Although the makers of the contraceptive Depo-Provera were required in November to post additional health warnings about possible permanent bone density loss, a new study suggests those effects might be reversible. The U.S.
Bloomington, Ind. - Old demons continue to haunt MSU. Nearly everything went wrong as the No.
Although affirmative action might be helping black students and other minorities get in to institutions of higher learning, it isn't necessarily keeping them there. For a variety of reasons, less than half of black students in the nation aren't making it through college.
A 2-foot-tall, milk-chocolate giraffe and an edible African tribal mask were put on display for chocolate lovers to admire and drool over at the MSU Museum's 16th annual Chocolate Party Benefit on Sunday at the Kellogg Center. The sweet sculptures and molds were part of a chocolatier competition for chefs and culinary students from across the state to portray the party's "Out of Africa" theme.
The phrase, "Lights, camera, action" doesn't usually come to mind when thinking about a football game. But this is different. Flames, dancers, music and prizes are just part of the craziness that encompasses arena football. And there also is a football game complete with football players.
In a year not dominated by a top film straddling several awards categories, producers of the 77th annual Academy Awards were relying on the comic relief of the often controversial host Chris Rock to attract younger viewers. With no huge hits among top nominees, Oscars organizers worried that TV ratings could dwindle for the live ABC broadcast.
More than 1,000 people came to Jenison Field House on Friday night to see some big-time wrestling, and big-time wrestling was what the fans got. In what could be a preview of late NCAA Championship matchups, No.
By Corinne Devries Special for The State News Lansing - Okemos residents Allison Wheat, 14, and Tiffany Wheat, 12, stared wide-eyed at an aging, wooden trunk on Saturday afternoon at the Michigan Historical Museum. Nearby, their mother, Lori Wheat, watched and asked them to imagine they were immigrating to Michigan. "If you could only take one thing with you in this trunk, what would it be?" Lori Wheat said.
I am writing in response to your editorial "Two's company" (SN 2/22) on the proposal Rep.
When the Malson family entered the Kellogg Center on Friday, those in attendance rose to their feet and applauded as they made their way to the head table at the 96th annual Spartan Battalion military ball. The mood at the event, which honors the accomplishments of MSU's Army ROTC, was more somber than in past years after the recent death of 1st Lt.
Out of the nearly 2,000 faculty members invited, 100 showed up to the Academic Senate meeting on Friday.
Sophomore forward Drew Miller said he was so frustrated after Friday's loss at Bowling Green, he spoke to his brother, former MSU goaltender and Hobey Baker Award winner Ryan Miller. "I felt like I was out there working hard but nothing was getting accomplished," Drew Miller said about Friday's game.
Welcome to an exaggerated world only possible in film; a world where all cheerleaders are vapid, superficial and have boob jobs; Texas police officers are helplessly sexist and void of emotion; and black preachers do nothing but sing and dance to the point of embarrassment.
Sam Varghese spent a month surrounded by the wreckage from the Dec. 26 tsunami, working to aid victims with money and information to get their lives back. The animal science professor left for southern India, where he gave $17,500 and offered medical treatment and food safety tips to those affected by the disaster.
The Izzone student section's ritual when the opposing team's players are being introduced before a game is to hold up newspapers and yell, "Who cares?" But before Thursday's game against Wisconsin, the chant was somewhat subdued. Everyone in the building cared about this game.
Bloomington, Ind. - MSU head coach Tom Izzo wouldn't suggest to anyone in the world to play the type of schedule his team did last year. After playing Kansas, Duke, Oklahoma, Kentucky, Syracuse and UCLA in the nonconference conference, the Spartans lost all six games heading into the Big Ten. But although the schedule stripped his team of a lot of confidence, Izzo suggested that the experience of tough, close games would help MSU. That's one reason that Izzo knew Sunday's game against Indiana, an NCAA Tournament bubble team, would be a nail-biter. "Indiana is a good enough team.
On the two-month anniversary of the Dec. 26 tsunami, MSU students launched an effort to rebuild a school in Aceh, Indonesia.
In your editorial "Poor reception" (SN 2/24), you have misrepresented the situation surrounding Channel 12 and the role of the Residence Halls Association.
About 250 students attended the Midwest Association of Filipino Americans, or MAFA, conference this weekend. The annual assembly, which is held at a different school every year, brings together students from a variety of Midwestern colleges and universities to promote unity and educate them about Filipino American history and culture. "The Filipino American population in the Midwest is very small," said MAFA co-coordinator R.J.