Untimely penalties, missed chances and a hot goaltender all led to the MSU hockey team's demise at the hands of Bowling Green (7-3-2, 4-2-2 CCHA), 2-1, Friday night at Munn Ice Arena. "(There were) too many bad penalties," MSU head coach Rick Comley said.
Angels will be popping up all over town as the East Lansing UAW Non-Supervisory employees begin a campaign to benefit a local shelter and advocacy center. The event, on behalf of Child & Family Services, Capital Area and the Angel House project, offers a pin-up angel card to anyone who makes a donation to the Angel House shelter, 4287 Five Oaks Drive in Lansing.
Local art lovers can view or buy their favorite artists' work at the fourth annual "Art for the Soul" sale in Williamston on Saturday. Ten artists will exhibit and sell their work from 10 a.m.
A bill that would remove restrictions for absentee voting stalled in the Michigan Senate on Wednesday when legislators voted to leave it in a committee. The two-year session is scheduled to end Thursday and bills do not carry over into the new term. The bill, which was introduced by Sen.
A $1.5 million grant will fund the Osteopathic Heritage Professor, a new professorship in the MSU College of Osteopathic Medicine. The grant, from the Osteopathic Heritage Foundations, will help create an endowed chairperson position, focused on biomedical research.
The pyrotechnics won them over. Eight Gardner Middle School eighth graders filed through the MSU police station adopting aloof stances as they learned about the department's roles on campus. But when Safety Services Supervisor Eric Bak set off a series of loud explosions, designed to chase away groups of geese swarming on MSU grounds, the students became animated - laughing and volunteering for the next activity. From the Cyclotron to the Plant and Soil Sciences Building, 84 students from one of Lansing's six middle schools spent their Thursday on campus discovering nonstandard career options. "It's important for students to see what officers do - to let them know there are a variety of possibilities within law enforcement," MSU police Sgt.
Former senator, basketball player and presidential candidate Bill Bradley will speak at 2:30 p.m. today in room N-100 in the Business College Complex. Bradley was brought to MSU by the Institute for Public Policy and Social Research. "We were interested in bringing a speaker of national prominence to speak about the election," said Brian McGrain, manager of special projects at the center.
Students for Economic Justice and Movimiento Estudiantil Xicano de Aztlan raised awareness for workers' rights issues Thursday during a demonstration outside Wells Hall that included sweatshop clotheslines. The demonstration was part of a United Students Against Sweatshops national day of action in which universities across the country hoped to make communities aware of sweatshop conditions. Students at the University of Michigan, Grand Valley State University and Western Michigan University also held events Thursday, said David Mitchell, a Students for Economic Justice, or SEJ, member. SEJ and Movimiento Estudiantil Xicano de Aztlan, or MEXA, students passed out flyers and encouraged students to sign a petition for MSU to join the Worker Rights Consortium. "It's imperative that we allow the people who make our clothes to have rights," SEJ member Holly Gist said. The Worker Rights Consortium, or WRC, is a group of universities and students who work to insure university apparel is not manufactured in sweat shops.
Pounding out a rhythmic beat with their heavy boots, 89 men and women marched into the Lansing Center's Main Ballroom as Michigan State Police recruits - and left as troopers. Recruits from the 120th Trooper Recruit School graduation were sworn in and received their trooper badges on Thursday, after about five months of intense training.
Stefanie Simari will replace Cory Lee Rose, who left the office because of personal reasons. The executive secretary serves as the office manager for the RHA offices in both Holden Hall and Student Services.
A student exchanged a counterfeit bill at the Akers Hall front desk. An unfamiliar, glazed-over face entered the Case Hall lobby after midnight.
It's been almost 50 years since a book chronicling the history of MSU has been published by the university.
Michigan's first female governor will join fellow Democratic governors in assisting her political party's cause. Gov.
The secret's out of the hive. A long-researched and previously elusive chemical in bees that makes them stay around the hive instead of venturing into the outside world was recently discovered. Zachary Huang, an associate professor in the Department of Entomology, published research 12 years ago that said some bees stay in the hive and others go out to collect nectar and defend the hive, but Huang never knew why. His discovery of what's called the primer pheromone in bees explains the behavior.
Gerard Boychuk will give his lecture "The Politics of Health Care in Canada: Territorial Integration and the Development of Public Health Care," at 4 p.m.
The Michigan chapter of the Professional Golfers' Association of America is moving to the East Lansing area, which could help raise the prestige of local courses.
Snow enthusiasts might find less of the white powder than usual this winter, experts say. Winter temperatures are expected to be fairly typical, but snowfall is projected to be lighter this season, local and national meteorologists said. Throughout the winter weather season - defined by meteorologists as December through February - a weak El Niño system in the Pacific near the equator is going to lead to drier-than-usual conditions, said David Beachler, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service's Grand Rapids center. "We're pretty confident that the pattern we've forecasted for this winter is going to pan out," said Beachler, adding that even with the service's projections, nature can still be unpredictable.
Internet service at MSU was down for almost two hours Wednesday, said Richard Wiggins, MSU senior information technologist.
A 34-year-old woman was killed by a police cruiser as she walked in the middle of an U.S. 127 ramp on Tuesday night, Ingham County Sheriff Gene Wriggelsworth said. Tina Marie Potter, who has no known address but has parents living in Ludington, was determined dead on the scene. Deputy Robert McElmurray was on his way to a call in Webberville, and as he exited northbound U.S.