It was the convenient location of Riverpark Apartments that first appealed to accounting junior Casey Hall. The Business College Complex where she attends most of her classes is right across Bogue Street from her apartment.
One item on the University Housing contract is quite small, really - easily overlooked by some students, answered without a thought by others but important to hundreds who desire to live in a certain environment - an environment without alcohol.The alcohol-free housing option provides a place on campus where alcohol is not allowed, by anyone, for any reason.
Heavy boxes, stressed parents and oversized moving vehicles - Tim Knight has seen it all.In his time at MSU, the manager of Case and Wonders halls has seen the good and bad sides of 36 move-in days."The old adage, 'Don't bring everything you own' still applies," he said.
Outside the Michigan Theatre, a gusty wind blew as the lights from its brightly-colored neon sign brought attention to the words "Terminator 2." The marquee looked as if it were from a bygone era, a time of the Ford Model A, fedora felt hats and Clarence Williams & His Jazz Kings.
Picture this: It's August and you've just moved into your first house or apartment. You've spent the entire day moving heavy boxes and unpacking and now you're hungry.
Coming from the Coen brothers, a lighthearted romantic comedy is surprising but great fun. "Intolerable Cruelty" stars George Clooney as Miles Massey, a popular divorce lawyer who has no ethics.
More than 6,000 acres of Michigan's coastline along Lake Michigan are planned for preservation with the new Coastal Campaign program.Gov.
Despite an early falter, this season's MSU football team has the opportunity to make history.With a win against Minnesota, this would be the best start for a Spartan team since they finished second in the polls in 1966.But with senior defensive end Greg Taplin questionable (sprained knee) for the game and junior defensive tackle Brandon McKinney out, the No.
How do you prove that your school system is fine and that choice isn't needed? Cancel classes for a day, impede student learning and engage in a shameful political protest at the Capitol.
The MSU Board of Trustees passed two renovation projects at its meeting Friday.The board unanimously voted to establish contracts to renovate the Clinical Center and the Life Sciences Building, as well as replacing the electrical station that generates power throughout the Brody Complex. University Engineer Bob Nestle said the contracts will be signed within a week and construction should begin shortly after.Gunthorpe Plumbing and Heating Inc. of East Lansing was appointed to replace the coils in air units at the Clinical Center and to replace heat and ventilation systems at the Life Sciences Building.The contract is worth $462,000.Nestle said there are additional costs for design and inspection fees, along with a contingency charge to cover any unforeseen costs, bringing the total costs of the project to about $720,000.Kares Construction Co. of Charlotte was awarded a contract of $373,000 for the replacement of the electrical transformers that serve the Brody Complex.
While most do not choose their future soul mate by his or her name, Gwendolyn Fairfax sure does. In "The Importance of Being Earnest," Gwendolyn, a young Victorian woman played by theatre graduate student Rachel Roberts, has an obsession with the name Earnest and is determined to marry a man by that name.
Freshman and transfer student Hispanic enrollment is down slightly this year, and members of the Chicano and Latino community say factors such as retention and college costs have contributed to the statistics. Enrollment numbers for 2003 show that MSU has 216 entering freshmen and transfer students who are Chicano or Latino, 3.1 percent of the population, down from 3.5 percent last year. In total, there are 1,246 Hispanic students this year, making up 2.8 percent of the total university population. Pamela Horne, assistant to the provost for enrollment management and director of admissions, said the lower numbers are part of the regular changes that occur through a span of years. "It's a natural fluctuation," she said.
Child's play turned serious Sunday night when an 8-year-old snuck up behind his 5-year-old brother and drove a steak knife into his back as he watched TV at the family's East Lansing home.The boy rested on Monday at Lansing's Sparrow Hospital after he was stabilized by doctors who removed the knife that was lodged in his back, East Lansing police Lt.
Walking through a noisy residence hall past dozens of open doors, Megan McGee and Erica May can't help but laugh.
The MSU Department of Entomology has received a $1.6 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to improve pest resistance in tart cherry production.Michigan is one of the largest producers of tart cherries in the world, soaking up 75 percent of the national market.
One. Take out the garbage when nothing more can safely be stacked atop it, or it resembles that talking trash heap from Fraggle Rock.Two.
Eva Bohler recently wrote a letter supporting the monument of the Ten Commandments in Alabama, a letter demonstrating the hysteria and siege mentality characteristic of the Christian right ("Columnist wrong in religious debate" SN 10/6). The removal of the monument was not a restriction on Christians' rights to freedom of speech and religion.
The East Lansing City Council passed an ordinance on Sept. 2 that created stiffened penalties for party-noise violations.
Spartan football head coach John L. Smith and his team are on their way to making comeback history - only the comeback is for much more than a game.
Urbana-Champaign, Ill. - The trip was three-and-a-half years in the making. And when junior running back Tyrell Dortch reached the end zone for his first career touchdown, that wasn't enough.