Not many people know how it feels to wake up dressed in a Confederate flag or to be snuck up on and tagged with an electric dog collar.It may sound odd, but these are typical of the hijinks Ettison Clio employs while on tour.
It's taken five years for MSU MATRIX coordinators and The Alliance for American Quilts to piece together a worldwide database to preserve hundreds of years of American quilt storytelling.The archive opened Monday and serves as a virtual collection to make the history and background of quilts across the nation available online."Quilts are folk culture, and over the last 20 years, we have come to realize that we can learn a lot about the time periods they came from," Mark Kornbluh, director of MATRIX, said.
Students applying for The Ohio State University and MSU this fall will be the first class to go through new admission processes at both schools. Ohio State is the last school in the Big Ten to eliminate its race-based point system for undergraduate admissions, complying with a Supreme Court ruling in June on the use of race in admissions.
After sitting out all of last year and catching only nine passes for 64 yards in the first five games this season, sophomore receiver Matt Trannon finally busted out of his shell last weekend. And his coaches and teammates couldn't be more excited. "First of all, you got to remember he hasn't gotten very much time on the field, and I think you'll see him begin to continue to steadily improve each week," senior quarterback Jeff Smoker said.
After only being in East Lansing for about two weeks, MSU President M. Peter McPherson said he's ready to focus on the university and step out of the limelight created by his work in Iraq. His comments came after recently returning from a trip to Washington, D.C., where he briefed President Bush on the advancement of Iraq's economy. "I expect to periodically go to Washington on behalf of Michigan State business," he said.
This is in response to Dale Hitchcock's letter regarding names on the uniform ("Uniforms without names need to go" SN 10/3). First and foremost, this is not a marketing ploy by the university to get you to buy a program.
The No. 16 MSU volleyball team has reached the halfway point of the season. And luckily for the Spartans, they've done it with more positives than negatives. Even though it would like to be better than 10-4 overall and 2-2 in the Big Ten, the team is happy with its record and the prospects of the season's second half. "I'm happy with the record," senior libero and co-captain Emmy Miller said.
With four games in the past, it is all even between The State News homegrown fantasy football gurus. A new season begins in Week Six - known in college football as Separation Saturday - when fantasy players start showing whether they will be consistent forces each week. Look for good football in Week Six as three of the NFL's weakest teams - Cincinnati, Detroit and San Diego - take the week off.
MSU was awarded three patents to advance a method of processing petroleum, regularly used to make everyday materials such as milk cartons and cellophane.The patents were donated to the university by the Delaware-based DuPont Chemical Solutions Enterprise in an attempt to advance research techniques using the naturally-occurring mineral group called zeolites in the process.Stephen Craft, technology licensing sales manager for DuPont, said the patents were donated to the university because of similar research the university conducted in the past."MSU has just an outstanding department as it relates to catalyst research," Craft said.
The East Lansing Police Department is giving away free gun locks and safety education materials in conjunction with the U.S.
The MSU Psychological Clinic will offer free mental health screenings in Olds Hall from 5 to 9 p.m. Thursday as part of the National Depression Screening Day, an annual effort to properly diagnose depression.Organizers of the event suggest students come down to the screenings if they have had symptoms of depression for two weeks or more.
Forget Barbie and her beau Ken.On display through the month of October at the East Lansing Public Library's North Foyer Gallery, 950 Abbott Road, are hand-crafted dolls with a little bit more class and a lot more personal touches than big-busted Barbie would ever feel.
Jan De La Torre fears for his life.As a gay man and a person of color, he struggles every day as a double minority."Gay people of color exist," the international studies senior said.
Lansing Everett basketball center Goran Suton announced he will be playing at MSU next season at a news conference Wednesday morning.The 6-foot-10, 250-pounder chose MSU over Arizona State, after eliminating Louisiana State as an option earlier in the week."I'm going to stay here and be a Spartan," Suton said in Everett's Earvin "Magic" Johnson Gymnasium.Suton said he was much more comfortable with the coaching staff at MSU, including head coach Tom Izzo and assistants Mark Montgomery and Dwayne Stephens.
Wu-Tang Clan member Cappadonna is bringing his hard-core rap show to Lansing tonight, along with associates Killah Priest and Remedy Ross.The rappers are coming to Spiral Dance Bar, 1247 Center St.
It all started over a package of frozen spinach. I was in the checkout line at the grocery store, watching in amazement as the man behind the scanner whipped my produce down the line faster than I could comprehend.
The phone rings at 8:30 a.m. on a Friday. The first ring becomes part of your dream. The second ring startles you from your sleep like a wretched alarm clock.
The fall semester, especially the time around midterms, is the busiest time of year for students seeking help for depression or anxiety-related disorders, counselors say.Depression, which affects between 17 and 19 million Americans each year, is also one of the top three concerns for college students dealing with the transition of living away from home, academic and financial responsibilities and social demands.Depression, which differs from occasional sadness or mood swings, can occur when feelings include extreme despair which lasts for several weeks, fatigue, loss of appetite, irritability or sleep pattern disturbances.The MSU Psychological Clinic is offering free mental health screenings in Olds Hall from 5-9 p.m.
The quality of education makes quality of life in this day and age. But the federal government seems to have different expectations for the future of this generation and the nation. Future doctors, lawyers, teachers and even economists of our nation could be forced to forfeit their college degree because their goals are undermined by reductions in state funding and grants for higher education.