Widely known and well-respected science journalist, Laurie Garrett will be on campus Tuesday to present a lecture, “Critical Issues in Global Health Care.” The free lecture will be held at 4:30 p.m.
When Melissa Winchester was warned to lock the door when showering in Williams Hall, she tried to follow the safety warning.But the doors don’t have any locks.Winchester, an international relations junior, said she was worried when she heard about the two accounts of criminal sexual conduct in her residence hall in late August - and even more worried about the suggested safety measures.“I’m really concerned that something is going on,” she said.
State Rep. John Hansen, D-Dexter, will be on campus Tuesday to speak about two creationist bills pending in the Legislature. The lecture, “Science, Politics and the Michigan Anti-Evolution Legislation,” is part of a lecture series sponsored by the Lyman Briggs School.
MSU students seem to be getting their dollars’ worth.In the 2002 U.S. News & World Report college rankings, MSU was 36th among 55 schools - and second among Big Ten schools - for best value nationally.America’s Best Colleges, containing all of the U.S.
Reptiles may never be man’s best friend.The Humane Society of the United States released a report Thursday that called for the sales of reptiles and amphibians to be banned, citing cases of reptile owners who have contracted salmonella.Salmonella can be carried by reptiles without the animals showing the symptoms.
Sirens blared Sunday night in downtown Lansing as Ingham County was placed under a tornado warning.
One of East Lansing’s most beloved sports heroes will no longer be just a stone’s throw away from the MSU campus. The Detroit Pistons traded point guard Mateen Cleaves, who guided MSU to a NCAA men’s basketball national championship in 2000, to the Sacramento Kings on Friday. For Cleaves, Detroit acquired swingman Jon Barry, 32, and a first-round draft pick that cannot come before 2004. Ironically, the deal consummated on Cleaves’ 24th birthday, a year and a day after he signed a 3-year, $4.1 million contract with Detroit. Cleaves, a Flint native, played only one season for his childhood favorite Pistons, but his reputation as a local kid with a big heart and an incredible work ethic instantly made him one of the Pistons’ most popular players. That’s why many in the area were shocked to hear the news that Cleaves was being shipped to the West Coast after only one year in Motown. “It’s an obstacle for him,” said former Spartan cager and 11-year NBA veteran Steve Smith, who was traded to the San Antonio Spurs this summer.
The “Women’s bodies have beauty with shape, not weight-loss regimens” column that appeared Sept.
I have lived in the dorms of MSU for five years. I have read the police brief concerning a man entering dorms, accosting male residents and getting away scot-free.
As special teams hampered the MSU football team during Saturday’s season opener against Central Michigan, it was the one weak spot that carried over from last season - despite an entire summer of troubleshooting.Central linebacker James King was the catalyst of the Spartans’ special teams debacle when he blocked senior punter Craig Jarrett in the first quarter.But when he blocked three more punts in the second half, he took his performance to another level by tying the NCAA Division I-A individual and team record for most punts blocked in a game.MSU head coach Bobby Williams said the problems with the punt team need to be rectified immediately.“The blocks all came off of the edge.
Clarice Thompson isn’t a police officer, but the East Lansing resident prides herself on knowing how to act like one. Thompson participated in the East Lansing Citizens’ Police Academy last spring.
I could not disagree more with Les Nixon’s choice to stop supporting MSU football (“Alumnus withdraws football support,” SN 9/6). I don’t care what he does, but I am disappointed to hear he is basing his decision on MSU’s admittance of two athletes involved in a crime. The cases of Eric Knott and Damon Dowdell have been resolved to the satisfaction of the state of Michigan.
Stop. Go. Yield. Crash. It’s inevitable that on a campus of some 40,000 students - many of which have to commute to campus daily - there’s going to be an accident every now and then.
The MSU men’s soccer team topped Cleveland State 2-0 on Sunday at Old College Field in its only game of the weekend. The Spartans’ game against Bowling Green Friday was washed away by rain at halftime of a scoreless game.
History has witnessed many epic battles and among those battles it has seen the triumph of many great underdogs.
An estimated crowd of 2,500 people turned violent as they flooded the streets of a student neighborhood near the campuses of Western Michigan University and Kalamazoo College early Sunday morning.Kalamazoo Police began sweeping the neighborhood around midnight after residents complained of excessive noise and of large parties, Kalamazoo Police Lt.
Senior outside hitter Erin Hartley is no stranger to personal accolades.She can now add most valuable player of the Coca-Cola Spartan Invitational to her list of individual accomplishments, after she led the Spartans (7-0) to another undefeated weekend and tournament title at Jenison Field House.MSU hasn’t started the season 7-0 since 1989.Spartan head coach Chuck Erbe said Hartley is playing at a level he has never witnessed.“Erin Hartley played the best weekend of volleyball I have ever seen,” he said.
A bus pulled in front of the Clara Bell Smith Student-Athlete Academic Center on Friday and when the door swung open, Steve Smith, the son of the late Clara Bell Smith, stepped out wearing a yellow linen suit.He towered over his former head basketball coach, Jud Heathcote, who hobbled next to him with a cane in his right hand.
The Homecoming Committee is seeking nominations for the 2001 Homecoming Court. The committee is seeking students with senior class status who have high academic standards and have a lot of Spartan spirit. Students and organizations are being encouraged to nominate anyone who displays these characteristics and would best represent MSU. The selected members will participate in a variety of events, including the parade and halftime of the homecoming game against the University of Iowa on Oct.