Sex toys and a gorilla-masked mannequin are a few of the stranger things manager Tim Knightfound while doing dorm room cleaning. "The mannequin scared the living daylights out of you because you thought something with a hairy face was behind you," he said. Many students could not fit everything they have acquired throughout the year into the bags and boxes Mom and Dad brought to them in the spring.
MSU's budget and tuition rates for the 2005-06 school year are waiting on one thing - the state's long budgetary process in Lansing, university officials said. Next month, the university will set its tuition rates for the new school year, but MSU Board of Trustees member David Porteous said the board is at a standstill until the state determines its higher-education funding for its 15 public universities. At this point, Porteous said it would be "premature and impossible" to predict what is in store for MSU's tuition rates.
After about a year of construction, IM Sports-West opened the doors to a brand new fitness and exercise area on Monday and is offering free visits to MSU community members until Friday. The room is 12,000 square feet and features more than 180 new weight and cardiovascular machines for students, faculty, staff and alumni to use. Weight machines are positioned on the large first floor, and cardiovascular machines are on the second balcony level - a far cry from the small fitness room with dated machines IM Sports-West used to have. Most of the machines in the previous fitness room are from the 1970s, and there were few cardiovascular options, IM Sports-West intern and kinesiology senior Greg Haverlock said. Among the new equipment are 24 elliptical running machines and 24 treadmills, and each machine features a personal TV screen.
The Michigan Senate passed a bill Thursday that regulates the sale of products containing ingredients found in cold and allergy medications, even though this year's allergy season seems to be worse than usual. "It will restrict the sale of ephedrine and pseudoephedrine as the sole active ingredient in cold medications," said Amanda Price, legislative aide to Sen.
The Center for Yoga will hold a free yoga class from 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday in Studio 1, 1780 E.
Impression 5 Science Center will present Recycle Art Super Saturday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday at the center, 200 Museum Drive in Lansing.
Finally, one of the largest free-standing ceramic statues in the world, also an icon of our university, has been moved to a more practical location. The nearly 10-foot sculpture of Sparty has been situated at the intersection of Kalamazoo Street and Red Cedar Road and Chestnut Road since 1945.
East Lansing resident Amy Moore planned early Monday and packed up her two children for their morning commute to work.
A cancer support program, "TLC-A Day for Me!", will be held from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Saturday at Ele's Place, 1145 W.
Playing the game "telephone" can be fun, but can you even imagine using the game as the basis to write an article with the potential to be read around the world?
From a critical standpoint, the term "unbiased" should always be taken with a grain of salt.
"Grease," the musical, will be at 8 p.m. June 3 and will run through June 5 at the Wharton Center.
The 16th annual "All Trades Softball Tournament" will take place at 9 a.m on Saturday and Sunday in Gier Park in Lansing. The fund-raiser, sponsored by the Michigan State Building and Construction Trades Council, has eighteen teams made up of construction workers.
The independent commission reviewing the April 2-3 disturbances discussed on Monday critiquing MSU's celebration policies and bringing in a panel of psychologists to help understand a riot mentality. Among the suggestions were creating a space where students and community members could safely gather after a sporting event, said Joe Tuchinsky, a member of the commission and the American Civil Liberties Union. MSU officials worked to keep people off campus following the men's basketball team's loss to the University of North Carolina, when a police estimated crowd of about 3,000 people flooded into the Cedar Village area and downtown.
Lansing - Down one run in the bottom of the seventh inning, the Lansing Lugnuts finally broke through against Wisconsin starting pitcher Jason Snyder, scoring three runs en route to a 5-3 win Monday night. "We do give up runs early, but these guys come back.
During finals week, nearly 1,500 campus bike riders discovered bright orange tags on their bikes, issued by the MSU Department of Police and Public Safety.
The Michiana Intergalactic Bead & Jewelry Show will be from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at the Lansing Center, 333 E.
After 29 years away from the campus where Kim Wilcox started his college career, he could be returning. Wilcox, who is currently the dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Kansas, was recommended as MSU's next provost, pending the MSU Board of Trustees approval.
Only two years ago, the thought of stepping into a church was enough to send Christopher Greene-Szmadzinski into a panic attack. With a racing heart and clammy hands, he would often stand outside the church doors unable to breathe and unable to enter. He said he experienced paralyzing fears that people, "acting in the name of God," would hate him because he is gay. "It was horrible," the 2004 MSU graduate said.
Summer is a strange time of year - what once was a season of carefree fun is now a time to work, move and learn how to adapt to life without the company of close friends.