Okemos - A group of about 10 students was asked to leave Meridian Mall on Wednesday for passing out fliers and talking to Abercrombie & Fitch officials about T-shirts they say reinforce racial and ethnic stereotypes.
Concern that Michigan’s kids are overly medicated and conflicting reports of Ritalin as a positive or negative treatment for Attention Deficit Disorder and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder have caused lawmakers to take a closer look at patterns in Michigan schools.“It was brought to our attention that there has been a dramatic increase in use among children in the past 15 years,” said Dale Hull, spokesman for Rep.
Lansing - Playing under the lights at Oldsmobile Park for the first time this season, the MSU baseball team defeated Central Michigan 14-4 on Wednesday night. The Spartans (27-9 overall, 9-6 Big Ten) used a five-run first inning to jump ahead early.
You have to love the NBA Playoffs. Right off the bat, you get two weeks worth of five-game first-round matchups, full of 83-63 nail-biters.
Everyone knows “Code Blue,” which makes it worthless as a code, so what comes overhead is “Code 333, MICU, Code 333.” A code is simply a call for help with the resuscitation of a patient who is close to death.
A lab technician discovered a bottle containing a frozen liquid believed to be a nonlife-threatening form of anthrax about 1 p.m.
Reading Josh Siegel’s column “Despite health risks, abstinence not an option; sex too good to miss” (SN 4/22) confirms my belief that The State News is clinging to the bottom rung of society’s moral ladder - and slipping at that.
Spins a web, any size, catches crooks just like flies. But can he capture millions of moviegoers and their pocket money? On May 3, the highly-anticipated and much-debated “Spider-Man” movie finally will make its way to theaters all across America, with help from MSU alumnus and director, Sam Raimi.
The list of MSU football players that will be attending NFL training camps has grown to nine.Former tight end/defensive end Ivory McCoy said he will sign a free-agent contract today with the Philadelphia Eagles.
Apparently, the editors of The State News did not conduct enough background research before voicing an opinion on global poverty.
A Pi Kappa Phi national headquarters official came to East Lansing today, and will hold a closed-door hearing to discuss members violating policy.The fraternity, scrutinized recently for what many believe to be anti-gay actions, won’t know its sanctions until next Thursday at the earliest.“Pi Kappa Phi has taken no final action at this point at a greater fraternity level,” said Stephen Whitby, assistant executive director of the national chapter.An open meeting was held earlier today, where anyone with concerns could speak with Whitby.He said a discrimination and hazing investigation is being completed by staff and volunteers from local and regional headquarters.
Chocolate rabbits may not have been an Easter sellout, but retailers are expecting sales to pick up. Three out of every four Michigan retailers are projecting increased sales for April and June. Retailers are remaining positive, though March profits were not as high as expected, said Larry Meyer, president of the Michigan Retailers Association.
Friday • J&K Steamboat Line presents Retro Cruise at Grand River Park, 2951 Grand River Ave.
If the objective of Calliope is to approach each of its albums from slightly different angles, it reaches that goal with flying colors on its fourth record - arguably its best. Instead of basing a majority of its songs on samples that flood some of its earlier records, the band takes more of a stripped-down route and throws in samples only occasionally. The result is a beautiful collection of relaxing tunes that bring to mind artists such as Beck (ala “Mutations”), Bedhead, The For Carnation or Pink Floyd. What makes this band so fantastic isn’t the complex instrumental performance, it’s the mood and the song writing.
Outdoor sports enthusiasts will be asking the Michigan Department of Natural Resources to fish into their pockets. A $1 fee increase was accidentally charged to 5,000 fishing and turkey license holders. The extra fee has DNR Director K.
A policy bill was approved Wednesday by the Residence Halls Association that outlines procedures for the removal of executive board members, taking action on an issue an earlier-formed ethics committee could not.The policy gives the association’s president and internal and external vice presidents the power to remove executives from their office in cases of gross negligence.The bill followed the formation of an ethics committee Feb.
Wearing rubber boots to keep street dust out of his lab, Ryan Kruse fires a green 15-watt laser beam through a series of mirrors. Ceiling vents filter the air in the basement optics lab, removing tiny particles of dust that can throw off delicate experiments. Two pictures of his 9-month-old nephew, Jayme, are the only decorations on a white, barren wall. Kruse’s routine is starting to return to normal more than a month after moving into the new Biomedical and Physical Sciences Building. “It’s been a little hectic and frustrating,” he said. Moving the lab involved transporting two massive equipment tables, each weighing more than 1 ton. The tables had to be lowered into the basement by crane. It’s a time-consuming process that has interrupted the physics graduate student’s work, and in the fast-paced world of science, time is of the utmost importance. “Other groups want to accomplish things as quickly as possible,” he said. Kruse said people who don’t make the discoveries first can be left behind. “I spend more waking hours here than I do anywhere else,” he said.
Renee Thelen inserted the suction tube into the neck of José’s lifeless body in front of a crowd of people Wednesday afternoon.“It’s almost like an unconscious patient,” the nursing junior said about the mannequin she was demonstrating on in the new Janice Thompson Granger Nursing Learning Center.
At 11:30 p.m. Wednesday, members of MSU’s Graduate Employees Union said they will strike today, but MSU officials say the strike is illegal.
Lansing - Clifton Powers clenched his jaw as he remembered his brother’s murder in July 1999.“He was killed in his business,” the advertising junior said.