It is usually a small treat that parents bake for their children. But the MSU Bakery is looking to make something more than an afternoon snack.The bakery, in cooperation with MSU Safe Place and the Institute of Packaging Professionals are busy building the world’s largest Rice Krispie Treat.
The beeping sounds of metal electronic gates can be heard as residents line up to enter Melrose Apartments’ gated community in the Northern Tier, nearly three miles from campus. Gates surround three of the four new apartments north of Lake Lansing Road and some students say it is a beneficial safety feature.
It was my dream. A dream that I told people about just so they would tell me I was crazy. So, for the last two years, I’d prepared for one of the most grueling, but fulfilling events ever created.
Green and white balloons crowded into rooms filled with homemade food and cheerful voices of MSU staff Wednesday.It was more than just National Bosses Day for four lucky MSU employees as they received the Supervisor Recognition Award from MSU’s department of Child and Family Care Resources.
Flipping the channels one Saturday afternoon, my roommate and I saw an advertisement on MTV for its second installment of “Making the Band” - “Making the Band 2.” As I watched the commercial and waited for the announcement of another boy band/girl band-type group, I learned, much to my surprise, that a hip-hop group will be formed with the aid of P.
Lansing - Tuesday night’s cold fall breeze caused candle lights to flicker as women huddled together pressing their warm sweaters closer to their bodies.Wooden silhouette cut-outs of victims of domestic violence stood hauntingly in front of the gently rippled Grand River as more than 50 people, mostly women, attended the Candlelight Vigil at Potter Park on Tuesday in honor of Domestic Violence Awareness Month.
This year, I’m asking my mommy and daddy to buy me an amendment to the Michigan Constitution for Christmas.With the November election approaching fast and holiday shopping advertisements again descending upon us, Michigan residents hopefully will not be taught the lesson that money really can buy anything in politics.On Election Day - Nov.
Gary Peters isn’t the stereotypical motorcycle rider - he’s clean-shaven, wears glasses and holds a law degree.
Information indicating that Spartan football head coach Bobby Williams will be announcing his resignation at the end of next week has come into my possession through a source high in the university athletics administration.
A rash of injuries have left the No. 23 Spartans dealing with more physical pains then they’d like to this season. For the second straight weekend and fifth straight game, junior outside hitter Sara Villwock was sidelined nursing an injured left foot. Prior to Villwock’s injury, she led the team with 113 kills total, she also was the team’s biggest defensive threat, digging 3.29 balls per game. Her presence has been felt on the bench, but it has lacked on the floor - where the Spartans have been hurting.
Rarely does a 55-year-old man want a bunch of college kids to play their music louder.But that’s one of the things head coach Rick Comley still is trying to get his 10th-ranked hockey team (1-1-0) to do in his first year at the helm.Comley wants noise.
The sniper who has put fear in the hearts of many Washington area residents also has rekindled talk of gun control on Capitol Hill - and one set of proposals seems worthy of America’s attention. The proposals would create a national ballistic fingerprinting system, which could better help law enforcement officials trace shell casings or guns found at crime scenes. Authorities have used ballistics imaging technology to conclude that bullet fragments and shell casings found from the shootings attributed to the Washington-area sniper’s gun. The fingerprint proposals would require gun buyers to register the unique casings and bullet fragments from the weapons they purchase.
Let’s be honest here. Bobby Williams was “chosen” (not hired) to be MSU’s football head coach for all the wrong reasons. This guy is from former Detroit Lions head coach Wayne Fontes’ school of college football.
Mention the band Tool, and you’ll notice widely different reactions. One person will shrug and act indifferent.
MSU’s undergraduate student government filled one of its many open positions Monday.Computer science sophomore David Wilson was hired as the director of Technology and Web site Affairs, now in charge of updating the ASMSU Web site and keeping the computers working.“The kid’s a ninja,” said James Perra, ASMSU interim association director.
MSU medical students, along with health agency representatives and supporters of Proposal 4 met Wednesday to learn more about the proposal.Ron Davis, a member of Citizens for a Healthy Michigan, spoke in front of about 50 people - most in cerulean blue “Vote Yes on Proposal 4” T-shirts - about why they should be in support of the ballot proposal Nov.
A notable team of Michigan leaders has been assembled to lobby the federal government for MSU’s bid to bring a significant scientific tool to campus.
Tension escalated Tuesday at a mock refugee camp set up near Erickson Hall as part of Palestinian Awareness Week. Discussions among students sympathizing with either side of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict remained calm at times, but also spawned heated arguments.
The Ingham County Health Department is sponsoring flu shot clinics for the public starting Wednesday. The clinics are set up for walk-ins only and no appointments will be taken.