MSU College of Veterinary Medicine Dean Lonnie King will fly to Atlanta on Friday to begin a year-long stint as the director of the new Office of Strategy and Innovation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or CDC. "It's a leadership position and involved in establishing strategy and direction for public health," King said.
In light of all the possible job changes East Lansing City Manager Ted Staton has been considering in the last few months, we wonder what his next move will be. In November, Staton withdrew his application for a city manager position of another college town, Evanston, Ill., where Northwestern University is located. He also had been in talks with the Michigan Municipal League since October and was one of three finalists from more than 100 applicants for the position of executive director.
I know you're out there. You're the ones who sing in the shower, who play "drums" on your dashboard, who practice that one bass solo over and over until your fingers literally bleed.
MSU's Women in the Community program will host a lecture titled, "Tools to Work With: Making a Change," featuring speaker Keturah Jones at 7 p.m.
Last month was the 32nd anniversary of Roe v. Wade. For 32 years, a highly controversial Supreme Court decision has permitted abortion on demand to anyone who wants it nationwide.
I am writing in response to Jeffrey Holst's letter ("Raising minimum wage a bad idea" SN 1/31) concerning his position on the proposed $2 increase in the minimum wage.
This is in response to Jack Fischer's letter, "Bush not deserving of writer's praise" (SN 1/31). Here's the deal.
When you go out for dinner, of course you're gonna order a beer. If you order a burger, you'll want a Samuel Adams or a Bud Light.
Now that East Lansing officials have confirmation City Manager Ted Staton will remain in his position, they are looking to the future of the city with him at the helm. As city manager, Staton is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the city. "There is no way you can let up in this profession," he said.
More Michigan smokers have been seeking help with quitting through the Michigan Tobacco Quit Line since the tobacco tax increased last July. During the six months prior to the tax increase, 550 people called the line for help to quit smoking.
Instead of settling for the old hand-me-down or the affordable late-1980s Oldsmobile, someone on campus could be driving a luxurious Cadillac once driven by former MSU President M.
Directors Luigi Falorni and Byambasuren Davaa of "The Story of the Weeping Camel" were awarded Sunday with best direction of a documentary at the 57th annual Directors Guild of America Awards, an honor known to predict consequent Oscar winners. The film, which also won the East Lansing Film Festival Audience Award for Best Documentary last year, will be showing at 7:30 p.m.
Northern Tier residents, it is unfortunate that you have troubles commuting to campus, but that is your responsibility, not the university's.
The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality has asked university officials to clean up their act. Last week, Megan McMahon, an environmental quality analyst for the department, or MDEQ, asked the university to submit a report by the end of the month stating when and how MSU will stop contaminated water runoff from the Beef Cattle Teaching and Research Center, located on Bennett Road in Lansing.
Did you hear? Michigan scored higher than Illinois - in a grading of state government performance. Yep, that's right.
Reforming Social Security, helping to establish peace in the Middle East and "building a better world" were the main points of President Bush's State of the Union address Wednesday evening. The first half of his address concerned domestic issues such as Social Security, and the second half discussed foreign affairs.
I'm just curious why a column in Wednesday's paper was devoted entirely to bowel movements ("Wicked stink from dorm dwellers is out of line" SN 2/2). The only thing I gleaned from the column is that third floor Yakeley Hall is a perpetual bog of eternal stench.
Iowa's leading scorer has been dismissed from the basketball team after facing legal charges for the second time in his college career. Guard Pierre Pierce is under investigation by West Des Moines police for intent to commit sexual abuse, burglary, criminal mischief and false imprisonment.
MSU head football coach John L. Smith welcomed 24 new members to the Spartans family Wednesday afternoon, the first day for recruits to officially sign with a university. Speed, combined with the ability to hit, is the name of the game according to Smith, and that is the type of player he went after. "It's a real hard game," Smith said.