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.
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.
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.
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.
Nine MSU students face legal punishment after the university released their names in accordance to an order issued by a federal judge.
I just got done reading your article "Students concerned about low graders as final tests approach" (SN 4/30) that my wife showed me.
The 40th Annual MSU Spring Arts and Crafts show will be held from 9-6 p.m. Saturday and 10-5 p.m. Sunday at the corner of Grand River Avenue and Abbott Road.
The Library of Michigan and MSU Libraries are working together to enhance both collections, by creating one combined card catalogue, which will help the former save more than $165,000 in costs throughout the next five years.
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.
MSU researchers from the colleges of food safety, packaging and supply chain management are working to develop ways to protect the nation's food supply from any kind of contamination or terrorist attacks.
With MSU President M. Peter McPherson's announcement of his departure from the university on Jan.
The MSU baseball team kept its hopes alive for a Big Ten title by winning its weekend series at Penn State after a 7-4 victory Sunday afternoon.
I have glanced at two articles recently run in the State News and am appalled at the poor reporting done by your staff.
When students go to print their syllabus off of A New Global Environment for Learning, or ANGEL, they will see a very different program from the soon to be retired Blackboard system.
The abuse of Iraqi prisoners by U.S. soldiers amounts to nothing less than a human rights disaster. Public outcries for the court martialing and detainment of those who directly participated in the abhorrent acts leads one to believe that the common perception is that the individuals should be held accountable.
Two of MSU's hockey players, sophomore defenseman A.J. Thelen and junior forward David Booth, have been listed in the Central Scouting Service's top 37 U.S.
Tommy Hoke has been hired as the MSU football associate head strength and conditioning coach, replacing Aaron Wellman who took a position at Ball State in January. Hoke received a bachelor's degree in physical education from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington in 1990 and earned his master's degree from Appalachian State in 1993.
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.
I was pretty shocked to see a new album from classic-country goddess Loretta Lynn come addressed to me in the mail.
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.