Shaw Hall will host a series of pro-active events to inform residents about safety issues during Security Awareness Week. The event is sponsored by Shaw Hall's Residence Life staff.
A pair of MSU professors share the same name and a penchant for poetry.Both professors are named Richard Thomas.
Events • "The Late, Late, Late Show with the Accafellas" will be held at 7:30 p.m.
Entering her second term as East Lansing's state representative, Democrat Gretchen Whitmer was named House Appropriations Committee vice chairwoman Tuesday.Chosen by House Democratic Leader-elect Dianne Byrum, Whitmer will serve for the 2003-04 session.
MSU's undergraduate student government approved two bills Tuesday to direct ASMSU officials on how to respond to two issues before the Academic Council. One of the measures approved by the ASMSU Academic Assembly opposes efforts by some on the council to take an official stance on the possible war in Iraq.
It's undeniably evident that Pearl Jam keeps creating ageless music that swells with an earnest and romantic allure with every record. The band's albums have rocked a generation, with Eddie Vedder's yearning vocals and thick, brooding epics that mold from an ever-changing world's influence.
Rick's American Café, 224 Abbott Road, will host the Chicago-based band David Stagle & the Burning Daylight at 10:30 p.m.
Freshmen and sophomores still searching for academic information can save time by stopping by Bessey Hall on Thursday.The Marathon of Majors is a gathering of academic advisers and representatives from all 14 MSU colleges from 5-7 p.m.
In response to the editorial "'No new taxes'" (SN 11/18) against Eco's initiative to ask for a $5 tax on tuition to make this campus and world a better place, Eco already has looked into other avenues to get funding. The truth is, if we let a board decide when, and if, it will have enough money, my grandchildren will be going to this school. Students spend $5 a day just on coffee and pop.
The Spartans basketball season kicks off Friday and the MSU men's basketball team is expecting the 2002-2003 campaign to be a memorable one.The main goal for the Spartans, who are ranked ninth and tenth in The Associated Press and USA Today/ESPN Coaches polls, is to make some noise and return to glory."We're looking for championship effort, so we can take this thing to an elite level," MSU head coach Tom Izzo said.
About 300 Lansing children are expected to shoot hoops in January, and Lansing police officials are looking for an MSU student to be in charge.Lansing police Capt.
MSU's science programs could see a dramatic increase in federal research money thanks to a measure that will double the National Science Foundation budget during the next five years. The legislation, already approved by Congress, is expected to be signed by President Bush.
Weapons will need to stay behind when East Lansing residents head to city facilities after the city council voted Tuesday to ban them from city buildings, parks and recreational facilities. Guns, knives more than 3 inches in length and similar weapons now must be kept out of the Hannah Community Center, Bailey Community Center, library, aquatic center, public works building, soccer field complex and softball complex after the council's 4-1 decision. Weapons were previously forbidden in City Hall, 410 Abbott Road, which houses the 54-B District Court, because of a state law that prohibits weapons in courts.
Former Irish President and United Nations High Commissioner on Human Rights, Mary Robinson will speak to spectators at 6 p.m.
You know, it is often difficult to sit down and think of things to comment on - well, if you believe I have a lot of land in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean to sell for a good price.
I agree with Mark Hicks in his column "People should try to socialize outside colored comfort zones" (SN 11/18). However, in his final words, Hicks supports the idea of "gray skies," which he so strongly criticized at the opening of his column. "We are all human, and we should treat each other that way," Hicks said in closing. True.
Like Andrew Goetz, I often disagree with our president ("If U.S.
MSU's Panhellenic Council elected new members to its executive council last week.Each of the 13 sororities voted for each of the positions.
In the wake of two discouraging losses to Ohio State, the MSU hockey team doesn't have much choice except to regroup and look to the future. But the bad news for the Spartans (5-5-0 overall, 3-3-0 CCHA) is that they face a rocky road ahead. The sweep at OSU started a stretch where MSU will play 10 of its next 11 games away from Munn Ice Arena.
Contrary to recent behavior by MSU's Board of Trustees, this is not a private institution. This university is designed as a public entity, one where the people of Michigan - whose tax money supports the school - deserve to be informed and involved. On Friday, the board chose to have a closed-door discussion about the tight budget facing the university in the next year.