NEWS
Brewing classes offered for 2012-13
New classes are brewing at MSU for students interested in the fermentation and chemistry behind alcoholic beverages.
NEWS
Police Brief 04/03/12
Alexandra Pew, an 18-year-old high school senior from Ann Arbor who fell from the sixth floor of North Case Hall last week, has been released from Lansing’s Sparrow Hospital, a hospital spokeswoman confirmed.
MICHIGAN
Council to vote on predevelopment of City Center II
A major development project in the city is at a crossroads. After years of varying levels of activity, the East Lansing City Council is scheduled to discuss and vote on a predevelopment agreement for the controversial City Center II project.
MSU
Group promotes religious literacy this week
Religious studies senior Sara Lone believes religious literacy is important for every person. “Religion is a part of everything (and) every field,” she said. “If you’re in marketing and you go to Saudi Arabia, you need to know you can’t put half-naked women on a billboard.”
MSU
Study finds demand for college graduates higher than supply
Accounting senior Matthew Kravutske took his potential employability into consideration when picking a school, and like many students at MSU, employability still is one of his concerns. But a new study from the Lumina Foundation shows the demand for degreeholders might be higher than the number colleges are actually producing.
NEWS
MSU's housing follows national trend
With the passing of a flexible housing policy bill at last week’s Residence Halls Association, or RHA, meeting, MSU joins the ranks of many other universities with open options for student housing.
MSU
Students devour literature in edible books contest
MSU students, faculty and community members of all ages gathered Tuesday in Snyder and Phillips halls to digest some of their favorite stories during the Residential College in the Arts and Humanities, or RCAH, fifth annual edible book contest.
FEATURES
25th anniversary of ‘Les Misérables’ to open at Wharton Center
When on stage portraying a young, love-struck woman, Chasten Harmon said she is living out her dream. Harmon plays Eponine, one of the main characters in the Broadway musical “Les Misérables.” It’s a role many actresses aspire to land, Harmon said.
BASEBALL
Spartans take Ohio State series
After losing the first game of the Big Ten season 1-0 against Ohio State on Saturday, baseball head coach Jake Boss Jr. said his Spartans knew they had two chances to redeem themselves against the Buckeyes. And by scraping out a 2-1 win Sunday and 10-5 victory Monday, MSU did just that, capturing two-of-three to open conference play at McLane Baseball Stadium at Old College Field.
BASEBALL
Column: With pitching, team needs to be hot at plate
Nearing the midway point of the baseball season, head coach Jake Boss Jr. has grown certain of the strength of this year’s ball club — the pitching. In the first two games of a three-game weekend series against Ohio State, senior Tony Bucciferro and junior Andrew Waszak combined to surrender just a single run in 16 innings of work, picking up a no decision and a win, respectively.
FEATURES
Break from traditional with creative Easter eggs
Growing up, decorating Easter eggs was one of my favorite spring activities. Although many college students like to think they’ve outgrown such childhood traditions, little projects such as decorating Easter eggs can give you the chance to do something fun with friends and relieve a little stress in the middle of a jam-packed week.
COMMENTARY
Obama only choice in november
The fate of the middle class hinges on the November presidential election. If Mitt Romney is elected president, the middle class is doomed.
COMMENTARY
To fight racism, understand it
Racism has been defined as “the belief that all members of each race possess characteristics or abilities specific to that race, especially so as to distinguish it as inferior or superior to another race or races.”
COMMENTARY
Weapons bill doesn’t ensure campus safety
Safety on college campuses is a concern on the back of many people’s minds, and Michigan lawmakers are trying to ease that concern a little bit.
MSU
Group hangs banner without permission
On Monday afternoon, four members of MSU Greenpeace hung a 20 by 20 foot sign that read, “SPARTAN GREEN? I WISH! We need 100% clean energy,” off the side of Ramp 2, a parking garage near Bessey Hall.
NEWS
Woman who fell from Case Hall window released from Sparrow Hospital
Alexandra Pew, an 18-year-old Ann Arbor resident who fell from the sixth floor of North Case Hall last week, has been released from Lansing’s Sparrow Hospital, a hospital spokeswoman confirmed. Pew, a senior at Greenhills High School in Ann Arbor, was visiting friends in the dorm and playing catch in the sixth floor study lounge when she fell out of a window at about 3 a.m. March 25.
NEWS
Who cares?
When biomedical laboratory operations junior Colleen Blake was in high school, she was an avid volunteer through the National Honor Society, fundraising primarily for cancer treatments and other community outreach programs.
NEWS
MSU calls proposed budget punishment
University officials are warning of possible tuition increases next year after House Republicans turned up the heat in the battle over MSU’s health care mandate, adding a provision in the earliest stages of the budget process that threatens to strip funding.
NEWS
Investigation of submerged car in river still underway
Even after a dripping wet and damaged Buick Lucerne was hauled from the Red Cedar River about 3 a.m. Friday morning, unanswered questions still hang in the minds of students who saw or heard about what occurred.
BASEBALL
MSU beats Ohio State, Wieber sets school career saves record
Driving in the winning run before earning the save in the same game would be a once-in-a-lifetime experience for most baseball players. For Tony Wieber, it’s becoming a regular occurrence.