After more than six months without a fire chief, the East Lansing City Council named Randall Talifarro to fill the fire department’s top seat.He will begin his new duties in March.
It’s a simple fact of college basketball; If you can’t stay on the court, you can’t help your team win.That’s been a constant battle for sophomore forward Aloysius Anagonye.In his freshman season, where he averaged a foul every 4.9 minutes, it seemed he was whistled just for stepping on the court.Not much has changed since this season began.
As the nation’s capital prepares for the biggest political event of the new year, people from across Michigan are preparing to participate in the GOP’s four-day inaugural gala.On Saturday, George W.
This is in response to the editorial (“Our Voice” SN 1/16) expressing the opinion that the morning-after pill should be made an over-the-counter drug. Once again, Americans are trying to finding an easier way to not take responsibilities for their actions.
W hen she’s looking for a place to turn from the pressures of everyday life, Kristy Mietelka looks to her inner self for relief.
Engineering arts junior Lawrence Thomas hardly ever uses the computer in his Spartan Village apartment.Although his computer is fully equipped with DVD-rom, a CD burner and performs the most practical word-processing functions, Thomas often finds himself using one of the more than 60 computer microlabs on campus.“They’re easy to get to,” Thomas said.
I have to disagree with Mark Pulver’s view of the new community standards and resident mentor system (”Dorm standards need discipline,” SN 1/17). I also am living in the dorms for a fourth year now, but I feel the mentor system is a vast step in the right direction.
The National Collegiate Athletic Association should not allow high school athletes to play professional sports and then return to college.On Jan.
Shannon Sharp wanted to give The Eli Broad College of Business a boost. Her $20 donation contributed to the “Senior Class Campaign,” a year-long fund-raising contest between seniors at the University of Michigan and seniors at MSU.
The theme for the 2001 Battle Against Cancer is something that organization founder Nick Kovacic hopes students will stop to think about.The theme, “It’s your life.
The MSU women’s basketball team isn’t in a desirable position.After a two-game home losing streak, the Spartans (8-8 overall, 2-3 Big Ten) will travel to West Lafayette, Ind., to face conference leader and No.
Minorities searching for career opportunities will soon have a chance to market their skills.The Minority Career Fair, sponsored annually by Career Services & Placement, will take place Jan.
It’s been two years since Brian Wilson decided to move away from the safe haven of MSU residence halls.Although the advertising senior said he’s enjoyed living off-campus so far, the first year away from campus has been very difficult for him.“I’m just starting to learn how to utilize the benefits of living off-campus,” Wilson said.
While ASMSU will have an official logo embedded on future volumes of the Red Cedar Log, several of its representatives want ASMSU to leave a more significant mark on the publication. ASMSU’s policy committee rejected a bill Tuesday that would grant the Red Cedar Log Advisory Committee and the ASMSU Student Assembly editorial control over the yearbook. “The purpose of the bill is to create accountability with ASMSU because of a historical consistency of misrepresentation for our minority population,” said Bryan Newland, the North American Indian Student Organization representative for the ASMSU Student Assembly. Although the failed measure was not endorsed by the policy committee, supporters have called on minority students to gather at the assembly’s weekly meeting tonight in support of the bill.
The East Lansing Police Department is out in full force to improve communication with the students it protects. Citing some difficult times during the past few years, the city’s blue is searching for ways to improve relations with students.
NEW YORK - The hand-lettered sign bobbing in the balcony said it all: “Rosie, You R My Barbra.” Rosie O’Donnell may not be Barbra Streisand - O’Donnell’s own idol - but the talk-show queen conquered the crowd Tuesday night at the Richard Rodgers Theatre where she joined the cast of “Seussical,” Broadway’s musical celebration of Dr. Seuss, for a four-week run. O’Donnell, playing the Cat in the Hat, faced an adoring, celebrity-sprinkled audience that included Jennifer Love Hewitt and Reba McEntire, as well as staff from the star’s daily television show.
Former Michigan Gov. Jim Blanchard wants his old job back.The state’s chief executive from 1983 to 1990 officially formed the Jim Blanchard for Governor Committee on Tuesday by filing with the Secretary of State.Blanchard, a Democrat who narrowly lost re-election to current Gov.
Julie Galambos has come a long way since middle school.And nearly nine years later, Galambos, an MSU junior pursuing a career in civil engineering, plans to share her skills at the same conference she attended in sixth grade.Galambos is just one of several volunteers from the MSU and Lansing communities who will serve as role models at An Invitation to Sample Success: A Math/Science Conference for Sixth-grade Girls.The 12th annual conference, which will be held Feb.
The university should continue to give students the day off to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day.In 1999, the university canceled classes for the first time on the holiday, beginning a three year trial period.
Four Central Michigan University students are walking coast-to-coast to send males a message about sexual assault prevention: “Do something!”Pat Hanlin, Steve McAllister, Michael Charbonneau and Joseph McCarthy plan to walk from California to Delaware to raise awareness about sexual assault and educate college-aged males about their crucial role in preventing assault.Their seven-month trip will begin in mid-May, and they plan to burn through about five pairs of shoes as they walk as many as 30 miles a day on their trek from west to east.They will spend most nights in a small tent, sleeping in beds only when others provide housing.“All of us are going to love to see the country and meet the people in it,” McAllister, a graduate student, said.