We we’re disappointed with your editorial (“Cool negotiations,” SN 12/5), regarding negotiations between the Graduate Employees Union and MSU administration. As adults with families and children who devoted significant time and energy to deliberately crafting a reasonable and just contract proposal, we reject your assumptions.
Finally, the semester is almost over. You’ve toiled for months, and now all that hard work has led to a nice long vacation. Of course, for many students, that vacation means heading back to mom and dad’s.
One of the nation’s largest supporters of labor unions honored MSU’s Graduate Employees Union at its convention this week.The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations invited the GEU to be involved with its convention in Las Vegas because of the group’s campaign to form a union, which ended successfully in May.Peter Cunningham, an anthropology graduate student and member of the GEU’s steering committee, was chosen to attend the conference.“The AFLCIO wanted to highlight recent organizing campaigns,” he said.
An author of MSU’s Guiding Principles is organizing her final Board of Trustees meeting today. Nancy Pogel, executive assistant to the President and Secretary of the Board of Trustees, is relinquishing her duties after six and a half years in the position and nearly 30 years at MSU. In meetings Thursday, MSU President M.
When members of the 14th Armored Division of World War II departed from their reunion on Sept.
The No. 20 MSU wrestling team is gearing up for its second top 20 matchup of the year, this time against No.
Nothing to do this break? Grab some friends and hit the Michigan roads. Assuming snow happens this winter on our warmed planet, Michigan offers a slew of opportunities for winter fun.
The 2020 Vision master plan for the MSU campus is expected to be approved today by the MSU Board of Trustees.
As most MSU students started to settle in at school, I went to South Dakota from Sept. 5 to Sept. 9. I spent five days with members of the 14th Armored Division “Liberators” at the unit’s 37th reunion, traveling with my grandparents, Chuck and Bea Eder of Oak Park, Mich.
At the beginning of the MSU wrestling team’s season, all eyes turned to freshman Nick Simmons, the grappler who never lost in his high school career.But after two non-scoring tournaments and a matchup against Eastern Michigan, the freshman will likely be redshirted, leading the team to rely on another newcomer to collegiate competition - junior Rashad Evans.After redshirting last year, the team has high hopes for Evans who will wrestle this year in the 174-pound division.“Mentally, he’s very tough,” head coach Tom Minkel said.
Javier Ramos hopes to see his last 10 days in East Lansing stay as warm as they have been this week, but unfortunately for him the weather will drop significantly. “It is my last winter in East Lansing and it is treating me really good,” said the turf grass management sophomore, who returns to Spain on Dec.
FOR SALE: Slightly unprestigious New Year’s Eve bowl game in Silicon Valley seeks sexy opponent with at least six wins to face Fresno State in front of 30,000 computer geeks.
Michigan leaders in Lansing and Washington, D.C., worked Wednesday to improve security at the state’s international borders.U.S.
Although her Spartan volleyball career ended Saturday night, senior outside hitter Erin Hartley is still receiving reminders about her great senior campaign. Hartley was named to the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) All-Mideast Region team Wednesday. Hartley is one of 10 Big Ten players on the 12-person roster. By earning a spot on one of the eight regional teams, Hartley, along with the other 95 regional-team members, is eligible for a place on the AVCA All-America team, which will be announced Dec.
It’s not often when an opportunity arises to see a play with more than 40 chairs, but this weekend is an exception. “The Chairs,” by Eugene Ionesco, opens at the MSU Auditorium’s Arena Theatre on Friday. Actor Matthew Alfano, a theater senior, knows most students will be studying this weekend, but hopes they’ll come see the play anyway. “It’d be a perfect play to take a break,” he said. It may not be a break from thinking though.
We’re coming to the end, folks. The only movies left to review are ones that haven’t hit theaters yet, and with only a few days until break, there aren’t many available. Of course, lucky me gets to see “The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring” on Thursday, so ha ha.
The fact The State News would criticize the Spartan football team for going to a bowl game out in California is ludicrous (“Bowl bound,” SN 12/4). The State News doesn’t consider all of the facts either. While it’s great the university wants pride instead of money when deciding to go to the bowl game, The State News incorrectly portrayed a major fact. Consider that Iowa and Purdue are going to better bowl games.
Citizens and workers of the Lansing area are invited to attend a town forum tonight to discuss regional growth. The Tri-County Regional Planning Commission will conduct its second basic growth forum in a series of three.
While driving around the rainy streets of Detroit a few weeks ago with one of my best friends, I learned something new: Kid Rock makes punk rock.