MSU police are investigating a series of fights that stemmed from a racially charged remark exchanged between friends in Snyder Hall on Thursday. When an 18-year-old white student couldn't reach a friend on his phone at about 2:30 a.m., he uttered a derogatory comment to a 17-year-old black student, sparking a day-long feud - which included a knifepoint threat - MSU police Sgt.
Concern of statewide budget cuts hung heavy at the 28th annual AutumnFest on Saturday morning as festival participants encouraged visitors to support programs that could be eliminated. The celebration of natural resources and agriculture was held at the Pavilion for Agricultural and Livestock Education and featured more than 60 booths of MSU groups, Michigan crop growers and agricultural research organizations.
A group of faculty members hope to raise concerns about MSU President M. Peter McPherson's role in the economic development of Iraq during a speech Monday at the Union. The Open Faculty Forum, formed in September, consists of about 40 faculty members, Associate Professor of English Scott Michaelsen said.
With the holiday season sneaking up on shoppers, online retailers are projecting a 29-percent increase in online sales compared with last year, officials say. David Berkowitz, spokesman for the online research firm eMarketer, said the company is predicting online sales to reach $17.8 billion in the fourth quarter and is projecting continual growth over the next few years as Internet use increases. "Each year, the rising uptake of broadband is making it even easier for people to quickly and conveniently go online," Berkowitz said.
In contrast to the football game that proved victorious for the Spartans on Saturday, the students of MSU were defeated by Penn State this year in the 10th annual MSU-Penn State Blood Donor Challenge. The group only collected 1,633 pints of blood throughout the MSU community in conjunction with the challenge, far below the 1,990-pint goal for the American Red Cross. The 35 drives, beginning on November 5 and concluding last week, were conducted on campus, throughout East Lansing and at the Red Cross Donor Room, 1800 E.
U.S. House approves debated Medicare bill The U.S. House of Representatives passed a Medicare bill Saturday that supporters say will provide about 1.5 million Michigan residents with access to prescription-drug coverage. The final roll call was 220-215 and the bill is now awaiting a U.S.
MSU and Michigan Harvest Gathering are hoping that football fans will save some food after tailgating this Saturday, especially the canned and non-perishable kind. From 8 a.m.
Lansing Community College students soon will be able to learn about fuel-cell energy, a field in need of employees that utilizes cells to convert hydrogen into electricity and other forms of alternative energy.LCC received a $1 million appropriation from the federal government Monday to set up the alternative-energy program.Because of the small amount of pollutants emitted by the cells, they are looked at by some as a possible solution for pollution problems created by automobiles.The school previously had earned a $250,000 grant from NextEnergy, a Michigan group dedicated to furthering alternative energy.
East Lansing police say Kevin Schaibley, 24, embezzled nearly $150,000 from the Ascension Lutheran Church, which he served as treasurer.The Lansing man was arrested and charged this week, East Lansing police Capt.
The Foundation for the Defense of Democracies will present the PBS documentary "Terrorists Among Us: The Jihad in America" on Monday.The film details investigation of journalist Steve Emerson about the existence of terrorist groups in America.The film will be played at 7:30 p.m.
Determining the lead-poisoning risk level of children in the United States can now be done over the Internet, as MSU researchers developed a predictive Web site that aids in the process. The site allows users to enter contributing factors of lead poisoning, including the child's address, housing condition, family history of lead poisoning and socioeconomic status, and provides the user with a risk-assessment evaluation. The Web site already has gained acceptance from various Michigan lead-poisoning awareness groups, including the Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program, a group that supports the coordination of lead-poisoning prevention and testing services for children in Michigan. "The ideal result would be that medical clinics use this as the means of deciding who should be tested," said Stan Kaplowitz, MSU professor of sociology and one of the Web site's creators.
An MSU student environmental group will again be lobbying for renewable energy through a proposed student tax.Eco hopes once again to gain support for a plan to implement a $5 increase in ASMSU's per semester tax to fund either wind turbines or a solar panel system, which are both considered environmentally friendly sources of energy.Amy Gregory, a general science senior and Eco member, said the tax was introduced to MSU's student government last year, But because than 50 percent of the MSU student population voted in the election, so the issue it must once again be brought to a student vote in March.For each student at MSU, the university burns about 24.4 pounds of coal each day, Gregory said.More than 44,000 students attend MSU, and the renewable energy tax would provide $220,000 each semester.
Events with catered food tend to feature lukewarm mostaccioli and bland chicken. This was not so at Lechonada on Thursday night at the Puerto Rican pig roast, which featured traditional staples such as baked pork, flan and arroz con gandules, a rice dish. "We have culture to share with everyone," said Natalia Mercado, Puerto Rican Student Association vice president.
There are some different types of commercials popping up lately in the holes between television shows.
A man is being treated at Lansing's Sparrow Hospital for head injuries after he was assaulted while breaking up a fight outside Beggar's Banquet early Thursday, East Lansing police said.As the man intervened in the scuffle, he was pushed or shoved, causing him to fall backward and strike the back of his head against the pavement.
Members of the MSU Council of Graduate Students elected a focus group Wednesday night to discuss the restructuring of the colleges with MSU Provost Lou Anna Simon.MSU administrators are planning fundamental changes to six of MSU's colleges for the spring semester to make up for the drastic funding cuts from the state.Nine members were selected to attend the Dec.
She sang "New York New York," wore a black evening gown and dazzled a panel of judges with her gleaming personality. But it was the beauty of age and experience that led 66-year-old Beverly Hunt-Sherrod to win the 25th annual Ms. Senior Sweetheart of America Pageant. Hunt-Sherrod, a Lansing resident with silver and black hair and bejeweled fingernails, won the national pageant over 34 contestants on Nov.
A proposed parking ordinance amendment was unanimously struck down by the East Lansing City Council during its Tuesday meeting, following almost a month of debate.