For the 13th consecutive year, hospitalized patients in Michigan and Pennsylvania will receive blood from the MSU-Penn State Blood Challenge. Students at MSU and Penn State University will have the opportunity to help their respective schools win the challenge by donating blood until Nov.
Construction on a Louis Street apartment building that will house 96 people could begin by June, giving students more housing options close to campus. Joe Goodsir, president of Community Resource Management Co., said he hopes this project mirrors the success of an apartment building he opened in 2001 on Louis Street. "That has been a very successful building for us," Goodsir said. The plans for the new apartment building will go before the East Lansing City Council at its Nov.
U.S. News & World Report writer Jeffery Sheler will sign and discuss his book, "Believers: A Journey into Evangelical America," at 7:30 p.m.
Correction: The brief should have stated that Jeff Wiggins, chairman of the MSU College Republicans, will not be debating in Wonders Hall on Wednesday night because of a prior commitment.
The victim of an August assault in East Wilson Hall said Friday he has lost 90 percent of his hearing in his left ear, has decreased cognitive abilities and is recovering from a skull fracture. William Suits' testimony was part of a preliminary examination in East Lansing's 54-B District Court in the case against Paul Boudro, a Richmond resident who is charged with one felony count of assault in connection with the incident, which carries a sentence of up to 10 years in prison. The alleged assault occurred at about 3 a.m.
By James Andersen Special to The State News Lansing — Dressed as Detroit Tigers pitcher Nate Robertson, complete with fake facial hair and a baseball glove, 8-year-old Noah Kitson of Lansing smiled as he described his favorite part of the 1931 movie "Frankenstein." "I like the part where Igor drops the normal brain and picks up the other one," he said.
Children can trick-or-treat for free tonight at the 5th annual Halloween at Eastwood Towne Center from 4-6 p.m.
Some members of the Coalition of Indian Undergraduate Students would have painted homes Saturday if it had not rained.
Peeking out from under the wide brim and tall crown of his hat, cowboy Dillon Blair strolled into BTB, 403 E.
U.S. Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., surveyed the crowd of more than 60 people in Case Hall on Thursday with a look of concern.
Years after Amy Gnotek lost her aunt, uncle and two high school classmates in separate drunken driving incidents, she now has a way to raise awareness about the problem. The interdisciplinary studies in social science senior helped form MSU's first chapter of Spartans Against Drunk Driving, or SADD, which will raise awareness about drunken driving, supports victims of the crime and prevents underage drinking. The group will hold its first meeting at 7 p.m.
The MSU Board of Trustees passed an ordinance last week clarifying President Lou Anna K. Simon's power to declare a campuswide emergency, but it doesn't define what is considered an emergency or what exact powers the president is given. The ordinance is more of a show of power than a real change in university policy, said Kristine Zayko, MSU's associate general counsel. "When a president declares a campus emergency, the president is then given power to use whatever means necessary to protect the interests of this university," Zayko said. MSU police Chief Jim Dunlap said the ordinance makes law enforcement easier. "This plan helps law enforcement get together an emergency management plan," Dunlap said.
Students in Jeanne Gazel's ISS 315 class last spring began to think about creating an organization to help Africa when they had to do a presentation for the class. Now they're on their way to making those thoughts a reality. A new student group called Family of Strength Organization, or FOSO, is working to help orphans and children who have been affected by the HIV/AIDS crisis in sub-Saharan Africa.
James Madison students gathered today in Case Hall's lounge to vote out ASMSU representative Kyle Bristow.
A new hookah lounge opening in downtown East Lansing in November will test whether the industry has enough steam to survive. The Blue Midnight Hookah Lounge, which is under construction at Subway's vacated Albert Avenue location, doesn't plan on getting a liquor license or selling main courses. However, the lounge might need additional offerings — like alcohol or food — to make a profit because of high rent and overhead costs, said Matt Rouhan, the store manager of Silver Streak and Krazy Katz, a retail store that sells hookahs and flavored tobacco. "Keep in mind — this is tobacco," Rouhan said.
Spartans Supporting the Troops, a student organization devoted to serving members of the military, grilled up some meals on Wednesday at BD's Mongolian Barbecue in Okemos to help fund care packages for troops overseas. "We want to let the soldiers … know that younger people do care about them and care that they are gone," said Jessica Fischman, the group's president.
Students can now apply to live in the new University Village Apartments, which reopen in August 2007. After 53 years, the original MSU apartments were demolished in May and will be replaced by the new three-story buildings. Apartments in the complex will be available to upper-division undergraduates who are in good standing with the university, said Angela Brown, University Housing director. Prospective leasers can tour the apartments, which are located on Kalamazoo Street, from 10 a.m.
All area goblins and ghouls are welcome to participate in the Great Pumpkin Walk in downtown East Lansing tonight from 5-7 p.m. Free trick-or-treat bags for the annual event can be picked up at Green River Cafe, 211 M.A.C.
A project to build the second phase of the Campus Village apartments has broken ground and should be completed by next fall. Students are already leasing apartments for the building, which will be constructed at 1231 Michigan Ave., formerly the site of Capital Honda. "There is a big hole in the ground right now; we hope to have it completed a year from now for the start of school," said Ernest Schaefer, president of Rochester Hills-based Campus Village Communities.