March is generally not known as the season for giving. That’s the reason members of Rather Hall Residence Life chose to sleep out for the homeless from 11 p.m.
Heidi Wenger is sick of paying high fees to get her money out of the bank.“Banks usually charge outrageous fees,” said the finance graduate student, who withdraws money using ATMs nearly every day.
The hearts of MSU student athletes got a little bigger Friday morning as they spoke to more than 800 Lansing elementary school students at the “I’ve Got Heart” event.The 14th annual National Student Athlete Day was honored with the event held in the gym of the IM Sports-West.
More than 100 people received a mix of Filipino culture and humor Saturday night at Halo Halo 2001, which was held in Anthony Hall.“Halo halo” is the name of a popular Filipino dessert, and translates from Tagalog - a Filipino language - into “mix mix.”The name fit the occasion, said Marisa Cruz, an Asian Pacific American minority aide in Wonders Hall who helped coordinate the event.“We wanted to portray this as a mix of modern Filipino culture,” said Cruz, a microbiology and pre-med junior.Three dances demonstrated various aspects of Philippine society and heritage during the event, presented by the Philippine American Student Society and the Asian Pacific American minority aides of South and Brody complexes as part of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month.One group performed a dance created by the Igorot - the indigenous culture of the Philippines - while another showed the influence of Spanish culture on the islands in a Paso Doble dance.“For over 400 years, the Philippines was a Spanish colony,” said English senior Garri Madera, who served as the show’s master of ceremonies.
Engineering freshman Jonathan Sedon hadn’t heard about the massive immunization effort for meningitis on campus a year ago, or reports about a student hospitalized with the potentially deadly disease. But he got his shot anyway. “My mom told me to get the vaccination,” said Sedon, who received a vaccination for meningitis before he came to MSU.
U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers will forgo nearly an additional $10,000 a year in his pension by changing his date of resignation from the state Senate.The Brighton Republican, who had originally resigned Jan.
The MSU Department of Theatre’s production of “The Diary of Anne Frank” was a job well done.For two years, the Franks, Van Daans and dentist Mr. Dussell hid from the Nazis in the Secret Annex, a hidden apartment above a factory.
If you thought last year’s movies lacked good acting, writing, directing and originality, get ready for what may be coming up next.Beginning in May, the Writers Guild of America, which represents screenwriters, will likely go on strike unless it can reach an agreement with producers.
Students, adults and children went skating Friday to help wipe out illiteracy.The Student Michigan Education Association and the Capital Area Literacy Coalition held the annual Skate for Literacy program.
Kristy Snape and her roommates got to the Union two and a half hours early and were first in line to see former cast members of MTV’s “The Real World.” But she hasn’t seen the show much. “I’ve seen it because my roommates watch it, but I saw the episode of ‘Dawson’s Creek’ with Danny,” the nutrition sophomore said.
LANSING - Traffic officials say they’re prepared for the closure of Interstate-496 through downtown at 6:01 p.m.
A group of MSU scientists have been asked by NASA to join in the search for life throughout the universe.
MINNEAPOLIS - It’s 10:30 a.m. Sunday, about 15 hours after the men’s basketball team’s back-to-back title hopes were squashed by the Arizona Wildcats. And Andy Perkins is a little disappointed, a little groggy and pretty hungry. “This breakfast does rule the universe,” the music education senior and member of Spartan Brass said, before he tackled an impressive pile of scrambled eggs, potatoes, bacon and sausage and a bowl of cereal, topped with a banana. Dressed in an MSU jersey and shorts, and covering his bed-head with a green and white baseball cap, the trombone player eats breakfast with other members of the band in its Embassy Suites Hotel. They had hopes of playing tonight at the NCAA Championship game.
LOS ANGELES - Miramax plans to launch a film series that will showcase at least 10 films a year from around the world in top U.S.
Luck wasn’t on the Spartans’ side Saturday, but that certainly wasn’t due to a lack of spirit displayed by students such as Ko Maeda.He joined 4,700 people gathered at Breslin Student Events Center to watch the game - but he came with green and white face paint and a clown wig.“I did this last year too and we won, so I had to come here again so we’d win,” said Maeda, a political science graduate student from Japan.
Everyone wants the world to change in some way, shape or form. Everyone has an opinion on how things could be better.
Heidi Wenger is sick of paying high fees to get her money out of the bank.“Banks usually charge outrageous fees,” said the finance graduate student, who withdraws money using ATMs nearly every day.
Also written by Drew M. Harmon. With the eerie silence in downtown East Lansing on Saturday evening, it didn’t feel like MSU fans were ready for NCAA Final Four basketball. At least outdoors. Inside was a different story, as Spartan spirit flowed throughout bars, restaurants and local eateries. Jason Peach, a 1997 alumnus, claimed to be the second one in the doors of Harper’s Restaurant & Brewpub, 131 Albert Ave., at 11:30 a.m.
MINNEAPOLIS - The Spartans’ dream of joining an elite class of programs who have won two straight national titles quickly faded away Saturday night, as a turnover-prone MSU squad fell to Arizona 80-61. “I thought they really played well,” MSU head coach Tom Izzo said of the Wildcats, who scored 21 points off of 15 Spartan turnovers. “The key for us to win was to limit our turnovers, but Arizona did a great job defensively and that led to a lot of tipped and stolen passes.” Facing arguably its most athletic opponent of the season, MSU struggled to distribute the ball against a pressuring mixture of zone and man-to-man defenses. Sharing duties at point guard, senior Charlie Bell and freshman Marcus Taylor combined for seven of the turnovers and shot a mere 4-of-19 from the field.