A team of 50 MSU faculty members will use a $35 million grant to work to improve math and science teaching and achievement for K-12 schools in Michigan and Ohio.The grant took effect Friday and was awarded by the National Science Foundation, an independent federal agency supporting research and education in science and engineering.
A brightly colored male peacock at Lansing's Potter Park Zoo looked at 35 students sitting on picnic tables, waiting for a John Deere cart to deliver them to pick up brush Sunday afternoon.The group, minus the blue-and-green bird, was participating in the National Gandhi Day of Service, an event celebrated by 7,000 students at 500 universities nationwide.The Coalition of Indian Undergraduate Students sponsored the event.
MSU played its most efficient game of the season on both sides of the ball en route to a Homecoming victory over Indiana, according to head coach John L.
I am going to try to give The State News a bit of advice regarding the column "Life of a college student can lead to one gigantic headache". The doctor was right, you just need to relax.
Who are those impostors in the green-and-white uniforms with "Michigan State" written across the chest and the helmets with the Spartan on it?
No. 9 Michigan at No. 23 Iowa U-M can consider itself 1-0 with six games remaining - each one a necessary conference win. For the Wolverines (4-1 overall, 1-0 Big Ten) to cling to any of their preseason hopes of a national championship or BCS bowl berth, a road win this Saturday in Iowa City is mandatory.
After MSU's contract with two travel agencies expired last year, university officials are considering making changes to its travel management system, which gives discount options to faculty members. MSU's Controller David Brower said MSU's contract with Spartan Travel and Anderson Travel expired, and MSU officials are looking at agencies that would offer discounts for university travel. Brower said the travel agencies were full-service agencies, capable of booking airplane tickets, hotels, car rentals and other accommodations.
He's hungry, and he's ready to take his aggression out on any and all of the Spartans' opponents.After standing on the sidelines, itching to get involved in the revival that is the 2003 MSU football team, Eric Knott will finally get a chance to back up his claim of being the best tight end in the Big Ten.He's the physical, pass-catching and power blocking tight end that would fit perfectly into any offense, especially one that relies on distributing the ball to multiple receivers and, with no fullback, uses tight ends as blockers."Expect Eric Knott to make a play here and there, but if my number's not getting called, I'm (going to) make sure that I'm down the field, making a key block, a 100 percent effort," Knott said.
Sixteen years ago, members of the lesbian, bisexual, gay and transgender community organized the largest march on Washington at that time. "It was the first time in our history that there was that kind of visibility action," said Brent Bilodeau, assistant for LBGT Concerns at MSU. The legacy of the march has continued since 1987 through National Coming Out Days, which is celebrated at MSY nationally on Sunday. National Coming Out Day began to recognize and celebrate the lives of LBGT people.
Like the small, quiet kid in class who becomes Bill Gates, a Big Ten team has traveled from the depths of the conference standings to the top each of the last three seasons.All three years, a team has gone from not having a winning conference record one season to winning at least a share of the Big Ten title the next.With a new coach, a new team-oriented attitude and a recent upset win over last year's surprise team, Iowa, the Spartans are looking to continue their winning ways against Indiana on Homecoming Saturday and be the next surprise Big Ten champion.The reward for the conference crown is at least a New Year's bowl game.
When I attended high school, homecoming week was an orgy everyone wanted a piece of. There were theme days to dress up, floats to be made and spirit games to be won. I remember toga day and how people were whispering through the halls, "I don't have on underwear.
Brightly colored pieces of fabric decorate the sanctuary of Edgewood United Church to remind local residents of the thousands of people who have died from AIDS.The pieces of fabric make up a part of the NAMES project AIDS Memorial Quilt, a 32-panel piece on display at Edgewood, 469 N.
Basketball legends Larry Bird, Earvin "Magic" Johnson and the Harlem Globetrotters will storm Breslin Center Nov.
Did you hear that the new "Bachelor" from the television series is an MSU grad? No? You don't care?
The video gaming experts obviously had no clue when they predicted how good the MSU football team would be this year. Against an Indiana team that comes into MSU as an underdog for Homecoming, the Hoosiers ran up the score against the Spartans, 62-17, to win the Old Brass Spittoon on PlayStation 2. The Spartans are now 1-6 in Videogameland (somehow related to Candyland), and with Minnesota, Michigan, Ohio State and Wisconsin around the corner, the Spartans might not win another video game this season, challenging the Detroit Lions' and Tigers' terrible records. Starting quarterback Matt LoVecchio played less than one quarter, but that was enough for his team to grab a comfortable lead over the Spartans. In that time, the transfer from Notre Dame threw two touchdown passes to Glenn Johnson and one to Courtney Roby, going 6-of-12 for 239 yards before leaving the game with an injury. The Hoosiers then extended their lead to 41-0 at halftime under backup quarterback Graeme McFarland.
The No. 14 MSU volleyball team plays No. 20 Wisconsin tonight, but in reality, the Spartans will be playing against themselves. In the last four games, MSU (9-4 overall, 1-2 Big Ten) has not won or lost, but rather been given the win or had it taken away by opponents.
If MSU's football team was in kindergarten, every player would get a gold star - for sharing.After the first week of Big Ten play, No.
Even as the city's stiffened ordinance on party noise enters its second month, student leaders aren't ready to back down on their wishes to alter the policy.MSU's undergraduate student government will host a forum for students to voice their concerns about the policy at 7 p.m.
After reading many of the replies to the story covering the demise of 92.1 The Edge ("Radio station loses 'Edge.' turns to pop"), I felt compelled to write in and express my feelings on the station going off the air. As far as I can see it, The Edge was another major music machine playing the music they were paid to play.
Any myth you might have heard about Goth music is probably skewed, according to the Crüxshadows' frontman, Rogue.