From the comfort of their own home or residence hall room, students can take part in a program that is working to help researchers find a cure for anthrax, a potentially deadly bacteria. The project, funded by Microsoft and Intel Corp., uses a screen saver-type program to link participating computers together, creating a virtual supercomputer.
Irish host ‘U’ runnersThe men’s and women’s track teams compete in a dual meet today at Notre Dame.The women’s team (1-0 overall, 0-0 Big Ten) kicks off its third meet at 6 p.m.
Lansing - Continuing to make Lansing a “first class city” is on the minds of several Lansing city council members - and they hope Mayor David Hollister agrees. Hollister, who was elected in 1993, is serving his third term as the city’s mayor. Monday’s State of the City address, the mayor’s ninth such appearance, will begin at 7 p.m.
The hours following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks left a chill running through Carlos Proaño’s body. “I couldn’t believe what I saw on TV,” he said.
From noon to 8 p.m. Sunday, Qdoba Mexican Grill will serve food to its customers - for free. Qdoba, 1127 E.
The Spartan women’s basketball team left Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Thursday night taking some good out of their 75-55 loss to Iowa.The good news - the Spartans (12-7 overall, 2-6 Big Ten) outscored the Hawkeyes 36-33 for 20 minutes.The bad news - the Hawkeyes (13-5, 6-2) already held a 42-19 lead in the 20 minutes prior.“You would have thought that we had no scouting report going into the game, but we did,” Spartan head coach Joanne P.
Visiting guest speaker Luca Codignola will hold a lecture from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. today in 340 Morrill Hall on the topic “Early European Expansion: Evidence from the Jesuit Missionaries in North America.” Codignola, originally a history professor for the Universita di Genova in Italy, serves as the Emilio Goggio visiting professor of Italian Studies at the University of Toronto. Codignola specializes in early Canadian history and went to Toronto to teach Canadian history to the students from an Italian viewpoint. Anne Meyering, MSU associate history professor, met Codignola last year while Meyering was holding a seminar.
Yvonne Lewis-Mustafa didn’t speak a word of Arabic when she stepped off the airplane in Jordan.
Tamika Powell goes to church. The Internet, though, is making it easier for people like herself to keep track of religion without going to a service.A variety of religion Web sites are making it possible to learn and chat about religion, hear interviews with religious leaders and listen to church services online.
East Lansing police officers will be leaving on a jet plane - for the Ukraine.As part of Project Harmony’s Community Connections program, officers Marc Smith and James Campbell will be leaving Feb.
In past issues of The State News, many students have blasted MSU for its inability to maintain the Tuition Guarantee. It is no fault of the university for trying to avoid herding us like cattle into large 700-person lecture halls where students get no personal attention.
The Residence Halls Association wants students to take out the papers and the trash. RHA’s recycling program negotiated a contract this month with Waste Management, 16320 Grove Road in Lansing.
Test results released Thursday show the 25-year-old graduate student who died from meningitis Sunday had the type C strain of the bacterial disease.Matthew Knueppel, a first-year foodservice management student in the School of Hospitality Business, was admitted to Lansing’s Sparrow Hospital Saturday afternoon, complaining of flu-like symptoms.
Napster’s back, but the free music’s not.A seemingly endless amount of copyrighted music, once the enticement of the program, will no longer be made available in the same way.The newest Napster creation is an attempt to satisfy both artists and listeners by offering some copyrighted files - at a cost. Users will pay an estimated $5 to $10 a month per 50 downloads when Napster is released, and will be able to pay extra if they want to have access to more music, a Napster spokesman who wished to remain anonymous said.Although a large amount of material will be available for downloads when Napster is released to the public after March, only about 110,000 tracks are available now, he said.A tentative version of the new Napster was launched Jan.
Lansing - Skateboarders and skaters are one step closer to getting their own skate park - but bikers may be out of luck. Residents gathered Wednesday to talk about the progress of Ranney Skate Park, 300 Frandor Ave.
As I was sitting at my computer contemplating what to write about, my first inclination was to put together an objective piece about campaign finance reform. With Congress returning to session this week, there is a discharge petition pending in the House to force a vote on the Shays-Meehan campaign finance measure.
Flint-based blues band The Blue Hawaiians will perform tonight and Saturday at Jambalaya’s, 5942 E.
MSU’s National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory will receive a 50 percent increase in funding, university officials announced Thursday The Cyclotron’s funding, provided by the National Science Foundation, will increase from about $50 million to $75 million for the next five years.
It seems Gov. John Engler is confused. In his final State of the State address Wednesday evening, the Republican leader said, “Our state is strong.
Teach For America recruiters will have an open house from noon to 2 p.m. Monday in room 13 Student Services.