http://statenews.com Stories from The State News en-us Gryphon 2.2.3b-tsn (woodward)/Foundry5 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:34:26 -0500 webmaster@statenews.com http://statenews.com/index.php/article/2010/02/bernero_announces_run_for_governor Democrats finally have their first serious contender for the 2010 governor’s race. Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero officially announced his gubernatorial candidacy Monday to replace term-limited Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm, visiting Detroit and Grand Rapids before ending his first campaign tour at the Lansing Center, 333 E. Michigan Ave. Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:26:55 -0500 http://statenews.com/index.php/article/2010/02/bernero_announces_run_for_governor http://statenews.com/index.php/article/2010/02/house_to_discuss_bill_on_student_jury_duty When MSU law graduate student Philip Ellison was summoned to jury duty last October, he was eager to fulfill his civic duty. Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:28:49 -0500 http://statenews.com/index.php/article/2010/02/house_to_discuss_bill_on_student_jury_duty http://statenews.com/index.php/article/2010/02/spartans_look_to_rally_tonight_against_purdue A game circled back in November on the MSU and Purdue men’s basketball teams’ schedules has been reinforced with another layer of ink. Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:32:16 -0500 http://statenews.com/index.php/article/2010/02/spartans_look_to_rally_tonight_against_purdue http://statenews.com/index.php/article/2010/02/msu_expecting_to_set_new_applicant_number_record Although numbers are preliminary, MSU officials predict this year’s application pool could be the largest in the university’s history, reflecting a national trend among universities. Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:33:27 -0500 http://statenews.com/index.php/article/2010/02/msu_expecting_to_set_new_applicant_number_record http://statenews.com/index.php/article/2010/02/police_brief_020910 A 20-year-old male MSU student reported a peeping tom Friday in Campbell Hall, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said. Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:34:26 -0500 http://statenews.com/index.php/article/2010/02/police_brief_020910 http://statenews.com/index.php/article/2010/02/current_spartans_logo_design_will_remain MSU will continue to use the current Spartans head logo, not the proposed one, to build the university’s visual brand identity, Athletics Director Mark Hollis announced Friday. “After careful consideration, we will use the current Spartan logo design, first used in the late 1970s, to build our visual brand identity,” Hollis said in an open letter to MSU fans. Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:02:37 -0500 http://statenews.com/index.php/article/2010/02/current_spartans_logo_design_will_remain http://statenews.com/index.php/article/2010/02/universities_aim_to_reshape_state_economy University Research Corridor executives, including President Lou Anna K. Simon, outlined goals the consortium will focus on in the coming year. The URC’s overarching goal is to help reshape Michigan’s economy. Sun, 07 Feb 2010 23:46:45 -0500 http://statenews.com/index.php/article/2010/02/universities_aim_to_reshape_state_economy http://statenews.com/index.php/article/2010/02/super_bowl_ads_ranked_by_msu_faculty Spots from Google, Budweiser and Doritos top the rankings of MSU professors and instructors at their annual ad watch party. The group of 14 faculty from MSU’s Department of Advertising, Public Relations and Retailing voted for each ad. Sun, 07 Feb 2010 23:45:36 -0500 http://statenews.com/index.php/article/2010/02/super_bowl_ads_ranked_by_msu_faculty http://statenews.com/index.php/article/2010/02/freshman_who_radiated_positivity_dies_in_crash Friends and family remembered engineering freshman Mark Reedy, 18, of Bloomfield Hills, this weekend after he was killed Friday afternoon in a car accident. Reedy and a friend were driving in central Indiana when their car slid on ice and collided with a truck, police said. Sat, 06 Feb 2010 12:44:59 -0500 http://statenews.com/index.php/article/2010/02/freshman_who_radiated_positivity_dies_in_crash http://statenews.com/index.php/article/2010/02/accelleration Researchers see an expansion in stem cell research and recognize the benefits more research could bring to the state and the university. Thu, 04 Feb 2010 23:38:10 -0500 http://statenews.com/index.php/article/2010/02/accelleration