While there have been improvements at MSU concerning awareness of the lesbian, bisexual, gay and transgender community, there’s still a long way to go before true acceptance on campus can be achieved. In 1992, the University-Wide Task Force on Lesbian and Gay Issues and MSU published “Moving Forward,” a report that assessed the climate toward the LBGT community and identified ways to improve that quality of life.
Washington - The MSU men’s basketball team arrived for a 12:15 p.m. practice Thursday at the MCI Center, but something was missing.
The State News editorial “Election errors” (SN 3/14) erroneously reported the number of James Madison College students and members of the college’s Student Senate on ASMSU’s All University Election Commission.
Next week, cars without gasoline and machines powered by wind instead of electricity will become the norm at MSU. Beginning Monday, the Office of Campus Sustainability and MSU’s chapter of the Public Relations Student Society of America will host Energy Awareness Week. Students, faculty and staff will have the chance to check out the future, including solar-powered cars and the newest in computer technology. “This is one way we can highlight some of the things we are suggesting,”said Brenda Wrigley, assistant professor of public relations and public relations society adviser.
Kelli Richardson enjoys going out on weekends, but she also knows about GHB, ecstasy and other club drugs - and often worries about being exposed to them.“Sometimes when I go out with my friends, I think about someone slipping a drug into my drink,” the microbiology sophomore said.
The MSU men’s golf team will compete in the Conrad Rehling Spring Invitational this weekend. The invitational starts today in Tuscaloosa, Ala., and ends Sunday.
MSU continued to play high-octane offensive basketball Thursday night, defeating DePaul 87-76 in the first round of the Women’s National Invitational Tournament.It was the third-straight game the Spartans (17-12) topped the 80-point mark, topping their season average of 63.3 by more than 23 points.
It will once again be business as usual at Coscarelli’s Restaurant & Lounge after restrictions imposed by the Lansing City Council were lifted Thursday. The sports bar, 2420 S.
Lovers of science fiction can be part of a campus research group that provides opportunities for leadership, research and college credit.
In most respects, I consider myself to be a fairly average guy. Like most average guys, I want to finish school, find a desirable job and potentially settle down with 2.3 children and a house in suburbia.
Must... restrain... self! So easy to make dirty jokes... editors will get angry... so many sex jokes!
The East Lansing Recreation & Arts program may be taken over by the city after severe budget problems and growing debt has plagued it for three years.
Junior goaltender Ryan Miller is the CCHA Player of the Year for the second straight season - capturing the honor at the CCHA Awards Banquet on Thursday night at Fox Theatre in Detroit. The league’s 12 coaches dubbed the East Lansing native the CCHA’s premier player after posting conference-leading numbers in goals against average (1.64), saves percentage (.941) and shutouts (eight). He ranked second in league wins (18) and minutes played (1,684:58). Miller is the second person to win the award back-to-back, after Michigan’s Brendan Morrison did so in 1996-97.
East Lansing is beginning its combined sewer overflow project, Peter Eberz, director of public works said.But determining the size of the retention treatment basin may cause more problems than the money it would save.The basin, a large underground tank, will help take the overflow of sewage, which occurs when the snow melts and the rain falls.The East Lansing Wastewater Treatment Plant, 1700 Trowbridge Road, is unable to hold the influx of water when this occurs.In 1993, the first phases of the overflow project were constructed.
I respect and enjoy reading The State News, but I can’t help but to criticize Tuesday’s editorial (“Spilled milk,” SN 3/12). The condemnation of men’s basketball head coach Tom Izzo in regards to questioning the standards of the NCAA Selection Committee is utterly ridiculous.
No. 2 seed MSU heads into the weekend knowing it needs two wins to claim its fourth CCHA Tournament title in five years. The Spartans (26-7-5) just don’t know who they’ll have to beat to win the Mason Cup, named after MSUhead coach Ron Mason. Six teams still are alive as the second weekend of the CCHA Tournament starts today - up from the usual four.
Today is the final day of the annual School of Music Jazz Spectacular. Carl Allen will teach a percussion master class at 1:30 p.m.
Washington - In the game of basketball, size and strength play large roles, and the Spartans held a distinct advantage over North Carolina State in each category.But it was the Wolfpack (23-11) who prevailed 69-58 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament at MCI Center on Friday.The smaller N.C.
The second annual Tower Guard Shamrock 5K Run, Walk and Roll will be on campus Saturday morning. Registration begins at 8 a.m.
The mismanagement of student tax dollars has become a common trend for the Residence Halls Association.