Twenty minutes after the conclusion of the MSU football game against Ohio State on Saturday, the men's basketball team will play its Green and White game at Breslin Center.
Lansing-area hospitals are making an effort to encourage MSU medical students to remain in the tri-county area with job opportunities. Increasing field experience for nursing students, changing curriculum for physician residents and jointly hiring medical specialists were several goals discussed in a recent series of meetings between MSU and Lansing-area hospitals. "We look forward to working together to ensure excellent health care for the people of Mid-Michigan," said Lorri Rishar, spokeswoman for Lansing's Sparrow Hospital. Members of the College of Human Medicine, the College of Nursing and the College of Osteopathic Medicine met with officials from Sparrow Hospital and Ingham Regional Medical Center for several months and are scheduled to continue conferences during the school year. The objectives are meant to address problems, such as the nursing shortage, that are facing Michigan health care. The College of Nursing, the Career Ladder Nursing Program at Lansing Community College and area hospitals agreed to ensure job placements in the medical community after graduation. "It should go a long way to keeping nurses in the area - with any luck, they will take up residence here long-term and keep working in this community," said Sherry Tompkins, spokeswoman for the College of Human Medicine. Nursing junior Kathi Padilla said she thinks the new partnership is a good idea and will further her education. Currently, there is little communication between clinical sites and professors, but a closer partnership might amend this problem, Padilla said. "Sometimes, you walk into the hospitals for the clinicals and they don't have any idea what level you're on - they will either not trust you to do anything or expect too much and give you assignments above your head," she said. Measures have been taken to alter the current community-campus education model for medical students. "I wouldn't say there are problems, but (the schools) know there can be changes in the current model," Tompkins said.
In response to John Rumschlag's "Media doesn't give Spartans chances" (SN 11/3), Rumschlag started off all right.
There is one good thing that comes out of the Spartans triple-overtime loss to the Wolverines last week - it assures me that, in these rocky times, the world is not ending.
We read many articles about violence, including family violence. But too often, one of the victims of family violence is disregarded - the family pet.
No. 5 Wisconsin vs. Minnesota Wisconsin (8-0, 5-0 Big Ten) looks to remain unbeaten and in the top five when they face the sliding Minnesota Golden Gophers (6-3, 3-3) at Camp Randall Stadium in Madison. Badger defensive end Erasmus James did not play in the Badgers 24-12 victory over Northwestern on Oct.
The pigskin prognosticators have basically given up hope on traveling to a warm spot for a bowl game this winter. After going 3-0 last week, Uncle Joey (right) has improved his overall record to 17-9 this season.
Like many other MSU students, finance senior Varun Jain hopes to play his cards in the U.S. job market when he graduates in May 2005.
Last weekend was the most peaceful the MSU volleyball team (9-11 overall, 4-8 Big Ten) has had in a while. After a three-win streak against Michigan, Northwestern and then-No.
MSU senior quarterback Damon Dowdell is getting yet another chance to prove to his team, MSU fans and mostly himself that he can win football games as the Spartans' starting quarterback. When asked to sum up his career to this point, Dowdell said that it has been up and down.
Adorning the far side of the MSU field hockey team's home fence, banners of the Spartans' success are a visual statement of how the team has dominated in national play over the last four years.
Ohio State: Sleeping giant or so-so team with a big name? The Buckeyes (5-3 overall, 2-3 Big Ten), who lost their first three conference games for the first time since 1988, have yet to win a conference road game and are last in the Big Ten in total offense. MSU (4-4, 3-2) is not looking at Ohio State's mediocre record or average statistics. "You got to come out like you're playing the best team in the country because they still got those athletes, they still got guys capable of killing you, so we got to be ready," senior safety Jason Harmon said. While the Spartans prepared for Ohio State this week, they were still trying to shake off the nightmares of the 45-37 triple overtime loss to the rival Wolverines.
As an international student at MSU, I am shocked to see news reporting a Lansing group of people who protested against the election result and their president.
The Washington Redskins, Cleveland Indians and Atlanta Braves use American Indian symbols or caricatures as their mascots, but some say they are stereotypical and offensive to American Indian communities.
MSU's acappella groups will hold two Accapalooza shows at 8 p.m. today and Saturday at Wharton Center. Capital Green, The Spartan Dischords, Ladies First and the Accafellas will perform, followed by the premiere of a new campus group, State of Harmony. Tickets are available at Wharton Center box office or by calling (800) WHARTON.
Two days after the election, the MSU Board of Trustees race is finally over. With 100 percent of the state's precincts reporting, Republican Melanie Foster edged out Democrat Phil Thompson by more than 17,000 votes. Democrat Joel Ferguson, a 15-year veteran of the board, was declared winner of his seat on Wednesday, as he held about a 125,000-vote lead over second-place Foster. Nine candidates from six parties were vying for two open seats on the eight-member board.
Holiday shopping will be made easier with a one-stop shopping event sponsored by the Lansing Jaycees to benefit Toys for Tots. The event, which will offer products by a variety of vendors all in one location, will be held from 11 a.m.
I am tired of Christians being stereotyped as the ignorant, hate-filled neanderthals of American society. I am particularly incensed at the articles that John Bice spews forth from his bilic mouth on a weekly basis, discounting Christian views on abortion, calling them "doltish," and "faith-spawned drivel." If Bice has some enlightened knowledge on when the exact point of personhood is attained, I'm all ears.
What is it? No-sew curtains, partitions or doorway hanging for any room made out of cheap fabric. Usefulness factor Rather than buying expensive drapes from Urban Outfitters or Pier 1 Imports, or somewhere equally trendy and pricey, why not make your own?