local libraries and schools, and at her hometown school in Grand Blanc.
Members of ASMSU's Academic Assembly will vote tonight on a bill asking the Academic Governance system to look into the actions of MSU police during the April 2-3 disturbances. MSU police did not play a significant role in the independent commission that reviewed the disturbances, said Derek Wallbank, independent commission member and College of Communication Arts and Sciences representative for ASMSU's Student Assembly. Since the MSU police did not attend independent commission meetings as did the East Lansing Police Department and the Michigan State Police, the MSU department should be reviewed by a university body, Wallbank said. The bill calls for the Executive Committee of Academic Council to create a committee of students, faculty, MSU police and administrators to investigate the department's actions concerning the disturbances and the commission. "If one wants a review of what MSU police did, one will have to get a review through Michigan State University," Wallbank said. The MSU Board of Trustees has control of the MSU police, and the Executive Committee of Academic Council makes recommendations to the board. "We can have an unbiased and impartial body who can sort through the facts and see what happened on April 2 and find out perhaps why (MSU police) weren't as involved in the April 2 commission as some other police organizations," said Robert Murphy, Academic Assembly chairperson. Academic Assembly plans to vote on the bill after the joint ASMSU and Residence Halls Association meeting tonight.
The future of a $17 million addition to the Chemistry Building will be decided by the MSU Board of Trustees at its meeting Friday. Plans for the addition have been delayed while officials determine whether the project meets the university's zoning requirements.
Chris Savage's entry: "Why is the sky blue?" The teacher sends a webpage showing light scattered by atmospheric molecules onto the screens set into her students' desks. As she answers the young girl's question, a colorful, animated scene plays out, graphically depicting the process. One hearing-disabled student hears his teacher's words transmitted wirelessly from a discrete microphone on her lapel to tiny hearing aids in his ears. Another student with diminished eyesight sees the animation on a larger, high-contrast screen. Different students, different learning styles, different needs, different teaching approaches. Technology in the classroom can make this happen simultaneously, seamlessly and effectively.
I am a Penn State junior, and drove eight hours with my friends to support our team in East Lansing during the MSU-Penn State game.
What is going on in Michigan? A study done by the FBI of 2004 crime statistics found Michigan ranked as the third worst in the country in hate crimes, despite the fact Michigan ranks only 6th in total population. Michigan was behind California and New Jersey. We didn't see this one coming. Here we are in the Midwest, a place many people think of as full of people who are tolerant.
This letter is in response to recent attacks against affirmative action and groups who support the anti-affirmative action legislation called MCRI, or Michigan Civil Rights Initiative.
Music happenings Tonight: Bear Vs. Shark, Ari Ari, Eyes Like Knives, Letters in Binary play Mac's Bar, 2700 E.
Mayor-elect Virg Bernero said he will have the most diverse cabinet Lansing has seen, despite an all-white council in his first year in office. "I'm committed to celebrating all the wonderful cultures and ethnic variety in the community," Bernero said.
Amazing. Amazing and wonderful and incredible! In the midst of plant closings and terrible economic news, the Coalition of Labor Organizations at MSU has done it again.
After reading Mayor Mark Meadows' statement on the April 2-3 disturbances, one thing seems obvious: Meadows would rather play politics than do his job. He defends his lack of a conclusion into the matter by laying out all definitions of the word "blame." According to him, the disturbances were everyone's fault and no one's fault. Meadows blames the students for throwing rocks at officers.
The semester is almost finished, so it's time to start planning for winter break. Why sit around watching TV when you have the opportunity to experience a little culture?
If MSU senior wrestling captain R.J. Boudro noticed one thing that stands out about the team this season, it's discipline.
Lansing's Old Town is in the midst of its holiday celebration with events aimed at bringing people of all ages to the area and its businesses. "It's an opportunity for MSU students to sneak away from East Lansing and see that this area has a lot more to offer than they think," said Jamie Schriner-Hooper, executive director of the Old Town Commercial Association. The celebration, "Holidays in Old Town," started on Dec.