The Loaves and Fishes Ministries will be holding its 4th Annual Prayer Walk for the Homeless on May 25 to raise public awareness of the downtrodden.
Idong Ibok, a 6-foot-10-inch basketball player from Montverde, Fla., signed a National Letter of Intent, May 5, to attend and play for MSU in the 2004-05 season.
What only appears in eastern North America every 17 years is about to appear in parts of Michigan this month, but the one place you won't see this rare phenomenon in is Lansing. Scientifically titled as the Magicicada Septendecim, and classified as Brood IX, cicadas bugs are due to rise out of ground in swarms after living there for the past 17 years. "This is a phenomenon that doesn't occur anywhere else in the world," said Dr. Thomas Moore, a University of Michigan expert on cicadas. The cicadas have the longest adult-to-adult life cycle of any known animal.
Three polished stainless steel legs stand independent from each other at the base. As the viewer looks up, the legs bend toward one another to meet almost 20 feet in the air.
The MSU Department of Police and Public Safety spent its first week of vacation slightly different from the students and faculty who went home to relax. DPPS officers and staff members began a two-part program that simulated a biological disaster at Erickson Hall, and the unannounced training was followed by fire drills across campus the rest of the week.
Eleven years ago, MSU President M. Peter McPherson was the dark horse in the search for the highest-ranking official of the university. Though he served in the government under U.S.
When George Bush was governor of Texas, the Texan prison system was denounced for sexual abuse and beatings of prisoners.
A lot of film critics have ripped "Van Helsing" to shreds on the premise that it is ridiculously goofy. Some of the negative words used to describe the movie - unbelievable, cheesy and lacking any serious content whatsoever.
Women's crew took fifth place with 303 points at the Central/Southern Regional Championship Sunday and placed fourth in the Central Region at the two-day event in Knoxville, Tenn.
After the unanimous MSU Board of Trustees decision on May 7 to transfer the majority of the College of Human Medicine to Grand Rapids, details continue to be worked out. This week MSU President M.
In light of MSU President M. Peter McPherson's coming departure, we at The State News think it apropos to disclose some of the quirks and idiosyncrasies common to MSU's 19th president. The "M" stands for Melville.
What did you want to be when you grew up? Today, children of progressively younger ages are telling their parents that what they want to be is the opposite sex. On a recent episode of "The Oprah Winfrey Show," children as young as age five were documented as desiring a sex change operation.
MSU Extension Manure Management Team is sponsoring a two-day seminar from 9-4 p.m. May 25-26 at the DeWitt Banquet and Conference Center in DeWitt to discuss agricultural operations and how they impact the quality of air. Speakers include faculty from MSU and the University of Minnesota.
The frustration was building as the rain delay continued and Jessica Beech began walking around the Oosterbaan Fieldhouse, at the University of Michigan, to kill time before game one of the Big Ten tournament. For Beech, a senior pitcher, this was to be her last Big Ten tournament and maybe her last game if the Spartans couldn't beat the top seed U-M on its home field.
Two men charged with the murder of Joseph Lavon Parker outside an East Lansing 7-Eleven will next stand trial at the 30th Judicial Circuit Court. Eric Charles Gordy and Hatarie Deamont McCorkle, both of Detroit, will also stand trial for eluding police following Judge Richard D.
Ann Arbor - For the first time in history, the MSU softball team has brought home a Big Ten title.
In order to walk through the threshold of Central High School in Little Rock, Ark., during the 1950s, Ernest Green and eight of his peers needed the National Guard to help them push their way through an angry crowd.
I was pretty shocked to see a new album from classic-country goddess Loretta Lynn come addressed to me in the mail.
The editorial "Research Bucks" (SN 4/29) reflects several misconceptions about university funding, graduate education and indeed the nature of a university. One, the assertion that "the more numbers divulged, the more sensible the move to Grand Rapids is becoming," is unfounded.