In one of her first speeches as the president of MSU, Lou Anna Simon told local businesswomen about her goals to make the university an integral part of the community. "We're going to try and chart a different course," she said.
The former high school football coach of a player MSU briefly recruited in 1999-2000 told a federal jury Tuesday that MSU was among five schools that offered him money to convince the recruit to come to its school. Lynn Lang, the former head coach at Trezevant High School in Memphis, Tenn., listed MSU along with Tennessee, Mississippi, Memphis and Arkansas as universities that offered money for Albert Means, but never paid.
I am writing in response to both Benjamin Greathouse ("Message on rock made good point" SN 1/24) and Serena Bearman ("Reader takes issue with rock message" SN 1/20). Firstly, Mr. Greathouse made an excellent point on the issue of abortion.
Laser physicist turned origami master Robert J. Lang taught the basics of the ancient paper-folding art to a crowd on Tuesday night in the Main Library. The group learned to make a duck out of a single piece of paper. "For a beginner workshop, you have to start with something simple," Lang said.
The task forces on Integrated Studies, writing and quantitative literacy presented Academic Council with their final reports at Tuesday's meeting. The task forces were created to make recommendations to improve programs in the three areas. "MSU is already strong in all these areas, but we have to keep moving forward," acting Provost John Hudzik said. Jim Porter, chairman of the Writing Task Force committee, outlined the committee's findings and recommendations about the Tier I and Tier II writing programs. In the Tier I program, the task force committee recommended extending the writing requirement from one semester to a year-long course.
It's just not the same. Walking around campus on the morning of a game day, there is now an air of relative calm.
There are three rules most college students abide by when leaving their homes to deal with social interaction: 1.
I am so tired of half-hearted MSU fans whining about the Izzone. The issue of the moment is the official T-shirts the Izzone has always required its members to wear.
The automobile symbolizes many different things. For some of us, our cars are transportation to class, part-time jobs and the only way to get home and see family during the weekends.
MSU faculty from multiple areas of study discussed the Dec. 26 tsunami and its impact at an educational forum on Tuesday. At the event, students and the general public asked questions, and faculty addressed misconceptions concerning the disaster.
The Institute of Medicine called for tougher regulations of dietary supplements this month, and local residents and business owners have mixed feelings on tightening the guidelines. Under The Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act signed in 1994, The Food and Drug Administration currently does not regulate supplements on shelves unless they are proven to have adverse consumer complications.
A day after surviving a violent rape by a stranger, Meymo Lyons was disturbed to find out the crime wasn't random. She had been stalked - for how long she doesn't know - by a man she'd never met. "It just blows your mind - that not only were you just a victim of horrendously bad luck, to be in the bad place at the wrong time, but indeed you were the target of someone who had, in some sick and twisted plan, mapped out a diabolical future for you," the 53-year-old East Grand Rapids resident said.
Music could be felt in every corner of the tiny practice room Thursday night as the eight members of the MSU Accafellas harmonized during their warm up. After joking around, the Fellas got down to business to rehearse the three pieces they've chosen to perform at the International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella.
With horns blaring and streamers waving in the frigid air, a caravan of cars wove their way - slowly - through campus Monday morning. But some say the noise was unheard by those they were trying to reach. The cars carried Graduate Employees Union members protesting the administration's proposal to take parking rights out of the new GEU contract during a negotiating session. "Right now, we can park south of the river, but what they're proposing is to strike any mention of parking rights from the contract," GEU President Deborah Wilson said.
With ASMSU elections nearly two months away, student government officials are preparing election blueprints, geared at getting more students prepared to vote. A three-phase election plan outlines three possible ways of informing students of the March election - sending out fliers, advertising on the student government's Web site and printing advertisements. The marketing and publicity plan, created by Joanna Lankerd, ASMSU's constituent activism director, was introduced to the Student Assembly last week. Last year, only 4.7 percent of undergraduate students voted in the student government election.
Michigan officials buckled down on drivers buckling up. A survey commissioned by the Michigan Office of Highway Safety Planning officials revealed 90 percent of Michigan drivers fasten their seat belts. Michigan is the first eastern state to achieve this benchmark.
East Lansing residents can experience art and culture they might not normally find in their daily lives with (SCENE) Metrospace art gallery, 303 Abbott Road. This weekend it was a human-sized beaver. Julian Stark, a performance artist from New Jersey, assumed the persona of a beaver and built intricate structures from wood that transported water, similar to a beaver dam. His art was the structure and his costume. "I wanted to create a character that would allow me to tell stories and build things," he said.
Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport is flying high into a new horizon these days. With funding in place for a new terminal set to open in 2008, and more than $1 million in aesthetic improvements to its grounds, the company is fueling up to serve more than 35 million people this year. But in spite of their efforts, analysts said the overall climate of the airline industry continues to tumble. "Our future looks pretty bright, but I don't think the future of every legacy carrier is that bright," said Michael Conway, director public affairs and environment. Several airlines recently announced that profits continue to decline.
After a 26-year absence, Barbara Conley, a graduate of the MSU College of Human Medicine and a Michigan native, is returning to teach. On Feb.
Lansing - Local and state police are continuing to investigate the suspected homicide of a Lansing Community College professor who was found dead in a classroom Sunday morning. Carolyn Kronenberg, 60, of Gladwin, was found at 8:45 a.m.