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MSU Club Tennis Team earns national championship bid
Ten years ago, psychology senior Nikki Bishop wanted to play hockey, but her mom pressured her to play tennis.
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RHA swears in new officers
The Residence Halls Association, or RHA, officially swore in its officers for the 2012-13 academic year at its Wednesday night meeting.
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Event highlights MSU innovation
MSU innovations might be infiltrating the consumer market more quickly once a new Spartan Innovations LLC initiative announced Wednesday is up and running. The creation of a technology transfer enterprise called Spartan Innovations was unveiled at Wednesday’s second annual MSU Innovation Celebration at the Union, which also displayed numerous technologies and innovations made by MSU student and faculty inventors.
NEWS
Website compares cost of college
A new service unveiled Wednesday by the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau allows students to see how their college compares in debt costs to those around the country. The Financial Aid Comparison Shopper allows students to see how their college stacks up against others, showing anticipated levels of debt after attending each college.
MICHIGAN
Interactive city council videos, agendas might be implemented
A new online software system could turn East Lansing City Council meetings into on-demand viewing, easing accessibility and transparency for residents and city staff. The council was introduced at its Tuesday night work session, held at City Hall, 410 Abbot Road, to a software system operated by Granicus, a nationwide technology company that works with local, state and national government bodies to promote transparency.
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MSU Police awarded Green Certification
After undertaking extensive renovations and taking steps toward efficiency by updating office practices, the MSU Police Department is being honored for going green. The department recently was awarded a Green Certification, an initiative forwarded by MSU’s Office of Campus Sustainability meant to honor campus units that have attempted to reduce their environmental footprint, Office of Campus Sustainability Project Coordinator Lauren Olson said.
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COGS pushes for monetary support for renovations
MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon reiterated her support for renovating Chittenden Hall to the representatives of the Council of Graduate Students, or COGS, Wednesday during the group’s last full council meeting of the year outside the building.
SOFTBALL
Softball loses to Eagles 6-3
Two batters in, it became clear that the MSU softball team was in for an interesting game. With Eastern Michigan’s Jessica Richards perched on third, the Eagles’ Katy Blaharski attempted a steal from first base. However, the throw from MSU senior catcher Brett Williams was mishandled, allowing Richards to go home and Blaharski to return to first base safely. The score was the first in what would be a five-run first inning from which the Spartans (11-27 overall, 0-9 Big Ten) would be unable to recover, as they fell to the visiting Eagles 6-3 Wednesday afternoon.
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Engineering CoRe Experience aims to bring academic, corporate resources to students
Like many first-year students, civil engineering freshman John Mandryk wasn’t sure how difficult the transition from high school to college would be. To help curb some of the confusion and anxiety of stepping onto MSU’s campus as a clueless freshman, Mandryk enrolled in the College of Engineering CoRe Experience, formerly known as the Engineering Residential Experience.
BASEBALL
Baseball fails to come back, loses to Eastern Michigan
For the first four batters of Wednesday’s game against Eastern Michigan, the MSU baseball team appeared to be on the way to a solid day at McLane Baseball Stadium and Old College Field. After senior right-hander Tim Simpson retired the Eagles in order on nine pitches in the top of the first, junior outfielder Jordan Keur led off the Spartans’ half of the inning with a double to left-center field.
Britteny Dee
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FEATURES
Art Dept. welcomes community
By welcoming people into her world, Lena Ellis-Boatman hopes to open their eyes to everything it has to offer. The graduate student said by helping to organize MSU Open Studios, an event that invites community members to explore Kresge Art Center, she plans to bring attention to the Department of Art and Art History and those people who are a part of it.
Katie Abdilla
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FEATURES
Midwesterners should learn to play euchre
I’ve never been much of a card-game lover. Although I’ve grown up surrounded by family and friends who love nothing more than an old-fashioned game of euchre, I never learned how to play. This might make me a bit of a disgrace, considering the German game is said to have laid its foundation in America within Michigan’s borders.
MICHIGAN
Fire officials respond to burning log near East lansing Public Library
East Lansing Fire Department responded to a log on fire in the woods just north of the East Lansing Public Library, 950 Abbot Road.
COMMENTARY
GMO science unquestioned by most
Regarding Mitch Goldsmith’s opinion column (“URC promotes unsustainability,” SN 4/11) in which he opposes using research funding for the study and implementation of genetically engineered plants, he claims “the jury still is out on the safety and environmental sustainability of such genetically modified seeds and crops.”
COMMENTARY
Sikhism needs youth renaissance
How do modern, young professionals traverse today’s job market?
COMMENTARY
Voter participation gives elections heft
This year, MSU undergraduate students stepped up and took advantage of their right to vote for their student representatives.
Lauren Gibbons
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NEWS
Kitchen fire breaks out at 731 Burcham Apartments
Fire officials responded to a kitchen fire on the third floor of Building D in the 731 Burcham Apartment complex at about 5.51 p.m., East Lansing Deputy Fire Chief Troy Brya said.
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MSU Beyond Coal protests Energy Transition Plan
On Wednesday afternoon, members of MSU Beyond Coal led a demonstration at the rock on Farm Lane in protest of the Energy Transition Plan, which will be voted on by the Board of Trustees this Friday.
NEWS
Local authorities on the lookout for bank robber
The Meridian Township Police Department currently is on the lookout for a man who allegedly robbed an Okemos bank Wednesday afternoon, Meridian Township police Lt. Greg Frenger said.
Julia Nagy
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NEWS
Taking the next step
Finance junior Mark Streeter and elementary education sophomore America MacDermaid walked through Hawk Island County Park in Lansing, stopping at a bridge overlooking a river. It was February, and fresh snow blanketed the ground. For Streeter, it was the perfect time to propose.