MICHIGAN
Anti-war protesters march streets of E.L.
Members of Direct Action, a Lansing-based activist group, marched along Grand River Avenue on Saturday, shouting in protest against the U.S.
MICHIGAN
Abuse prevention focus of month
Michigan recently joined a national movement for child abuse awareness and officials declared April as Child Abuse Prevention Month. On March 31, Gov.
MSU
Budget halts hiring, but talks leave 'U' positive
A Thursday evening meeting between College of Arts & Letters faculty members and Provost Lou Anna Simon left participants positive about future conversations and alternatives to large teaching assistant cuts. More than 50 people from the college filled a Linton Hall room for an hour and a half of open dialogue. Scott Michaelsen, associate professor of English, brought his experience as the director of the Ad Hoc Committee on Faculty Voice to his college and organized the meeting. "We had a very open and very productive dialogue about our shared values regarding the humanities and we agreed to work together in the coming weeks to find ways to protect and enhance our core humanities programs, both graduate and undergraduate," he said. Simon said the discussion led to an understanding between faculty and the administration as to the reality of budget cuts. "We sort of shared realities and concerns, and then tried to think about some ideas we could pursue in a context in which the resources are constrained," she said. The discussion was spawned from TA position offers made on March 31, a deadline established by the Graduate Employees Union.
MICHIGAN
Children hop to it in Easter egg race
Lansing - For 5-year-old Rose Allswede, equipped with a fiery sense of determination and a grocery bag, the moment of truth was at hand. The girl stood before thousands of plastic colored eggs dotting the Capitol lawn Saturday morning, cordoned off by yards of yellow caution tape.
FEATURES
'Vertigo' took camera work to new heights
Nearly 50 years after its release, Alfred Hitchcock's "Vertigo" remains one of the most intelligent, unsettling films of all time.
MSU
Meeting to focus on Antarctica studies
An informative meeting on a study abroad trip to Antarctica will be held at 4-5 p.m. and 5-6 p.m. April 19 in Room 204 of the International Center.
COMMENTARY
Not for rent
As Pinto and Flounder step inside the Delta house for the first time in "Animal House," they negotiate - among many things - drunken party goers resplendent in togas, an empty keg tossed through a glass window and empty beer bottles aimed at their heads. Granted, this is a dramatization that many homes in East Lansing consciously try to recreate on a weekly basis, but it's still a movie.
NEWS
MIDDAY UPDATE: Condoleezza Rice to speak at commencement
National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice will speak to MSU's undergraduate class at the commencement ceremony May 7, university and White House officials announced Monday. Rice, who has been the national security adviser since early 2001, will speak at 1 p.m.
NEWS
General practitioner
Lansing - A year ago, Brig. Gen. Dean Sienko departed for Iraq on a mission to ensure thousands of soldiers engaged in Iraq would have medical care near the battlefields. Battling heat and dense sandstorms, Sienko, Ingham County's top doctor, commanded more than 4,000 soldiers in the Army's 804th Medical Brigade in the Middle East for nearly a year. Their task: Provide hospital, surgical, dental and supply services for soldiers, while managing blood labs and coordinating the logistics of a massive medical undertaking in Iraq. "We took care of people," said Sienko, 47, medical director of the Ingham County Health Department since 1988.
COMMENTARY
Support the war, support the troops or opt to support both
A guy I know just killed his first Iraqi insurgent. Actually, he killed two, maybe three. He has been stationed in Baghdad since February and since all hell broke loose in Iraq two weeks ago, he's been in the middle of a fire fight.
FEATURES
BoarsHead hosts free series
Tired of seeing boring theater? Aching for a little bit of a wild, off-the-wall performance? Sick of not being able to foot the bill for mega-hit shows?
MSU
Hall of Fame honors 3 Detroit journalists
A journalist for WJR, a Detroit News sports writer and a Detroit Free Press political writer will be inducted into the Michigan Journalism Hall of Fame on Saturday.
FEATURES
'Lounge' sees other side of 8 Mile
Nearly three years after James Carter was recorded at the historic Detroit jazz bar at Livernois and 8 Mile, the Motor City saxophonist is allowing his fans to relive the beautiful music they heard that night.
SPORTS
Thompson pulls upset, Spartans still lose, 6-1
MSU junior Keri Thompson upset Indiana's No. 38-ranked Dora Vastag, but the MSU women's tennis team failed to record any other points in a loss to the No.
MSU
Nobel prize winner to speak on physics
Jerome Friedman, Nobel prize winner and professor of physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will speak at 7:30 p.m.
MSU
ASMSU passes new budget, allots funds for 'U' events
During the final ASMSU Student Assembly meeting Thursday night, members addressed campus issues and events, as well as bills to increase interaction with the East Lansing. MSU's undergraduate student government also passed its 2004-05 budget. "The budget has passed - the celebration may commence," said Missy Kushlak, Student Assembly chairperson.
NEWS
Reactions to report excited, hesitant
MSU College of Human Medicine faculty members, students and alumni have expressed both anger and excitement about a report released Thursday that details a possible relocation of a large portion of the school to Grand Rapids. The report, developed by a university committee led by Don Bowersox, a supply chain management professor, assessed possible impacts a move or expansion could have on the university and surrounding medical community. The assessment was released three months after word of a possible move became public and just one month before the MSU Board of Trustees makes the final decision. The report recommends the College of Human Medicine move all but about 50 of its 200 first- and second-year students to Grand Rapids.
MSU
Stanford prof visits for science lecture
Paul Ehrlich, Bing Professor of Population Studies at Stanford University will visit MSU from Tuesday to Friday as part of MSU President M.
BASEBALL
Spartans' win streak halted at 12
The red-hot MSU baseball team's (16-12 overall, 6-2 Big Ten) winning streak was extinguished at 12 games after losing their final two contests in a weekend series with Illinois (10-16, 3-5). MSU head baseball coach Ted Mahan said his team is tired and that is a factor that played into the Spartans' streak being snapped this weekend.
MICHIGAN
Pair charged in robbery at E.L. tanning business
Two suspects were arraigned Friday for the April 2 armed robbery of an East Lansing tanning salon. Lansing resident Eric Evans, 21, and a 17-year-old girl, also from Lansing, were arrested Thursday for the armed robbery of B-Tan, 233 E.