Burning couches and dispersed tear-gas canisters will forever remain engraved in the memory of former East Lansing City Councilmember Bill Sharp. "The on-going unrest between the students and townsfolk really bothers me," he said.
The American Red Cross is asking Michigan residents to give blood during the holiday season. According to a press release from the Red Cross, eligible blood donors can help save the lives of up to three people and help stop the decrease in blood collections that occurs around the holidays. Okemos Community Church, 4734 Okemos Road, will host a blood drive from 8 a.m.
Representatives from MSU, Ford Motor Co. and General Motors Corp. broke ground on a $10 million automotive and energy research facility on campus Friday. The 29,000-square-foot Energy & Automotive Research Laboratories, where students and faculty will research more efficient engines and fuel sources, will be located at the corner of Service Road and Bogue Street. Vance Zanardelli, chief engineer for Ford's hydrogen internal combustion engine, was one of 10 people who donned hard hats to officially break the ground for the new facility, which is set to be completed next summer. Ford, GM, Consumers Energy, the MSU provost's office, the College of Engineering and individual donors helped fund the facility. The lab will include two indoor testing rooms that will allow researchers to examine how engines and vehicles function with outdoor road conditions, said Harold Schock, a mechanical engineering professor and director of the existing Automotive Research Experiment Station, located at 3361 Hulett Road in Okemos. The experiment station will move to the new on-campus facility. "The idea is to develop and improve technology that will be implemented in automobiles and trucks," Schock said.
"Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" was exceptional and to criticize it is just nitpicking.
Cramps? What cramps? The No. 12 MSU men's basketball team shook the leg cramps that plagued it in its season opener and used a strong second half to defeat Chaminade, 89-67, in the opening round of the EA Sports Maui Invitational on Monday. Just two days after being manhandled by unranked Hawaii, the Spartans (1-1) came out sluggish again against the Silverswords, trailing by a point with 4:27 left in the first half. But a late surge put MSU up by six at halftime, and a 10-0 run early in the second half widened the Spartans' lead.
Downtown Lansing was a blur of festive lights Friday night as "Silver Bells in the City" embarked upon its 21st year.
The lights dimmed down as the last lyrics played in the Boyz II Men song "End of the Road," but the applause for Drag King Rebellion kept going. Five members of Drag King Rebellion, or DKR, a group that calls itself a gender performance troupe, bowed as they finished their "Greatest Hits" show Friday night at Club 505, 505 E.
MSU's College of Human Medicine will expand its presence in Grand Rapids, but a number of question marks remain in the proposed plan. Stakeholders in the project announced their intention to create a four-year medical school in west Michigan on Wednesday — a plan that would roughly double the size of the college, move the dean's office to Grand Rapids and necessitate the construction of a new building to house the school. Exactly where that building would be located has yet to be announced.
MSU's College of Human Medicine will expand its presence in Grand Rapids, but a number of question marks remain in the proposed plan. On Wednesday, stakeholders in the project announced their intention to create a four-year medical school in west Michigan — a plan that would roughly double the size of the college, move the dean's office to Grand Rapids and necessitate the construction of a new building to house the school. Exactly where that building will be located has yet to be announced.
All the Spartans could do was watch as the final seconds ticked away in Saturday's 31-22 loss while No.
Despite losing its past three games, the No. 13 Spartans hockey team remains focused and upbeat about its chances to get back into the CCHA race as it prepares to meet last-place Western Michigan in a home-and-home series this weekend.
Bill Sharp is finally gone! He has been the plague of the city of East Lansing since his election in 1993.
Creativity in film is something that all directors strive to achieve. To flat out attack the film industry as Ryan McCormick did in "Originality becoming rare in Hollywood — what happened to real talent?" (SN 11/16) is both pointless and unsubstantiated.
In order to progress as a community, MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon said people must stop pointing fingers at each other when something goes wrong and use evidence to solve problems instead. Simon spoke to East Lansing residents on Thursday at the Hannah Community Center, 819 Abbott Road, as part of a speaker series hosted by the East Lansing Prime Time Seniors Program.
With four games remaining in its Big Ten regular season, the MSU volleyball team is hoping for a fairy tale ending. The Spartans (12-14 overall, 5-11 Big Ten) have been struggling to find their groove, but a win over Indiana last weekend showed they're not giving up on the season just yet. The Spartans will look to continue their success on the road when they take on Northwestern (16-10, 7-9) and nationally-ranked Wisconsin (19-6, 1-5) this weekend. MSU beat Northwestern in five sets back on Oct.
Last Saturday morning, my roommates and I were driving down Harrison when one of us wondered aloud why the flags at Kellogg Center were flying at half-mast. "It's because the Spartan football team is playing today," someone quipped. I laughed, but inside, I was crying. I mean, doesn't it seem like just weeks ago that MSU was undefeated and everyone thought they were the greatest thing since Facebook? (What's that?
He's been on the Penn State coaching staff for 56 years, 40 of those as head coach. His tenure spans 11 presidential administrations.
Quarterback The Spartans' offense has been less than impressive lately, unable to put points up on statistically bad defenses.
With the first dusting of snow Wednesday, a Lansing overnight shelter run by Volunteers of America had to have six men sleep on the floor because the shelter was full. "You get a higher demand," said Patrick Patterson, vice president of Lansing operations for Volunteers of America.
Having transferred from a school that used the paper and pen method of homework delivery and having worked as a physics teaching assistant here at MSU, I decided to write in response to Lindsey Poisson's column, "Online program more painful than helpful, students all around suffer" (SN 11/04). The column exemplifies the common student position of hating the player rather than the game regarding Learning Online Network Computer-Assisted Personalized Approach, or LON-CAPA. Submitting answers via LON-CAPA is not intended to replace going to class, reading the book or working out problems step-by-step on paper.