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SOFTBALL

Softball loses to Eagles 6-3

Jesse O'Brien
April 11, 2012

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.

BASEBALL

Baseball fails to come back, loses to Eastern Michigan

Jeremy Warnemuende
April 11, 2012

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 ·
FEATURES

Art Dept. welcomes community

Britteny Dee
April 11, 2012

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 ·
FEATURES

Midwesterners should learn to play euchre

Katie Abdilla
April 11, 2012

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.

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.”

Julia Nagy ·
NEWS

Taking the next step

Julia Nagy
April 10, 2012

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.

NEWS

Speakers announced for spring 2012 commencement

Andrew Krietz
April 10, 2012

In less than one month, MSU’s graduates will have the opportunity to listen to Ireland’s first female president and the director of the National Science Foundation at spring commencement, which has drawn mixed reactions from upcoming graduates.

NEWS

Trustees rally support for pres. candidates

Ian Kullgren
April 10, 2012

A campaign fundraiser is quietly being organized for President Barack Obama by the chairman of MSU’s Board of Trustees in hopes that it could stimulate support for the president’s re-election bid among the university leaders, who have been reluctant to donate in recent elections.

NEWS

Upcoming fiscal year to see major cuts in spending

Beau Hayhoe
April 10, 2012

East Lansing’s total budget for the upcoming fiscal year is expected to be about $9.5 million less than the current fiscal year as the city tightens its belt and looks for ways to cut costs. Top city leaders got their first look at the city’s preliminary budget for the 2012-13 fiscal year during a work session prior to the city council’s regular work session Tuesday night at City Hall, 410 Abbot Road.

NEWS

Police Brief 04/11/12

Lauren Gibbons
April 10, 2012

Two officers from the MSU Police Department caught a Caucasian 49-year-old Lansing male in the act of stealing a bicycle between 8:25-9:30 a.m. April 10 at the Butterfield Hall bicycle racks, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.

MICHIGAN

City Council discusses climate sustainability plan, new meeting coverage technoloy

Beau Hayhoe
April 10, 2012

The East Lansing City Council got its first look at what could be a step forward into the digital age at its Tuesday night work session. During its 7 p.m. work session at City Hall, 410 Abbot Road, the council heard a presentation from Jack Melnicoff, a solutions specialist with a nationwide information technology company called Granicus that works with government municipalities to promote transparency.

MSU

Students take their shoes off for cause

Rebecca Ryan
April 10, 2012

On her way out the door Wednesday to meet some friends at the rock on Farm Lane, advertising freshman Steph Benson bundled up for the chilly day, putting on her coat and mittens. But as she met the other students, they all had left an item of clothing behind — their shoes. Despite cold weather, about seven students met at the rock on Wednesday for a barefoot walk hosted by the MSU campus club for TOMS Shoes. The walk was part of a worldwide One Day Without Shoes movement on Tuesday in which people ditched their shoes to spread awareness about TOMS Shoes, an organization that donates a pair of shoes to a child in need each time a pair of shoes is sold.

MICHIGAN

Michigan State Police History Month celebrates MSU roots

Lauren Gibbons
April 10, 2012

On April 19, 1917, a new homeland security calvary team trotted out onto the grounds leased from Michigan Agricultural College farmland with the goal of protecting Michigan residents from the threat of a looming war. About 95 years later, that team has grown to become what now is known as the Michigan State Police. Although state troopers no longer are riding horses and the land rented from MSU has been returned to the university, the institution is taking its upcoming anniversary to remember its roots.