Lansing - When Mayor Tony Benavides talks about Lansing, it's almost as if he's mayor of a small town.He knows neighborhoods, ordinances, city businesses and some citizens by name.
College.Truly an unforgettable, and if you learn how to limit what can turn into many drunken evenings, an unregrettable four, five or six years of your life.People often arrive at college thinking they can party when they want to and go to classes when they want to - that is, if they want to.
New DVD titles and $2 VHS tapes are being offered to students by the Residence Halls Association movie rental offices this fall. Last year, RHA movie offices rented more DVDs than VHS by a margin of 4-to-1, said Adam Raezler, movie office director for RHA.
Some say they hardly ever, while others say they do it too much. Regardless, studying has got to be done to stay in school.From coffee houses to dorm rooms, MSU and East Lansing offer hundreds of potential study spots for every Spartan.
In an effort to increase knowledge about coaching youth sports, MSU is introducing three online courses through the Department of Kinesiology with the first class starting this fall. The courses are part of a new coaching education certificate program at the graduate-school level, but are available to anyone who is a part of the lifelong education program.
Former MSU basketball star Steve Smith and his wife, Millie, will be lending Sparty a hand in his transition into bronze.The two have been asked to be honorary chairpersons for the $500,000 project, slated to be completed by 2005.
For Joe DeLamielleure, being inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame was an honor long overdue. On August 3, almost 18 years after he last donned football gear and stepped onto a professional field, the former MSU offensive lineman was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio, an achievement many say was long-awaited and long deserved.
Some students say purchasing a laptop instead of a desktop might be the best way to save a little space during a year of cramped dorm rooms and cluttered desks.No preference sophomore Cheryl Brodowski said she was drawn to the versatility and space-saving attributes of a laptop.
The power outage that paralyzed major U.S. and Canadian cities Thursday, has caused an immediate water crises on MSU's campus, according to an MSU water expert. "At this point we're in a water crises because all of our suppliers that supply our water wells are out of power," said Ronald Flinn, assistant vice president of the Physical Plant.
Gov. Jennifer Granholm assured state residents that Michigan's electricity would be turned back on as soon as possible - as early as midnight for some areas including Lansing.Granholm said she had no received requests to designate any part of Michigan a state of emergency.In a studio at the Communication Arts and Sciences building at MSU, Granholm reaffirmed President Bush's statement that the power outage, covering much of the northeast, was not a terrorist attack.Requesting Michigan's residents to conserve water, unplug appliances, stay off the road and treat all traffic lights as four-way stops, Granholm asked residents to unite."This is an instance where we are all in this together," Granholm said.
The major power outage that simultaneously struck cities such as New York and Cleveland has turned the Lansing area into a ghost town. Even at rush hour traffic had slowed to almost nothing - with police directing traffic during the first few hours of the blackout. The Niagara Falls region of the United States lost power at about 4:15 p.m.
It used to be a weekly routine for Jeff Smoker - talk football with reporters after practice. But in his first appearance after being reinstated Wednesday as a member of the Spartan football team, the senior signal caller seemed withdrawn and not amused with questions that circled around a substance-abuse problem that led to a suspension last season. Smoker looked so caught up in relief of being back on the squad since October that he headed for the locker room without realizing he had left behind his helmet. Nevertheless, Smoker remained willing to reprove himself and handle the attention of being a quarterback. "I learned to just move on and realized that I was responsible for things that happened last year," Smoker said.
In my lifetime I have been in contact with a number of wars. I was born right after World War II, so perhaps I am a product of that homecoming and a return to quieter times.
Researchers work to fight wind, soil erosion Researchers at MSU are working on a lower intensity tillage system which will help to maintain a crop's nutrients and combat wind and soil erosion. When liquid manure is placed on fields, the substance slides through wormholes and other permeable surfaces.
"S.W.A.T." proves summer action films follow the same, tired good-guys-with-guns- beating-up-on-bad-guys formula.
Understanding the practice of whole farm planning is the focus of a series of farm tours around the state of Michigan. Whole farm planning takes a holistic approach to the upkeep of a farm - dedicating time to areas such as soil quality and pest management. The first tour starts Aug.
When authorities and psychologists get the opportunity to examine the thoughts of a criminal mastermind, they normally jump at the chance. That's why the FBI should allow the release of the papers of Ted Kaczynski, better known as the Unabomber. Kaczynski recently asked the FBI to release personal papers, a bomb and other materials seized in his arrest.
The majority of students admitted to the nation's most elite colleges come from the most privileged quarter of the U.S.
The FBI believes it is possible for a person to be a "threat to national security" but not be a terrorist.