On Wednesday evening, the outside of Wharton Center was lit by candles glowing in the hands of people gathered to remember the lives lost in the tsunami in Southeast Asia.
If listening to David Bowie in Portuguese appeals to you, "The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou" is the film for you. Bill Murray is oceanographer Steve Zissou, whose latest film, "The Life Aquatic, Part I" has met less-than-rave reviews.
For some of us, last semester was a far cry from the academic milestone it could have been. But hey, we studied hard (sort of) and came to class (sometimes). What more can we do?
Five restaurants on Grand River Avenue agreed to donate a portion of their sales from 5 to 8 p.m. today to aid tsunami victims in Southeast Asia and southern Africa after alpha Kappa Delta Phi, an Asian American sorority, asked them to help. Taste of Thai, 1105 E.
Stakeholders in the possible relocation of part of MSU's medical school to Grand Rapids left a meeting Tuesday with high hopes, said Steven Heacock, who will serve as the group's spokesman. "There was more than a feeling of optimism - there's a feeling that we're getting to the work that needs to be done," Heacock said.
MSU Board of Trustees member Colleen McNamara was appointed Monday to the Michigan Higher Education Assistance Authority by Gov.
Cost of traveling to Peru on study abroad: $2,262 Cost of the passport application fee: $85 Leaving a student behind, terrified, without money and a place to stay: heartless. MSU's Study Abroad program to Peru did just that to Julie Crane.
Men's basketball junior guard Maurice Ager is this week's player of the week. MSU's current leading scorer continued his hot hand against Northwestern, scoring a game-high 18 points in the Spartans' 87-58 win.
I read in Tuesday's edition of The State News that a student lost her passport in Peru during a Study Abroad trip and could not return home with every other person in the MSU group as scheduled ("Study abroad student left behind" SN 1/11). The story included details about her accommodation being taken care of and an alumni family taking her under their wing to help out. That story must have been false because in Wednesday's paper the same reporter, Margaret Harding, reported that the student was left alone, without money or a place to stay, and could rely only on herself ("Stranded student returns" SN 1/12). Or perhaps that story, too, is inaccurate. "The student's passport was lost or stolen the day they planned to leave, and she had to stay behind," Harding wrote in the earlier edition.
Paul Downie's fight for equality began with one small sip. It was in 1952 that the young Army serviceman was sitting at an Augusta, Ga., bus terminal waiting for his bus home to metro Detroit. There he noticed two adjacent drinking fountains, accompanied by overhead signs marked "white" and "colored." Feeling the need to make a statement, he got up and took a drink from the fountain marked "colored," then pulled up a chair in the waiting room designated for blacks. The other white passengers in the station stared at him in disbelief. "If looks could kill, oh my," Downie said. More than 50 years later, Downie, now an East Lansing resident, has not forgotten his causes. Age has slowed him somewhat, but the 74-year-old Episcopal priest remains a fighter.
Enrollment of city residents in the East Lansing Public Schools has declined for the past 10 years, according the district. Due to school of choice, which allows residents of neighboring communities to attend East Lansing schools, vacancies left by students have been filled in some years. A November 2003 report, along with annual district assessments, point to the lack of younger children in the area as cause for the drop. City officials say this concern is a driving force behind many of their policies, including urban development and new rental restrictions. "Much of the focus of the work that we do in the city of East Lansing is on how do we develop more housing that will be attractive to young families," said Deputy City Manager Jean Golden.
Different flavors of cigarettes hitting the shelves have a lot of people talking. Recently, Michigan Department of Community Health Director Janet Olszewski and Surgeon General Kimberlydawn Wisdom sent a letter to R.
Your holiday break was probably boring without your favorite beer column. Imagine how disappointed you would be to return to a lowdown without the Drinking Buddies.
High school All-American and Detroit native Joe Crawford has left Kentucky and could transfer to MSU. But as of 5 p.m.
Normally I don't do this, but it has to be said. The only thing asinine about Matt Bishop's Mehmet Okur article was the article.
When Kevin Manning met a friend for drinks at The Evergreen Grill in 1997, he didn't know he would walk out with a date - and a future wife. "When I got engaged, I was sitting on the same stool she asked me out on," Kevin Manning said.
Students went to more University Activities Board events last semester than in the history of the program.
The MSU football team picked up another commitment, this time from a wide receiver from Staten Island, N.Y. Diego Oquendo has not only committed to the Spartans but already is in East Lansing and attending classes. "I'm adjusting well," the 6-foot, 175-pounder said of being in his new home at MSU.
One person alone can't make or break a theatrical show - but a prima donna can turn an audience disgruntled at an obnoxious display of pomp and ego. Some circumstances I can take - the best actor should play the lead character - just not accompanied by snootiness displayed by Carlotta's character in "The Phantom of the Opera." The only thing worse than a principle actor, is when they ignore the important roles that set designers, gaffers and costumers play in the overall presentation of a show. I am a longtime theater junkie.
MSU men's soccer senior forward John Minagawa-Webster was chosen to attend the 2005 adidas Major League Soccer Player Combine in Carson, Calif.