Gateway Community Services closed due to a $70,000 budget shortfall. Most likely more than 1,600 people will not be able to get the necessary health care.
Mr. President, congratulations. This week you took a big step toward putting on your big-boy pants: You admitted to a mistake.
D. Harlan Wilson puts his own twist on surrealism when writing novels. Using a blend of satire, dark fiction and dream-like environments, Wilson literally creates worlds of his own. Wilson, a visiting assistant professor of English, started out writing poetry but made the switch to fiction writing at age 25, after beginning his master's degree in English at the University of Massachusetts-Boston.
Violence erupts everywhere. In many cases, it's out of society's control. There are bad people willing to do bad things.
The ballots have been ordered and the city of Lansing is preparing for another election season. City Clerk Debbie Miner said the city is ready to handle the voter turnout, even if it is greater than the city has projected. "It is going to work out very well," Miner said.
Gary Wood has dreamed of having a paperless advising system for the last 10 years, but it wasn't until the Undergraduate University Division teamed up with the Office of the Registrar that his dream became a reality. Students in three MSU colleges will no longer have to lug an academic folder across campus when meeting with an adviser, following the creation of the Electronic Student Academic Folder, a program designed to eliminate paper in the advising system. "We had wanted a paperless system for a number of reasons," said Wood, coordinator of the Undergraduate University Division's office in Bessey Hall.
A national system tracking abuse of international student visas recently reported thousands of violations, but MSU officials said the problem isn't here. The program, known as the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System, or SEVIS, became a requirement for universities following the Sept.
The Capital Area Transportation Authority will acquire up to 15 fresh replacement buses, new destination signs and improvements to its administrative facility because of a federal grant of more than $1.4 million. Sandy Draggoo, executive director of CATA, said the organization applied for the grant for the fiscal year of 2005.
The Michigan Battered Women's Clemency Project is holding a rally titled "For Women Prisoners Who Never Received Fair Trials" at noon on Oct.
Researchers say not as many people are paying attention to the West Nile virus, despite findings that it caused two recent Michigan deaths. "There's less enthusiasm compared to the last few years," said Jon Patterson, veterinary pathologist at the Diagnostic Center for Population and Animal Health at MSU. "People realize West Nile virus is here and we have to live with it," Patterson said.
There's a first time for everything and tonight MSU volleyball head coach Cathy George will see first-hand just how deep the rivalry is between Michigan and the Spartans.
On Tuesday, MSU's campus was the backdrop for a Sundance Channel series featuring the life of an MSU student. T.J.
A pair of bills introduced into the Michigan House of Representatives could allow the use of deadly force for self defense by someone who feels their life is threatened, without later facing criminal charges. "What this specifically does is codify and statue what has been case law in Michigan," said Rep.
City officials unanimously voted Tuesday evening against recommendations from T-Mobile and Cingular Wireless to construct two separate cell phone towers on East Grand River Avenue and Trowbridge Road. East Lansing City Council members felt that not enough information was provided to make a decision and asked for different locations to be considered.
An identity theft workshop will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. today in the third-floor conference room at the Nisbet Building, 1407 S.
Saturday, Oct. 1 is slated as the first test of a new policy permitting the sale of alcohol inside premium seating areas of Spartan Stadium, a practice that is becoming more common in schools around the Big Ten Conference. Nine of the 11 universities in the Big Ten, including MSU, now allow some sort of drinking in sections of their stadiums. The policy, approved by the MSU Board of Trustees on Friday, permits patrons with tickets to the stadium's newly added luxury suites and club seating to purchase beer and wine by the glass starting two hours before the game.
It's a beautiful thing when you can't stop laughing about a play well after the curtain has closed. "King O' the Moon," performed by BoarsHead Theatre, hit the mark that distinguishes truly great theater from the ordinary. The play is set in July 1969 and the Pazinski children, who are growing into adults, are feeling national and international events in their own lives - the first man on the moon, the Vietnam War and changing moral standards. "King O' the Moon" is the follow-up play to "Over The Tavern," which was performed by the theater last September and again in May.
Aspiring MSU comedians gathered in the Union's Ohio State Room on Tuesday night, hoping to extract a chorus of belly laughs from a University Activities Board judging panel. The comedians were auditioning for a slot in the upcoming "Last Spartan Standing" competition, the MSU version of the "Last Comic Standing" NBC television series.
Construction workers drilling on Dormitory Road near Snyder and Phillips halls hit a gas line at about noon on Tuesday, causing a gas leak that kept running for roughly five hours. "It just shoots out because it's forced gas," said Lt.
From Dairy Queen manager to "America's Next Top Model" might not seem like a stroll down the catwalk.