By SHANNON HUGHES For The State News DeWitt Twp. - Players darted around the field, some hurdling over barriers, others diving headfirst down a leafy embankment.
Michigan’s top economists said Tuesday the state could face an overall budget deficit of nearly $1 billion.Lawmakers and economists met at the state Capitol for the revenue estimating conference that determines the state’s budget outlook.
A survey released by the College Board on Tuesday showed tuition costs at colleges across the nation are continuing to rise.The survey reported students are paying 7.7 percent more for yearly tuition, up from an average of $3,487 last year to $3,754 this year.But MSU officials said they are confident tuition will be kept as low as possible in the midst of a weakening economy.Gordon Stanley, director of admissions and assistant to the provost for enrollment management, said the combination of less state funding and the downturn of the economy helped contribute to MSU’s 8.9 percent tuition increase this year.“If you look from the standpoint of state appropriations right now, we stand to get less than we typically have in the past,” he said.
I agree with Jason Munford (“Parade wrong place for pro-life group,” SN 10/18) that the Homecoming parade was a “family event” that “should yield family content.” That is precisely why MSU Students for Life decided to participate when invited.
When the Michigan Wolverines and the Spartan volleyball team square off at 7 p.m. today at Jenison Field House, both teams’ coaches and players will have plenty to think about. A previous match, a state flag, conference position and bragging rights will all be on the line. The Spartans (11-6, 4-6 Big Ten) dropped the final three games to lose 3-2 to the Wolverines (10-7, 6-4) on Oct.
They’re all familiar with the phrase “practice makes perfect,” but last weekend, the Men’s Club Lacrosse Team wasn’t aiming for perfection, but rather improvement. In what they call their Fall Ball Tournament on Saturday and Sunday, the 37-member team played teams from Marquette University, Oakland University, the University of Buffalo and the University of Michigan in efforts to not only brush up on their playing skills before the season officially begins in the spring, but to also have fun doing it. Fall Ball, a two-month season when teams practice and compete with one another, gives players a chance to “keep in shape and keep their skills up in the off season,” said team member Mike DiGiovanni. “We’ve been practicing since about September, working to get our offense and defense together,” the humanities and pre-law junior said.
Halfway through the Big Ten schedule, Spartan volleyball head coach Chuck Erbe isn’t too pleased with where his team is.“I really figured we’d be one of the top three teams in the Big Ten,” Erbe said, “But now we’re part of that logjam in the middle.”So, instead of waiting for some of the Spartans’ (11-6, 4-6 Big Ten) inconsistencies to work themselves out, Erbe decided to take action before Saturday’s match with No.
MSU will celebrate the United Nations’ 56-year anniversary tonight by presenting the first of four World View speakers - Richard Holbrooke. Holbrooke is regarded as one of the most accomplished American diplomats and negotiators of our time and as a former U.N.
Sarah Stollak started Millenary as a way to express her creativity. The MSU Museum Folk Arts Department employee was attending MSU when she formed the band in 1996.
As University of Michigan President Lee Bollinger’s departure to become Columbia University’s president looms, the Board of Regents is beginning the process to find his successor.We hope the regents learned their lesson from the presidential search that produced Bollinger, as well as the more controversial episode here that brought President M.
Members of the greek community will meet with representatives of the Task Force on Student-Police Relations today to discuss improving relationships between the two groups.The meeting will be at 8 p.m at Lafayette Square in Brody Hall.Assistant Director of Student Life Billy Molasso said the meeting will be a good opportunity for students to voice their concerns about relations between police officials and students.But the meeting will take place in a smaller setting with the hope that students will feel more comfortable talking with the task force, Molasso said.“As opposed to 400 people, we’ll have a small number of task force members and a small number of greeks to really talk about what’s out there and talk about what’s on students’ minds,” he said.The meeting is aimed toward relations between police officials and greeks, but any interested students can attend, Molasso said.“I suspect that the issues that we talk about are going to be greek-related, whether about tailgating or security issues for greek events,” he said.Ginny Haas, executive director of the Task Force on Student-Police Relations, said the intentional small size of the meeting will help students open up about issues of which they are concerned.“We have the public forum that the entire task force attends,” she said.
Last week when I questioned the wisdom of our military strategy, a lot of readers found it downright amusing.
This is the first in a series of articles profiling the four candidates for East Lansing City Council. Kevin Beard is not happy with the lack of public involvement when the East Lansing City Council votes on controversial issues. That concern, along with issues of neighborhood conservation and downtown business diversification, are the reasons behind the 17-year resident’s candidacy for city council. Beard is running in the Nov.
So there were all these people with disgusting pictures standing in front of Wells Hall on Monday. Give me the Wells Hall preachers any day.
The deadline for student basketball season tickets will be extended, MSU Assistant Athletics Director John Lewandowski said Monday. Student season ticket packages cost $152 for 16 games. The change of deadline, which was originally set for Monday, is a result of a low number of ticket requests this season.
A student environmentalist group is urging MSU to go the full 100 percent. ECO met with President M.
A leader of the earliest church in history will give a presentation about Orthodox unity tomorrow. Archbishop Nathaniel of the Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America will speak about the need for an Autocephalous American Orthodox Church - a separate, self-governing church. MSU’s Orthodox Christian Fellowship and the Orthodox Christian Women of Mid Michigan are bringing the archbishop to campus to speak about the Canon Law required by the Orthodoxy in America, which would create the self-governing church. The law is supposed to create one jurisdiction in America, but it is not enforced, said Janet Peters, president of the Orthodox Christian Women of Mid Michigan.
A body was recovered from the Red Cedar River about 2 p.m. today.Police expect to identify whether it is the body of missing 18-year-old Eric James Blair later today.
Recent scares of anthrax across the country have raised the awareness level among the public, while many researchers are now searching for ways to break down the disease.
East Lansing will be getting a little cozier.Cosi, a new restaurant entering the East Lansing City Center Project, is scheduled to open in the beginning of next year at 301 E.