MSU
Apple growing focus of Fruit School event
MSU researchers and faculty partnered with MSU Extension staff members will hold a Fruit School Jan.
NEWS
Grading for study abroad changes
MSU's study abroad program is making changes to increase student attentiveness while they hit the books overseas. Starting this summer, credits earned in co-sponsored study abroad programs will appear on student transcripts with the course name and grade.
NEWS
Potato Moon shines on E.L.
The music created by Grand Rapids group Potato Moon is a lot like its name - one of a kind. But if a label must be given, Ben Stancil, the band's guitarist and vocalist, would call it Americana. "We're basically folk music with a little bit of bluegrass and little bit of blues," Stancil said.
MSU
Dorms change housing contract
A revised university policy will ensure students deciding where to live next year make up their minds quickly. For the first time, University Housing has revised the rules for breaking a housing contract.
MICHIGAN
Capitol celebrates 125 years
Michigan's political leaders gathered on the Capitol's glass floor Wednesday afternoon to officially ring in the 125th anniversary of the state's Capitol building.
BASKETBALL
Spartans shut down Nittany Lions
The Spartans wanted to defend their case as a contender for the Big Ten title. Wednesday night against Penn State, they did it with defense. MSU smothered the Nittany Lions all night en route to a 76-58 victory in front of a jubilant Breslin Center crowd. "I think we got back to our old selves," MSU head coach Tom Izzo said.
MICHIGAN
Bank to host vault fund raiser with 'U' head hockey coach
This evening, Fifth Third Bank will host a "vault warming" party to celebrate the opening of its Jolly Road Banking Center, 2112 Jolly Road in Okemos. Tickets to the 5:30-7:30 p.m.
NEWS
Star searching
National media attention to NASA's rover landing on Mars is attracting a crowd of starry-eyed gazers on campus.Presidential talks of moon walks and celestial rocks from the Red Planet have rekindled the once-dying interest in matters out of this world to a new space-age generation.So soak up the space hype, grab a telescope and unravel the mysteries of space.
NEWS
Star searching
National media attention to NASA's rover landing on Mars is attracting a crowd of starry-eyed gazers on campus. Presidential talks of moon walks and celestial rocks from the Red Planet have rekindled the once-dying interest in matters out of this world to a new space-age generation. So soak up the space hype, grab a telescope and unravel the mysteries of space.
MICHIGAN
E.L. targets city growth, traffic study
The East Lansing City Council continued to work on strategies for a traffic study on the intersection of Abbott and Chandler roads at a Tuesday work session. Two separate traffic studies are being conducted on Abbott Road.
MSU
Residency requirement revised for non-U.S. citizens; 'U' affected
Because of a Michigan statute that kept all non-U.S. citizens from receiving his or her law certification, Melanie Capobianco, a Canadian citizen and MSU-DCL College of Law student, might not have been able to enter the Michigan bar last May. The statute required a student to possess a green card or documentation proving they were permanent resident aliens.
NEWS
DIA collection opens at Kresge
From still-life pieces, unique architectural landscapes and detailed portraits, MSU's Kresge Art Museum is one of only four museums in Michigan to feature the traveling collection from the Detroit Institute of Art's largest on-loan art assortment.
NEWS
I was once like you, until I found local productions
Ah, theater. The actors, the lights, the stage, the set. It's all so, so ? new to me. Before covering my first show ever last weekend, I had only been to see The Nutcracker once and had viewed a few Flint Youth Theatre shows I knew people in.
COMMENTARY
Raelian cult beliefs just as nutty as the Christian majority's
Recently, I was recalling the stupidest news events of 2003. Obviously, Bush was a recurring figure, but the story I fixated on was the comical cloning saga trumpeted by the Raelians.
NEWS
'Big Fish' catches Burton poetic masterpiece again
Only in a Tim Burton film could witches, giants, war, a utopian society, conjoined twins, door-to-door salesmen, circus folk, a missing poet, robbery and a dying man all occupy the same space without being confusing, nonsensical or out of the ordinary. "Big Fish," Burton's long-awaited, highly touted dramedy, is a story as grand as any of those spat out by its title character and twice as appealing. This is imaginative storytelling as only Burton could do, and the end result is a tall tale mixed with family melodrama that entices wonder and disbelief.
SPORTS
Spartans to fight for conference position at Ohio State
The No. 25 MSU women's basketball team gets back into Big Ten play tonight at Ohio State. The Spartans (11-3 overall, 1-2 Big Ten) know it will be another test in the tough Big Ten conference, but a welcome one for MSU after two consecutive conference losses to No.
MICHIGAN
Robbery suspect caught
A man unaffiliated with MSU attempted an armed robbery against two Emmons Hall residents Tuesday night. Lansing resident Deandre Deshone Hudson, 18, spent Tuesday evening harassing students throughout the building, looking for drugs and money, police said.
COMMENTARY
Firearm owners are not evil 'gun nuts'
When I read the article "Moore tackles gun culture with grim accuracy, dead-on aim" (SN 1/13), I have to say I was a little shocked.
FOOTBALL
Lineman's 2004 NFL Draft decision leaves spectators anxious, optimistic
Matthias Askew's decision to enter the 2004 NFL Draft has left both fans and analysts divided. The junior defensive lineman announced Monday he would forgo his senior season in order to pursue a professional career. Stewart Mandel, an online reporter for Sports Illustrated, said Askew will probably be a third or fourth-round pick, not faring as well as former Spartans who also left early.
NEWS
MIDDAY UPDATE: Fire damages E.L. home, leaves students without shelter
An East Lansing home caught fire early Thursday morning, shooting smoke and flames into the air and leaving four MSU seniors without a home.The blaze began around 3 a.m.