FEATURES
Guerilla knitters take over rock
When it comes to recovering from a stressful week, apparel and textile design senior Amanda McFee said knitting among friends is the best medicine.
COMMENTARY
Blame businesses for pollution
Although Christian Hokans’s sentiments of bicycling and recycling (SN 4/2) are laudable, the impending global devastation that will be on our doorstep before the end of most of our lives requires far more than personal lifestyle changes.
COMMENTARY
Bucket list brings back good times
In honor of the class of 2012 and its upcoming graduation in May, I felt compelled to compile a list of “to do’s” for MSU students during the course of their undergraduate studies.
COMMENTARY
MSU, state petulance harms student body
House Republicans haven’t tried to hide their displeasure with MSU’s health care mandate, and students are caught in the crossfire as the two parties battle out their differences.
MSU
Requirements for resident mentors cause issue
Starting this fall, resident mentors will be trading in their single rooms and will be required to have a roommate.
Julia Nagy
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NEWS
Marion sentenced to 40-60 years for murder of MSU student, roommate
David Marion Jr. was sentenced to 40-60 years in prison for the March 2010 murders of MSU student Darren Brown and his roommate Owen Goodenow on Wednesday morning in Lansing’s 30th Circuit Court.
NEWS
Preparations begin for City Center II project
A small crew of construction workers converged on the site of a vacant building at the City Center II project this morning, starting initial preparations for what officials hope will be demolition of a city-owned property related to the proposed $105 million redevelopment effort.
Katie Abdilla
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NEWS
Running with purpose
Most runners startle at the sound of a car horn — but sociology junior Alex Perez revels in it. After hearing that his co-worker’s wife currently is fighting breast cancer, Perez decided to take his concern about the disease to the streets with his campaign, Think Pink, Run Pink.
NEWS
City Council votes to move ahead on City Center II plan
The East Lansing City Council approved a predevelopment agreement Tuesday night for the City Center II project, a hotly contested move that will allow demolition to start at a city-owned building related to the project.
BASKETBALL
Nix’s future uncertain after arrest
MSU basketball player Derrick Nix was arrested on charges of operating a vehicle with the presence of drugs and marijuana possession at 12:20 a.m. Tuesday in East Lansing, according to East Lansing 54-B District Court records.
NEWS
Police Brief 04/04/12
A 53-year-old female employee reported her purse stolen between 5 and 6 p.m. on March 30 from her office in Olin Health Center, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
NEWS
Candidates make last push for student votes
Former East Lansing Mayor and candidate for state representative Sam Singh pitched restorative economic policy to a small group of students in Case Hall Tuesday night, one of the few chances left for him speak before the Democratic primary while the majority of students still are on campus.
MICHIGAN
Car pulled from Red Cedar thought too damaged to fix
After spending hours at the bottom of the Red Cedar River last week, a 2007 Buick Lucerne probably suffered from its foray into campus waters, according to the East Lansing Police Department.
MICHIGAN
A city garden
East Lansing resident and MSU alumna Anji Reynolds picks lettuce mix Tuesday at the Hunter Park Community Garden House, 1400 E. Kalamazoo St., in Lansing. Reynolds volunteers as part of the Lansing Urban Farm Project. “It’s refreshing to get your hands dirty,” Reynolds said.
MSU
Some colleges boast no ASMSU candidates
As the midpoint for ASMSU’s election week approaches, the 20 ballot candidates running for positions in ASMSU’s General Assembly next year have been launching campaigns to encourage students to vote. But despite ASMSU’s efforts to increase voter turnout, not all of MSU’s 13 undergraduate colleges have student candidates on the ballot.
MSU
Simon: health care policy important
MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon stressed the importance of not increasing the cost of higher education while also protecting the health of students during her remarks at Tuesday’s Steering Committee meeting. During the meeting, Simon said the policy implemented this academic year that requires new students to carry health care insurance or be enrolled in a university health care plan affects a relatively small number of students at MSU, with 86 percent of students entering the university with their own health care.
MSU
Week to celebrate graduate students
To help graduate students find their place and feel appreciated at MSU, local organizations are teaming up to celebrate the university’s first Graduate & Professional Student Appreciation Week. The Council of Graduate Students, or COGS, Graduate Student Life and Wellness and various sponsors in the Lansing area are hoping to show graduate and professional students that they matter to the MSU community through the events.
MSU
Roial players to perform one-act plays
The Roial Players will be performing “Red: An Evening of One Acts” from Thursday to Saturday in the RCAH Theatre in the basement of Snyder and Phillips halls. The show will begin at 9 p.m. Thursday and at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday.
MSU
Bogue Street traffic circle to be replaced with intersection in 2013
The traffic circle at Bogue Street and Farm Lane has served its purpose for several years and tentatively has been green-lighted to be replaced with a traditional intersection next summer because of safety concerns, officials said. The estimated cost of the project is $4 million and construction is aimed to occur during summer 2013, university engineer Bob Nestle said in an email.
Darcie Moran
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FEATURES
Students in art collective search for space in Lansing to live, create, work together
It always has been Augusta Morrison’s dream to live in an artistic space where she could collaborate with other creative individuals. And now, after years of imagining and several months of planning, the Residential College in the Arts and Humanities, or RCAH, and art education senior’s dream is starting to take shape.