ASMSU Academic Assembly representatives from various colleges were surprised Tuesday to find Association Director Joe Mignano had resigned about three weeks earlier.At the assembly’s Tuesday meeting, James Madison representative Adam Raezle, asked assembly Chairperson Matt Clayson what had happened to Mignano, after Clayson had skipped over the director’s report for the third meeting in a row.
The Ann Arbor Blues and Jazz Festival celebrates its 30th anniversary this weekend and will be hosting an extensive mix of talented performers. “This year they have a nice flavor of acts from around Michigan as well as international artists,” said Rodney Whitaker, an associate professor and director of jazz studies, who has played at the festival several times. “It’s a great festival and people will have a good time,” he said.
Fire trucks and ambulances sped out of the East Lansing fire station, breaking the silence of a remembrance ceremony Wednesday to honor rescue workers and victims of the Sept.
Everybody has a “thing.” Some can’t open umbrellas indoors because it’s bad luck. Others think a broken mirror causes seven years of tormenting misfortune and some still believe beer before liquor equals never been sicker.
Whirling dancers clad in sparkling, vivid colors swept over the Wharton Center stage in an enthusiastic opening to their 20th anniversary “Curtain Call” season. An energetic, lushly designed performance, “Riverdance - The Show,” attempts to introduce East Lansing audiences to Irish dancing while tossing in flamenco, American tap and Russian ballet for good measure. Michael Patrick Gallagher and Tara Barry lead the North American touring cast of “Riverdance,” a show that opened in Dublin in 1995 and last played Wharton three years ago.
MSU police identified the man found dead Tuesday in his campus apartment as research associate Guofu Wang, who was working on a groundbreaking crystal growth project. Wang was in bed at his Cherry Lane apartment when police found him, said chemistry Professor Mercouri Kanatzidis, who invited the 30-year-old researcher from China to participate in postdoctoral work at MSU.
Guess who’s back, back again.Phish is back, tell a friend.It’s been one year, 11 months and five days since the band left the stage at Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View, Calif., and officially went on “hiatus.” But on Dec.
MSU’s yearbook, the Red Cedar Log, has changed its distribution process this year to better ensure students receive the book.In previous years, the yearbook was available to students to pick up at local bookstores.
MSU students will have a chance to “Go Green” tonight. The Capital Area Green Party of Michigan will have its organizational meeting at 6:30 p.m.
An Asian-Pacific American group on campus hopes to begin an MSU chapter of Lambda Phi Epsilon this semester.Asian Fraternity Interest Group, a 16-student group, began a year ago in hopes to join the fraternity after working on various community service and volunteer activities to establish the group.“You have to start as an interest group before you can join the fraternity,” said physiology junior Ryan Navarra, president of the Asian Fraternity Interest Group.
Sophomore tight end Eric Knott is proving why he was considered the nation’s No. 1 tight end recruit coming out of Detroit’s Henry Ford High in 1999.In his junior and senior seasons at Henry Ford he caught 72 passes for 1,186 yards and 15 touchdowns.In just two games at his natural position, Knott is already starting to put up similar numbers.Despite not getting the start against Eastern Michigan in the season-opener, Knott pulled down six catches for 69 yards and two touchdowns.
MSU’s undergraduate student government will meet with the East Lansing City Council Tuesday to discuss issues such as police-student relations.The meeting will take place in Gold Rooms A and B of the Union at 7:30 p.m., and is open to the public.ASMSU Director of Community Affairs Kevin Glandon said he will make a number of presentations to the city council, including Toward a Spartan Community, an effort to build a long lasting and healthy relationship between MSU and the city of East Lansing.Glandon said he also will inform the council about the Spartan Community Partnership, a program to bring MSU students into the polling booths election day to help with the process as polling inspectors.
Events • The Red Cross Club will hold blood drives in remembrance of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on Thursday and Sept.
Lansing Twp. - More than 100,000 shoppers are expected to flood the grounds of the Eastwood Towne Center this weekend after doors open for the first time Thursday, the center’s officials said. Despite construction concerns and delays, the shopping complex will open for business at 10 a.m.
Firefighters who went through special training were honored at the East Lansing council meeting Tuesday night. Ten men completed training from at least one of three programs, the National Fire Academy, the Department of Justice Courses for Weapons of Mass Destruction and the Department of Justice Incident Response to Terrorist Bombings. Councilmember Bill Sharp said with the anniversary of the Sept.
I wish I would have cried. But my eyes did not water when nearly 200 people were killed just minutes from my new home.
One year ago, many people sat stunned in front of their televisions unable to move or respond to the images they saw played over and over again.Many turned to the arts to express those feelings of confusion, pain and horror.“I sat there, and they kept playing it over and over,” Williamston artist Anita Saviko said.
One year ago, everyone’s sentiment was the same - sports don’t really matter. It was easy to say as fires smoldered and body counts rose after the deadliest terrorist attack in U.S.
8:45 a.m.The first plane crashed into the north tower of the World Trade Center.9:03 a.m.The second airplane crashed into the south tower of the World Trade Center.9:43 a.m.The third airplane crashed into the Pentagon in Washington, D.C.10:05 a.m.The south tower of the World Trade Center collapsed.10:10 a.m.The fourth airplane crashed in a field in Somerset County, Pa.10:28 a.m.The north tower of the World Trade Center collapsed.