Saturday marks the start of one of college life’s greatest and most time-tested traditions - football season. There isn’t a college student - past or present - who doesn’t know the feel of the electricity that pervades campus on those crisp autumn days featuring a game at their home stadium.
New initiatives to increase student participation in on-campus recycling were announced at the Residence Hall Association’s first meeting Wednesday.RHA Recycling will resume its program Sept.
Recently I have read some of the most slandering editorials I’ve ever seen in The State News. People are judging Eric Knott solely upon what the media has reported about him and this unfortunate situation.However none of us were there.
John McCandless sounds ready. Downright prepared, actually. You see, Saturday not only marks the season kickoff for the touted Spartan football squad.
utterflies are more than a popular tattoo fixture on campus.Far less painful and strides more naturally beautiful, the winged critters can be found at one of MSU’s hidden gems, the Butterfly House, which is next to the 4-H Children’s Garden, on the southwest corner of Wilson Road and Bogue Street.
Imagine taking in fresh air surrounded by an array of flowers and plants illuminating bright, bold colors.
Students throughout the Lansing area have more access to computers in school and are becoming more computer savvy as part of a nationwide trend, according to recent U.S.
Jill Schwab says she is ready for a full dose of Michigan politics as an intern in Lt. Gov. Dick Posthumus’ office.Schwab, an international relations sophomore, is still in her first week on the job, but she’s sure she’ll find out if government work will be in her future after taste-testing political life while helping in the office for about 10 hours per week.“I’m interested in politics and it will be a good chance for me to get my feet wet, so that I will have more experience for a future career,” she said.
Next to family photos and decorations, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor’s desk is piled with files and documents waiting to be read.McGlothian-Taylor and other officers at the Department of Police and Public Safety have been adjusting to an increased work load after a year of struggling budgets that, among other things, left students with an 8.9 percent tuition increase.On top of her duties as a coordinator for special events, McGlothian-Taylor now serves as the public information officer.
Marking the fourth straight year of decline, medical schools across the country are receiving less applicants each year.And with 3.7 percent less applicants in 2000, the figure for 2001 isn’t expected to rise either, said Robert Beran, vice president of student affairs and educational services at the Association of American Medical Colleges.“The difference I expect to see is the 2000-2001 figures to be about the same,” Beran said.
Friday:Mac’s Bar, 2700 E. Michigan Ave., in Lansing will host the bands Novadriver, Boulder, and Kung Pao.
Rajnish Sharma is getting a little help crossing the street.Yield to pedestrian signs were placed in the middle of the roadway Tuesday at crosswalks on Shaw Lane, between Farm Lane and Red Cedar Road.“People do stop their cars when they see signs and let you go,” said Sharma, an environmental engineering graduate student.
Driving while distracted or without a safety belt could be hazardous to your health.The two factors are the No.
MSU freshman tight end Eric Knott and redshirted freshman quarterback Damon Dowdell will not be welcomed by all to Spartan Stadium on Saturday.A group of MSU activists are organizing a protest against the two athletes.
When I read Jack Flakne’s column “Spartans should look to Clinton for guidance about Knott case,” (SN 9/5), I felt physically ill.
Fifteen students and 15 university employees will make up the Taskforce on Student-Police Relationships, university officials announced Wednesday.The group was appointed following the recommendations of an independent panel created to investigate the placement of an undercover officer into United Students Against Sweatshops, now called Students for Economic Justice, beginning Feb.
Common Grounds Coffeehouse, located in the basement of Akers Hall, is kicking off its concert season with performances by The Foolish Heads and The Polyphonics on Friday night. Augie Visocchi, the lead guitarist of The Foolish Heads, said the concert is an important event for both the band and students. “It’s really a huge gig for us,” Visocchi said.
On May 29 I wrote to three MSU offices - the president, the athletic director and the football office - with my objections to recruiting two student-athletes who had been accused of assaulting a teenage girl.
On a team where experience is minimal and youth is abundant, Spartan volleyball head coach Chuck Erbe needs some of the youth to mature quickly. Freshman outside hitter Michelle Kopka - one of seven freshmen on the team - took steps in the right direction in Friday and Saturday’s MSU Volleyball Classic.
Lansing - Lt. Gov. Dick Posthumus will run for governor in 2002, he told a group of supporters at a Capital-area picnic. But Posthumus’ announcement Tuesday was not a formal declaration of candidacy. “It’s the first step in a long journey,” he said.