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Renovated Multicultural Center opens in Union

April Jones
October 13, 2013

After years of student organizations pushing to get a free-standing multicultural building on campus, the Union welcomed the new Mosaic Multicultural Unity Center on Friday with a ribbon tying ceremony emphasizing unity. For the past 14 years, the Multicultural Center was in the basement of the Union, making some students, such as communication senior Luis Zarco, think the space was too small and cramped to fit everyone.

MSU

Alumni, students tour Beaumont Tower during Homecoming event

Justine McGuire
October 13, 2013

One of MSU’s most recognizable structures, Beaumont Tower, was opened to the public on Saturday in honor of Homecoming and to raise money for the Resource Center for Persons with Disabilities, or RCPD. Self-guided tower tours took place for six hours before and after the homecoming football game against Indiana.

FOOTBALL

Column: Offense potent in breakout win over Hoosiers

Dillon Davis
October 13, 2013

All season long, people have written off MSU’s offense. While navigating through a four-headed quarterback battle, a flurry of drops by the wide receiving corps and general ineffectiveness at key skill positions, the Spartans opened the door for criticism, leading many to believe the team’s path would mirror a disappointing showing from the previous year.

MICHIGAN

McCowan's case focuses on blows to head in fight

Lauren Gibbons  and  Katie Abdilla
October 13, 2013

After reaching the door of MSU student Andrew Singler’s apartment on the morning of Feb. 23, Okemos resident Connor McCowan said his subsequent actions were a result of a series of blows to the head. Singler allegedly hit McCowan multiple times above his left eyebrow when McCowan saw a bright light and stumbled backward into the hallway, McCowan testified Friday in his trial in Ingham County Circuit Court.

MICHIGAN

Look inside Spartan Linen Services

Simon Schuster
October 13, 2013

Spartan Linen Services, located south of campus at 373 Service Road, might be the farthest thing from a laundromat. More of an industrial facility than laundry service, Spartan Linen Services washes almost all the linens used on MSU’s campus, from Kellogg Center tablecloths to employee uniforms. They also clean the linen packages that some on-campus students use.

MICHIGAN

Retired MSU dean honored by MSU Black Alumni Association

Casey Holland
October 13, 2013

A retired dean of the MSU College of Urban Development was honored by the MSU Black Alumni Association this weekend for his work in education and activism.? Robert L. Green, a dean emeritus and former associate of Martin Luther King Jr., was honored at an event in Lansing to celebrate Green’s 80th birthday and to help raise funds for the Robert L. Green Scholarship Fund. Green also received a “distinguished alumnus” award.

MICHIGAN

City sponsors comprehensive planning events

Casey Holland
October 13, 2013

The Plan and Design Kick-Off Week for East Lansing’s 18-month update to its comprehensive plan is set to take place Oct. 14 – 17. The comprehensive plan is a policy document for the physical, economic and social development of the city, reviewed for updates every five years to project land use planning 20 years in advance.

FEATURES

Finding Sasquatch

Derek Gartee
October 13, 2013

Sasquatch, the face of Jack Link’s Beef Jerky, visited campus this weekend for Homecoming. The jerky mascot, who only talks in grunts and hand motions, was in East Lansing on Friday for the parade and roamed around tailgates Saturday. Sasquatch visited with students and his picture taken.