Miss Black and Gold and Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity are sponsoring speaker Rae Lewis-Thornton to discuss the AIDS epidemic with the public and discuss how it has affected her life.
Secretary of state branch offices will participate in Harvest Gathering for the fourth consecutive year.
Seven candidates running for office will stop on campus Wednesday night for a “Meet the Candidates” night. The event, organized by the MSU Student Voters’ Coalition, will feature candidates for 69th District state representative, 23rd District state senator and secretary of state.
Come Nov. 5, a pair of state senators plan to become the state’s second-in-command. John Cherry, D-Clio, was chosen in August to run alongside Attorney General Jennifer Granholm on the Democratic side of the gubernatorial ticket.
Four of the candidates for the MSU Board of Trustee will debate at 6 p.m. Wednesday in 145 Communication Arts and Sciences Building. Bill Ballenger, editor and publisher of Inside Michigan Politics, will serve as the moderator. The 90-minute debate, sponsored by the Council of Graduate Students and The State News, will include incumbents Colleen McNamara, a Democrat, and Don Nugent, a Republican, as well as State Sen.
Today’s screening of “Fahrenheit 451” at 7 p.m. will headline this weeks “One Book, One Community” events at the Hannah Community Center.
Lansing - Communication sophomore Amy Shingledecker and fellow members of the Arnold Air Society helped clean up after Empty Bowls 2002 at the Center for the Arts, 425 S.
An MSU employee received an obscene phone call from an unknown man stating he was coming after her last week.Police say a 34-year-old woman received four obscene phone calls in her Administration Building office between 8 a.m.
The MSU College of Education will be part of two grants worth about $20 million awarded by the National Science Foundation to improve education. MSU is the only university to be part of both grants at the K-12 and post-secondary level. The grant, awarded for the study of Higher Adult and Lifelong Education, is worth $10 million over five years and will launch a relationship with the University of Wisconsin and Penn State University to establish the Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning. “Starting from day one for this to be a success it will go way beyond Wisconsin,” said James Fairweather, MSU educational administration professor.
Seventy-five thousand screaming fans and national TV coverage are not needed for an exciting, competitive football game to take place.According to avid residence hall sports fans, all that’s needed are floor mates or fraternity brothers, color coordinated T-shirts and $35 to sign up for one of the most popular sports in the dorms - IM football.“I love it,” communications junior and IM assistant supervisor Andi Osters said.
The Case Hall Black Caucus is sponsoring a haunted house Friday night for students and area residents.
The banks of the Red Cedar River are not as clean as they look, according to data issued last week by the Public Interest Research Group in Michigan.The group gathered information on pollutant violations from 1999 to 2001 from the Environmental Protection Agency and Michigan Department of Environmental Quality.
The presence of sofas, loungers, and other furniture on the lawns of East Lansing will be addressed at the East Lansing City Council work session tonight.Council members will look at an ordinance that prohibits the placement of inside furniture outdoors when not in use.But some students don’t understand the law’s relevance.
The African Studies Center in 201 International Center will present two lecturers. The African Studies Brown Bag with linguistics Professor Grover Hudson is on “Linguistic Analysis of the 1998 Ethiopian Census” at noon Thursday.
A proposal supporting Palestinian rights and a U.N. resolution is causing a stir among the student body of the MSU-Detroit College of Law that is culminating in a debate at 9:30 p.m.
The University Physician’s Office at MSU is sending health information e-mails to MSU employees, retirees and health care providers. The Healthy Email Project provides information on common health concerns that has been reviewed by physicians.
Lansing - Melissa Barton snapped pictures of her students as they lined up to sign the School Safety Pledge.
As East Lansing falls back to standard time Saturday night, city fire officials remind residents to change smoke detector batteries while setting back clocks. Fire Marshal Bob Pratt said that since most fatal fires occur at night, keeping a fully functional smoke detector is of tremendous importance. “Upwards of 80 percent of fatal fires occur between midnight and 8 (a.m.),” he said.