Although Erin Ruth can’t pinpoint exactly when her eating disorder started, she does know when it became uncontrollable. During her senior year in high school, the nutritional science junior became overly weight-conscious as she counted calories and eliminated foods from her diet.
For Ryan Abenes, the Midwest Association of Filipino Americans conference this weekend was one step toward ending stereotypes about Filipino Americans.“You have to have these events so people can know about other people’s issues,” said Abenes, president of the MSU Philippine American Student Society.
ASMSU chief of staff Ashley Grieve resigned today after about six months on the job.Grieve’s said a variety of problems in the undergraduate student government caused her to leave office.
The MSU women’s basketball team came up with a big win Sunday, just when it needed to.The Spartans (16-11 overall, 6-10 Big Ten) picked up an 80-72 win over No.
I could not agree more with Justin King’s column (“Leaving class, phones distract ‘U’ professors,” SN 2/20). But I think one more thing needs to be added - the age-old problem of students talking while in lecture.
Rochester - Three faculty members and MSU President M. Peter McPherson testified before the state Senate Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee on Friday about the state of science research at MSU. McPherson, Cyclotron director Konrad Gelbke and faculty members Shelagh Ferguson-Miller and Jack Harkema spoke to the committee for 30 minutes about research and the proposed Rare Isotope Accelerator project. “The Rare Isotope Accelerator is the nation’s highest priority for nuclear science research,” Gelbke told the committee. The accelerator is a nearly $900 million U.S.
A man who knew very little about a young girl who was stabbed to death in 1998 managed to write a piece of music that will be connected to her life.East Lansing resident John Moss was commissioned to write a song dedicated to the 14-year-old clarinet player, Stacy Davis, who was killed after school on Sept.
I am writing out of concern for the quality of The State News. I have been reading this paper loyally since I began school here in the fall, and I would be lying if I said the paper hasn’t brought me a few brief moments of enjoyment while reading cynical movie reviews graded off of a popcorn rating scale, as well as other pieces.
East met West in a show of pure cultural collaboration at the music auditorium on Saturday. In an eclectic fusion of musicians and instruments, music Professor John Kratus and several students from the School of Music performed about 20 songs for the concert “Earth Prayers.” “This has got to be one of the most unusual concerts the School of Music has put on,” Kratus said.
With the success of the men’s basketball team last week, including wins against Indiana and Minnesota, one MSU player received individual recognition.Junior forward Adam Ballinger was named Big Ten Co-Player of the Week todya, sharing the award with Illinois forward Robert Archibald.
Proposed guidelines for undercover police work at MSU were reviewed by ASMSU Student Assembly members last week, but student government officials refused to release the suggestions at their public meeting to The State News. Proposed administrative and student guidelines for undercover police investigations were established by the University Committee on Student Affairs, which includes two ASMSU Academic Assembly members, three ASMSU Student Assembly members. The undergraduate student government members released the student set of guidelines to The State News on Sunday.
MSU-Detroit College of Law will play home to 110 high school students today to encourage them to pursue a career in law. The students from the Jackson County Intermediate School District will be participating in African American Law Day hosted by the Wolverine Student Bar Association and the Black Law Students Association. The all-day event will give students a tour of DCL, show them legal employment options and give them a chance to experience a mock court role-playing exercise.
In the letter, “Rodeos do nothing but harm animals” (SN, 2/22), it was said that animals are cruelly provoked to buck and act wild.
The recent agreement between state Attorney General Jennifer Granholm and Walgreen Co. will have the drugstore chain honing in on tobacco sales regulation in efforts to help curb underage smoking.
The MSU baseball team kicked off its season by winning two of three games during their weekend trip to Las Vegas. The Spartans (2-1) defeated UC Santa Barbara 19-14 on Friday in the UNLV Tournament. Twelve of the team’s runs came in the last three innings, seven coming in the last inning. Senior Nick Bates struck out six of the first seven batters he faced on Saturday to help give the Spartans an 8-3 victory over host UNLV. Bates tied his career-high with nine strikeouts in seven innings. On Sunday the Spartans finished the tournament with a 22-15 loss to Creighton.
The Spartans’ NCAA Tournament chances remained intact as Alan Anderson stepped to the line and connected on two free throws, giving MSU a 57-54 win against Indiana. Sunday’s win all but wraps up a bid for the Spartans (17-10 overall, 8-6 Big Ten) in the NCAA Tournament.
MSU senior linebacker Josh Thornhill filed his name for entry into the NFL Draft in April. Last season Thornhill led the team with 128 tackles, 93 solo, in 12 games for the Spartans. The 6-foot-2, 235-pound linebacker is projected to go somewhere between the second and forth rounds. Thornhill joins junior running back T.J.
Sorority and fraternity members shed their winter coats for flip-flops, capri pants and bathing suits Saturday to raise money for the blind.Thirteen fraternities competed in the weeklong fund-raising activities Anchor Splash sponsored by the Delta Gamma sorority.Saturday’s events included swim races, synchronized swimming, a catwalk competition and an announcement of the winners.Sigma Pi’s Paul Charron, an electrical engineering freshman, won the anchorman competition and Pi Kappa Alpha won the overall fraternity competition.Dan Scappaticci, a construction management sophomore, was the anchorman for Tau Kappa Epsilon.“It’s been real fun,” he said.
Worries that university officials may be moving to eliminate the Department of Religious Studies seem awfully valid unless the College of Arts & Letters can provide more assurance to the contrary. If the college’s leaders go ahead with the discipline’s deletion, they will be doing the university a capital injustice. Since 1998, College of Arts & Letters officials and faculty have debated the merits of downgrading its Department of Religious Studies to a program.