A 19-year-old Marshall man who is being charged with murder, stealing a motor vehicle and drunken driving will appear in court this week. Alexander Hamil is accused of stealing an MSU service vehicle from the Physical Plant parking lot at about 5:30 a.m.
A national health official will speak at graduate commencement ceremonies next month. Elias Zerhouni, director of the National Institutes of Health, or NIH, will speak at 7 p.m.
A fire in bushes outside of East Akers Hall was extinguished at about 5:20 p.m. Monday by the East Lansing Fire Department and a few residents who grabbed fire extinguishers after smelling smoke. There they said they saw fire on the underside of a patch of bushes.
The Michigan Botanical Club is sponsoring a spring wildflower walk at 10 a.m. Saturday in Scott Woods. The club will be meeting to tour the woods, located behind the Ingham Regional Medical Center Pennsylvania Campus, 2727 S.
About five years ago, Darwin Esson couldn't walk without stopping for breaths. After a lifetime of smoking cigarettes, the 67-year-old Lansing resident was forced to live on a 3-liter oxygen canister 24 hours a day - until he got a new pair of lungs. "Before I couldn't barely walk without huffin' and puffin,' now I can do anything I want to, like I was 40 years old," Esson said.
By the numbers, minority student enrollment is down slightly at MSU, but according to the Office of Affirmative Action, Compliance & Monitoring, the university's minority retention rate is above the national average. Each year, MSU publishes a report on the progress of initiatives that support diversity.
The East Lansing City Council will meet at 4 p.m. Tuesday in City Hall, 410 Abbott Road, to discuss the city's proposed budget.
By all rights, human biology senior Tom Mikulski said he shouldn't have survived the initial medical treatments for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma his mother received when she was pregnant with him 21 years ago. But a little more than a year ago, Mikulski was able to return the gift of life to his mother, Ellen Mikulski, by donating stem cells for a bone marrow transplant that was needed to cure her lymphoma. "I was awestruck and unbelieving that I could have a good, strong donor so close to my heart," said Ellen Mikulski, 58.
Thirty-two MSU programs were ranked among the best in the nation in U.S. News & World Report's yearly evaluation of graduate programs. The elementary and secondary education programs ranked first in the nation for the 11th consecutive year. One reason for the high score is the faculty research done at the college, said Cassandra Book, associate dean of the College of Education. "Faculty brings cutting-edge knowledge to the students," Book said.
Following the events of April 2, ASMSU officials sent out e-mails to residence hall directors asking students to fill out a survey about their experiences with the disturbances.
The fifth-annual Multicultural Xtravaganza, was presented by the Zeta Sigma Chi Multicultural Sorority Inc., to a packed audience at Fairchild Theatre on Saturday night.
By Maggie Lillis Special for The State News Characters from popular literature were set free from the pages of books Saturday. The Capital Area District Library in Lansing kicked off National Library Week with "Characters Come Alive at Your Library," in which staff members dressed up as characters from popular books.
It will cost students an extra $286 to live in residence halls next school year. Those who choose to reside in University Apartments will have to pay either $29 or $32 more per month depending on the number of bedrooms.
Student groups addressed the MSU Board of Trustees on Friday, urging trustees and MSU President Lou Anna K.
Only one Kent State player remained. He clung to his red rubber ball like a life preserver, quivering nervously as the half-dozen remaining MSU players danced around him like wolves ready to pounce. On some unspoken signal, the Spartans players fired in unison on their helpless target, knocking him to the ground in a flurry of red rubber, giving MSU a victory during this weekend's Spartan Dodgeball Invitational. Teams from DePaul University, The Ohio State University and Delta College also traveled to MSU for the event, which was the nation's first-ever intercollegiate club dodgeball tournament. MSU's win over Kent State turned out to be one of few bright spots for the team, as it came in last place in Sunday's tournament.
Greek Week 2005 will kick off with a bang - and possibly a few high-leg kicks - at MTV Night at 7 p.m.
Hugging his parents, MSU Student Cancer Support Network student coordinator Jeremy Koenemann fought back emotions after looking at hundreds of luminaries honoring cancer patients at the MSU's Relay for Life. Luminary bags with the names of people who have battled cancer were lit to honor those people. "Everyone has been affected by cancer in some way," he said. Koenemann attended the American Cancer Society fund-raiser Saturday with the MSU Student Cancer Support Network - a group that offers support to students who have either had cancer or have known someone with cancer. At the relay, the network's presence served as a wake-up call to how real the disease is on campus, said Relay for Life event chairwoman and political science and pre-law senior Dana Dzwonkowski.
On the front lawn of the state Capitol, a 110-foot catalpa tree towers over the competition of other trees.