James Bounds' letter "Athletics not cause for funds decrease" (SN 7/21) points out again that athletics have diverted attention from the real funding issue.
Creating 1,200 jobs, a world-class research facility and even more prestige for MSU's already-praised Nuclear Physics Department seems like something the state government would support.
Editor's note: This is the second in a series of articles profiling Lansing's six candidates for mayor. Melissa Sue Robinson says after half a decade of being a constituent, she's ready to make her mark on Lansing by running for mayor. "I want to give back to the people that helped me," the 53-year-old said.
With wounds still fresh from a more than $2-million embezzlement scandal, Mike Brown, president of the Capital Area United Way, addressed a crowd of laborers saying the scandal won't shake the 64-year partnership with the labor union. "We have to roll up our sleeves and go back to work," Brown said.
Most children would say they'd rather spend summer days playing outside than learning. But for the more than 250 third and fourth graders who spent two weeks on campus for Kid's College, they say braving the classroom in the summer was worth it. Sitting next to a structure made of wooden dowels pegged into a board with string to hold up action figures, 10-year-old Jessie Marshall-Reeve learned about structures, gravity and architecture.
A ballot initiative was proposed Wednesday that would allow Michigan voters the option to prohibit preferential treatment based on race or gender. With the support of several Republican state representatives by his side, the chairman of the Sacramento-based American Civil Rights Coalition, Ward Connerly, announced the campaign for the ballot initiative at the state Capitol. If passed, the initiative would become a constitutional amendment against the U.S.
After reading the article about Steve Smith ("Former 'U' star chairs project," SN 7/21) and his contributions to our university, it made me think about a previous article I have read this year in The State News.
State lawmakers and East Lansing city officials are working together to solve the seemingly annual problem of fire department funding. While some city officials say the two East Lansing fire stations, one of which is located on campus, are "managing" the almost-yearly reductions in fire protection funding from the state, it is a cause of concern for others. In addition to providing fire rescue to the city, the 52-member fire department is responsible for protecting campus, including high rise residence halls and large venues such as the Wharton Center and Breslin Center. Fairly small communities such as East Lansing struggle to purchase the costly equipment to protect the universities within their borders, East Lansing fire Chief Randall Talifarro said. Since the 1970s, a portion of East Lansing's Fire Department budget has come from the state in the form of fire protection grants, which fund cities that house state-owned buildings like universities. But the state has never fully funded the grant program for East Lansing, City Manager Ted Staton said. "In the fire service, we're keeping things held together with bailing wire and glue," he said. State-owned buildings, such as those on campus, can't be taxed, but in the past fire protection funding came from state grants.
U.S. News & World Report has decided to change the way it assesses what schools are among the best in the nation. The magazine, which annually ranks universities such as MSU, has plans to combine its rankings of Tier 1 and Tier 2 schools, as well as delete the the yield ratings factor, or the ratio of enrolled students to admitted students.
The nuns who broke into a Colorado missile silo and poured their blood onto the silo, covering a 300-kiloton high-alert nuclear missile, could face six to nine years in prison.
It seems as if another president is guilty of lying to the American people - except this time, American lives were involved. In the months leading up to the war with Iraq, President Bush sold the American people on the idea that Iraq posed "an imminent threat to the security of our country" and that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction and was ready to use them.
Chicago - In his new role as MSU's football ambassador, John L. Smith greeted a congregation of Big Ten officials Wednesday, acknowledging that many believe the program to be one of the conference's weakest members. "I know a lot of people aren't expecting too much from us," he told dozens of reporters at the annual Big Ten football kick off in the Windy City.
A recent MSU graduate became the first woman ever to win the Detroit Newspapers Michigan PGA Tournament of Champions on Wednesday. Stacy Snider, 23, won in her second tournament since turning pro last week, posting a one-under 71 in the final round of the tournament at the Monument Course at Boyne Mountain Resort in Boyne Falls.
'U' student, alumnus qualify to represent U.S. as members of trampoline gymnastics team Josh Vance jumped through another hoop in his effort be a participant in the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Greece. Vance, a second year MSU osteopathic medical student, qualified for the trampoline gymnastics National Team along with teammate and longtime synchronized trampoline partner Keith Douglas, a 1998 MSU graduate. Both men will represent the United States at the Trampoline Gymnastics World Championships in Germany during October. Vance said the week at the U.S.
Finally, a summer movie that relies more on its storyline than on a huge budget and special effects. "Seabiscuit," the true story of a horse who beats the odds to become a champion, is a strange pick for a summer release because its absence of action.
Known throughout the area as the band that provided a stepping stone for others, Jebus is calling it quits Friday, playing its last show ever at The Temple Club, 500 East Grand River Ave.
Lansing - The Lansing Lugnuts stole the game from the Fort Wayne Wizards on Wednesday by sacrificing their way to a 3-2 win at Oldsmobile Park. After plating only one run on five hits through eight innings, the Lugnuts (15-18) went back to the basics.
Alumnus donates life sciences fellowship A fellowship will be available for students in the Eli Broad Graduate School of Management starting in 2004. The James M.
A 19-year-old female MSU student was sexually assaulted Sunday morning while walking to her car on the 300 block of Division Street.This attack comes after two attempted abductions in Okemos and Williamston Township last week.At midnight, the student was walking from a friend's house to her vehicle when she was approached by a man holding a gun, East Lansing police Capt.