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.
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.
Park, recreation and tourism resources junior Brady Cannon wants to put guitars and drumsticks into the hands of Lansing children.A benefit concert to raise money for the Lansing School District after-school music program is being held at 7:30 p.m.
On March 13, the U.S. Senate took a colossal step backward, not only in terms of reproductive rights, but as an institution, it undermined the health and well-being of every woman in this country.
The East Lansing City Council's Earth Day work session on Tuesday resulted in the designation of May 4-10 as Water Quality Awareness Week.The council considered two issues: the effort to stencil, "No Dumping, Drains to River" on the city's storm drains and the inventory of local wetlands.
East Lansing officials are preparing to lobby state representatives to keep the speed down on Grand River Avenue. A study by the Michigan State Police and the Michigan Department of Transportation is looking at speed limits on Grand River Avenue and Saginaw Highway to calculate the 85th percentile of speed limits driven on the state-funded roads.
By Jason Worthy For The State News For Jamael Williams, credit cards are a way of life. Receiving his first credit card at 16, the now 20-year-old mathematics sophomore was already depending on the card as one would depend on a job salary. "I used it about once every other day," Williams said.
It's about time. Senators and congressmen from both sides of the aisle probably said this when the bill to ban partial-birth abortion passed with a 64-33 vote in the Senate on March 13 and sailed through the House.
Gary Herbert the sophomore and Fred Tilton the graduate: relax ("Graduates do not represent 'voice'" SN 4/16 and "Graduates are actual voice of 'U'" SN 4/17). Herbert is right - Tilton is not at MSU right now - he's working his job at who-knows-where, reacting to events he only experiences through the media.
Less than one week after a former member accused MSU Residence Halls Association officials of not promoting diversity, RHA President Derek Wallbank said diversity is one of the organization's main focuses.The distribution of a letter written by former Director of Racial, Ethnic and Progressive Affairs LaToya Logan accused RHA of poor representation of diversity among constituents.But Wallbank said the organization has allocated most of its funds to programs for campus diversity, and recently won the statewide award for diversity given by the Michigan Organization of Residence Housing Association.
Over four years, I've written around 100,000 words asking you to think, if not in a certain way, about certain things.
MSU President M. Peter McPherson's efforts to rebuild Iraq's economy could help the university regain part of its reputation - one tainted by last month's disturbances. The disturbances resulted in dozens of arrests and $40,000 in damage. McPherson's role in Iraq's reconstruction won't cancel out the riots, but will have a lasting affect on the university, public relations Professor Brenda Wrigley said. "One incident can undo years of hard work and building up of a reputation," Wrigley said.
Quick, what is the first thing that comes to mind when you think of a team with an 11-24 record? Bad?
Three former Spartans will play for the United States in this year'sInternational Ice Hockey Federation World Championship, which starts Saturday and runs through May 11. Goaltender Ryan Miller and forwards Adam Hall and Kevin Miller - Ryan's cousin - are on the U.S.
For a time in the '60s the Byrds were considered the American counterpart to The Beatles. As founders in the folk-rock movement, alongside the likes of Bob Dylan, it's easy to see why. "The Essential Byrds" sheds light on the band's illustrious career.
Former North Carolina assistant coach Doug Wojcik has accepted a position on MSU head coach Tom Izzo's coaching staff, Wojcik told The State News Tuesday. "I'm joining something that is already built," he said.
A forum to discuss the effects of the war on the United States and the reconstruction of Iraq is scheduled from 7-9 p.m.
Employees at the MSU Computer Center are still investigating the cause of Sunday's inaccessibility to a new Web-based e-mail system launched last month. The site, located at mail.msu.edu, was inaccessible for most of Sunday.
A female Central Michigan University student was diagnosed with bacterial meningitis over the weekend, the first case at that university in about 20 years, CMU officials say. The student was a resident of Woldt Hall on campus.