To counteract negative stereotypes and promote an understanding of their religion, the Muslim Students' Association of MSU designated Oct.
With its season opener quickly approaching, the MSU hockey team will look to regroup after losing junior defenseman Corey Potter to a separated shoulder in its 7-2 win over Toronto on Sunday at Munn Ice Arena. Potter was in the corner in his defensive zone when he was hit hard from behind into the boards by Toronto forward Jesse Rycroft.
"Real World Philadelphia" cast member Karamo Brown urged students to vote for Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry and to vote no on the amendment that would ban gay marriage Tuesday at the Wonders Hall Kiva. As part of National Coming Out Days, the event, sponsored by the MSU Stonewall Democrats, the Multi-Racial Unity Living Experience and Same Gender Loving Students of Color International and Allies touched on issues affecting different social groups. "We are all different and beautiful," Brown said.
The Executive Committee of Academic Council will not respond to the letter sent by a national organization of professors criticizing the lack of faculty involvement in major university decisions.
With his glasses sitting dangerously close to the tip of his nose, U.S. Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., leaned over the lectern in the Wilson Hall Auditorium on Monday and told students that the situation in Iraq is grave and a change of direction is necessary. "When we attacked Iraq, we blew the top off the boiling Iraqi pot without a plan to keep the pot from boiling over," the Michigan Democrat told about 200 students.
Riverwalk Theatre's second production, "A Thousand Clowns," is still expected to humor and entertain audiences with witty jokes and outrageous punch lines - minus big red noses. The play stars Murray, an unemployed TV writer in New York City, who has too much time on his hands.
St. Johns - Rows of orange pumpkins lined the edges of each section of Andy Todosciuk's pumpkin patch, waiting to be boxed up and transported to his farm market. What's missing is the usual third cluster of pumpkins right down the middle of each section.
A second MSU student reported being sexually assaulted in or near Holden Hall, police reported Tuesday. An 18-year-old student told police she was sexually assaulted by an acquaintance in her Holden Hall room on Monday afternoon, MSU police reported. It is the second sexual assault to occur in or just outside the hall within two days.
Sporting Spartan logos, green and white stripes and blaring the MSU fight song, the Cheat to Win (CTWz) van drives into campus, making its way toward tailgate utopia. Customized last summer, the CTWz's nine owners said the van was created to maximize the tailgating experience and embody the Spartan spirit. A labor of love, the van took nearly four months to complete. "We finally found a van in early spring that we could afford," said Brian Dennis, one of the van's co-owners.
The decision not to notify residents immediately upon receiving a report of a sexual assault on campus was poor judgment on the part of university officials. A full day after a sexual assault reportedly took place outside Holden Hall, university officials and hall directors still had not notified residents and other students of the occurrence.
Fresh off his success from Saturday Night Live, comedian Jimmy Fallon needs a better vehicle than "Taxi" to prove his leading-man potential. The film poses the former "Weekend Update" anchor as Detective Washburn, a New York City cop who has a penchant for misadventure.
Editor's note: Each Wednesday, The State News editorial board will address a key issue of the presidential campaign.
Gasps escaped from law school students as they watched a fetus smash against the womb of a pregnant woman in the animated reconstruction of a car accident. U.S.
Something is bound to go wrong. That's about the only consistent thing the MSU volleyball team can count on right now. Players say the system has gone awry and the team's rhythm has been off.
The judges' bench is empty inside the Michigan Supreme Court courtroom, but the handful of spectators only dare to quietly whisper.
Now that a record number of Michigan residents have registered for the November election, Genevieve Humenay wants to change the way people think about voting. She's not concerned with party politics, nor is she fretful about whether people prescribe to her political beliefs. Instead, the 2004 MSU graduate wants to make sure people get to the polls to cast their ballots on Nov.
In the age of rapidly evolving technologies, old cell phones might be useless devices that outlived the fashion, but some people say they could be tools to save lives. The Washington, D.C.-based Wireless Foundation kicked off this year's Call to Protect campaign to help victims of domestic violence, with a Michigan senator and local businesses participating in the Lansing area.
Ever think about opening up the IM Sports-East field to tailgating? Students thought it was a good idea Monday night. Student leaders and university officials gathered in Wonders Hall Kiva to respond to students' questions on the future of tailgating. The ASMSU-sponsored town hall meeting attracted only six students, leaving Andrew Schepers, Student Assembly chairperson and forum moderator, questioning if students are as passionate about tailgating as MSU's undergraduate student government. "It shows the apathy of the student body," he said.
After alternating between committees for months, Corey Partnership developers said at Tuesday's East Lansing City Council work session that they would like to see their plan for the corner of Bailey Street and Grand River Avenue move forward soon. "We can't waste much more time," David Krause said, emphasizing his frustration with the lengthy process. Corey Partnership officials hope to redevelop the buildings at 601-603 E.