National lawmakers are being encouraged to get flu shots despite vaccine shortages, but the recommendation hasn't been extended to state government officials. Capitol physician Dr. John Eisold recommended the 535 Congressional members be vaccinated because they frequently come into contact with children and older people, and could spread, as well as catch, the flu. Rep.
The MSU men's tennis team heads to Ann Arbor for the Wilson/Intercollegiate Tennis Association Midwest Men's Regional Championship Thursday through Tuesday. Freshmen Brian Compton and Adam Monich will play Friday in the qualifying rounds.
The city is once again fair game for developers and homeowners looking to rent their properties, after a city-wide moratorium banning new rental housing expired Tuesday at midnight. Plans to renew the ban are not in the works, city officials said. "It was in place several months longer than it ideally should have been," said Vic Loomis, a member of the East Lansing City Council. Although the moratorium has been lifted, it continues in neighborhoods that submitted petitions to create "overlay districts" under an ordinance passed in April whereby new rental properties could not be added. To create a district, neighborhoods need a two-thirds majority of signatures from homeowners included in the area.
Students now will have a free ride at night to get anywhere on campus. The Residence Halls Association is funding the Capital Area Transportation Authority's Night Owl service in an effort to keep students from walking alone at night. The service picks up and drops off students anywhere on campus between 2 a.m.-7 a.m.
Losing at Michigan last Saturday "sucked" according to senior forward Veerle Goudswaard. After the 1-0 overtime loss for the No.
Last year, the complete network of DNA in humans was decoded. Just last month, that same genetic sequence - also known as a genome - was revealed for the first time in a species of tree. The Black Cottonwood tree, commonly known as the poplar, was selected as a model species for the project partly due to its relatively small genome size, forestry Associate Professor Kyung-Hwan Han said. Understanding the genome information for the poplar tree will help tree biologists learn more about its growth cycles, Han said. He said he participated in the project as part of the International Populus Genome Consortium, a group of international scientists and researchers that work to map out genetic codes. The majority of the work in sequencing the DNA was done by the U.S.
The MSU women's soccer team will try to build off its win at Oakland on Sunday when the Spartans host Michigan at 3 p.m.
Major violent crimes were down across the state in all areas except motor vehicle thefts and rape, according to a study compiled by the Federal Bureau of Investigations. East Lansing follows many of the trends, police said. The 2003 Michigan Uniform Crime Report was released Thursday, and it stated the biggest drop was in murders, down 9 percent, and robbery, down 5 percent. "The information is reported throughout the country," said Dan Batchelor, acting supervisory agent for the Lansing resident agency of the FBI. In Michigan, total crime was down 2.35 percent between 2002 and 2003.
A blue denim slip-covered couch accompanied by three seats - two red and orange dotted dish chairs and one black and purple shoe-shaped chair - fill the living room of a West Akers Hall suite. A light wood and steel entertainment center stands in front, next to a floor-to-ceiling, white-board paneled wall.
All right. We aren't going to get into the middle of sports' greatest rivalry. We aren't even located anywhere near Boston or New York, and there are maybe two staff members here that were born or raised on the East Coast.
Outside of their respective courthouses, Laura Moody and Stuart Dunnings III both said their pastimes are "being a parent." Moody, 35, works for the Attorney General during the day, and spends the rest of her time playing with her three children.
As the MSU volleyball team (6-10 overall, 1-7 Big Ten) returns home to battle Wisconsin and Northwestern this weekend, it isn't focusing on winning and losing, head coach Chuck Erbe said. "We're not measuring our victories in wins and losses," Erbe said.
Go ahead, tell MSU women's basketball coach Joanne P. McCallie her team could win the Big Ten, make it to the Final Four or even play for a national championship. It wouldn't shake or startle her. "I think we're unlimited to what we can do.
Urban planner Tim Dempsey spends his days in an East Lansing City Hall office creating a vision for the world around him. Ironically, he doesn't have any windows to see his ideas take shape. But the maps that plaster his walls are a two-dimensional reminder of the future he is helping to frame for this college town. Dempsey was brought to East Lansing at a time when the city is preparing to tackle several major redevelopment projects including a 35-acre East Village revamp - which will significantly alter the scope of the area.
Tickets for the 2004-05 men's basketball season will be handed out at 9 p.m. on Nov. 7 at Breslin Center, instead of Sunday. Student season tickets in a limited number ($138 for a 12-game package) can still be purchased at Jenison Field House in person or by calling the MSU Athletic Ticket Office at (517) 355-1610.
I had the unfortunate pleasure of meeting 8th District Congressional candidate John Mangopoulos three years ago when he came to speak to my high school government class.
The MSU men's basketball team will hold its Green and White game on Nov. 6 at Breslin Center. Admission to the game is free, and the time of the event will be determined after the time for the MSU and Ohio State football game has been announced. The team's next competition will be the first of two exhibitions held on Nov.
A dangerous threat to actual survivors of rape and sexual assault are those who falsely report the crime.
It will be MSU head coach Rick Comley's second homecoming when he returns to Marquette to play the team that he started - Northern Michigan. MSU plays Friday and Saturday at 7:35 p.m. "There's always a nervousness that goes with it," Comley said.