University Apartment residents looking for summer entertainment don't have to go far. The 2003 apartment summer program schedule has already begun, but several activities kick off June 9.Summer programs include:• Kids World allows children ages 5-12 to dabble in arts and crafts, science experiments and games from 1:30-3 p.m.
While fans of role playing games eagerly await the North American release of "Final Fantasy X-2" in early November, Sony seeks to quench their thirst with "Arc the Lad: Twilight of the Spirits," a new role playing game coming out late this month. The game is the fourth and latest installment of the "Arc the Lad" series; the first three were only released in Japan. The story is pretty simple.
After being steadfastly ignored by my alma mater for more than a quarter century, yesterday I received mail from the Office of Planned Giving seeking to remind me to include MSU in my will, despite any knowledge on their part of my impending demise.
The university's 2003-04 budget was approved at the MSU Board of Trustees meeting Thursday, minus the support of three of its members.Trustees Colleen McNamara, Joel Ferguson and Dorothy Gonzales voted against budget guidelines imposing a 9.9-percent tuition increase, $31 million in university cuts and a 2-percent increase in faculty and staff salaries."I don't believe Michigan families can cope with this," McNamara said.
Mason - The first time Penelope Tsernoglou walked through the front door of the Ingham County Animal Shelter she cried. "I was just devastated that there was a place like this in existence," said the East Lansing resident, who has been volunteering at the shelter for more than a year. But that has changed, she says. Tsernoglou and other volunteers say they have seen great improvements in the facility's cleanliness and care despite recent criticism from local animal activists who question the shelter's conditions and practices. Tsernoglou says there has been an increased attentiveness to messes and better medical attention to animals from a new veterinarian. "They have cleaned up a lot since they have been facing a lot of scrutiny from the media," she said. The quality of the shelter's facilities, though, remains in doubt with some community members, which caused the Ingham County Board of Commissioners' law enforcement committee to hold public discussion in May, allowing concerned citizens to voice complaints.
Large white picket signs lined the sidewalk in front of the entrance to a construction site at East Lansing High School, 509 Burcham Drive, a mark of protest over work being done on the school.Members of the Ironworkers Local Union No.
Severe weather conditions in the winter and fall are major obstacles preventing Michigan residents from exercising during those seasons, a MSU professor says.Jim Pivarnik, professor of kinesiology and physical medicine and rehabilitation, analyzed a statewide study called the Michigan Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, or BRFSS, a 1996 survey of more than 5,000 Michigan residents.The survey focused on what Michiganians were doing to maintain their physical fitness.Pivarnik's findings were published in the June issue of the journal Medicine & Sciences in Sports & Exercises."Most people are fair weather exercisers," Pivarnik said.
The U.S. 127 northbound ramp at Trowbridge Road will be closed for construction until early August.In a joint effort with the city of East Lansing and the Michigan Department of Transportation, the road will be closed for traffic control while construction take places on the ramp and medians.
Customers seeking driver's license renewals might be spending less time at the Secretary of State.With the help of a new computer system and keyboards that are equipped with magnetic strip readers, driver's licenses with bar codes on them will automatically enter a person's license number, date of birth and expiration date into a computer instead of a worker manually typing in the same information.
Although interest rates have reached historic lows, university officials say MSU students will be seeing greater savings for the next academic year.On July 1, federal student loan interest rates are expected to drop from 4.06 to 3.42 percent.
When "The Fast and the Furious" hit theaters in the summer of 2001, many Michigan residents were already adding flashy features to their vehicles, no matter the cost.
By Azadeh Moaveni Los Angeles Times Baghdad, Iraq - Threatening suicide attacks against U.S.
Eminem shouldn't be the only one complaining about the Federal Communications Commission. Everyone should be rapping about FCC's ridiculous decision to give media companies more power. The new resolution, which was voted on Monday, will allow companies to reach 45 percent of the country, whereas before they were limited to reach 35 percent.
Plans for construction additions to the College of Veterinary Medicine and the Engineering Research Complex will be up for debate during the MSU Board of Trustees meeting when the 2003-04 budget and tuition increase will be decided Thursday.The College of Veterinary Medicine plans to add an Oncology Center and Isolation Facility.
Three MSU track and field athletes earned invitations to the NCAA Outdoor Championships held June 11-14 in Sacramento, Calif.
Let me first say medical research does have its merits. However, there now are better more economical and more humane ways to test drugs and medical procedures than to use animals.
In December of 1994, MSU's administration made its community a promise: to keep tuition at or below the rate of inflation. It was known as the Tuition Guarantee, and it was abandoned in fall 2000.
A 100-pound cylinder of chlorine gas, a substance that destroys the respiratory system if spilled on campus, could spread miles across MSU within hours.Depending on how the wind blows, getting out alive wouldn't be as simple as getting away from the contamination.
After a weekend of tryouts, three MSU athletes have taken another step toward taking the summer off from Spartan basketball and representing the United States against the rest of the world.Junior guard Chris Hill, sophomore forward Paul Davis and sophomore guard Maurice Ager all made the cut as finalists under consideration for placement on two different USA Basketball teams."It just shows that we're more than just basketball, we can go out and represent our country," Davis said.