Ten to 15 gallons of gas spilled at the Speedway gas station at Abbott and Lake Lansing roads on Sunday after the driver of a Plymouth Sundance backed into a pump.
Under a new spending agreement reached in the state Legislature, MSU is expected to receive a 0.4 percent increase in state funding for the upcoming fiscal year. The agreement eliminates the former possibility of budget cuts to state universities, but it might not be significant enough for MSU students to see a tuition refund, said MSU Board of Trustees member Donald Nugent. "What's happened in this compromise (is) the money's been distributed to who's not performing," he said.
Michigan's top legislators and Gov. Jennifer Granholm have reached an agreement about spending levels for the 2006 state budget. Universities statewide will not receive any cuts in funding and have $14 million in additional funds that will be allocated later this year, said Greg Bird, spokesman for the Office of the State Budget. "There will be universities that will receive more funding," he said.
Any questions about the effectiveness of the restructured intersection in front of the new bronze Sparty statue on campus have officially been put to rest, civil and environmental engineering Associate Professor Tom Maleck said. "Whatever problem there was, it went away," said Maleck, who wrapped up a traffic study at the new intersection of Kalamazoo Street and Red Cedar and Chestnut roads last week. Maleck, who works with the MSU Department of Police and Public Safety on traffic issues, said he was asked to conduct the study at the new intersection by MSU deputy police Chief Mike Rice.
It was another banner day for the MSU offense. Junior quarterback Drew Stanton threw for 301 yards and three touchdowns and freshman running back Javon Ringer, seeing increased playing time due to the suspension of senior running back Jason Teague, ran for three scores as the MSU football team routed Hawaii 42-14. "I'm pleased with our guys," MSU head coach John L.
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It's a chance for redemption for the MSU defense. After allowing 536 yards of total offense in last season's 41-38 loss to Hawaii, the Spartans are determined not to let that happen again. "We all know what happened," MSU sophomore linebacker Kaleb Thornhill said.
MSU has agreed to play a pair of neutral-site men's basketball games with Texas Tech, including one at Ford Field, the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal reports. The Spartans will play in Dallas on Dec.
The Executive Leadership Series will hold the first of five sessions at 6:30 p.m. Sunday in the Union's Green Room. The series, sponsored by the Department of Student Life, is intended to further develop leadership skills in students.
A new television series, "The American Civil Liberties Union Freedom Files," will be shown in eight Michigan cities.
Quarterback Hawaii now takes to running a two quarterback system after the loss of Timmy Chang. Tyler Graunke and Colt Brennan both are expected to see significant playing time as they did last week against Southern Cal. Graunke is the more mobile of the two, as he rushed for 43 yards and avoided being sacked.
The Sept. 11 terrorist attacks created the need for communities to be prepared for any large scale disasters, East Lansing police Chief Tom Wibert said. "Since 2001, several of us have participated in more tabletop exercises than we can count," he said. These exercises consist of area law enforcement officials gathering in conference rooms and working their way through fictional situations, Wibert said. From statewide efforts to neighborhood meetings, local law enforcement agencies and medical personnel from across the nation are training to handle large-scale emergencies.
After hearing about a fundraising campaign for Hurricane Katrina victims that's spread to 14 schools across the country, Hazel Atienza decided to get MSU involved in the effort. The chemistry freshman started the MSU chapter of the Blow-a-Kiss campaign with the help of some friends, the Facebook Web site and advertisements posted around campus. Grace Kim, a student at Rutgers University in Newark, N.J., started the campaign after she saw news coverage on television. "I found it horrifying, I started crying because it was so awful and I was completely traumatized that the government wasn't doing much," Kim said. She decided selling T-shirts would be a good way to raise money and named the project the Blow-a-Kiss campaign because it's optimistic and hopeful. "It's just a very happy little thing that can bring light to a horrible situation," she said. At MSU, Atienza is selling Blow-a-Kiss T-shirts for $12, with proceeds going to the American Red Cross. "In addition to giving money, you also get a shirt out of it," she said.
When Don Boehly, 50, traveled into East Lansing by bicycle on Friday, he wasn't just headed to the store or to a class on campus.
MSU student section, show some respect for yourselves, for others and for your university. The band is not trying to stop the "one, two, three, first down bitch" chant because we want to ruin your fun.
Journalists can not let the First Amendment be disregarded again. The Federal Emergency Management Agency's request not to take photos of dead hurricane victims cripples journalists' duty to accurately document what is happening in the affected areas.
"I didn't really pay any attention to it, but it looks nice and it's a nice addition.
After outscoring opponents 9-1 in its last three games, the MSU field hockey team looks to continue its success this weekend with home games against James Madison on Friday and St.
MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon said she expects MSU to be a model land-grant university for the 21st century and a leader among its peers. And she's set a timetable to make it happen. Simon's address Thursday in front of several hundred people opened the Sesquicentennial Academic Convocation, held to celebrate MSU's 150th anniversary. She announced her new "Boldness by Design" initiative - a series of strategic actions that include developing a new residential college and pushing the university's National Institutes of Health research funding past the $100 million mark by 2012. At the center of the initiative is a commitment that MSU will be recognized worldwide as the United States' leading land-grant university by 2012. There are more than 100 land-grant universities in the nation. "We are simply going to execute in a way that's unsurpassed in higher education," Simon said. She also outlined plans for increased university engagement in both local and global communities. "No region of the state can be left behind if we're going to be successful," she said.
The Spartans have been familiar with a passing style of offense since head coach John L. Smith took over three years ago.