About 30 people gathered Monday to watch the dedication of the Central Clock Tower to the city of East Lansing.The clock tower, located at the intersection of M.A.C.
The accident occurred at 2:16 a.m. The women were crossing the intersection westbound when they were struck by a red Dodge Neon. The vehicle, driven by a white male suspect, then fled west on Abbott. A 22-year-old female from Jeddo, Michigan and a 23-year-old female from Saginaw, Michigan were treated at the scene by the East Lansing Fire Department and transported to Sparrow Hospital in Lansing with minor injuries. Police are still searching for the Neon.
MSU will not block the music-sharing service Napster, according to a university letter released Friday.
Like many who go to the Big Apple to try to make it big in show business, Darcie Roberts got her break in New York.Tonight, Roberts plays a similar role as Lola Lamar, the leading lady in Barry Manilow’s “Copacabana,” who heads to New York to break into the business.The play is inspired by Manilow’s Grammy award-winning song “Copacabana.” “Copacabana” is the story of a small-town girl from Tulsa, Okla.
For Gary Manson, good faculty is going to make his new job as acting dean of the College of Social Science just a little bit easier. Manson was officially named acting dean at Friday’s MSU Board of Trustees meeting.
Dinosaurs might be extinct. But the MSU Federal Credit Union-sponsored Dinosaur Dash is still running strong. The 15th annual 5K race is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m.
Tara VanWyck hopes MSU’s reputation as an agriculture school will help her land a job after graduation.“I know this college is among the top few as far as getting hired later on,” the fisheries and wildlife management senior said.
MSU students should not worry about being in the minority if they think their courses are too easy. Recently, more than a few have expressed their opinions toward the university required classes - deeming them to be too easy and quite unnecessary.
For most, riding a bicycle for eight to 12 hours a day may seem an impossible task.But it’s just another day at work for East Lansing police Officer Steve Gonzalez.“It’s a different facet of police work where you get to interact with the citizens of the community more frequently,” said Gonzalez, a member of the bicycle officer unit.
For the next two days, students can do something other than study between classes.And students could also be coming home after their classes with more than just books.The Sports Illustrated Campus Fest returns today to MSU with its full array of exhibits, games, sporting activities, sweepstakes and free stuff.
I was considering writing a letter about driving on campus. When I saw the front page of Thursday’s edition of The State News (“Student concerned with ‘U’ traffic, SN 9/21), it made what I had to say much more important. I drive on campus, as well as drive with my friends on campus.
It is truly amazing when a film captures the audience members’ collective heart; when every person sitting in the theater can’t help but feel all the trivial pains and pleasures put forth in the story. Unfortunately for audiences everywhere, this only occurs once in a great while. However, it did in many theaters this weekend when writer and director Cameron Crowe’s “Almost Famous” caught its first batches of well-deserved attention. The movie, Crowe’s first film since his double Academy Award-nominated “Jerry Maguire,” is set in one of rock ’n’ roll’s most cardinal eras, the 1970s - back when everything was on vinyl.
MSU’s men’s basketball legacy became one man sweeter Sunday when Indianapolis guard and shooting sensation Chris Hill verbally committed to the Spartans for next fall.Hill, a 6-foot-3, 175-pound guard and honor roll student who averaged 17 points, five rebounds and four assists per game, led his Lawrence North Hill High School team to a 18-2 record his junior year.Hill spent the weekend with 2000 National Championship team members Mike Chappell and David Thomas, touring campus and attending the Notre Dame game.
Experts say it’s no surprise political TV ads turn students off - they’re already the group least likely to venture to the polls.But that lack of voter turnout also means students’ reactions to ads doesn’t make a difference to some candidates.“Young voters, those, say, 18 to 24, are the lowest participating voting group,” said Bill Ballenger, editor and publisher of Inside Michigan Politics.
Political races are starting to heat up, and the race for the 8th Congressional District seat is no exception - its two leading candidates are in a statistical tie.A recent poll conducted by Lansing-based EPIC/MRA shows the race for the 8th Congressional District - which includes MSU - between state senators Dianne Byrum, D-Onondaga, and Mike Rogers, R-Brighton, is in a virtual tie.The phone survey of 300 voters showed Rogers holds a slight edge over Byrum, earning 42 percent compared to 40 percent for Byrum.
Prior to the Republican National Convention this year, party officials removed from the GOP platform a statement promoting English as the official language of the United States.
There was more than the excitement of a legendary rivalry in the air Friday as players and fans prepared for a contest between the Spartans and the Fighting Irish.In a Kellogg Center banquet room, officials gathered to celebrate the connection between MSU and the University of Notre Dame.
I am writing in response to the two political letters that were printed in The State News (“Michigan proposal goes against ban,” SN 9/21 and “Vouchers combine church and state,” SN 9/21). I would like to know why people write these letters, and why The State News feels they absolutely must print them? I write several letters to the editor a year.
MSU-Detroit College of Law ranks below Lansing’s Thomas M. Cooley Law School in a recent study ranking law schools.Using statistics from the American Bar Association, Cooley Dean Don LeDuc released the school’s third annual Program Achievement Rating study ranking U.S.