MSU recreates nickel isotope

MSU physicists recently completed an experiment that would enable scientists to learn more about the origins of chemical elements. Findings from the experiment, which recreated an isotope of nickel, were presented earlier this week at a meeting of the American Physical Society in Tampa, Fla. "A lot of people have tried to do this experiment, and we're the only ones who have finally succeeded," said Hendrik Schatz, an associate professor of physics.

Area museum hosts Earth Day activities

Saturday is Earth Super Saturday at the Impression 5 Science Center, 200 Museum Drive in Lansing. Projects developed by students at the Museum Studies Program will be delivered from 11 a.m.

Police briefs 04/21/05

Alumni discuss foreign policy

Current and former U.S. ambassadors brought an inside look at international politics to MSU students this week as a part of the sesquicentennial celebration. As part of MSU's 150th birthday celebration, four diplomatic experts were on hand for a discussion on Tuesday in the International Center and participated in a variety of classroom discussions across campus this week.

Loomis' life experiences lend to his work on E.L. council

Editor's note: This is the fourth in a five-part series to reintroduce the people who run East Lansing.

Students rally to improve U.S. health care

Every day, Max Baisel said he works with people who can't afford to pay for basic health and dental care. As a program counselor for the Ingham County Health Department mobile health unit, Baisel addressed a small crowd at the foot of the Capitol's steps on Wednesday during a rally to address disparities in the nation's health-care system. Medical students and health-care professionals spoke at the event, sponsored by the American Medical Student Association at the MSU College of Human Medicine.

Police stop students' shirt display

Two MSU students who are selling T-shirts with a statement about the East Lansing Police Department's actions in the April 2-3 disturbances had a police encounter of their own on Tuesday. Evan Dashe, an accounting junior, and Anthony Saladino, a general management freshman, were wearing the shirts and holding up a sign advertising them on Tuesday afternoon by Beaumont Tower but were not selling them, they said. The T-shirts have the slogan, "Tear gas is not designed to extinguish fires" printed on the front and a derogatory message for the East Lansing Police Department on back.

Word on the street: What do you think about rental housing in East Lansing?

"It's terrifying. It's the worst experience. I am renting from a slum lord right now.

Meadows reflects on tenure as mayor

Editor's note: This is the third in a five-part series to reintroduce the people who run East Lansing.

Revamped food pyramid debuts

The familiar food guide pyramid that graced cafeteria walls, cereal boxes and doctors' offices has been replaced. The U.S.

Council meeting focuses on curriculum changes, new residential college

On Tuesday, various committees updated Academic Council members on the progress of their initiatives. The New Residential College/School Curriculum Team presented a 39-page report that included the mission of the program and curriculum requirements, including possible courses. The residential college, or school, would be housed in renovated Snyder and Phillips halls and have a focus on the humanities.

Universities share provost candidates

Academic officials can live in a small world. Brian Foster, a candidate for provost at MSU, also is a candidate for the same post at the University of Missouri-Columbia. And Janie Fouke, dean of the MSU College of Engineering, is another of the three candidates for the Missouri job. Foster, the provost and executive vice president for academic affairs at the University of New Mexico, visits MSU today and will spend April 24-26 at Missouri. He said the campus visits will play a key role in his decision if both jobs are offered to him. "I guess I would go where I would find the best fit and make the best impact," Foster said, adding he also is being considered at other schools.

Police briefs 04/20/05

Speech to focus on MSU experience

After cramming for one last final, stealing one last apple from the cafeteria and listening to the Beaumont Tower's Carillon one more time, Shannon Houghton will share her MSU experiences with the senior class of 2005 at the undergraduate commencement ceremony. The Senior Class Council selected Houghton in mid-April to be this year's spring speaker.

Police briefs 04/19/05

College Republicans make plans, vote on executive board

As the semester winds down, MSU College Republicans are busy wrapping up a year in which they helped re-elect President Bush and got students to vote.

GEU continues protest, talks

After seeing no movement by the university toward a compromise in contract negotiations, members of the Graduate Employees Union took to the streets on Monday wearing sandwich boards with slogans such as "MSU Bargaining Skills: F-" The union, or GEU, protects the labor rights of teaching assistants.

Columnist shares life at lecture

Boston Globe columnist Ellen Goodman said it's difficult to be a newspaper columnist, constantly churning out opinions on every issue of the day. She's even heard some say holding the job is like being married to a nymphomaniac.

Judge rules Utah company can sell Ephedra products

Local health stores might be able to sell a product containing ephedrine alkaloids after a federal judge ruled last week that a Utah company could sell the supplement. Ephedra is an herbal substance often used in weight loss supplements. The decision landed almost exactly a year after the U.S.

Baten 'speaks her mind' on council

Editor's note: This is the second in a five-part series to reintroduce the people who run East Lansing.