With three reported sexual assaults this week and a rash of sexual assaults already this semester, the university community is asking questions about student safety and beginning to take action. The number of alleged sexual assaults reported since Sept.
Is anyone surprised about the recent tailgate restrictions? We shouldn't be. This happened only a few months ago, when Provost Lou Anna Simon was appointed to become the next president. Simon was elected hastily and without the voice of the student body and/or faculty.
The MSU women's and men's cross country teams will compete at the Pre-NCAA Invitational on Saturday, hosted by Indiana State.
Local government officials are forming their own rescue team to save their computer systems in the event of a catastrophe. East Lansing City Council voted at its work session Tuesday to approve a formalized relationship between local jurisdictions to share technology resources during disasters. The Mid-Michigan Information Technology Mutual Aid Agreement allows cities to share telephones, hardware, software, employees or facilities if a disaster situation were to harm a municipality's computer system, said Alan McCarrick, East Lansing Information Systems Administrator. "The goal is to help keep everybody up and running," he said. An informal collaboration between Lansing, Meridian Township and Ingham, Clinton and Eaton counties has existed for years, but the formal agreement is intended to inform the public and officials of their continuing discussion. Meridian Township and Ingham County officials also approved the aid agreement, McCarrick said. Although the agreement refers mainly to disaster planning, McCarrick said there are day-to-day situations where the sharing of resources come in to play.
No. 5 Purdue vs. No. 10 Wisconsin It will be a battle of the two remaining Big Ten unbeaten teams when Wisconsin (6-0 overall, 3-0 Big Ten) takes on Purdue (5-0, 2-0). The Boilermakers are coming off a 20-13 win at Penn State that saw wide receiver Taylor Stubblefield become the Big Ten's career receptions leader on a 40-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Kyle Orton.
One of my favorite contradictions in "Fahrenheit 9/11" involves the current administration's use of scare tactics.
Citizen Cope, aka Clarence Greenwood, has just released his second album, "The Clarence Greenwood Recordings." This former keyboardist and DJ for the alternative hip-hop band Basehead has a sound Iike nothing I've ever heard before.
I am writing in regards to all of the sexual assault cases that seem to be occurring quite frequently.
For the No. 3 MSU field hockey team, Saturday will be a game of consistency and intensity, but for No.
While the Pigskin Prognosticators try to figure out the best method for stopping Minnesota's ground game, which is ranked third in the nation, they predict who will win some of this weekend's big games.
Feeling marginalized by the LBGT community was the focus of Getting Bi, a session addressing issues faced by bisexual women. Discussion included fear of being ostracized by lesbian and gay people and acknowledging fluidity in both orientation and gender. Julie Hartman, a graduate student in sociology, said bisexual people often feel they have to act differently around gay and straight friends. "You come out of one closet to go in another," she said.
MSU head coach John L. Smith said there isn't much that Minnesota running backs sophomore Laurence Maroney and junior Marion Barber III lack.
With mechanical mannequins, standardized patients and computer scenarios, MSU is taking steps toward joining top medical schools such as Northwestern University with advanced technology. The MSU Board of Trustees recently passed a measure to start the design phase for a new Learning and Assessment Center, which will be built in East Fee Hall. "The Assessment Center is an important element for not only the feedback to our students, but also will play an important role in research and development regarding new educational approaches," said President-designate Lou Anna Simon. The center is a joint project between four MSU colleges - the College of Human Medicine, the College of Osteopathic Medicine, the College of Veterinary Medicine and the College of Nursing.
With all the emphasis that's been placed on the importance of voting in this year's election, there are still a lot of people who don't know all of the issues. Tiara Paciocco wants to change that. The marketing junior is president of the MSU student chapter of the League of Women Voters and said it's disconcerting to see people make misinformed assumptions or decisions. "I hate it when people hear one bad thing about Sen.
Oldsmobile Park is getting a facelift. A $500,000 scoreboard is currently under construction and a new grass turf grown by MSU's Turf Management program will be added at the end of the 2005 season. The plans to renovate and make additions to the 8-year-old stadium were announced by Lansing Mayor Tony Benavides and Lansing Lugnuts' management in a press conference on Wednesday. "This park brings in over 300,000 fans each year from around the tri-county area," Benavides said.
After at three-week layoff, the MSU men's golf team will travel to Durham, N.C., to participate in the Duke Classic.
Welcome back to "Rock Your Body," The State News' fitness and nutrition column. Each week, we hit up our local experts with some questions and pass on their wisdom to you. But before we get to the goods, we thought we'd tell you a little bit about who'll be giving you advice. Tom Ostrander: Tom is the owner of Powerhouse Gym, 435 E.
The Heisman Trophy race took a turn for the worse this week, as most of the candidates had horrible games.
October was declared National Breast Cancer Awareness Month by the East Lansing City Council in late September.
For the past eight years, Julie Fedewa and her husband have operated a 40-year-old family gas and service station, but elevated gas prices will force them to sell the store by the end of December. Instability in Nigeria, damage from the hurricanes in Florida and the occupation of Iraq are contributing to rising gas prices, said Fedewa, co-owner of Marathon service station, 1198 S.