MSU's Institute for Public Policy & Social Research will hold a community planning forum today to address physical fitness in neighborhoods. The open discussion will take place from 11:30 a.m.
Lyndsay Davis doesn't take off her shoes anymore. In almost every nook and cranny of the journalism junior's Cedar Village apartment, stacks of blankets are stuffed behind chairs.
The number of deaths from genetic diseases, such as cancer and heart disease, might be reduced because of the completion of the Human Genome Project. The project, an attempt to identify the sequence of all the approximate 30,000 genes in human DNA, was completed in April 2003, and might allow doctors and scientists to predict causes and risks of certain diseases. Dr. Francis Collins, director of the National Human Genome Research Institute, discussed the project and its implications when he addressed the MSU community Tuesday night at the Wharton Center.
Inclement weather is hindering the first days of fraternity recruitment for spring semester while new policies go into effect. "It wasn't that good (Monday) night, and it's not looking good for (Tuesday) either," said Mahfouz Ackall, Interfraternity Council vice president for recruitment. This is the first year that fraternities will keep statistics for recruitment.
A new worm virus is affecting computers worldwide, but MSU's new webmail system's antivirus software will catch the worm before it affects the student computers and the university system. The virus dubbed MyDoom, Novarg and Mimail.Rand is clogging corporate and university e-mail servers.
The East Lansing City Council work session scheduled for tonight was canceled because of a lack of business. "There is really not enough business to discuss," City Manager Ted Staton said. But council members did not have the week off and instead met in a joint session with the school board Monday night. The city council usually meets with the school board three or four times a year, in months that have five Tuesdays. "It's just a way for the two bodies to learn about issues that we have in common," said Mayor Pro Tem Sam Singh. A canceled work session is an event that occurs five or six times each year, Singh said.
For some, religious moments are observed with silence, bowed heads and thoughtful prayers. For others, it is a community-based gathering, a chance to unite voices in praise. For the more than 100 members of the MSU Jewish community who gather for Shabbat dinner at the Hillel Jewish Student Center, 360 Charles St., it is a combination of the two. Shabbat dinner is a Friday night tradition in the Jewish faith - religious services and a gathering of friends and family for dinner afterward. "It happens all over the world on Friday night at sundown," said pre-medical sophomore Steve Rives, who attends the dinner nearly every Friday, partly for a celebration of his faith and partly to gather with friends.
ASMSU's Academic Assembly will meet tonight for a committee meeting instead of its scheduled general-assembly meeting.
The housemother of an MSU sorority was arrested last week on charges of embezzlement. East Lansing resident Nancy Olsen, 53, was charged with stealing between $15,000 and $20,000 from Kappa Alpha Theta during her time working there as a housemother.
When Casey Hof returns to her Yakeley Hall room after class, she doesn't have time to set down her bag before she's covered with sloppy kisses from Sara - her Yorkshire terrier. Sara is a therapy dog approved to live in the dorms.
MSU's urban studies program might face cuts if a recommendation to delete the Department of Political Science's doctoral program receives approval today. The University Committee on Curriculum included the recommendation in its program actions proposal for today's Academic Council meeting.
Taking first place at the National Association of Home Builders student competition Jan. 18 in Las Vegas, the MSU Construction Management Program returned home with a traveling trophy and a $1,000 cash award.
If city officials give their approval, East Lansing's bevy of restaurants may soon expand for the addition of one more destination for customers. Owners of The Parlour on Campus, a 1950s-style ice cream parlor and restaurant, plan to open its doors at 321-323 E.
For some, presidential primaries can be confusing. For this reason, MRULE, the Multi-Racial Unity Living Experience, will hold a Democratic caucus candidate forum tonight in an effort to educate voters about the presidential candidates and the upcoming Feb.
The lawyers were present, the defendant was led in and everyone stood while U.S. District Court Judge David McKeague made his way to the bench. Outside Moot Court Room at MSU-DCL College of Law, U.S marshals guarded the door to check all handbags and identification.
Hundreds of schoolchildren from across the state flooded the Capitol Monday to celebrate Michigan's 167th birthday. The students, along with coin collectors, watched as Gov.
The International Center seemed louder than a Bayside High football game when the comedic stylings of former "Saved By the Bell" star Dustin Diamond, who played Screech, left fans of the show hooting and hollering on Saturday.
MSU administrators will soon receive proposed changes to the way student groups ask their peers for tax money. The Student Tax Committee has been meeting since last year to clarify a 20-year-old policy on enacting new student taxes. "We felt a need to review it in terms of whether there needed to be other changes to bring it up to date," said Lee June, vice president of Student Affairs and Services. Students began to vote on taxes after the MSU Board of Trustees' policy went into effect in 1984. The committee was designed to "make the process reflect more of the current situation on campus," said Cathy Neuman, assistant director of Student Life.
Starting a new semester can be a stressful time for students. But Olin Health Center is sponsoring a series of events to help students ease the stress.
Spring recruitment for some MSU fraternities and sororities begins this week. Fraternity recruitment runs Jan.