The first week of the NFL season is upon us and that means the return of fantasy football. Here are a list of this week's studs, duds and sleepers. Studs: • QB Brett Favre, Green Bay at Detroit, 4:15 p.m.
Most people are exposed to small amounts of harmful chemicals every day, but MSU researchers will soon delve into the role people's genes play in developing Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, or ADHD. The researchers will use two grants, a total of more than $3 million, to conduct a study of children's behavior, environment and genetic makeup to determine possible correlations, said Joel Nigg, associate professor in the Department of Psychology and lead researcher in the study. "The genetics part is important, but it's not in a vacuum," Nigg said.
Lately it seems we're getting our music fix from TV shows rather than music videos. MTV plays better music as background for their slew of reality shows more than they do on "TRL" or "Direct Effect," which are virtually their only shows dedicated to playing music videos.
The sun set across the lawn beside the rock on Farm Lane as about 65 students, teachers and community members solemnly gathered for a university-sponsored candlelight vigil to honor the victims of Hurricane Katrina on Wednesday. "It's complicated, and it's sad," mechanical engineering senior Stephen Casey said. Casey, a transfer student from Tulane University in New Orleans and Holt native, was driving down to Tulane to begin his fall semester last week when he received word that Tulane's classes would be postponed, and then called off completely for at least the rest of the semester. Although Casey is now enrolled at MSU, he has friends he knows from Tulane that he is unable to make contact with. "The worst part is not knowing," Casey said. Casey said there is an online directory for Tulane students to remain in contact with one another. "I check it everyday," he said.
As a group that focuses on serving students - not only at MSU, but outside of the university - ASMSU's Academic Assembly unanimously passed a bill to honor and aid Hurricane Katrina victims as well as advocate taking in evacuated students at its Tuesday meeting.
After Troy Brya finished hugging his wife and two young children at Lansing's Capital City Airport on Wednesday night, the reality of his situation began to set in. In less than an hour, he and three other East Lansing firefighters would leave for at least the next 30 days to help with the devastation and confusion left by Hurricane Katrina. "All they said was plan on adverse conditions," East Lansing Fire Marshal Bob Pratt said.
MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon deviated from her prepared speech Thursday afternoon, but she stuck to the message as she laid out her plans for MSU's future in front of several hundred people in the Kellogg Center's Big Ten Room. Her address opened the Sesquicentennial Academic Convocation, held to celebrate MSU's 150th anniversary. After introductions by sesquicentennial committee Chairwoman Sue Carter and MSU Board of Trustees Chairman David Porteous, Simon announced her new "Boldness by Design" initiative - a series of strategic actions that include developing a new residential college and pushing MSU'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, which Simon stated directly in her speech. "We are simply going to execute in a way that's unsurpassed in higher education," she said. For more on this story, please see Friday's edition of The State News.
In response to Tali Hylen's letter "Students, city need better relationship" (SN 8/31), it is unacceptable that fellow students are vandalizing residents' homes. On behalf of the majority of MSU students, I would like to offer an apology to those East Lansing residents that have dealt with this embarrassing problem. What residents need to remember is that East Lansing is a "college town." If it makes you feel better to view East Lansing as more of a city and less of a college town, then feel free.
The sweet fragrance of hookah smoke fills the room as a group of people sit around the water pipe, holding small hoses as gray smoke from the flavored tobacco curls around their heads. This scene could be in a dark restaurant or a crammed dorm room in the middle of the afternoon.
As hundreds of people make their way to Lansing after losing their homes when Hurricane Katrina ravaged the south, St.
When friends come together to put on an art exhibit, the results can be groundbreaking. "The Buddy System," which opens Friday at (SCENE) Metrospace, promises to wow audiences. The exhibit is a collaboration of 14 local and state artists, as well as a wide variety of national artists. The idea for the exhibit was the brainchild of a group who met often to discuss art and unfinished pieces they were currently working on. "We would talk about them and critique them," said artist and 2000 MSU graduate Peter Richards. The exhibit originally opened at 555 Gallery/Studio in Detroit, 4884 Grand River Ave., a few months ago.
In the few years of being here I have experienced a wide array of racism - mostly indications of ignorance. While walking down Albert Avenue on Saturday night (8/27) during Welcome Weekend, my friend was stopped by a white male in FUBU clothes.
People interested in learning about legal issues including divorce, criminal and disability law will have the chance to listen local lawyers and professors beginning Sept.
The Spartan Marching Band is putting a new twist on recycling this fall. Every 10 years, the band orders new uniforms, leaving the old ones out of commission.
Zambonie is a foursome from Kalamazoo with 15 cleverly written pop-rock songs on their second full-length album, "The Beautiful Disaster," which is being released Tuesday. The first track, "Meadows & Straightjackets," could easily be compared to classic Weezer, clearly one of the band's influences.
American Red Cross volunteer Pam McHenry said she was not prepared for the experience of seeing the destruction caused by the wrath of Hurricane Katrina.
About 12 undergraduate students from hurricane-struck universities have come to MSU, and faculty members say they are working to make this move as smooth as possible for the transfer students. "The university, on many levels, has been on call to be of assistance to these students in really a time of need and transition," said Jim Cotter, MSU's senior associate director of admissions and scholarships. Since Hurricane Katrina hit last week, MSU faculty members have received inquiries from about 50 undergraduate students who attended schools in the affected area. There also are about a dozen graduate students who have shown interest in transferring, MSU Graduate School Dean Karen Klomparens said. Cotter and members of the admissions staff are trying to collect high school transcripts from freshmen who want to transfer out of the hardest-hit areas. Eight undergraduate students - seven from Tulane University and one from Loyola University New Orleans - with previous college credit from their respective universities are enrolled at MSU as lifelong education students, Cotter said. "Lifelong to some degree is a guest status, to provide an opportunity while their school is not available, but then eventually help them transition back to their home university," he said. An issue of concern to some students is getting financial aid for their new school and discontinuing loans for their previous ones, said Allesandra Lanza, marketing communications manager for American Student Assistance. The Boston-based organization is a federally funded nonprofit group, which helps students with loans.
Isaiah Dahlman, a 6-foot-6 swingman from Braham, Minn. has verbally agreed to play basketball with MSU starting next season. Dahlman, a senior in high school, averaged 28 points, six rebounds and five assists last season and led his team to a 33-0 record and the Minnesota Class 2A title. He is the first commitment MSU men's basketball head coach Tom Izzo has secured from the class of 2006. "He's definitely a top 100 player," said Chris Monter, midwest recruiting analyst for the recruiting service Collegebasketballnews.com.
Ah, Malibu. One of California's most beautiful cities. Or one of Chevrolet's most beautiful cars - old school, of course.
More than 30,000 volunteers will be out this weekend collecting litter on Michigan highways. The volunteers, are a part of the Michigan Department of Transportation's Adopt-A-Highway program. Officials from the department expect 30,000 bags of trash to be collected this fall.