At his first visit to the U.S. Supreme Court, 12-year-old Michael Brian Cavanaugh watched his father argue a defamation case before the nation's top justices.
By Kristin LongleySpecial to The State News An MSU rivalry was renewed on Sunday when the university's two residential learning programs competed in their second annual Olympic Showdown. Lyman Briggs School and James Madison College students and faculty braved the cold weather at the rock on Farm Lane in an effort to win the coveted green-and-white, Stanley Cup-esque trophy.
Four city streets will close this evening for the MSU Homecoming Parade, but alternate routes will be available. Abbott Road will close between Whitehills and Burcham drives at 4 p.m., as will westbound Burcham Drive between Abbott Road and M.A.C.
Local government officials are forming their own rescue team to save their computer systems in the event of a catastrophe. East Lansing City Council voted at its work session Tuesday to approve a formalized relationship between local jurisdictions to share technology resources during disasters. The Mid-Michigan Information Technology Mutual Aid Agreement allows cities to share telephones, hardware, software, employees or facilities if a disaster situation were to harm a municipality's computer system, said Alan McCarrick, East Lansing Information Systems Administrator. "The goal is to help keep everybody up and running," he said. An informal collaboration between Lansing, Meridian Township and Ingham, Clinton and Eaton counties has existed for years, but the formal agreement is intended to inform the public and officials of their continuing discussion. Meridian Township and Ingham County officials also approved the aid agreement, McCarrick said. Although the agreement refers mainly to disaster planning, McCarrick said there are day-to-day situations where the sharing of resources come in to play.
Feeling marginalized by the LBGT community was the focus of Getting Bi, a session addressing issues faced by bisexual women. Discussion included fear of being ostracized by lesbian and gay people and acknowledging fluidity in both orientation and gender. Julie Hartman, a graduate student in sociology, said bisexual people often feel they have to act differently around gay and straight friends. "You come out of one closet to go in another," she said.
With mechanical mannequins, standardized patients and computer scenarios, MSU is taking steps toward joining top medical schools such as Northwestern University with advanced technology. The MSU Board of Trustees recently passed a measure to start the design phase for a new Learning and Assessment Center, which will be built in East Fee Hall. "The Assessment Center is an important element for not only the feedback to our students, but also will play an important role in research and development regarding new educational approaches," said President-designate Lou Anna Simon. The center is a joint project between four MSU colleges - the College of Human Medicine, the College of Osteopathic Medicine, the College of Veterinary Medicine and the College of Nursing.
Oldsmobile Park is getting a facelift. A $500,000 scoreboard is currently under construction and a new grass turf grown by MSU's Turf Management program will be added at the end of the 2005 season. The plans to renovate and make additions to the 8-year-old stadium were announced by Lansing Mayor Tony Benavides and Lansing Lugnuts' management in a press conference on Wednesday. "This park brings in over 300,000 fans each year from around the tri-county area," Benavides said.
October was declared National Breast Cancer Awareness Month by the East Lansing City Council in late September.
The Council of Graduate Students is looking to give MSU College of Law students more of a voice in school policy. Associate Dean for Student Affairs at MSU College of Law Connell Alsup said COGS would help law school students become better represented. "Law school students are subjected to the decisions made by committees and by judicial proceedings," Alsup said.
An 18-year-old female MSU student was hit by a car while crossing Harrison Avenue at 2:45 p.m. Thursday, said East Lansing police Sgt.
The taste buds of Residence Halls Association members traveled to Spain, Italy and the Middle East in the Williams Hall test kitchen on Wednesday. The annual taste test featured food developed for International Education Week, which begins Nov.
For the past eight years, Julie Fedewa and her husband have operated a 40-year-old family gas and service station, but elevated gas prices will force them to sell the store by the end of December. Instability in Nigeria, damage from the hurricanes in Florida and the occupation of Iraq are contributing to rising gas prices, said Fedewa, co-owner of Marathon service station, 1198 S.
To encourage young people to stay away from sex until marriage, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services gave the Ingham County Health Department a $277,000 grant for abstinence education. The program will target students ages of 9-17 through the Willow Plaza Services, a section of the department aimed at youths.
Lansing - The building is more than 100 years old, with a historical marker reading "Union Depot" posted in front - a tribute to its days as a station for the Michigan Central railroad. Long past are the days the building served as a train station, though.
A large yellow and purple bruise and several cuts adorned Jenn Vallier's cheeks as she handed out colored leaflets about the dangers of hate speech.
The mystery is revealed. Through January 2005, Lansing's Michigan Historical Museum will exhibit artwork by Tommaso Juglaris, the formerly unknown artist who painted eight mystical Greek muses on the state Capitol dome. About 50 paintings, sketches and works by the Italian artist will adorn the walls of the 3,000-square-foot exhibit at 702 W.
Rather than walking from class to class, Danielle Cole made her way around campus Tuesday in a wheelchair. Cole, a special education in learning disabilities sophomore, was participating in an all-day simulation Tuesday for an assignment which required her to use a wheelchair for one day in order to understand the issue of accessibility. The simulation was one of the activities offered during the second annual Accessibility Awareness Week at MSU. Cole said not only did she notice inaccessibility issues, but also the reactions of those around her. "They either look very intensely at you or they try not to make any eye contact at all," she said.
ASMSU has questions they want answered about the proposed new residential college. To voice its concerns and get answers, the Academic Assembly of MSU's undergraduate student government passed a bill Tuesday night listing unresolved issues with the proposed college, tentatively named the Nelson Mandela College. The bill calls for a letter to be sent to Marcellette Williams, chairwoman of the New Residential College Program Planning Group and President-designate Lou Anna Simon.
Alumni and friends will be presented with awards to recognize their accomplishments within the MSU community at 6:15 p.m.