I am writing this letter in response to the article “Math problems left unsolved,” (SN, 11/16). I agree with the Department of Mathematics Chairperson Peter Lappan that foreign teaching assistants’ accents are not the real problem.
The debate over stem cell research and human cloning has left many camps divided, but new developments threaten to force lawmakers’ hands to a potentially foolish and careless decision. On Sunday, Advanced Cell Technology Inc. of Worchester, Mass., announced that its scientists have created the first cloned human embryo.
The MSU Student Food Bank will hold a fund-raiser at The Peanut Barrel Restaurant, 521 E. Grand River Ave., all day Tuesday. The annual event will raise money toward the purchase of foods for the bank, which gives students without a residence hall meal plan access to free groceries. Fund-raising coordinator Minerva Gebara said she thinks the event will be successful. “All day, whatever they make for the day, they’ll give us a portion of the profits,” the business administration graduate student said.
The recent signing of a bill banning oil drilling under the Great Lakes is an insult to the people of Michigan and an assault on our ability to manage our resources as we see fit.
After the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, Mott Community College basketball star Rashi Johnson said he knew staying close to home was an important factor if he decided to transfer.That’s why the 6-foot-2 guard from Chicago picked MSU as his new home.“What really influenced my decision was the proximity, it’s a drive,” Johnson said.
I spent a lot of time over Thanksgiving break visiting old friends I haven’t seen or spoken with in a long time.
The holiday season usually means a surge in greeting-card sales and more demands on postal services, and this year should be no different. Despite anthrax scares and a sluggish economy, retail shops are reporting sales have not slowed. A recent poll conducted by the U.S.
More than 3,000 people were killed in the World Trade Center and that makes President Bush a hero? Failed Republican foreign policies caused the tragedy.
Lansing - A 74-foot white spruce forced traffic away from Michigan Avenue in front of Oldsmobile Park for more than two hours Wednesday night.
Although emergency rooms may have the same number of patients as they did a decade ago, the population of nurses is lacking. Information released by The American Hospital Association said 75 percent of hospital employee vacancies were for nurses.
’Tis the season for no new music and greatest hits releases. Traditionally, record companies don’t like releasing new music by big name artists right before the holidays, so what fans are usually left with are greatest hits compilations.
As students remember their dirty laundry, books and appetite for home cooking while they leave campus for the holiday weekend, MSU administrators are asking them to turn off their computers. A link placed on MSU’s Web site Monday outlines why computers should be turned off when not in use, especially while students will be away from campus for extended periods of time. MSU estimates the university can save about $300,000 per year if students and faculty turned off their computers instead of allowing them to run continuously. “If you are going to be away from the university for four days, having it utilize electricity when it is not in use seems to be a waste,” Computer Laboratory Director Lewis Greenberg said.
There were two things clear about the East Lansing City Council meeting Tuesday night - it was going to be long and the parents of students at St.
As I was grinding through Math 103 last semester, a psychology professor at MSU remarked he hadn’t used any of the material since he was in college.
Thanksgiving weekend means one thing to most sports fans - football and lots of it. But for college hockey fans, the holiday signifies the return of the College Hockey Showcase, when CCHA powers MSU and Michigan duke it out with Western Collegiate Hockey Association forces Minnesota and Wisconsin. This year, it’s the WCHA teams’ turn to come to Michigan as No.
If MSU wants to move on to the Preseason NIT Finals, it will have to overcome a plethora of problems. For starters, MSU men’s basketball head coach Tom Izzo said he isn’t sure how his No.
Amanda Audo travels to a few miles to a Lansing church each Tuesday to help The Lost Boys, a group of Sudanese refugees who have spent most of their lives traveling to get to Michigan.The pre-vet sophomore and about 90 other Residential Option in Arts and Letters students help tutor, play sports, do crafts and chat with about 130 refugees in their late teens and early twenties.“Some of the boys that are in high school are not keeping up with their subjects so we are going to try to help them,” Audo said.
For students going home this Thanksgiving, the next four days may seem more like a hassle than a vacation.
Americans love Japanese culture. From anime to action figures, people stateside can’t help but import every little thing that comes out of the land of the rising sun. And often, that fetish for the other culture goes both ways. Just as things such as “Dragonball,” “Pokémon” and “Gundam Wing” have fused with our Saturday morning cartoons, American pop and rock music has merged with Japanese entertainment.
Last year’s game against Penn State still doesn’t sit well with MSU sophomore quarterback Jeff Smoker.