MSU
Cultural festival to take place Friday
Cultural Vogue, a biannual display of Asian Pacific American culture, will be held at 6:30 p.m., Friday at the Auditorium.
MICHIGAN
Bars gear up for Mardi Gras festivities
The slowing economy won’t stop Mardi Gras from rolling into East Lansing. Bars around East Lansing expect Mardi Gras business will be booming and the economic downturn won’t stop people from coming through their doors.
MICHIGAN
Mich. drinking declines; MSU drinking stays steady
Michigan alcohol sales statistics for 2008 indicate that people spent less on booze but didn’t cut back on drinking, a signal residents are making like college students and buying the cheap stuff.
MICHIGAN
Council to discuss development plans
Changes to the site plan for Gaslight Village, a development located to the north of East Lansing’s downtown area, will be discussed at tonight’s City Council meeting.
NEWS
MSU, Sparrow formalize partnership
Lansing’s Sparrow Hospital formally became MSU’s primary medical partner Monday, a move hospital and university officials say will improve area health care, research opportunities and recruitment.
NEWS
Resignation leaves 2nd ASMSU post up for grabs
ASMSU is seeking a second interim chairperson after another high-ranking official resigned Thursday — the second to step down within one week. Garrett Faulk, Student Assembly internal vice chairperson and a criminal justice sophomore, said his ASMSU workload was too much to handle.
MSU
Drum circles, dancing unite families at MSU Pow-Wow of Love
The North American Indigenous Student Organization’s 26th annual MSU Pow-Wow of Love on Saturday and Sunday united distant families this weekend through their common heritage.
MICHIGAN
Eating disorder campaign begins
Miss America 2008 Kirsten Haglund will highlight Michigan’s events during National Eating Disorder Awareness Week, with a press briefing at 10 a.m.
MICHIGAN
Humane Society celebrates Spay Day
The Capital Area Humane Society today is encouraging residents to follow the advice of Bob Barker and have their pet spayed or neutered. Tuesday is Spay Day USA, the Humane Society of the United States’ celebration of keeping pets healthy.
MICHIGAN
Agribusiness stimulates struggling Mich. economy
While Michigan’s overall economy stumbles, one sector is growing at an unprecedented pace. An MSU study released this month found Michigan’s agribusiness sector increased 12 percent in 2007, the year the data was collected. The number represents more than double the amount of growth in the industry during the previous two years combined.
MSU
40th annual rodeo event attracts national talent, student competitors
MSU Rodeo Club and the International Professional Rodeo Association, or IPRA, rounded up some of the best rodeo riders in the country for the 40th annual Spartan Stampede last weekend at the Pavilion for Agriculture and Livestock Education.
MSU
Lack of health insurance could be costly mistake for students
After injuring her knee and paying the hospital bills on her own, journalism senior Maryhelen Harper knows how helpful a health care plan can be.
MICHIGAN
Incentive for tuition freeze under dispute
A federal stimulus bill requirement that Michigan must use federal stimulus funding to replace cuts to education could erase the incentive for MSU to comply with Gov. Jennifer Granholm’s proposed tuition freeze.
MSU
Early testing can lead to healthy kids, study shows
Simply having a pregnancy test in their possession leads many women to test more often, which leads to healthier babies, according to research done by an MSU professor.
MSU
University introducing more advanced ID cards
MSU freshmen, whether they know it or not, are part of the university’s cutting-edge technology. Upon enrollment, first-year students were issued a new form of ID card that allows the university to store larger amounts of data than previous cards. Although other students still have old ID cards, all faculty and staff will transition to the new card this semester.
MSU
3 finalists chosen in MSU's Next Top Model
You wanna be on top? At the MSU’s Next Top Model competition, sponsored by Purpose Organization, 10 girls were put to the test to see if they have what it takes to be a serious model.
NEWS
ASMSU post in question after member resigns
A top ranking student government position is in limbo after ASMSU’s Academic Assembly chairperson stepped down Tuesday evening. The resignation came a week after his performance was called into question.
NEWS
MSU, Ferris to share Grand Rapids med school building
MSU students and faculty will have company when they move into the College of Human Medicine’s Grand Rapids campus in 2010. At last Friday’s meeting, the MSU Board of Trustees approved a 10-year lease to Ferris State University’s College of Pharmacy, giving Ferris’ program access to the Secchia Center’s seventh floor.
NEWS
Cuts could stall MSU research
MSU chemical engineering professor Dennis Miller spends his days researching a seed 1/16th of an inch in diameter. The canola seed, which can be used to produce biodiesel, could be one answer to achieving energy independence, he said.
NEWS
No bright side in GM, Chrysler bailout
General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC, two venerable titans of American industry, will burn through $17.4 billion in government loans in three months and want billions more to stay alive.