COMMENTARY
Embrace natural beauty
“The girl in this mirror has not been retouched,” a sticker attached to the dressing room mirror in Aerie for American Eagle reads.
COMMENTARY
Don’t fall for Vemma scam
My freshman year, a friend on campus approached me about a job opportunity. With great enthusiasm, he told me about a position he had recently accepted selling energy drinks with a company called Vemma Nutrition. Unlike the typical jobs taken by college students, he said employees at Vemma have a chance at earning robust, six-figure salaries and can even be awarded luxurious BMW sports cars as sales bonuses.
FEATURES
Bestselling comic book artist coming to East Lansing
For the third time, New York Times best-selling comic book artist and writer Nate Powell will have a table set up at the MSU Comics Forum, but this time he will be making an extra stop. From 5 p.m.
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Calling safety into question
It happened at Purdue. It happened at Ferris State. And on Jan. 31, it happened here. ? The past two months have been tumultuous for MSU. Reports of shootings at other Big Ten and state universities, particularly even a shooting death near MSU’s own campus, have shaken the student body and left MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon with one grim reminder: No one is immune to violence.
MICHIGAN
House subcommittee reviews proposed higher education funding
LANSING — A recommendation for funding Michigan’s public universities that would restore MSU to about half of the funding cut during Snyder’s first year in office was reviewed by the House Higher Education Subcommittee Wednesday. Gov. Rick Snyder’s recommendation calls for a 6.1 percent increase from the previous year, which equates to a little over $15 million.
FEATURES
Students prepare to bike more than 800 miles across Florida
Nico Harrington and Karl Ochs will finish their finals in May with visions of Florida running through their minds — but not for the sandy beaches or resort hotels. Harrington and Ochs will be bicycling more than 800 miles through Florida with about 35 of their Pi Kappa Phi fraternity brothers from across the nation for a charity event, Gear Up Florida.
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Bangladeshi worker visits campus to promote human rights
A student group is campaigning for MSU to take further action in protecting the human rights of sweatshop laborers who could be facing inhumane conditions. In an effort to rally students into pressuring administrators for a policy change, the MSU chapter of United Students Against Sweatshops hosted a Bangladeshi garment worker, who shared her story of surviving a factory collapse that claimed more than 1,100 lives.
MICHIGAN
iPhones, money stolen from dorm
A dorm room was robbed between 2 and 11 a.m. on Feb. 14 in South Hubbard Hall, according to police. MSU police Sgt.
MICHIGAN
Upcoming storms could cause outages
Heavy rain and thunderstorms are predicted for the Lansing area Thursday, which could mean more power outages for residents, according to a statement from Board of Water and Light spokesman Stephen Serkaian.
MICHIGAN
Board of Water and Light explains outage
The Board of Water and Light cited “technical failures” with their phone system due to high call volumes as the reason for their delayed response to the power outages in December.
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COGS to elect leader in place of esteemed four-term president
MSU’s Council of Graduate Students will soon say goodbye to its four-term president, Stefan Fletcher, and elect a new leader in his place.
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RHA elects new president
The Residence Hall Association, or RHA, elected its new president during its meeting on Wednesday night.
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Bill to loosen class retake policy
The stress and importance of getting good grades is something every college student across the country is forced to deal with.
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Environmental team brings people together over chili
The MSU Extension Climate Change Team, a new on-campus organization working for protecting the environment, hosted a chili cook-off on Wednesday.
MICHIGAN
MSU Salsa Club practices for upcoming Afro-Latino show
Biomedical laboratory diagnostics senior Patricia Malang started at the MSU Salsa Club with zero dance experience.
FEATURES
'Beauty and the Beast' musical to play at Wharton until Sunday night
Disney’s classic enchanted castle has been brought to life in the Wharton Center this weekend through the “Beauty and the Beast” Broadway musical. A packed audience in Wharton’s Cobb Great Hall opening night on Tuesday had all ears and eyes glued to the actors, laughing and gasping at various portions of the two-hour performance.
MEN'S BASKETBALL
MSU basketball hitting the home stretch
Purdue is just like most Big Ten teams — it might not have the best record, but it has the power to take down a contender on any given day.
MEN'S BASKETBALL
Spartans dealing with injuries, using different line-up combos as season continues
At six feet tall, junior guard Travis Trice is the shortest player on the MSU men’s basketball team, but that doesn’t mean he can’t try things that 6-foot-10 center Adreian Payne does regularly.
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Stakes rising to catch first-place Penn State for women's basketball
With just four regular-season games remaining, the stakes are rising for the No. 23 women’s basketball team, currently tied in second place with No. 17 Nebraska.
ICE HOCKEY
Anastos working to change hockey lines, player combos
MSU hockey head coach Tom Anastos is flipping over every rock to find more netted goals, including switching up some of his concrete lines.