Lansing-Visitors to downtown Lansing have five days left to see a series of lifelike sculptures that have decorated Washington Square and Michigan Avenue streets since June. The second annual "Sculpture in the Streets" exhibit, sponsored by Principal Shopping District, features twenty bronze sculptures crafted by artist J.
Medical school isn't just for aspiring doctors any more. This fall, the MSU Alumni Association's Evening college is offering a six-week "Mini Medical School" for adults in Lansing and central Michigan. The sessions cover basic anatomy, physiology and pathology and include "Microbiology 101," examining common bacteria and viruses; "Preserving the Pedestal," focusing on feet; and "Those Wonderful Orbs," which examines how eyes work. It's the third fall MSU has offered the program. The program begins Oct.
Welcome receptions for students of color are taking place this week. Everyone is encouraged to attend.
Patcharaporn "Nok" Buranakul's flight back to Michigan was easier than her flight home to Thailand. Buranakul, a teaching as a second language graduate student, boarded her plane home to Bangkok in May during the height of the SARS epidemic. Armed with a face mask, she returned to a now quiet city.
With his sandals off and his backpack propped like a pillow under his head near the Red Cedar River Monday evening, Dan Peltier risked a West Nile infection.
The budget crunch impacting nearly all university departments this fall is forcing the MSU Department of Police and Public Safety to condense its campus and community outreach programs. Police officials, though, believe the change will help maximize attendance and the effectiveness of programs. The department offers programs each year to campus groups, community organizations and dormitory floors on such topics as alcohol responsibility and personal safety.
Michigan Hispanic Heritage Month will take place from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15, according to Gov. Jennifer Granholm and the Michigan Legislature.
For students living in apartments owned by DTN Management, logging onto the Internet has been anything but easy.DTN-owned properties were no exception to one of the latest computer viruses to hit the nation - the Msblast worm, also known as "blaster." On Tuesday, it caused a complete shutdown of DTN's computer network, affecting about 14 complexes and 1,200 students. The virus had slowed down the MSU campus computer network, which is still experiencing minor problems.
The MSU student who said she was sexually assaulted in East Lansing last month has pleaded guilty to filing a false police report.Jenna King, 19, could face a maximum penalty of 93 days in jail and $500 in fines when she is sentenced Sept.
The Listening Ear Crisis Intervention Center will offer a support group for survivors of sexual assault this September.Tamika Payne, a staff coordinator for the center, said the initiative for the group rose from the absence of support groups in East Lansing.
Despite last year's $2 million embezzlement scandal, the Capital Area United Way has kicked off its 2003 fund-raising campaign successfully, organization leaders said. The campaign officially began Monday and with early contributors including Fifth Third Bank, the nonprofit organization is already on schedule to meet or exceed the $6.9 million raised last year. The number of pledges from Fifth Third Bank rose 14 percent this year with a 59-percent increase in total dollars raised, said Jim Paul, the bank's vice president regional manager.
The name of a six-acre piece of land on the Lansing River Trail will depend on city councilmembers' definition of memorial. "A park should be named after someone who did something great for the community and someone the people remember and respect," Lansing resident Darnell Oldham Sr.
While MSU's undergraduate student government historically struggled to maintain hired positions within the organization, officials say slots are mostly occupied for the fall.Last year, ASMSU's technology director left the position in the spring, and the director of human resources quit midway through the year.This year, both positions - despite slight name and description changes - are full."I am very excited," said Missy Kushlak, Student Assembly chairperson.
Student organizations protesting The State News began a formal campaign against the newspaper Monday by passing out fliers detailing how to receive a refund for the $5 State News tax included with tuition.
MSU's Horticulture Gardening Institute will host its third hands-on container garden event, offering gardeners and gardening enthusiasts new ideas on how to keep their gardens growing all year. "The Art, Science and Future of Container Gardens" is scheduled from 10 a.m.-3 p.m.
A grill-off fundraiser for Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) will be held on September 28th. The event will be at the Theta Field on Evergreen Road from 3-6 p.m.
After facing condemnation from East Lansing officials over the summer, the members of Theta Delta Chi were granted a one-month extension to finish repairs on their house.Members have been meeting since July to fix up the house, 139 Bailey St., after it was found in violation of East Lansing housing codes."They have been making excellent progress, however, there are still some more minor things to take care of," said Jean Golden, East Lansing deputy city manager.
More than 800 people crammed into the Kellogg Center on Sunday to commemorate the 2003 entering class of the College of Human Medicine for their white coat ceremony.The ceremony acknowledges the beginning of a medical student's journey into the professional world.Kenni Allen, a first-year medical student, said the event signifies an important moment in a medical students' professional progress."It's something you work at for a long time, and this is a way of showing you finally made it," Allen said.