COMMENTARY
Video games can be sports, too
Sports are traditionally defined as activities where opponents challenge each other in physical prowess.
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Grandparents University gives times for re-living college days, connecting with grandkids
Deborah took her granddaughter, 10-year-old Madison Cooper, to enjoy the serenity of an on-campus yoga class and Gary planned on taking his grandson BB gun shooting — all part of the fun and festivities of Grandparents University, which took place this week on the MSU campus.
FEATURES
Former professor pens saucy novel detailing escapades with student
Not a romance, not a mystery and not a memoir is how former English professor Rafeeq McGiveron described his book. McGiveron said “Student Body” contains the components of each of those genres.
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FRIB to have significant economic and scientific draw
The long-awaited construction of the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, or FRIB, is under way on campus and will soon be be home to the nuclear research of both national and international scientists intent on making discoveries to help them understand new aspects of nuclear science.
COMMENTARY
Aljazeera arrests are an affront to journalism
I love being a reporter. I know that is an odd way to start a column, but hold on for a second. As a reporter, I get to practice a right I believe is one of the most important of all — the right to information.
MICHIGAN
Council debates potential conflict of interest
A seemingly typical construction project escalated to a potential scandal for city council members at the work session on Jun 24.
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Thousands line up to see corpse plant's brief bloom
The west range of the Plant Science Greenhouses has been overwhelmed by visitors eager to see the rare-blooming corpse plant Tuesday afternoon, creating a line estimated to be between 60 and 90 minutes in length.
SOFTBALL
Former Purdue assistant coach J.T. Gasso joins softball coaching staff
MSU softball has hired an assistant coach who formerly staffed at Purdue and Oklahoma's softball programs.Assistant coach J.T. Gasso will participate in recruiting and player development, specializing in infield defensive play and hitting.
BASKETBALL
Harris, Payne potential lottery picks in oncoming draft
ESPN analyst Chad Ford tweeted last Friday that guard Gary Harris and forward Adreian Payne are among 21 players who have been invited to the green room for Thursday’s draft.
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Students and professors educate community through Bee Palooza
“We give people examples of how to build the nests for some of the bees (and) how to plant certain native plants that will help give them food during the year,” Isaacs said. “We’ve got a station that will educate (attendees) on all the different kind of bees and put all that together here in the Demonstration Gardens.”
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Students hit with tuition hike between 2.6 and 3.6 percent
Freshman and sophomore in-state students saw a raise of 2.6 percent, $11.25 more per credit hour. There will be a 2.9 percent increase of $13.75 more per credit hour for upper division in-state students
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Two bikes reported stolen June 16
A 27-year-old student reported his bike and bike lock stolen from the north side of the Natural Resources building between 10:10 a.m.
COMMENTARY
A divorce is not necessarily the end of your family
The odds of coming to Michigan State with a set of divorced parents are 50-50. An even split, right down the middle.
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Police discover ongoing embezzlement
Three employees at the Administration Building have reported toner cartridges missing from their offices.The first complainant reported at least three cartridges stolen since March. The second reported five cartridges stolen between June 4 and June 10, and the third reported three cartridges stolen between May 30 and June 3
MICHIGAN
Summer Solstice Jazz Festival brings color and music downtown
“The very first Summer Solstice Festival was held at midnight at Erickson (Hall) Kiva,” jazz pianist and MSU professor of music theory Ron Newman said. “Everybody would come over on campus and they started at midnight on the 21st for the solstice. We played all through the night.”
MICHIGAN
MSU alumni help to create and maintain Festival of the Moon and the Sun
More than 130 different types of beer and wine were poured this weekend at the Festivals of the Moon and Sun on June 20 and 21 in Lansing.
MICHIGAN
Scrapfest gives venue to repurposed art
As the owner of Hammer In Hand Custom Cycles in St. Johns, Iler builds motorcycles for a living, but on Friday and Saturday he showcased how he puts the same skills to use in his free time. For the second consecutive year, Iler was Scrapfest’s first place winner. He was also the People’s Choice Award winner for his display “The Fiddler,” which was a metal windmill which harnessed wind energy to move a small fiddle player beneath it.
MICHIGAN
CAHS Woofstock helps give 35 animals new homes
The Capital Area Humane Society has celebrated 1,420 adoptions so far this year. Capital Area Humane Society president and CEO Julia Palmer-Willson said the purpose of Woofstock is to promote adoption so that people will come to the shelter and consider adopting an animal.
COMMENTARY
Frozen dinners and Easy Mac: Living on your own, on a college budget
While living in Holden Hall during my freshman year fall and spring semesters, I typically ate three meals a day, spent time with my roommate in our little square-shaped home and endured most nights drowning in a pool of my own sweat because there was no air conditioner.
MICHIGAN
Juneteenth gives community way to celebrate end of slavery, embrace freed self
The festival is part of the country-wide commemoration of emancipation known as Juneteenth, which dates back to June 19, 1866, the year after federal troops marched into Texas to enforce the emancipation of all enslaved blacks in the state, who were among the last to be freed.