The fate of the Residence Halls Association 2003 fall budget is in the hands of the group's constituents.The $21 semester fee charged to students living in the residence halls is up for renewal in the spring semester.The organization began this semester with a budget of about $372,000.
Like many MSU students and others, Heather Johnson hates when her phone rings while she's eating dinner and a telemarketer is on the other end peddling a product."I think they're rude and unnecessary," the nursing senior said.
An MSU trustee is upset with a move that could bring profits to MSU through a plan to offer high-speed Internet access off campus. Project Anaconda, which was brought to the Board of Trustee's attention in February, would connect fiber optics throughout mid-Michigan in hopes of luring businesses and residents to tap into MSU's Ethernet capabilities.
East Lansing City Manager Ted Staton will attempt to convince the Michigan Liquor Control Commission today to raise fines for liquor law violations.Staton, who will be supported at the meeting by the East Lansing Police Department, said the city is concerned that fines ranging from $100 to $300 for violations will not deter possible future offenses.The public hearing will take place at 11:30 a.m.
International Student Travel is holding informational meetings for its volunteer work and travel programs this summer.
In its first home meet of the 2002-2003 season, a technicality resulted in the MSU wrestling team's first loss of the season. The No.
The off-court show featured mobs of children cheering on the MSU women's basketball team. On the court, the Spartans put on a show of their own downing Kent State 85-72 Tuesday at Breslin Center.The record-breaking crowd of 12,058 for the afternoon game shattered the previous mark for women's basketball attendance of 7,733 set against rival Michigan in 2000."It was a wonderful energy out there today," MSU head coach Joanne P.
Students and other MSU community members should not be alarmed by the Aventis company's recall of a batch of its meningitis vaccine that was partially used by Olin Health Center staff to vaccinate more than 2,000 students. Likewise, current and future students should not allow the problem to discourage them from being vaccinated against a disease that has proven deadly at campuses across the nation, including at MSU.
Landlords are feeling the crunch to renovate in order to keep up with a series of brand new apartments billowing into East Lansing.
The MSU volleyball team (19-11) anxiously awaited its fate for the NCAA Tournament and let out a thunderous roar Sunday night when they saw the bracket they were placed in. The Spartans will travel to South Bend, Ind., where they will match up against George Mason (22-7) in the first round at 4 p.m.
Tim McGraw is one fortunate singin' country boy. He's been on top of the country world for almost a decade and somewhere in between, married Faith Hill and sang "It's Your Love." Then everything else became insignificant. On his seventh album, "Tim McGraw and The Dancehall Doctors," McGraw is still laboring for the success of his 1997 release "Everywhere," which undoubtedly is still his best to date.
What would we do without music? Perhaps a few demented folks would jump for joy and loudly shout a victory cheer, but the majority of us would most likely be reduced to tears and inexplicable sorrow or dejection. You would almost have to be branded a misanthrope to not enjoy or appreciate music.
Gov. John Engler is expected to sign an executive order Thursday with intentions of balancing the state's $400 million budget deficit.Though it has not been officially stated by the governor, many lawmakers say they anticipate cuts in higher education funding, revenue sharing and state government funding.The executive order is expected to cut about $470 million from the current year's budget, including between 1 to 5 percent cuts in grants for universities."The talk is that higher education and revenue sharing will be on the cutting table as well as some other state government funding," said state Rep.
Starting in January, MSU, MSU-Detroit College of Law and Grand Valley State University will bring law to west Michigan by offering an advanced securities course on GVSU's campus.
In its editorial "Money talk" (SN 12/02), the Editorial Board asked the question of why MSU keeps rewarding poor performances.
I would like to agree with John A. Amrhein's letter to the editor "Story about Virginia party left questions" (SN 12/02). I, too, did not understand why this issue was so controversial. Two white men coming to a costume party dressed as the Williams sisters shows no racial injustice up front and since we, as a campus, have no further information, we should be fools to jump to any such conclusions as to what was meant by it. In my opinion, it should be an honor to the Williams sisters that people would want to dress up like them on Halloween. Halloween has become a holiday where you don't have to dress up in scary costumes anymore.
Before a record-breaking crowd of 12,058 students, parents and faculty, the MSU women's basketball team defeated Kent State, 85-72.Fourth and fifth graders from schools around the area were bussed in to partake in the "When I Grow Up" event, which focused on bringing positive messages about careers and goal-setting."It was a wonderful energy out there today," MSU head coach Joanne P.
Public relations senior Katya Achkasova said it snows more than half the year where she came from. The Russian native recalls snow from November through April, and so fresh snowfall on campus Monday wasn't much for her to deal with, she said while standing outside the Natural Science Building. "I love it," she said.