MSU
Center sponsors trip to Israel
Hiking, visiting landmarks and making new friends are all things students say someone can expect to find on a trip to Israel.
COMMENTARY
Affirmative action is beneficial to everyone
A storm of social unrest is stirring and is threatening to roll back the historical civil rights gains that this country obtained during the 20th century.
MSU
Student receives royal honor
MSU student Ken Washburn has experienced the splendors of Buckingham Palace firsthand.Last November Washburn and two of his research colleagues received the Duke of Edinburgh’s prize for the British Sub Aqua Club at Buckingham Palace in London.
MSU
U looks to treat high blood pressure
Some MSU scientists are looking to make a breakthrough in the fight against high blood pressure.Dr. Donna Wang, professor of medicine, has been researching blood pressure and its effects on cardiovascular diseases like hypertension - commonly known as high blood pressure - for more than 14 years.“Hypertension has been studied for a long, long time but we still can’t define the cause of the disease,” Wang said.
MICHIGAN
City looks to protect diminishing wetlands
Protecting East Lansing’s wetlands is a top priority for East Lansing’s Commission on the Environment.More than a year ago the East Lansing Planning Commission asked the environment commission to write up a wetlands ordinance for the city.
NEWS
Temperature to drop into mid-teens
Sunny skies and near-40 degree temperatures Monday had Tiffani Patterson thinking of spring, but high teens forecasted for Wednesday will have her bundling up.“It was nice to wake up to the sun,” the engineering freshman said.
FEATURES
Life lessons learned from real TV
We’ve learned a lot from reality television during the years.Like, appearing on MTV’s “Say What?
FEATURES
A capella groups team up for local performace
“I want everybody to look for the vowels,” Phil Johnson told the seven guys standing around him Sunday evening. They began again, each guy’s face showing intense concentration on his task. But it wasn’t an exercise in second-grade grammar - it was rehearsal. “I’m not getting enough first tenor.
MSU
Student contest created to design state quarter
ASMSU’s Academic Assembly wants MSU students to have a say in what the Michigan quarter will look like when it’s released in three years.The assembly passed a measure Tuesday that will create a contest for students to design the coin.
NEWS
Warrant issued in shooting of Cleaves brother
FLINT - A warrant was issued Monday charging one suspect in the fatal drive-by shooting of Herbert Cleaves, the brother of Detroit Pistons rookie and former MSU star Mateen Cleaves. Jaroy L.
COMMENTARY
Standardized test scores should be reconsidered for admission
Not requiring SAT I scores to get into college would increase the diversity of students entering college.The University of California system president, Richard Atkinson, recommended the schools drop SAT I scores from admission requirements.
SPORTS
Hockey player winning battle over injuries
When Joe Goodenow separated his right shoulder against Alaska-Anchorage in MSU’s very first game of the season Oct.
MICHIGAN
Bridges need repair, report says
Michigan bridges are considered less sound than the national average, according to a national study released Monday. Almost one-third of Michigan bridges are less than adequate, compared to the national rate of 29 percent, according to data from the U.S.
MSU
Case Hall welcomes new cafe
Students living on south campus will no longer have to trek to East Grand River Avenue for a cup o’ joe.The Barista Cafe, located on the ground floor of South Case Hall, opened Feb.
FEATURES
Reporter asks for help to cover issues better
It’s a strange world back here on the MS&U desk: My fingers are fumbling on this ergonomical keyboard, my computer wallpaper displays a magnificent city I don’t even know the name of and when I sit in my chair I face west, which feels very different than the east or south I’m used to.
SPORTS
Newly acquired defensive secondary coach heading to NFL
Just two weeks after assuming the post of MSU football defensive secondary coach, Kevin Ramsey opted to leave the program for the opportunity to coach at the same position with the Arizona Cardinals.Ramsey, 39, was hired on Jan.
MICHIGAN
Event looks at city past
When the city of East Lansing was acquired in 1907, its borders - near Gunson Street and Harrison Avenue - were covered with farmland, orchards and swampland.Today, each street is lined by businesses, single-family homes and student housing.A presentation by Richard Wright, former East Lansing Historic District Commission member and architect, sought to help residents understand the development and architecture in the city.The event, which was held Saturday at the East Lansing Public Library, 950 Abbott Road, was sponsored by the East Lansing Historical Society, is the first of a few programs the society holds each year to help inform residents about different aspects of the city’s past and how it will affect the future.“Everybody knows we have a diverse group of people in East Lansing, both attitudes and taste, not to mention that everything was developed at different times,” Wright said.
MICHIGAN
Levin to run again
U.S. Sen. Carl Levin, D-Detroit, announced Saturday in a written statement that he intends to run again for the position in 2002.
MICHIGAN
Michigan lawmaker faces charges
After state Rep. Keith Stallworth, D-Detroit, was charged for allegedly using his brother’s name to illegally obtain a driver’s license and voter’s registration, he pleaded innocent Friday to the charges in the 36th District Court in Detroit and the 22nd District Court in Inkster, Mich.
NEWS
Icers clinch share of CCHA title
DETROIT - The top-ranked Spartan hockey squad lost to Western Michigan on Friday, but secured the one victory it needed this weekend. After succumbing to the No.