When MSU President M. Peter McPherson heads to Iraq, Provost Lou Anna Simon will become the university's interim president, making her MSU's first female leader. In her new role, Simon joins the growing trend of women taking leading roles in Michigan.
While most people can navigate campus as the crow flies, Bill McCreary knows his way around as the mole digs. McCreary worked maintenance on the miles of steam tunnels under MSU for 15 years and knows how to make his way from Hubbard Hall to the Red Cedar River - underground. "They're pretty good-sized tunnels, most of them you can get through all right," the 76-year-old Lansing resident said.
Since folk music often tells the tough stories of common people, a folk concert to raise money for building homes could be fitting.Grammy award-winning Riders in the Sky are playing a benefit concert Thursday at 7:30 p.m.
It would be prudent for U.S. diplomats to curb their squabble with the United Nations and begin mending America's botched relationship with the global order. Our nation's leaders made a bad choice Tuesday when they shot down a request from U.N.
There's been a lot of divine intervention on campus lately."Divine Nine" is the nickname for the nine national historically black fraternities and sororities.
Men's basketball coach Tom Izzo has a new benchmate. Former University of North Carolina assistant coach Doug Wojcik said on Tuesday he'll fill one of the team's two assistant coaching vacancies.
The MSU softball team's tour against in-state competition continues with a nonconference doubleheader against Oakland today. The Spartans (29-13 overall, 8-5 Big Ten) have already faced Eastern Michigan, Western Michigan and Central Michigan, with games against Detroit-Mercy and Michigan still ahead.
A study conducted by an MSU physician pinpoints those at risk for a deadly bacterial infection.Dele Davies, chairperson of MSU's Department of Pediatrics and Human Development, led the Calgary-based team which found the risk of death from Invasive Staphylococcus aureus, or ISA, is greater in dialysis, transplant and HIV-positive patients than the general population.Staphylococcus aureus, often referred to as "staph," is a bacteria commonly found on the skin and in the noses of healthy people.
The short walk from the car to the dorm will cost students parking near the Brody Complex and Owen Hall an extra $33 next year.The All-University Traffic Committee has finalized parking fees for the next academic year.The changes include a 23 percent increase in the price of a parking permit for the Brody Complex and Owen Hall.
Ask the Advocates is a column appearing every Wednesday at www.statenews.com that discusses different health issues affecting MSU students.
The return of the campustruth.org ads brings up many issues. The first being the validity of the ads.
As spring rolls into East Lansing, thoughts of burgers roasting on the barbecue and bands pumping out music down the street come into many students' minds.
Rishi Kundi has written his last pointless, uninformed column for The State News ("Departing wisdom from a seasoned columnist, Spartan" SN 4/22). In Kundi's Tuesday piece, he shares with us all the final thoughts he's been waiting to enlighten our lives with since he's been writing his columns.
When it comes to the debate about cuts to next year's deflated higher education budget, lawmakers should be sure to mind the gap while making their decisions.
The women's crew team hosts Notre Dame in a regatta at 6 p.m. today on Lake Ovid in Sleepy Hollow State Park in Laingsburg. Tonight's event was rescheduled from April 12, when races were canceled because of inclement weather. The Eastern Michigan Eagles were also scheduled to race on April 12, but MSU officials weren't sure if the Eagles were going to compete in tonight's make-up. This will be MSU's final event before the Big Ten Championships on May 3. James Jahnke
Sitting alone in a theater full of giddy children and entire families, I didn't know what to expect from "Holes." You could feel the excitement in its air and as the film progressed, I finally understood what was going on and was immediately thrown in the feelings it generated. "Holes" just might be the best of the recent crop of Hollywood flicks.
Mason - In an effort to reduce problems with overcapacity, the Ingham County Jail will undergo a $1.8 million expansion project.The move will add 90 beds, which is important because the jail books more than 11,000 criminals annually and is over capacity nearly every day, Ingham County Sheriff Gene Wriggelsworth said.
The autopsy performed on an MSU student found dead Sunday showed no signs of foul play, the county medical examiner said Monday. City and county officials continued Monday to investigate the death of John Cornelius Eckhold III, a 23-year-old psychology senior, who was found dead by his father at his East Lansing apartment. His father, who is from Midland, went to check on his son after he didn't hear from him for several days.
While most people can navigate campus as the crow flies, Bill McCreary knows his way around as the mole digs.McCreary worked maintenance on the miles of steam tunnels under MSU for 15 years and knows how to make his way from Hubbard Hall to the Red Cedar River - underground."They're pretty good sized tunnels, most of them you can get through all right," the 76-year-old Lansing resident said.