Women looking to find balance in their lives will have an opportunity to examine personal power issues through a workshop today. The Women's Resource Center will sponsor "Creating the Life You Want," a program designed to address life-coaching skills and personal and professional empowerment for women.
Meridian Township police and firefighters responded to a fire near the corner of Park Lake and Grand River Avenue around 11:30 p.m.
Gimme a break - literally. Break me off a piece of that $150. I mean, seriously, how can ASMSU vote to spend $150 on candy?
Two academic units requested transfers to a different college at the Executive Committee of Academic Council meeting Tuesday. The Department of History and MATRIX - the Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences - formally requested that the Office of the Provost move the two entities from the College of Arts & Letters to the College of Social Science.
Some Michigan lawmakers say political advertising plays a major role in deciding the outcome of an election, and it needs to be regulated. State Rep.
Lansing - As Duane Farris filled out an employment application for Sparrow Health System on Tuesday, he wasn't sure he'd land the job. "Employers have been telling me I might have a hard time because I've already got experience," said Farris, a Lansing resident who recently left his job in the health care industry.
One day after MSU officials announced National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice as this semester's commencement speaker, Democratic officials say her appearance will benefit the university. "We should always have a welcome mat for whoever comes to speak, whether we agree or don't agree," said Trustee Dorothy Gonzales, a Democrat.
After a two-game skid over the weekend, the MSU baseball team downed Wayne State, 10-7, Tuesday night at Oldsmobile Park in Lansing. The Spartans (17-12 overall, 6-2 Big Ten) tallied 10 runs on nine hits in front of a crowd of about 530. "We enjoy coming here," head coach Ted Mahan said.
I am writing in regard to the administration's proposal of dropping the proverbial guillotine upon the foreign language department. This concerns me because this university preaches the gospel of an international experience one day, then on the next day, proposes sweeping cuts of that very opportunity.
It was a busy time of year for Howard Ballein the day he received the phone call that changed his life. It was a Saturday afternoon in September 1974, and the owner of the Student Book Store was hard at work.
When Rachel Crandall came out as a woman after living in the body of a man for 35 years, she lost everything. She said she lost her job because the hospital "wasn't too thrilled about having a transsexual" on staff.
On Tuesday evening at the East Lansing Public Library, accounting sophomore Cass Hausserman saved a seat for her aunt as she anxiously waited for a discussion on same-sex marriage to begin. "My aunt gave me a flier about the meeting," she said as more people streamed into the room for the discussion.
The Executive Committee of Academic Council cited the possible medical school expansion as a top priority for facultywide discussion at its Tuesday meeting. The committee slated a discussion of the College of Human Medicine Expansion Assessment report for the agenda of the Academic Senate meeting to be held at 5 p.m.
The MSU softball team hosts an Oakland squad that has less than half the wins the Spartans have.
I am writing in response to Jason Bentley's letter printed in Monday's State News ("'U', landlords more corrupt than Enron" SN 4/12). He whines about tuition payments, but we all know how much MSU costs, hopefully before we accept our invitation to attend.
A report released by the university shows fluctuations in ethnic minority representation during a decline of MSU's overall student population during the 2002-03 school year.
If John Hughes sniffed glue as he penned the immortal Chevy Chase comedy "Vacation," the result would likely be as mildly funny and forgettable as "Johnson Family Vacation," a lackluster venture into family comedy that has its moments, but ultimately falls flat. Surprisingly, though, "Johnson Family Vacation" does not completely rip off "Vacation," but simply borrows the premise of a cross-country family trip.
A conference this weekend is aimed at challenging students to think outside the box when it comes to race. "Boxed In: Perspectives of Multiracial Communities Conference" will examine the issues that arise for multiracial individuals who face a world of monoracial categories.
There are a lot of people on this campus who dislike Condoleezza Rice for her politics. There are plenty of people who disagree with her reluctance to testify these past few weeks and probably even more who just dislike her for the cold-blooded, pit bull stare.