A funny thing happened to me last Saturday. I spent a hellishly hot day wandering all over Chicago on a mission from God to find myself and my two roommates a place to live.
Classic cars are going to make MSU’s campus a safer place this weekend. Cars on Campus and the MSU Alumni Association are sponsoring a weekend of charity events to benefit MSU Safe Place and Highfields Inc. MSU Safe Place works to help those who experience domestic violence within the MSU community.
Believe it or not, there’s an alternative to baking in the desert-like conditions dominating East Lansing - and it isn’t sitting around in an air-conditioned room. The Lansing Skating Club is holding its 27th Annual Howard E.
Chewing gum while walking is probably not a problem for most - but dialing while changing lanes might be a little different. A recent study by marketing firm J.D.
Two people were injured in an accident Wednesday.The crash took place about 6:30 p.m. in front of Cedar View East 1376, on Grand River Ave.East Lansing resident Todd Leigh was using the right turn signal going east bound, East Lansing police Officer Scott Despins said.
In an increasingly politically correct society, judging gender discrimination is increasingly difficult.
Senior Carly Weiden and junior Summer Mitchell placed third in Tuesday’s 3-meter synchronized diving preliminaries at the 2001 Speedo National Outdoor Diving Championships in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. The duo will move onto the 3-meter synchronized finals today.
Campus Greens, a student activist political organization, will invite students from across the country to spread their roots this weekend.
More Michigan restaurants are throwing out ashtrays and adopting no-smoking policies. Smoke-free restaurants have increased by 200 to come to a total of 3,000, according to the “Dining Smoke-Free in Michigan” guide for 2001, which lists smoke-free restaurants. According to state figures, Grand Rapids had 135 smoke-free restaurants; Traverse City, 127; Ann Arbor, 106; Muskegon, 86; Kalamazoo, 82; and Lansing had 63. Scott Walker, the director of health promotions in the state Department of Community Health, said a smoke-free atmosphere is in demand among 76 percent of nonsmokers in Michigan.
A celebration of music, dance and cultural traditions bombards downtown East Lansing this weekend. The 63rd annual National Folk Festival, in its third and final year visiting the city, runs from Friday through Sunday and is free to the public - offering food, crafts, vendors and activity tents, in addition to the slew of musical performances. “It’s the perfect family event,” said Lora Helou, information officer for the MSU Museum and co-coordinator of the festival.
Staying cool takes more than just a good pair of sunglasses and a leather jacket.It takes energy.Electricity use jumped recently as Michigan residents battled summer heat with fans and air conditioners.Jackson-based Consumers Energy set a record for power usage with 7,780 megawatts from 2 p.m.
The Albert Avenue Parking Lot was closed Wednesday while thin wooden boards and stacks of folding chairs were piled high where cars usually sit.Steve Heinrich, job steward for Local 274, and other workers for the Stage Hands Union, toiled away in 94-degree sweltering heat, constructing a dance floor in the middle of the parking lot.The labor union is just one of the many groups helping East Lansing gear up for the 63rd National Folk Festival, which hits town this weekend.The free festival is in its third and final year in East Lansing.
For $400, the average gadget guru can buy a digital camera suitable for holiday snapshots and family portraits.For around $400,000, MSU’s Department of Radiology bought a digital camera made to save lives.The camera is actually a digital mammography unit, which allows doctors to take a snapshot of all areas of the breast.“You record images and download them,” said Arlene Sierra, director of clinical services for the department.
U.S. congressional representatives for Michigan legislators made their way to MSU to tour the university and its research facilities.The group wrapped up a three-day tour of Michigan research universities.
Just a few months ago, Jen Xu was waiting in line at the U.S. Consulate in Shanghai, hoping for the document that would let him study chemistry at MSU.He was turned away once because his interviewer sensed an “intent to emigrate.”Three weeks later, he was turned away again.On his third and last chance, Xu received the visa that brought him to campus about a month ago.“The first time I was pretty nervous, but by the second and third time, I was an expert,” Xu said.
Relief is finally in sight for the weekend - just in time for the National Folk Festival.After days of sweltering heat, where temperatures have been in the mid-90s and the heat index rose to 100 degrees, creating steamy conditions in the Lansing area, cooler conditions are on the way.That’s good news for patrons planning on attending the folk gala, an outdoor music and dance festival that begins Friday and runs through Sunday.Wayne Hoepner, a meteorologist in the National Weather Service’s Grand Rapids office, said a cold front should start pushing through tonight.The bad news?
Low pregnancy rates among teenagers show more teens are saying sex can wait. According to the National Center for Health Statistics, the national teen pregnancy rate dropped 22 percent since 1991. For every 1,000 females ages 15 to 19, there were 48.7 births in 2000. Factors for lower pregnancy rates include more awareness of HIV, AIDS and other STDs, effective contraceptives and education, said Joy Whitten, a community specialist at Planned Parenthood of Mid-Michigan, 300 N.
The United Nations - which is dominated by European socialist countries that have a deep hatred for the prosperity found in the United States, thanks to capitalism and limited government - briefly rejoiced when then-Vice President Al Gore signed the Kyoto treaty in 1998.
A day after saying the Spartans were tied with Ohio State at the top of his consideration list, jettisoned Michigan basketball recruit JaQuan Hart said MSU is now out of the running for his services.“It’s down to Ohio State and Cincinnati,” Hart told The State News on Wednesday night.
It was 1962 when the Main Library decided to expand its collection beyond agricultural studies and Shakespeare.Nearly 40 years later, more than 250,000 popular culture pieces rest in the library’s growing Special Collections - and pop culture studies at MSU keep growing.Gary Hoppenstand, an American Thought and Language professor and associate department chairman, was elected president of the Popular Culture Association, a 3,000-member organization dedicated to the scholarly study of pop culture of all kinds.“It entails quite a bit,” Hoppenstand said.