Michigan residents are becoming more aware of their state's unhealthy status, according to a recent survey. A majority, or 57 percent, of residents gave the overall health of Michiganians a poor rating.
Jason Bucholz, ASMSU's association director, and Tahera Sakarwala, ASMSU's vice chairperson for student programming, are resigning at the end of the semester. Students interested in applying for the association director position should apply by 5 p.m.
MSU officials hope to teach 100 first-year medical students in Grand Rapids by 2010, but first they need to find the faculty who will provide both the knowledge and financial base for the planned school. Last week, stakeholders in an expansion of MSU's College of Human Medicine to west Michigan announced their intention to create a new four-year medical school in Grand Rapids, a move that would roughly double the college's enrollment to about 200 students per class. A similar growth in the size of the college's faculty will be necessary to facilitate the new program. In order to teach second-year students — something the college hopes to do as early as 2008 — stakeholders have projected that the equivalent of about 12 full-time teaching faculty will be needed.
The death of Jo Mendi is a poignant reminder of why these social and intelligent primates don't belong in captivity, "Chimps mourn departed friend" (SN 11/16). Chimpanzees love, they grieve, they get neurotic, they become frustrated in the extreme by their inability to make any choices in their lives of confinement.
The cartoon done by Mike Ramsey for Veterans Day was quite offensive, but just as offensive is that The State News is hiding behind the First Amendment, "Your right" (SN 11/15) instead of addressing the tastelessness and immaturity that exists in most of Ramsey's cartoons. Don't hide behind the First Amendment, because it does not apply to your situation.
Members of ASMSU's Academic Assembly want to see a new academic integrity code and recognition for multiple majors on their degrees added to university policy. The assembly unanimously passed two bills last week to urge the Academic Governance system to work on implementing these ideas.
Dear Dr D., I just had two questions for you. The first one relates to the BAC — What exactly is it?
The auto industry has been struggling and job opportunities seem to be disappearing for college graduates. It seems odd that as the major automakers hit the brakes, MSU has created a partnership for a new $10 million auto lab on campus.
Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii — Maurice Ager's two 3-pointers at the start of the second half put MSU up by 11, and the No.
With its huge windows and red lighted sign towering above Grand River Avenue, Powerhouse Gym seems to have an advantage over other second-floor businesses.
For more than five years, I have read letters in The State News from students arguing that loud parties are to be expected and nonstudent neighbors who dislike them should stop complaining, because they knew what they were getting into when they chose their house.
A reception was held Monday to celebrate a newly acquired space in Erickson Hall and the continuation of a partnership in math and science education. Former classroom space on the second floor of the hall has been remodeled to house the Center for Research in Mathematics and Science Education, which has been spread throughout campus since 2003. Promoting Rigorous Outcomes in Mathematics and Science Education, or PROM/SE, is an initiative to better K-12 science and mathematics education in a five-year research effort, funded by a $35 million National Science Foundation agreement. PROM/SE is one of the many different efforts housed in the center, reaching out to 62 school districts across Michigan and Ohio.
A visit to (SCENE) Metrospace could trigger patrons' childhood memories of a circus or carnival, complete with a cotton candy machine, dangling balloons and fanciful music. "Cir·cus/Car·ni·val" opened Friday at the gallery, 303 Abbott Road, to a full crowd of eager art lovers and will run through Jan.
Mike Ramsey is a talented political cartoonist; the best The State News has had since I was a freshman. But on Veterans Day, he made a mistake.
Sparty, Earvin "Magic" Johnson and former MSU basketball player Chris Hill have all visited Skyline Hair Design. But many others have never heard of the salon. While it towers above the busy sidewalks of East Lansing's downtown, it goes unseen to many students and residents that fail to look up. It's a common problem among the nearly 30 businesses that have escaped high rent by going upstairs.
It was a somber Monday for Lansing-area GM operations. In the morning, Chris Sherwood, president of United Auto Workers Local 652, received a call from a General Motors, or GM, personnel director informing him that the Lansing Township GM metal center, which employs about 1,000 United Auto Workers, or UAW, members, would be shut down. Twenty minutes later, GM chairman and CEO Rick Wagoner announced a massive restructuring plan for the automaker in a speech at its Detroit headquarters.
Business: Gibson's Book Store MSU, 128 W. Grand River Ave. in East Lansing Name: Dave Poquette, 49, owner Time with business: Poquette's grandfather, Walter Gibson, opened the store in 1955 and Poquette took charge in the mid-1980s. Background: Poquette grew up in East Lansing and now lives in DeWitt.
Enerficiency has a perfect home a story above the sidewalk of Grand River Avenue. Its co-owner, Douglas Black, knows he'd have more walk-in clients if he was on the first floor, but location isn't his top concern. "My clients don't come to me, I go to them," Black said.
I was completely appalled when I read the "Oh, that war" (SN 11/08) editorial. How is a newspaper that puts in the sometimes nine-plus pages of football coverage going to blame the media for people's ignorance? If The State News thinks the media should cover Afghanistan instead of "whatever is happening most recently," then The State News should start with itself. Don't you think the enormous pullout football section and meager, often absent, Nation & World page might contribute to the skewed ignorance of college students? It boggles me how a college that has one of the top five international relations programs in the country cannot put out a newspaper that promotes international awareness. How about daily government headlines to keep students informed or at least a consistent Nation & World page?