East Lansing is joining up with residents to help clean up the city. The city's recycling program, Project Pride, annually helps residents clear out their homes, garages and yards by setting up drop-off points for donated household items and recyclables. One hundred volunteers will help collect recyclables from 8 a.m.
When Jack Liu travels to China, he is fighting to save the country's depleting forests and wildlife. As an associate professor in the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Liu has conducted more than two years of research on the problems plaguing the nature reserves in China.
The East Lansing Family Aquatic Center will open its doors on Saturday, weather permitting. In past summers about 800 to 900 residents and guests have splashed around in the 375,000-gallon pool each day, East Lansing recreation coordinator Ken Elwert said. The Aquatic Center, 6400 Abbott Road, is open 11 a.m.
Imagine a team of scientists working on a cure for cancer. They find something, but they need 100 test subjects before sending their findings to the Food and Drug Administration.
While carrying signs featuring images of dogs and cats, about 50 community members waited to speak at a forum on animal research Wednesday night.
Lansing - A late-game three-run explosion Tuesday night at Oldsmobile Park had the Lugnuts staring down the barrel of a 4-1 loss to Peoria.The Lugnuts (28-19) exploded for eight hits off Chief starter Donovan Graves, but left 10 runners on the bases, unable to capitalize after the first inning."Today, unfortunately we hit balls pretty hard with men in scoring position but nothing came of it," Lansing manager Julio Garcia said.The lone run for the Lugnuts came in the bottom of the first inning when second baseman Ryan Theriot scored on designated hitter Donny Hood's double to shallow right field.Peoria (27-23) evened up the game in the fifth, collecting all of its hits off Lansing starter Jae Kuk Ryu they would get a chance to gather.
Jonathan Malavolti made some good points in his critique of Jayson Blair's not-so-recent exploits at The New York Times ("Plagiarizing, pathetic Blair should be forgotten like old news," SN 5/22). Malavolti's assertion that we should just forget Blair is incorrect, however.
Senior diver Stephanie Anisko and senior rower Amy Slider were both named to the 2003 Verizon Academic All-American District IV University Division Women's At-Large First Team, initializing their eligibility for Academic All-American team consideration.As part of the women's swimming and diving team, Anisko won 13 diving events for MSU this season on the one- and three- meter boards, and holds a 4.0 grade-point average.She was awarded the Michigan State Student Athlete Support Services' President's Award, an annual award to the student-athlete with the highest GPA.
Professor Andrew Hogan ("'U' much better off without McPherson", SN 5/22) wrote to criticize the State News for an editorial supporting President McPherson upon his departure for Iraq (SN 4/18). Hogan assails the McPherson administration is a "triumph of self promotion," and blames McPherson for a plethora of social and educational ills.
In reply to your comment about the terror alert system ("Orange alert," SN 5/22), I think it is great for you to make a statement that the color alert system is not doing justice to our country, but nowhere in your commentary is there any suggestion about what should be done to better serve our country's defensive needs. In my eyes, this editorial is nothing more than divisive.
Just because Annika Sorenstam didn't make the cut doesn't mean she should give up. Sorenstam didn't get to fully compete in the Bank of America Colonial in Fort Worth, Texas, last weekend, but she wasn't alone.
Groucho glasses in hand, Joe Kavanagh stood before his fellow East Lansing High School students telling them to prepare to enter the history books.Kavanagh and 799 of his fellow students at 509 E.
Summer session has begun and the world of MSU is truly different than that time we call the "academic year." That time between August 25 and May 1 when the population of MSU is in full bloom at 40,000-plus students and faculty members and support staff of more than 10,000.The summer session resounds with the light language of the birds and the rippling murmurs of the Red Cedar.
To call ASMSU (" ASMSU useless as student government," SN 5/22) a bunch of slackers shows your ignorance to what they actually do.
It's really a shame that you have to scrape the bottom of the barrel in your attempt to smear the present administration ("Orange Alert," SN 5/22). At worst, the color coding of the alert status is harmless.
Hockey senior defenseman Brad Fast and senior swimmer Karl Sunryd garnered academic recognition last weekend, as both were named to the 2003 Verizon Academic All-American District IV University Division Men's At-Large second team.
Whoever said the color code ("Orange Alert," SN 5/22) was meant for you?
Lansing - In a game that closely resembled the final game of the 2002 Midwest League Championship Series, Lansing downed the Peoria Chiefs 7-6 on Monday.Last year's matchup saw the Chiefs (26-23) surprise the Lugnuts (28-18) with an eight-run ninth inning to steal the championship, 11-10.
It's sad to think racism is an evil difficult to eliminate completely. There will always be those among us who are ignorant enough to believe if someone belongs to a different race or ethnicity he or she is a lesser human being.
Movement, formerly known as the Detroit Electronic Music Festival, celebrated its fourth year during Memorial Day weekend. Featuring four stages, more than 75 acts and a massive merchandising area, the festival drew hundreds of thousands of people into Detroit's Hart Plaza. The festival's crowd was a grab-bag of people from all age groups and lifestyles, all of whom converged for the purpose of listening to music. "There are a lot of different people, but when you are all on the dance floor you're grooving to the same beat," said Minnesota native Sarah Gross, attending the festival for her first time. Music meshed in the plaza, from the stages as well as from independent DJs performing in merchandising booths, causing the area to come alive with a constant pulsing beat. Most of the festival's acts hail from the Detroit area, which is credited with spawning electronic music. "There's been some good classic techno here.