The 40th Annual MSU Spring Arts and Crafts show will be held from 9-6 p.m. Saturday and 10-5 p.m. Sunday at the corner of Grand River Avenue and Abbott Road.
The Loaves and Fishes Ministries will be holding its 4th Annual Prayer Walk for the Homeless on May 25 to raise public awareness of the downtrodden.
What only appears in eastern North America every 17 years is about to appear in parts of Michigan this month, but the one place you won't see this rare phenomenon in is Lansing. Scientifically titled as the Magicicada Septendecim, and classified as Brood IX, cicadas bugs are due to rise out of ground in swarms after living there for the past 17 years. "This is a phenomenon that doesn't occur anywhere else in the world," said Dr. Thomas Moore, a University of Michigan expert on cicadas. The cicadas have the longest adult-to-adult life cycle of any known animal.
Three polished stainless steel legs stand independent from each other at the base. As the viewer looks up, the legs bend toward one another to meet almost 20 feet in the air.
The MSU Department of Police and Public Safety spent its first week of vacation slightly different from the students and faculty who went home to relax. DPPS officers and staff members began a two-part program that simulated a biological disaster at Erickson Hall, and the unannounced training was followed by fire drills across campus the rest of the week.
The Senate passed legislation Thursday that would allow gambling machines to expand to Michigan's horse racetracks. The bill passed by a vote of 20-18 and now returns to the House.
More than 150 graduate employees, undergraduates, and faculty members marched across the campus Thursday beating buckets like drums and carrying picket signs to gain attention from university officials about teaching assistant cuts. The march was organized by the Graduate Employees Union in response to at least 50 TAs who had received notice that they might not have positions in the fall because of the university's financial woes.
For Nicole Tompkins, knocking on neighbors' doors comes with the job. As a neighborhood resource coordinator, Tompkins works to bring permanent East Lansing residents and students closer in the Oakwood and Bailey neighborhoods, located north of Grand River Avenue. Along with nine other coordinators, the interdisciplinary studies in social science and community relations senior is organizing the first East Lansing Field Day & Barbecue to take place from 3 to 5 p.m.
Nagesh Borse always knew he would participate in activities with organizations like the World Health Organization one day, but he wasn't sure how to go about it.
The residents of small farming villages in countries such as Nicaragua are benefiting from the work of Sparty's Cafes and MSU's Real Food Group, which works to improve the global food system. Earlier this month Sparty's Cafes and Coffeehouses started serving "Spartan Spirit," a Fair Trade certified coffee blend that is bought from the farmers at a higher wage to raise standards of living.
As a partner in a new agricultural security center, MSU will use a portion of a U.S. Department of Homeland Security grant to develop methods of identifying contaminated foods and preventing terrorist tampering while food is in transit.
An MSU chemistry professor has joined a group of 116 young scientists and economists who were honored as Sloan Research Fellows. Assistant Professor Aaron Odom will use the $40,000 grant for the two-year period to continue research in forming carbon nitrogen bonds. Odom, who has been at MSU for five years, leads a research group of undergraduate, graduate and post-doctoral students. "Nationwide, certainly there's a lot of people and I'm very honored to be on the list," Odom said. Odom said he's also excited for the options the extra money can provide. Department of Chemistry chairman John McCracken said the highly competitive research fellowship speaks well for the university. "These awards are given to the best young faculty and chemistry throughout the country," he said. The Sloan Research Fellowship Program awarded $4.64 million in its 49th year.
Lawmakers in the state House have proposed a method for funding local fire departments that is starkly different than an earlier proposal to raise the state liquor tax. Republican leaders in the House instead are advocating that local governments and certain school districts sell forest lands that the state claims when the property owners don't pay taxes. Under the proposal, half of the revenue would go to the local government unit and the other would go to the state. Keith Ledbetter, spokesman for Speaker of the House Rick Johnson, R-Leroy, said that the plan would produce about $28 million in revenue in its first year. According to Ledbetter, $12 million of that revenue would go to fully funding fire grants that the state provides to local fire departments for the protection of state-owned buildings.
The Get Real Campaign, which started about two months ago, is looking to get college students and the Recording Industry Association of America to discuss alternatives to illegal file sharing. Campaign director Ethan Clay said the group is looking to get information out to college campuses after a second round of lawsuits were announced Wednesday.
MSU President M. Peter McPherson sat down with several State News staff members, who asked him questions about recent university events. SN: Why the move to Grand Rapids? MPM: We have a very good medical school, but I think it's also true that with support, resources and help, we could have, academically, an extremely strong medical school.
Lansing -The last Oldsmobile ever to roll off the assembly line was welcomed Thursday in a private ceremony at the Lansing Car Assembly plant.
It's mid-afternoon on Monday when the call comes in. The tone goes off - one single beep, followed by a deep male voice over a loudspeaker.
At its last meeting of the semester, the Residence Halls Association decided to undertake a rather large issue - the General Assembly voted on restructuring all four standing committees. The bill, which passed the assembly, 17-0-2, Wednesday, will take effect in the fall.
Byron Brown has been in the Honors College for decades. A current economics professor, he's been an undergraduate adviser in economics for the Honors College and has sat on committees that have decided nominees for different academic awards. For all he's given, he's received some, too. Brown is a recipient of the 2004 Honors College Award for Distinguished Contributions to Honors Students, an annual award given based on nominations from current and former students.