A bike ride through the East Lansing and Lansing areas is set to begin at 5:30 p.m. on Friday at the Ranney Skate Park, located west of the Brody Complex. The ride is part of a worldwide event called Critical Mass, which is geared to promoting the rights of bicyclists and cyclists to use the road.
Kenneth West, senior consultant for corporate governance for the Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association - College Retirement Equities Fund, or TIAA-CREF, will speak at 4:30 p.m.
The International Opportunities Fair will be held from noon to 5 p.m. Wednesday on the second floor of the Union. Students can receive information about volunteering, teaching and internships in other countries.
Six MSU seniors and a 2005 graduate have been nominated for the Marshall, Rhodes, and Mitchell Scholarships. Physiology and political science senior Farhan Bhatti, environmental sciences and management senior Jacob Phelps, and 2005 graduate William Sulton are being considered for the Rhodes Scholarship, which awards its recipients a chance to study at Oxford University in England. Marshall Scholarship nominees are chemical engineering senior Tim Howes, statistics senior Karl Rohe, history senior Shanti Zaid and Sulton.
Dressed in a full-body wetsuit, neon green board shorts and flip-flops, zoology freshman Ryan O'Hagan heaved out the first of 28 bikes salvaged from the Red Cedar River during the fall river cleanup event hosted by the Fisheries & Wildlife Club on Sunday. The bike O'Hagan found was falling apart, its wheels had no spokes and it was covered in mud. Other items found in the river include thong underwear, three tables, a Target shopping cart, a bike rack with two bikes attached, a fire extinguisher, three purses, two vacuums and two wallets. One of the purses was still intact with everything in it, so someone called the owner and she came to pick it up, said fisheries and wildlife junior Chris Homeister. "You never know what you're going to find," said Homeister, also a member of the Fisheries & Wildlife Club and an event coordinator. Students started arriving at around 9:30 a.m.
With about two weeks left to decide who to vote for during the Nov. 8 East Lansing City Council election, the four candidates will meet on campus tonight to answer questions at a student-organized forum. ASMSU is hosting the event, which is at 7 p.m.
Pairs of shoes sat outside the doorway at a meditation building of the Lansing-area Dhammasala Forest Monastery on Saturday as about 50 monks and visitors gathered to chant. Inside, a row of barefooted monks, who bowed in reverence toward a golden shrine, had begun their morning of meditation and chanting.
As part of their push for more higher education funding, members of ASMSU are coordinating a round-table discussion with state government officials and students from Michigan's 15 public universities in November. "The round table will be the start of a yearlong campaign to bring awareness of the financial situation of higher education in Michigan," said Julielyn Gibbons, director of legislative affairs for ASMSU's Student Assembly.
John Hannah believed in taking advantage of opportunities during his tenure as MSU president from 1941-1969. In that spirit, MSU President Lou Anna K.
By Gabrielle Russon Special to The State News AIDS has become a pressing issue in the Hispanic community as the Center for Disease Control reported that members of the ethnic group comprised 19 percent of all AIDS cases in the United States in 2003, while making up only 14 percent of the population. On Saturday, a small group of Lansing-area residents marched a mile down Michigan Avenue toward the Capitol as part of the third annual Hope March to raise awareness about the seriousness of AIDS in the Hispanic community. The walk, which was organized by the Lansing Area AIDS Network, or LAAN, was intended to focus on the issues and prevention of AIDS among the Hispanic community, said Patrick Lombardi, director of development for LAAN. Thirty-one percent of all Hispanics said the AIDS virus was the second most urgent health issue in the country and reported the disease was a more pressing issue than obesity, according to a 2003 survey by Kaiser Family Foundation. The effects of the virus are visible on a local level in the Lansing community, Lombardi said. LAAN works with about 700 people inflicted with AIDS in 14 counties across the Mid-Michigan area.
Officials continue to investigate the cause of a fire in an Oakhill Avenue home Friday evening that injured four firefighters and caused more than $300,000 in damages to the house and its contents. Fire Marshal Bob Pratt said the fire started at about 6:45 p.m.
Vague messages across campus are asking students, "Everything seems OK on the outside. But how are you really feeling?" The advertisements have been appearing almost everywhere this week — on fliers, the rock on Farm Lane and on sashes worn by students in animal costumes. The messages include a Web site, www.EverySpartan.com, but don't say who created it. Campus Crusade for Christ created the campaign but didn't place the organization's name on the advertisements.
A new main lobby and emergency entrance opened to the public on Thursday at Lansing's Sparrow Hospital. The entrance, located on Michigan Avenue, is part of the first phase of the west wing building project at the hospital, said capital campaign Director Kevin Gray. The west wing will eventually be 10 stories and will include a new trauma center, a separate pediatric emergency room, surgical operating room, Intensive Care Unit and heart center. On Monday, a ribbon-cutting ceremony also represented the beginning of a campaign to raise $12 million to pay for the addition, Gray said.
Two MSU students were the targets of purse snatchers as they walked on M.A.C. Avenue late Wednesday night and early Thursday morning, according to an East Lansing police report. A 20-year-old student was on the 400 block of M.A.C.
Shoes of all shapes and sizes were lined up on steps on the corner of Grand Avenue and Saginaw Street on Thursday with one mission: to spread the message about the number of people affected by domestic violence. The display was called "Walk a Mile in These Shoes" and was put on by EVE, Inc. or End Violent Encounters.
Five MSU supervisors were recognized throughout the last two weeks for being dedicated to their employees. The MSU Supervisor Recognition Award was started five years ago as a way to recognize supervisors on campus who have made a difference in their employees' lives, said Lori Strom, Family Resource Center coordinator.
The Residence Halls Association takes in about $320,000 per semester in student tax dollars and uses this money for hall governments and most RHA programs on campus, including Campus Center Cinemas in Wells Hall and movie rental offices. The about 15,000 students who live in the dorms pay the Residence Halls Association, or RHA, $22 per semester. "The tax money is our main source (of income), and the majority of the money goes to programs for students," RHA Comptroller Bobby Codd said. Owen Graduate Hall is the only dorm where residents are not required to pay the tax, Codd said.
After eight days of a study-in protest in the Administration Building, Darius Peyton left a changed person.