Kelley Hart watched friends do mock court competitions in the MSU-Detroit College of Law moot court room, but on Tuesday she was the one in front of the judge. Hart and eight other MSU-Detroit College of Law graduates were sworn into the State Bar of Michigan by Michigan Supreme Court Justice Steven Markman. "Usually when I go to the courtroom people are at each others throats," Markman said.
One day I hope to work at the New York Times, wait, let me rephrase that. One day I hope to write for the New York Times, hold on, allow me to add something else. One day I hope to present the news through my writing in a newsworthy and factual matter. I wonder where Jayson Blair falls in the above statements. Blair used to work for the New York Times.
Despite being tapped to help with foreign livestock diseases in the past, MSU faculty members and researchers said it's too early to know if they will be called to help out their Canadian neighbors after mad cow disease was discovered Tuesday. The U.S.
Two plastic bodies lie face down on the ground as a medic rushes over and flips one of the victims onto its back and begins emergency CPR. There are no flashing lights or sirens as rescuing the mannequins were all part of Wednesday's Ford-MSU Emergency Response Challenge, an annual competition in which about 1,000 participants from the United States and Canada test their skills in six areas of emergency response, such as removing hazardous material from a building and rescuing people from heights. "Expert teachers are watching them, judges are evaluating them and there is an audience watching them to boot," said Hank Budesky, a corporate manager of fire protection engineering at Ford Motor Company.
This weekend, Detroit's underground music will take its yearly place in the limelight. Movement, formerly Detroit's Electronic Music Festival, will celebrate its fourth year at Detroit's Hart Plaza, featuring four stages of DJs and 70 artists, merchandising booths and enough after-parties to send you running for your glow sticks. The free festival is a landmark event in the world of electronic music. "This is the first festival of its kind in North America, focusing on techno and electronic music," said festival veteran Tim Price, who works consulting on visual and production aspects of the event. Price, who has worked at the festival the previous three years, said Movement is an event which could help people understand electronic music and its culture, both of which have remained shrouded in the mystery of the underground scene. "It's a great chance for people to see something new - it's like a big melting pot," Price said.
He can walk on water, part his soup like the Red Sea and potty-train his dog. Yep, it's God in the form of Jim Carrey, and his performance makes this movie come alive. Carrey portrays Bruce Nolan, a local TV reporter in Buffalo, N.Y., best recognized for the humorous spin he puts in his human interest stories.
The Memorial Day weekend is expected to increase the gas prices that many motorists say already are too high.
The MSU International Food Laws Certificate Program received the 2003 National Award for Excellence in College and University Distance Education. The award comes from the American Distance Education Consortium, a collaboration of state and land-grant institutions offering educational programs through the Internet. The MSU Institute for Food Laws and Regulations was the first worldwide program to provide international food laws through a Web site.
The Horticulture Gardening Institute has joined forces with the American Horticultural Society to provide an online learning environment for gardening devotees. Since 2002, the institute has matched experts in the field with gardeners through the online experience. The institute is a collaborative effort among MSU Extension's Master Gardener Program, the MSU Gardens, MSU Global Institute and the Department of Horticulture. The new program allows the society to undertake online education opportunities as well as certification. The society is one of the oldest member-based gardening organization in the nation, which offers gardening resources through its self-published magazine The American Gardener, a book program and Web site, www.ahs.org. The first project formed by the collaboration is "The Art and Science of Container Gardening." The project will play host to the society's experts, a checklist of activities, potential resources, a review of the project and a co-branded certification of the project. For more information on the container project visit www.gardeninginstitute.com Stephanie Korneffel
James Ciszewski has stepped down as president for the Council of Graduate Students. Ciszewski, who resigned for personal reasons, had been reelected as COGS president in April. The position has been filled by mathematics graduate student Kimberly Yake. Yake will serve as COGS president for a year, ending her duties as the council's former treasurer. President commitments include chairing COGS meetings, acting as a student liaison with the MSU Board of Trustees and participating in various academic council committees. The council represents all graduate students in the academic governance system and provides services to students such as copying and loans. Stephanie Korneffel
This weekend, Detroit's underground music will take its yearly place in the limelight. Movement, formerly Detroit's Electronic Music Festival, will celebrate its fourth year at Detroit's Hart Plaza, featuring four stages of DJs and 70 artists, merchandising booths and enough after-parties to send you running for your glow sticks.The free festival is a landmark event in the world of electronic music."This is the first festival of its kind in North America, focusing on techno and electronic music," said festival veteran Tim Price, who works consulting on visual and production aspects of the event.Price, who has worked at the festival the previous three years, said Movement is an event which could help people understand electronic music and its culture, both of which have remained shrouded in the mystery of the underground scene."It's a great chance for people to see something new - it's like a big melting pot," Price said.
I was a student at MSU for four years, and I can't think of anything ASMSU did to help me. They charged me $16 a semester and all I got was a low-quality bluebook. Their Web site doesn't have any information or services on it.
The internal vice president for the Residence Halls Association has chosen to leave the position. Chris Harper, former Wilson Hall General Assembly representative, decided to leave MSU.
Crew team headed to NCAA tourney May 30 MSU has been awarded a team bid to the 2003 NCAA Women's Rowing Championship.
An open forum was recently held at the Owen Graduate Hall lobby to discuss racial hostility after a graduate law student found offensively written remarks in the hallway. The student, who did not want to be identified, said he walked by a bulletin board on the hall's fourth floor when he noticed the comments, which were anti-Semitic and anti-Arab in nature.
In "Kill the Music Industry," the final track on their recent release, "Year of the Spider," Cold bites the hand that feeds the five-piece band. Sound-clips of gunfire are followed by a wickedly crunching guitar riff as vocalist Scooter Ward repeatedly growls "Sick of all this monotony/kill the (expletive) music industry." And Ward has a good point.
Gov. Jennifer Granholm announced Thursday the relaunching of Mentor Michigan spearheaded by her husband, the newly appointed chairman for the Michigan Community Service Commission.First gentleman Daniel Mulhern will lead the state agency, which funds, promotes and supports volunteer programs throughout the state.Mulhern will replace former Chairman Russ Mawby, a position Mawby held since 2000.The announcement was made at the Lansing Center, 333 E.
Medical school officials breathed a sigh of relief after preliminary results were released which show applications are on the rise - bringing an end to a sagging number of students since 1997.
In response to Natosha Diggs' rant about summer construction ("
The Movement Festival, formerly known as the Detroit Electronic Music Festival, will take to the streets of Detroit Saturday through Monday.Now in its fourth year, the massive festival aims to bring the best in electronic music to Detroit, the city credited with spawning the genre.