Thursday's Academic Senate meeting will focus on the possible move of the College of Human Medicine, as well as liberal arts reconstruction and faculty input, as decided by the Faculty Council on Tuesday. Academic Senate will convene Thursday for the first time in eight years.
At the foot of the state Capitol steps, Mason resident Gary Donn listened as speakers declared the inequality of health care during a rally Tuesday afternoon. "The interest of health care brought me here," Donn said.
Lansing - The man accused of killing an MSU professor will not face jail time following a ruling made in Ingham County Circuit Court on Tuesday. Instead, Bramlett Hamilton, 36, was declared not guilty by reason of insanity and will spend at least 60 days in a hospital to have his mental health evaluated.
Forty people from several on- and off-campus groups met in the basement of the MSU Union on Tuesday night to discuss their plan to protest National Security Adviser and MSU commencement speaker Condoleezza Rice. Rice, who has been the national security adviser since early 2001, will speak at 1 p.m.
Some students have run for public office in the past, but little success has been claimed by the younger generation when it comes to winning elections. But the Institute for Public Policy and Social Research, a nonpartisan public policy network at MSU, is trying to help young politicians get elected.
Lansing - Lansing Lugnuts starting pitcher Ronald Bay has a routine as he makes his way to the mound before every game. He kneels and prays before he goes to the mound and jumps over the dirt on the first baseline.
Light rain started to fall on the circle of women sitting near the Music Building on Tuesday night, but vigil participants kept their candles burning and continued sharing their stories of rape and abuse.
Although Marley Groskind's ultimate goal is to get a job in advertising or public relations, she has spent the entire semester researching bills that are before the Michigan House. The advertising senior is enrolled in Arts & Letters 331: Writing in the Public Interest, a class that requires students to create online questionnaires aimed at ascertaining how their peers feel about the political issues facing them. "A lot of laws that would potentially be passed will affect college students," Groskind said.
Only in New York City would a cop pull a band over for blocking traffic by walking up to the vehicle and tapping on the window. And only in Colorado would cowboys swing dance with their cowgirls at the bar.
The MSU women's crew team received the co-Big Ten Boat of the Week honor on Monday. The No.
The MSU student accused of fraud and identity theft will be in court today for a second bond-reduction hearing.
The No. 1-seeded MSU women's water polo team placed first in the 2004 Big Ten Championships in East Lansing on Sunday, marking the fifth consecutive year the team has won the title. MSU hosted the three-day tournament at IM Sports-West for the first time since 1999.
It's a hairy situation. To cut or to grow. To spike or to slick. To highlight or to lowlight.
What's the difference between Walter Sobchak, a fictional character from the Coen brothers' 1998 film "The Big Lebowski," and Duke University? In the film, Walter knew "life does not start and stop at your convenience." When his fictional friend Donny irked him enough, Walter loudly would remind Donny of exactly that.
On April 15, The State News ran an editorial titled "Relax, Eco," in which we told MSU's student environmental group to be happy that the Simon Power Plant was converting to natural gas. The group campaigned last year to get the university to consider renewable energy options, and in our editorial Thursday, we told its members to stop complaining and to see the upside of the situation.
Anyone seeking a more artistic film experience should look no further than The Temple Club, 500 E. Grand River Ave.
I feel 100 percent safe in consuming dairy products because I have chosen to educate myself about milk production - that is why I became so alarmed when I read Sonia Khaleel's "Being vegan enjoyable, humane, delicious, thank you very much". I would like the opportunity to respond to the overexaggerated comments made about the dairy industry by presenting The State News' readers with some facts.
At the foot of Beaumont Tower on Tuesday, hundreds of brightly colored T-shirts on a clothesline flapped in the wind, each bearing the hand-written words of female sexual assault survivors.
While hanging out with some friends in their apartment Sunday night, we heard a sudden rumble in the hallway followed by a gaggle of high-pitched squeals of delight.
Why can't anybody do "The Punisher" any justice? You would think that the hero's story is something Hollywood could do easily - a bloody, bullet-riddled revenge epic full of car chases, hand-to-hand combat and one-liners.