An MSU professor is part of an international team that has identified an ancient star that might be the oldest ever found.The star is anywhere 14 billion to 15 billion years old, physics and astronomy Professor Timothy Beers said.The star provides clues to what the universe was made of shortly after the Big Bang.The finding is chronicled in the Oct.
One of the most unfortunate things about subscribing to two music magazines - Rolling Stone and Blender - is that I often must wade through infinite pages of half-dressed women to get to the real content of the issue.
With only two fall team meets this year the women’s crew team is feeling good. Last Sunday the team took first place in all five varsity events at The Head of the Elk in Elkhart, Ind.
In response to TJ Jourian’s column, “‘U’ should support equality for students” (SN 10/29), the university already goes too far out of its way in trying to create and promote diversity and in the process, makes a bigger mess out of things. I have been made to feel left out, discriminated against and guilty when reading signs about National Coming Out Days and other various awareness events that supposedly promote unity.
MSU Board of Trustees candidate Crystal Van Sickle has made a bold promise to the campus community. “I would stick to trying not to raise tuition - at all,” the U.S.
The bill proposed to ASMSU to lobby MSU leaders to get the school off of “party lists” is a big mistake. Undergraduate student government officials seem to think being on Playboy magazine’s “Top 25 Party Schools” will deter prospective students from coming to MSU.
With more than 37,000 MSU students coming from various cities within Michigan, some have decided to use absentee ballots to make their voices heard. Others say the process takes up too much of their time, so they won’t bother selecting candidates next week. Jeff Oudsema says he misses the option that allowed him to vote as an East Lansing resident while at MSU without changing his permanent address.
The second floor lounge in the Union was filled with the bellowing voices of students waiting for their shot at stardom.But one voice could faintly be heard echoing from within the confines of the women’s bathroom.“I didn’t want anybody to hear me singing, it was a nervous thing,” said general business administration and pre-law sophomore Rochelle Haqq.
Increasing insurance premiums are hitting small businesses and no immediate relief is in sight, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan officials said. This year, premiums for Blue Cross Blue Shield Traditional, PPO and Point of Service products have grown by an average of 11.4 percent for all Michigan groups and 15.8 percent for Michigan businesses with under 100 employees.
I have been a proud Spartan fan for 20 years. I continue to support the student-athletes on our football team.
Dave Grohl is all over the place these days. The ex-drummer of Nirvana has clearly found his niche as a frontman and guitarist, even though he still drums once in while, like on the Queens of the Stone Age’s new album. With Nirvana’s new self-titled compilation of old songs, which includes the last song ever recorded by the trio, “You Know You’re Right,” and the litigation which prolonged its release, Grohl has been pretty busy the last year and a half. Yet he still found time to finish the Foo Fighters’ fourth record “One By One,” which exhibits a newfound coming of age for the group.
Barbara Pacifico’s pastor at New Hope Christian Church in Shelby Township says the U.S.
It was three weeks ago, and the Spartans haven’t forgotten. The then-No. 18 Spartans went to Cliff Keen Arena in Ann Arbor for their match with the Wolverines hoping to take down the intrastate rivalry.
Events • The MSU Spanish Club will show the film “Le Fabuleux Destin d’Amélie Poulain” as part of its semester-long Romance Language Film series at 5:30 p.m.
Duncan Sheik always finds a way to make his music everlasting. With his immediate success ensuing the incessant appeal of “Barely Breathing” off of his 1996 debut, Sheik continues to relentlessly capture the very essence of timeless romanticism in his music. Six years have come and gone, and with his fourth album “Daylight,” Sheik parades and dabbles in the same formula that made him so beloved in the first place.
ASMSU’s director of human resources - the person in charge of hiring and firing organizational officials - resigned during the weekend.Derek Werner, former ASMSU Director of Human Resources, resigned in an e-mail to Interim Association Director James Perra.
After years of pushing for the Republican cause, Joseph Pilchak decided it was time to reassess his allegiance to the party.
The number of car crashes involving repeat offenders with multiple alcohol convictions has decreased 39 percent since repeat offender laws were enacted on three years ago, research findings announced Tuesday said. The laws brought tougher penalties for repeat offenders while establishing standards for licensing consequences and treatment.
Saturday’s game with Michigan marks the 94th intrastate battle and the 49th since the Spartans joined the Big Ten in 1953.The No.