When he returned home from Kuwait in June, Marc Maskart had a list of things he wanted to do. There were friends and family to see, the lifestyle of a college student to return to and a pending degree.But some things took precedence over others."The first thing I did was take a good, long, all-American shower," he said.
MSU President M. Peter McPherson will be relieved of his duties in Iraq by former Polish Deputy Prime Minister Marek Belka, a U.S.
Jazz and blues fans are in for a treat Sunday, with an all-night concert featuring nine local acts supporting a good cause.The Green Door Lounge is sponsoring "Blues for Dystrophy," a benefit concert to support the Muscular Dystrophy Association.The concert will be held Sunday at the lounge, 2005 E.
There is a blood shortage, and the American Red Cross is encouraging MSU students to help out. For most of the summer, the Great Lakes Region of the Red Cross has been operating under its smallest blood supply in a decade.
The MSU-Detroit College of Law is holding a lecture highlighting the beginning of a new program about intellectual property.Yale Law School Professor Jack Balkin will speak about intellectual property rights in the United States on Sept.
MSU athletics has a tradition of keeping sports within the family - the football Ducketts, the hockey Millers and the basketball Vincents.
Spartans now have another excuse to play on their computers. Many professors are opting to skip the paper and ink and use electronic resources to provide syllabi to students this fall.Being able to access a class syllabus online is both cost-effective and time-saving for the university and students.
The University of Michigan plans to release a new undergraduate admissions policy Thursday after its acceptance requirements were rejected by the U.S.
While MSU's undergraduate student government historically struggled to maintain hired positions within the organization, officials say slots are mostly occupied for the fall.Last year, ASMSU's technology director left the position in the spring, and the director of human resources quit midway through the year.This year, both positions - despite slight name and description changes - are full."I am very excited," said Missy Kushlak, Student Assembly chairperson.
The name of a six-acre piece of land on the Lansing River Trail will depend on city councilmembers' definition of memorial. "A park should be named after someone who did something great for the community and someone the people remember and respect," Lansing resident Darnell Oldham Sr.
The purpose of education is to improve one's knowledge by discovering new ideas. Every student should be able to explore different realms of life, sexual or otherwise.
Despite last year's $2 million embezzlement scandal, the Capital Area United Way has kicked off its 2003 fund-raising campaign successfully, organization leaders said. The campaign officially began Monday and with early contributors including Fifth Third Bank, the nonprofit organization is already on schedule to meet or exceed the $6.9 million raised last year. The number of pledges from Fifth Third Bank rose 14 percent this year with a 59-percent increase in total dollars raised, said Jim Paul, the bank's vice president regional manager.
Annie Lewis' mission came to an end at 5:28 a.m. on Tuesday as she landed a spot in the record books with a sugary confection as her reward. The East Lansing resident spent the night outside the shop for 13 days and beamed from ear to ear as her son cut a doughnut-laced ribbon Tuesday morning, signaling the grand opening of the first Krispy Kreme Doughnut shop in Lansing Township. Lewis waited excitedly with hundreds of eager customers as the doors opened and her 12-year-old son, Gregg Pullano, turned on the store's famous Hot Light, indicating to doughnut lovers that it was finally time to sample the sweet confections.
Excuse the pun, but being in the dark helped shed light on some very important issues for me. While officials on both sides of the border were scratching their heads over the Great Blackout of 2003 and playing the blame game, my roommates and I were busy playing the find-a-new-house-because-ours-burned-down game.
Ramble on...- It's been quite some time since I've analyzed the quirks of what makes this strange universe so colorful.
The Listening Ear Crisis Intervention Center will offer a support group for survivors of sexual assault this September.Tamika Payne, a staff coordinator for the center, said the initiative for the group rose from the absence of support groups in East Lansing.
The MSU student who said she was sexually assaulted in East Lansing last month has pleaded guilty to filing a false police report.Jenna King, 19, could face a maximum penalty of 93 days in jail and $500 in fines when she is sentenced Sept.
For students living in apartments owned by DTN Management, logging onto the Internet has been anything but easy.DTN-owned properties were no exception to one of the latest computer viruses to hit the nation - the Msblast worm, also known as "blaster." On Tuesday, it caused a complete shutdown of DTN's computer network, affecting about 14 complexes and 1,200 students. The virus had slowed down the MSU campus computer network, which is still experiencing minor problems.
Michigan Hispanic Heritage Month will take place from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15, according to Gov. Jennifer Granholm and the Michigan Legislature.
Believe it or not, a little violin, organ and trumpet music makes its way onto Alien Ant Farm's latest album, "truANT." Although not entirely awful, the variety in instrumentals isn't enough to save the album from mediocrity.