Pat White has traveled across the country in passionate pursuit of raising Highland cattle. Today she will bring one of her favorite show animals, a 4-year-old cow named "Voodoo," to the Heritage Livestock Exhibition at the MSU Pavilion for Agriculture and Livestock Education.
Scholarships are available for MSU students to study in Israel. The scholarships have been made possible by an endowment from Detroit businessman Ed Levy Jr.
As students and East Lansing residents prepare to leave the area for spring break, city officials warn that the sidewalks around homes must remain clear of snow and ice, even if residents are out of town. According to a city ordinance, residents must shovel snow from the sidewalks around their homes within 24 hours of snowfall, or face an $85 ticket. "It is just really a deterrent," said Todd Sneathen, director of the city's Department of Public Works.
Funding for road improvements in Michigan, including an overpass on Farm Lane between Mount Hope and Service roads could receive a boost if a bill passed through U.S.
ASMSU's Student Assembly agreed to allocate up to $50,000 to bring mtvU's Campus Invasion Tour to MSU on April 23 - two weeks before finals. After being voted down, but then reconsidered last month, the assembly decided to fund the concert that will feature European rock band Muse. Event planners microbiology junior Sarah Zohdy and international relations seniors Tahera Sakarwala and Jennifer Makarewicz presented the tour idea to ASMSU's Finance Committee on Feb.
DTN Management Co., frustrated by the East Lansing City Council's rejection of a plan to construct five apartment buildings, might take the city to court in an attempt to overturn its ruling. The proposed plan included the development of five apartment buildings, along the 700 block of Burcham Drive, that would house 90 occupants. Representatives from DTN discussed the possibility of challenging the city during Tuesday's council meeting. "We feel entitled to an approving vote," DTN representative Allen Russell said.
Student government members are researching the option for undergraduates' transcripts to have the average class grade in a course or show where that student scored in relationship to the class. Under the average grade option, if the class earns a 2.0 grade-point average, the 2.0 average will appear on transcripts next to each undergraduate's actual GPA. The percentile option measures a student's standing in a class, compared to others in that class.
Michelle Word works on a piece of her artwork for the upcoming Master of Fine Arts Exhibit during a special tour of MFA Student Studios on Wednesday at the Kresge Art Center.
Although General Motors Corp. officials announced Tuesday the upcoming closure of its Lansing Car Assembly plant, city officials and union members say the negative impact will be short-lived. The plant, which produces the Pontiac Grand Am and the Chevrolet Malibu Classic, is set to close in May - about half a year earlier than was expected. A new plant in Delta Township will open sometime late this year or early next year, and Lansing Car Assembly employees are likely to fill positions there, said Glenn Kirk, Lansing's director of finance. "We were hoping to be able to phase out the closing of the Lansing Car Assembly operation and dovetail that into the opening and start of production for the Lansing Delta Township plant," he said. GM spokesman Stefan Weinmann said the company made the decision in response to the company's sales, which have dropped more than 12 percent from last year's numbers. "We had to make a business decision based on our current situation, the current order intake and market performance," Weinmann said. The plant employees are represented by United Auto Workers Local 602 and UAW Local 652. "Every single (employee) is covered by the GM UAW agreement; they provide a very comprehensive safety net," Weinmann said. UAW Local 602 will represent the Delta Township plant, so many members are expected to move there from the Lansing plant, he said. The UAW Local 652 covers employees at three other facilities in Delta Township and Lansing, where workers likely will move. All Local 652 members at the Lansing Car Assembly plant should be able to find new jobs at area plants and facilities, said Michael Belsito, chief financial officer for the UAW chapter. "We have a very good chance anybody who is employed today will be employed in 2006 with the new and coming work we believe will be in the Lansing area," Belsito said. In the meantime, employees will receive unemployment and supplemental unemployment benefits for as many as 48 weeks, Belsito said.
This summer, nutritional sciences senior Doug Gibbons will visit Jamaica, England, Tanzania and five other countries during a free trip around the world. Gibbons won an $8,000 scholarship to travel around the world from the Michigan chapter of the Circumnavigators Club.
The MSU Students for Palestinian Human Rights is sponsoring a film viewing today to increase conversation on campus about the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. The documentary "Women In Struggle" will play at 7:30 p.m.
Members of the Residence Halls Association's General Assembly will elect the group's new president at 7 p.m.
At its Tuesday meeting, the Executive Committee of Academic Council passed a motion to hold all Academic Senate meetings in future years on the last Thursday of regular courses during the fall and spring semester. "We need to set these meetings way in advance," said Muralee Nair, horticulture professor and member of the Executive Committee. The decision was prompted by the difficulty Executive Committee members had in setting this spring's second senate meeting around both faculty and administrators' schedules. Academic Senate is a faculty-wide forum that met for the first time in eight years last spring.
There's more to eating disorders than eating. MSU graduate student Tiffany Titus knows this firsthand after suffering from both anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa for more than five years, she said. "It's a way to deal with emotions I don't want to deal with," Titus said. This week, she is helping the group Respecting and Understanding Body Image get attention for the problem as part of National Eating Disorder Awareness Week.
According to the latest data from the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention, Americans are living longer than ever. Average life expectancy rose 0.3 years in 2003 to a record high of 77.6 years, according to the center. Women still live longer than men - an average of 80.1 years compared to 74.8 years - but the gap between the genders decreased for the 23rd consecutive year. The top 15 causes of death remained the same, except assault left the list and was replaced by Parkinson's disease.
A winter storm Tuesday created several problems for Lansing and East Lansing residents traveling in the area. As of 1 p.m.
Starting Tuesday, people can get a free credit report online, allowing them to see who has previously seen the reports and make sure all the information is accurate. Three major credit bureaus, Equifax, Experian and TransUnion, charge about $9 for the reports but will now provide them once a year for free under the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003. People can get a report from each company by going to www.annualcreditreport.com.
Culturas De Las Razas Unidas, or CRU, and the Chicano/Latino Association held a reception Tuesday night at the Union for discussion between faculty members and students to find ways to improve graduation and retention rates for minority students. Increasing communication between Chicano/Latino faculty and students helps ensure that students will make it to graduation day, said CRU co-Chair Isaias Solis.
"I'm going on an alternative spring break to D.C. We're working in a soup kitchen, helping out the homeless and taking a class on social responsibility." Andy Sciamanna advertising and international relations senior "I'm working on campus and back home, probably on the weekends.