For discovering uranium-dinitrogen, an MSU chemistry professor will be able to research for years to come without having to worry about soliciting grant funds.Assistant Professor Aaron Odom was awarded the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers at the White House on Oct.
The question is simple, “To jump, or not to jump?”That’s the dilemma many women’s volleyball players struggle with when deciding how they want to serve.Traditionally, jumping has never been involved with serving.
The city of East Lansing should continue supporting students in off-campus housing conflicts. The city recently supported five residents of 442 Grove St.
There are 116,000 more registered voters in Michigan since the August primaries, state officials say.As of now, 6,859,332 Michigan residents are registered to vote in the Nov.
A New Jersey-based university took an unprecedented step in the way it integrates courses with computers, but MSU officials say they’ve already had a few breakthroughs of their own.Fairleigh Dickinson University in Teaneck, N.J., a school of 9,000 students, will require incoming students to take at least one three-credit course online per year beginning next fall.The requirement, believed to be the first such regulation for any college or university in the nation, was approved in September.MSU Provost Lou Anna Simon said while MSU doesn’t have plans to require online courses, administrators have begun placing a heavy focus on computers and technology.In February, the MSU Board of Trustees approved a proposal to further incorporate technology with academics.
It’s all in the name for MSU’s winning horse, MSU Magic J. Named after an athletic legend, he’s the newest member of the Spartans’ list of national champions.
If it weren’t for the wrong jersey, Thomas Wright could’ve been a wide receiver rather than a safety right now.On his first day of practice with MSU, Wright donned a white jersey that the offense wears instead of the defense’s green.Despite being an all-region wide receiver in Florida at Lake Wales High School, Wright said he was intent on playing safety.
I had the opportunity to meet state Sen. Mike Rogers. He was a guest speaker in my PLS 324 class and he came in and introduced himself and began speaking to our class on the current state of politics and the direction in which our country is headed.
Superdrag In the Valley of Dying Stars (Arena Rock Recordings) Too many bands in the music industry try to sound different by adding various effects to their albums with a result that is generally negative.
Tuesday morning, Adam Eisele and his roommates awoke to find a dead squirrel cooking in the small propane grill they keep on the front porch of their Evergreen Avenue home. One of the four cars in their driveway had also been toilet papered. The engineering junior, his roommates and neighbors were a small sect of people who experienced Devil’s Night in East Lansing firsthand this year. “It wasn’t really a big deal,” he said.
Blue Meanies the post wave (MCA Records) The latest effort by the Chicago-based Blue Meanies is a perfect example of a major label having a negative impact on the quality of the band.
The Commodores, the U.S. Navy’s jazz ensemble, will be coming to Lansing later this month. The ensemble, which is part of the U.S.
With its endorsement of Al Gore (SN 10/30), The State News has once again shown its lack of critical thinking.
Members of the Hubbard Hall Black Caucus say they want to prevent future violence at on-campus social events and they might have a solution - restrict the events to MSU students only.The caucus approved a plan that, if approved by other black student organizations, would limit attendance at black student organizations’ campus events - including dance parties - to MSU students only.And caucus members aren’t alone in their cause.
The MSU-Detroit College of Law has a dilemma.It’s involved in a situation the assistant dean for student affairs calls a catch-22.
Aiming to educate viewers on cinematic images of Native Americans, the fifth annual Native American Film Series will show the first film of its fall series at 7 tonight in room B102 of Wells Hall. Vincent Ward’s “Map of the Human Heart” was chosen as the first screening of the series because of the variety of issues it covers.
By working with a member of the MSU men’s gymnastics team, the university’s undergraduate student government is looking to become more agile - particularly in issues concerning student athletes.ASMSU, working with gymnast Jonathan Plante and the Student Athlete Council, has begun preliminary plans to address the university’s recent dealings with Title IX, a federal law established in 1972 to promote gender-equity in athletics.“This is something we can hopefully help the students with,” said Charles McHugh, ASMSU Academic Assembly chairperson.
Looking back on spring break, many people do one of two things: don’t remember any of it, or try not to remember any of it.
Wash your hands frequently, stay away from sick people and eat a balanced diet. As simple as this advice sounds, it’s not far off the mark according to the Web site for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
I am writing in response to the recent opinions expressing opposition to minority scholarships. Before I came to East Lansing for graduate school, the conventional wisdom of my white friends was that past discrimination against minorities had been replaced in recent years by “reverse discrimination” against white males.