With about two weeks left to decide who to vote for during the Nov. 8 East Lansing City Council election, the four candidates will meet on campus tonight to answer questions at a student-organized forum. ASMSU is hosting the event, which is at 7 p.m.
Dressed in a full-body wetsuit, neon green board shorts and flip-flops, zoology freshman Ryan O'Hagan heaved out the first of 28 bikes salvaged from the Red Cedar River during the fall river cleanup event hosted by the Fisheries & Wildlife Club on Sunday. The bike O'Hagan found was falling apart, its wheels had no spokes and it was covered in mud. Other items found in the river include thong underwear, three tables, a Target shopping cart, a bike rack with two bikes attached, a fire extinguisher, three purses, two vacuums and two wallets. One of the purses was still intact with everything in it, so someone called the owner and she came to pick it up, said fisheries and wildlife junior Chris Homeister. "You never know what you're going to find," said Homeister, also a member of the Fisheries & Wildlife Club and an event coordinator. Students started arriving at around 9:30 a.m.
Ann Arbor — I left Saturday's hockey game against Michigan feeling a little empty. Maybe even a little unsatisfied. And it wasn't because I was disappointed by the Spartans' performance — far from it.
A fire Sunday night at the Michigan Athletic Club, 2900 Hannah Blvd., was probably started by dryers in a locker room, officials said. Officials said no one was treated for any injuries, and were not sure exactly how much damage was done to the building. A locker room attendant said he went to remove towels from the dryer and found the fire inside the dryer.
In its final two home games of the season, the MSU women's soccer team earned a close win over Minnesota, but fell to undefeated Penn State to close out the weekend. The Spartans (10-4-4 overall, 6-2-1 Big Ten) pitched a 1-0 shutout to the Golden Gophers on Friday, but were in turn shut out by the No.
I hear a lot of complaints about how MSU is no longer the great party school it once was. Tailgate has been restricted.
Deploying less tear gas and having officers dress in plain clothes are some of the suggestions made by the independent commission reviewing the April 2-3 disturbances in a draft report released Friday. The group is preparing to release a complete draft report to the public before its Oct.
Northwestern scored 21 unanswered first-half points en route to a 49-14 blowout win over the Spartans on Saturday's Homecoming. "They played much harder and much better than we did," MSU head coach John L.
Three firefighters were injured and a home was destroyed when a fire started on Oakhill Ave. on Friday evening, and officers are investigating the cause. The residents, a couple whose neighbors said lived in the home for 35 years, were uninjured.
After eight days of a study-in protest in the Administration Building, Darius Peyton left a changed person.
As of Oct. 10, 2,161 coalition soldiers have lost their lives in Iraq. And the number of dead will almost certainly continue to rise.
With a big game against No. 1 Michigan coming up this Saturday, the MSU hockey team wasn't found on the ice Thursday night. Instead, head coach Rick Comley canceled practice and took the team bowling. Comley's doing whatever he can to take the pressure off the Spartans (2-0-0 overall) before they travel to Yost Ice Arena to face the Wolverines on Saturday at 7:35 p.m. Last year, the Spartans played two games against U-M at Yost, losing one and tying the other. "They always have a dynamic team that's very good offensively, so we have to play very well," Comley said. Michigan is led by juniors Matt Hunwick and T.J.
The Residence Halls Association takes in about $320,000 per semester in student tax dollars and uses this money for hall governments and most RHA programs on campus, including Campus Center Cinemas in Wells Hall and movie rental offices. The about 15,000 students who live in the dorms pay the Residence Halls Association, or RHA, $22 per semester. "The tax money is our main source (of income), and the majority of the money goes to programs for students," RHA Comptroller Bobby Codd said. Owen Graduate Hall is the only dorm where residents are not required to pay the tax, Codd said.
The MSU Board of Trustees unanimously approved the use of surplus state funding to assist financial aid programs, the creation of a new residential college and a plan to demolish and redevelop the University Village apartments, at Friday's meeting. Administrators recommended $1.6 million in unexpected state funds be distributed into several financial aid programs for students from low-income families. "There is no more critical need (than financial aid)," Trustee David Porteous said, adding that although the university needs investment in areas such as infrastructure maintenance, making sure students have the means to graduate is more important. After months of planning and meetings, the proposal for a new residential college in the arts and humanities is set to open in Snyder and Phillips halls in 2007. A group of students and faculty have met for several months to discuss plans, curriculum and the overall environment they want to see for the new residential college. "I want to compliment the work of this group of scholars," Trustee Dee Cook said.
Five MSU supervisors were recognized throughout the last two weeks for being dedicated to their employees. The MSU Supervisor Recognition Award was started five years ago as a way to recognize supervisors on campus who have made a difference in their employees' lives, said Lori Strom, Family Resource Center coordinator.
No. 22 MSU vs. Northwestern Fish: After a boneheaded coaching error that undoubtedly cost the Spartans the win in Columbus, Ohio, they find themselves 4-2 and face the possibility of going to 1-3 in the Big Ten if they fall to Northwestern. That's scary considering a favorable 4-0 start and talk about a Big Ten title. With the Wildcats coming to town, MSU faces an opponent that might not have looked incredibly worthy at the beginning of the season.
I think we all need to stand up and give Matt Eckenrode a round of applause. His response to my recent column, "People don't disagree with war to be trendy, they care about lives lost" (SN 10/6), perfectly exemplifies the ignorance and hypocrisy that is the pro-war movement. Let's start off with the Downing Street Memo.
I'm writing in response to Mike Ramsey's editorial cartoon with the text, "You've got a great career in politics ahead of ya, kid!" (SN 10/14) directed at ASMSU. For those of us who have had to take a math class in our time here at MSU, I just wanted to let you know that $500 more dollars that ASMSU spent on their retreat this year, divided by approximately 45,000 students who pay ASMSU taxes equals about 1 cent per person.
Shoes of all shapes and sizes were lined up on steps on the corner of Grand Avenue and Saginaw Street on Thursday with one mission: to spread the message about the number of people affected by domestic violence. The display was called "Walk a Mile in These Shoes" and was put on by EVE, Inc. or End Violent Encounters.
I am amazed at the number of students who have written into the State News in anger about police Capt.