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Police Brief 06/25/12

Kellie Rowe
June 24, 2012

After the launch of the national Click It or Ticket campaign in May, about 8,050 seat belt and child seat violation tickets were issued in Michigan, according to release from Michigan State Police Office of Highway Safety Planning. The campaign, which ran May 21 through June 3, collected about 1,000 fewer citations than last year’s effort. Reports from 157 police agencies in 26 Michigan counties show 14,761 vehicles were stopped during the two-week period.

NEWS

Healthcare mandate dropped

Rebecca Ryan
June 24, 2012

MSU’s health insurance mandate, which was implemented in fall 2011 and forced about 320 students to purchase health insurance from the university, will not be reinstated for the 2012-13 academic year.

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NEWS

All Jazzed Up

Kellie Rowe ,  Britteny Dee  and  Rebecca Ryan
June 24, 2012

As Len’I Glenn stood outside of the large, white tent seating hundreds of people in front of which she was about to perform, rather than becoming overwhelmed with nerves, the jazz studies junior remained relaxed. “I’m feeling good; I’m feeling pretty cool,” she said.

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MICHIGAN

Tony Lucca draws hundreds to Lansing festival

Zach Smith
June 24, 2012

Tony Lucca put on a show Friday night that got some audience members’ panties in a bunch — until they took them off and threw them at him. “(The event was) a tent full of drunkards (and) people having the time of their life for a night,” Lucca said with a smile.

COMMENTARY

Abortion bill content deserves more attention

Jameson Joyce
June 24, 2012

Earlier this month, Rep. Lisa Brown, D-West Bloomfield, was barred from speaking in the Michigan House of Representatives after she used the word “vagina.” At this point, many people are aware of the story, but few have looked deeper into this most recent example of embarrassing, frivolous debate by lawmakers. Because of this “vagina controversy,” attention and rational thinking have been taken away from this debate and have reinterpreted reality.

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MSU

Seminar on using hip hop in education entertains, informs

Isabella Shaya
June 21, 2012

Born and raised in the Bronx of New York City, Intikana has taken to embracing and sharing his Borikén, or Puerto Rico, heritage through hip-hop to fellow educators and youth all over the world. Intikana lead a workshop and also performed at the Urban Literacies Institute for Transformative Teaching Conference, which came to MSU for the first time this week.

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MSU reflects on 40th anniversary of Title IX

Rachel Jackson
June 21, 2012

When Paulette Granberry Russell was in high school, she wanted to try pole vaulting but got turned away. “I remember going to the coach and expressing that was something I wanted to do, and the response at the time was ‘girls don’t pole vault,’” said Russell, director of the Office for Inclusion and Intercultural Initiatives.

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Program trains teachers for high-need areas

Darcie Moran
June 20, 2012

Rochell Mahaley received her Bachelor of Science in animal science at MSU and a master’s from the veterinary medical school at MSU. And now she’s back for more. Mahaley is one of 11 students involved in the second cohort of W.K. Kellogg Foundation Woodrow Wilson Teaching Fellows at MSU.