The state House and Senate are currently considering two new higher education budget bills for Michigan's 15 public universities, which would modestly increase funding for MSU.
MSU students with depleting bank accounts due to tuition now have more support in preventing a tuition increase or even lowering it. The Green & White Political Action Committee is an independent committee not affiliated with the university. The committee will give the money they raise to state policy makers who support MSU, in hopes of persuading them to provide more state funding for the university, said Gary Naeyaert, an organizer of the Green & White PAC. The committee also provides necessary information on its issues or goals to state legislators to show them how state funding benefits students, Naeyaert said. If the group is successful in making its voice heard at the Capitol, it would be beneficial to students. "We hope it means an end to double-digit tuition increases that'll hit every student in their pocketbook," Naeyaert said.
The East Lansing City Council will hold a meeting at 7:30 p.m. tonight in Courtroom two of 54-B District Court, 101 Linden St.
Senior Mike Palmer and junior Mark Langlois will compete in the Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Sacramento, Calif., starting Wednesday. There are 27 athletes entered in the competition, 20 of them qualified based on their regional marks and the other seven will compete based on scores from earlier in the season. Both Palmer and Langlois are in the tournament because of their performances in the regional competition. Palmer had a vault of 17 feet, 3/4 inches, which puts him in 20th place going into the competition, and teammate Langlois enters the field with a mark of 16 feet, 7 1/4 inches, which ranks him in a tie for the 26th spot. MSU has had two previous All-American pole vaulters.
The MSU hockey team announced in late May that they named former Spartans player Rob Woodward as volunteer assistant coach for the upcoming season. "I believe Rob will be a good fit for our program," MSU head coach Rick Comley said in a written statement.
Redshirt junior Mickie Rzepka will compete in the pole vault for the MSU women's track and field team at this year's NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Sacramento, Calif., on Thursday.
The U.S. Supreme Court did a huge disservice to the American people Monday by ruling to allow the prosecution of medical cannabis. The 6-3 decision means that the 10 states in which voters balloted for the right to prescribe, use and cultivate cannabis for medical purposes have no legal, federal right to do so.
Kevin Freeman, who has been homeless since March, said he's on his way to getting back on his feet thanks to the New Hope Day Center, but soon the facility might close. "(The shelter) has been such a godsend and such a blessing," he said. The 31-year-old said he uses the homeless shelter for meals, employment help and a place to relax. On July 1, the shelter, 430 N.
Good acting is essential in order to make a box-office hit - and this movie had that and then some. "Lords of Dogtown" is a dramatic but awesomely good film with top-notch music, skating and, of course, girls.
I find the fact that Michigan is even fighting the dumping of Canadian trash within its boundaries proof that politicians are examples of the "Peter Principle," which states that a person is promoted to the height of their incompetence.
Despite recent controversy surrounding recruiting and the national drop in military recruits, the Lansing area recruitment stations are thriving. The U.S.
Wrestling has always been part of Nick Simmons' life. The MSU wrestler didn't discover the sport in junior high or high school like many kids.
One hundred fifty years ago, when MSU was still known as Michigan Agricultural College, students were required to perform manual labor as a part of their education. This summer, an anthropology class is carrying on that tradition of hands-on learning by excavating the building that those first students called home.
The Michigan Botanical Club will search for fungi that inhabit local natural areas Saturday. Those interested should meet at 10 a.m.
The momentum of moving part of MSU's College of Human Medicine to Grand Rapids hasn't slowed down despite the resignation of one of the school's key players, according to university officials. MSU began plans in early 2004 to move a portion of the medical school to Grand Rapids.
I'm fed up with helping lost pedestrians negotiate their way past the Sparty deconstruction. Poor old Sparty certainly deserves to live out his days in shelter, protected, like George W.
MSU Men's Golf senior Andrew Ruthkoski, sophomore Matt Harmon and freshman Ryan Brehm were chosen for the PING All-Midwest Region Team on Friday. All three are now eligible for the PING All-America team honors as selected by the American Golf Coaches Association of America. Harmon, Ruthkoski and Brehm played in all 11 events for the Spartans this season, recording the second, fourth and fifth lowest stroke averages in school history, respectively. Harmon led the team with a 72.53 stroke average, which was second only to former Spartan Eric Jorgensen's 72.00 average from 2002.
On Friday, MSU senior runner Nathan Egger and senior pole vaulter Mike Palmer were named to the 2005 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District IV University Division Men's Track and Field/Cross Country first team.
Tom Cooke, ("Questioning politicians is better memorial than blind patriotism" SN 6/2) feel free to ask questions, stand on a street corner and preach, rant and rave all you want.