SOFTBALL
Softball shoot for 1st Big Ten win against Wolverines
On a four-game losing streak, the MSU softball team will be competing against rival Big Ten team Michigan this weekend.
COMMENTARY
We need more guest columnists
The State News is looking for guest columnists for the summer and fall 2012 semesters. Guest columnists aren’t required to come into the office, so working from your hometown or an internship where you will be spending your summer is perfectly acceptable.
COMMENTARY
Internships vital to life after MSU
I hate to rub it in, but it’s a bad time to be a college student in the U.S.
COMMENTARY
Students don’t need engagement centers
MSU’s campus currently houses three engagement centers and plans to build two more. Even though the centers in place now benefit many students on campus, the university could find a better use for the money. Renovations for the two new engagement centers will begin this summer in the Union and McDonel Hall.
FEATURES
Weekend roundup: April 13-15
It is almost the weekend. Classes are ending, and students are ready to unwind. Here is a roundup of events to attend during the weekend respite. Billy Bell: Student Performances Choreography developed by Billy Bell of Fox’s “So You Think You Can Dance” will be performed at 6:30 p.m.
FEATURES
Student anticipates exhilaration of drag show performance
When Treavor Hammons steps out onto the stage Friday night, his appearance will be drastically different than normal. Instead of wearing a T-shirt, jeans and a pair of sneakers, as he usually does, the Residential College in the Arts and Humanities senior will sport a wig, high-heeled shoes and jewelry.
Lauren Gibbons
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BASKETBALL
Nix reinstated after guilty plea
MSU basketball player Derrick Nix pled guilty to a charge of impaired driving Thursday morning in East Lansing’s 54-B District Court, a court spokeswoman confirmed. Nix, a junior center on the basketball team, pled guilty to the reduced charge of impaired driving, lowered from a charge of operating under the influence of drugs.
Julia Nagy
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NEWS
Stepping outside the comfort zone
Mitchell Treadwell always knew he was different. Diagnosed with Attention Deficit Disorder at a young age, he thought it was an easy label for his quirks. Whether it was the unexplained anxiety he felt in new places or the inability to recognize who to talk to in a crowded room, he chalked up his disabilities to one diagnosis.
NEWS
Board of Trustees will discuss increasing room, board rates
The MSU Board of Trustees is expected to take up the issue of increasing room and board rates in addition to numerous construction projects at its Friday meeting.
NEWS
Indonesian students worried by large earthquake near Sumatra
Dwi Yuliantoro didn’t expect he would have to make a call to Sumatra, Indonesia, yesterday to find out if a friend was safe. On Wednesday at about 8:40 a.m., an 8.6-magnitude earthquake struck about 200 miles off the coast of Sumatra.
NEWS
State rep. enters race for East Lansing district judge position
State Rep. Mark Meadows, D-East Lansing, unveiled plans to run for East Lansing district judge on Wednesday after a current judge unexpectedly announced his retirement.
NEWS
Police Brief 04/12/12
An attempt at cooking dinner got a little out of hand at about 5:51 p.m. Wednesday when a kitchen fire erupted on the third floor of Building D in the 731 Burcham Apartment Complex, East Lansing Deputy Fire Chief Troy Brya said.
MSU
Students protest energy transition plan
A giant 18-foot-tall inflatable hand holding an inhaler swayed in the wind next to the rock on Farm Lane on Wednesday afternoon while members of MSU Beyond Coal rallied against the Energy Transition Plan by singing songs, sharing stories and holding up 10-foot-tall wooden sunflowers.
Derek Blalock
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MSU
MSU Police, SADD talk drunken driving
Family community services junior Nikki Noel believes drinking and driving is one of the most preventable causes of death, yet in 2010 there were more than 600 DUIs given out by the East Lansing Police Department — an increase of nearly 200 from 2009. Noel is a member of Spartans Against Drunk Driving, or SADD, and Wednesday they joined MSU Police near the rock on Farm Lane to help raise awareness of the consequences of drunken driving.
MSU
Shaw Hall offers incentives during cafeteria renovations
Most students would be bothered trekking across campus to eat their meals for a semester, but general management freshman Erin Murphy doesn’t mind at all. In fact, she’s enthusiastic about the positive changes that will accompany the Shaw Hall cafeteria renovations.
MICHIGAN
Funds uncertain for updates to local avenues
Top city and state transportation officials joined U.S. Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., at a roundtable event Wednesday, calling for an increased federal commitment to local transportation funding that would be used to help streamline area bus transportation along Grand River and Michigan avenues. Officials from the Michigan Department of Transportation and the Capital Area Transportation Authority, or CATA, said uncertainties surrounding funding for transportation projects have made it difficult to plan for major infrastructure needs, including a local initiative that would spruce up the Michigan/Grand River Avenue Corridor.
MSU
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.
MSU
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.
MSU
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.