In one provost candidate's opinion, a university provost must be a leader and a cheerleader. "University administration has to facilitate aspirations," said Uday Sukhatme, the third of five provost candidates to visit MSU.
Until April 16, I used to love Beaner's Gourmet Coffee, 270 W. Grand River Ave., so much. Great coffee, great place to study and hang out.
When a convicted sex offender is able to live invisibly within a community, no one can be sure they won't hurt someone again. Such was the case in two separate cases in Florida in recent weeks.
According to a 2004 article from The New York Times, "The United States has started to lose its worldwide dominance in critical areas of science and innovation." Our Republican-dominated government hasn't exactly leapt into action.
Kim Snook's Haslett High School biology class couldn't believe the things they saw pulled out of the Grand River or found along the banks on Saturday - bicycles in good condition, a large trunk, a bone and a coat. Snook brought her class to the Adopt A River program to clean up the river and its banks and trails. She said the event tied in perfectly with Earth Day on April 22 and a recent class unit on humans' impact on the environment. "I think they see the effects down here more than in the school," Snook said. About 300 people braved dropping temperatures and sleet to participate in the cleanup, which is in its 11th year, Adopt A River coordinator Jennifer Rostar said. "It's amazing that people were willing to come out even with the bad weather," Rostar said, as she watched the shivering volunteers attempt to get warm under the Shiawassee Street bridge. The event was held one day after Earth Day and about a week before Arbor Day on April 29.
Upon reading the letter "GEU members are fairly compensated" (SN 4/20), I felt compelled to respond.
When former MSU running back DeAndra Cobb was 9 years old, his mother signed him up for a local little league football team with encouragement from her brother, even though she knew little about football. "We signed him up, and they actually called him 'Turbo' and we have been running with him ever since," Cobb's mother, Terri Cobb-Harden, said. She had no idea that years later, she would watch her son be drafted into the NFL on national television and share in the excitement. Four Spartans were drafted in the sixth and seventh rounds of the NFL Draft on Sunday afternoon.
A man with no university affiliation was found dead at the scene of a car accident on Pavilion Drive just north of Forest Road on Sunday morning, said MSU police Sgt.
Saturday proved to be a most interesting day of basketball. It was a day of monster comebacks and elation on my part. The day started with the Detroit Pistons against the Philadelphia 76ers on ABC. To say the least, the Pistons didn't get off to a great start, being outscored 28-16 in the first quarter. Philadelphia's Andre Iguodala threw down a sick reverse jam after Allen Iverson saved the ball from going out of bounds.
Members of the Graduate Employees Union moved one step closer to striking last week by unanimously approving a strike platform. The strike platform is a statement of the issues members will not give up on in negotiations with the university for a new contract.
I woke up this morning and thought, "I better check ESPN to see if the NFL Draft is still going." I was shocked that it was finally over. It was the second-longest first round ever - thanks to the Detroit Lions, since they only took two minutes to make their selection.
In Las Vegas, citizens can vote two weeks before Election Day in a shopping mall, and in Iowa, voters can cast a ballot 40 days early in a grocery store.
As Catholics around the world marked the beginning of a new papacy Sunday, Bishop Carl Mengeling of Lansing described a private meeting with Pope Benedict XVI to a local congregation. The celebratory mass for the installation of the new pope, held at St.
Six MSU students in a management class toured a Lansing company Friday afternoon for insight into the business world. The class field trip to the international headquarters of Two Men and a Truck, 3400 Belle Chase Way in Lansing, gave the students a firsthand account about how corporations train their employees, said Garth Motschenbacher, the class instructor and an academic advisor in the College of Engineering. The out-of-classroom opportunity, he said, allowed students to see a local example of a company that has developed an entire on-site training facility for its personnel. The company, which was formed in 1985 in Lansing, by Mary Ellen Sheets, has grown into 152 franchise locations in 27 states. Marketing senior Kate Padden said she wanted to learn more about the process of turning a small business into a franchise. "I'm interested in entrepreneurship," Padden said.
Breaking into the professional world of critics and judgments can be difficult for artists. Luckily, the Kresge Art Museum Undergraduate Exhibition is one way to ease into these untested waters. About 250 pieces were submitted and 106 chosen to be in the two-week exhibit that ends Sunday.
It was a long weekend for the MSU men's tennis team after dropping two dual meets at the MSU Indoor Tennis Facility. MSU lost a grueling match 4-3 against No.
The MSU football team ended spring football with a scrimmage Friday, moving indoors to the Duffy Daugherty Football Building because of poor weather. The scrimmage concluded the Spartans' 15 practices during a four-week period, a spring session MSU head coach John L.
As chairman of the Board of Directors of Toward A Fair Michigan (TAFM), I noted with interest the desire expressed in the recent editorial entitled "Dirty dealings" (SN 4/21) to elevate the level of political discourse within Michigan - in general and specifically with regard to the Michigan Civil Rights Initiative. Assuming approval of the petition signatures gathered, Michiganians will vote in November 2006 on the ballot initiative to amend the state constitution to ban affirmative action preferences in state and local government and in universities.
After two seasons of dropped passes and inconsistency at wide receiver under MSU head coach John L. Smith, the position that gave the Spartans trouble in the past looks to be one of their greatest strengths entering the 2005 season. With wide receivers Aaron Alexander, Kyle Brown, Agim Shabaj and Matt Trannon all entering their senior years of play and junior Jerramy Scott and sophomore Terry Love returning to the program as well, the Spartans might have one of the best lists of wide receivers in the Big Ten. Alexander said the group is coming together well, but there still is work to be done before the fall.
By Lindsey Poisson Special for The State News After weather conditions forced a community landscaping event to be postponed Saturday, East Lansing's Community Relations Coalition still went ahead with a field day inside Bailey Community Center. Liza Walter, 7, sat eating pizza with her mother after spending close to an hour riding a tricycle, coloring a large paper banner and watching a magician do card tricks. "My favorite thing was drawing on the poster," Liza Walter said.