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MICHIGAN

Face time: Polygraph detective Anne Stahl

Kellie Rowe
August 8, 2012

From fidgety movements, a spike of a heart rate and a high-tech instrument, MSU Police Detective Anne Stahl can tell when someone is lying to her face. Stahl is one of very few women in Michigan to operate a polygraph, or a diagnostic instrument with components that help her diagnose whether someone is being truthful or not by reading the examinee’s physiological responses to different types of questions.

NEWS

Shaping Shark Week

Britteny Dee
August 8, 2012

Nowadays, it isn’t common to come across someone who hasn’t at least heard of “Shark Week.” But when MSU alumnus W.

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MICHIGAN

Raise a glass

Samantha Radecki
August 8, 2012

It has been more than 125 years since Frank Beck, a farmer from Ohio, came to Michigan and started a small farm. And today, his great-great-grandchildren play on that same small farm, now known as Uncle John’s Cider Mill.

MSU

MSU works to get students voting

Lilly Keyes
August 8, 2012

Although the East Lansing city clerk’s office saw more absentee ballots this year than in years past, that number still was low; therefore, MSU is working to raise voter awareness. Many MSU students think they have to take a special trip to vote in the precinct in their hometown come election time, but that isn’t always the case.

COMMENTARY

Dreams grow, develop with age

Alex McClung
August 8, 2012

If someone were to have asked me one year ago what my dream job would be, my answer would have been completely different than the one I would give today. Although the answer might be different, and perhaps I am delving into new forms of study, it does not mean the “dream” in “dream job” has died, just reshaped.

MSU

Camp Monet offer children outlet for creativity

Zach Smith
August 7, 2012

For 24 children who love nature and art, Camp Monet, hosted at the 4-H Children’s Garden at MSU, is the perfect combination of creativity and fun. Jessica Wright, education coordinator for the 4-H Children’s Garden, has been in charge of Camp Monet for the past six years and said the three-day camp is for ages 7 and up. “The goal of the camp is to get the children to appreciate art,” Wright said.

MICHIGAN

MSUFCU turns 75, offers promotions

Isabella Shaya
August 7, 2012

Seventy-five years ago, the MSU Federal Credit Union, or MSUFCU, was started by a professor, and is now known as the largest university-based credit union. The MSUFCU’s headquarters, 3777 West Road, has nine branches, four of which are in East Lansing, including in the Union and at 523 E.

NEWS

Primary Coverage

Rachel Jackson  and  Lilly Keyes
August 7, 2012

With today’s primary election determining who will move on to the general election in November, polling places across East Lansing and MSU’s campus have set up camp to help voters cast their ballots.

NEWS

Greatest Stage

Stephen Brooks
August 6, 2012

There are few scenes more captivating, emotional and awe-inspiring in sports than watching athletes stand on the podium at the Olympics and hearing their respective national anthem played as they receive their medals. Every four years, the globe unites in the spirit and tradition of the largest athletic competition in the world.

NEWS

Spartans gear up for another scoring season

Stephen Brooks
August 6, 2012

As much as the 2011 season was a benchmark of success for the MSU football program under head coach Mark Dantonio, with the Spartans’ second-consecutive 11-win season, a trip to the inaugural Big Ten championship game and the first bowl victory in his tenure in East Lansing, it’s August.