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COMMENTARY

MSU’s insurance option viable one

I went online to ehealthinsurance.com and put in a search for health insurance as a single male born in 1993 and living in zip code 48823. Young Adult Blue Max cost $99.88 per month or $1,198.56 for a year.

FEATURES

Student photographer works to document American experience

Ever since he arrived on MSU’s campus in the fall, advertising freshman Simon Lee has not been able to put down his Pentax K-7 camera. As an international student, he is determined to document his experience in East Lansing by constantly taking pictures of on-campus events, such as football games, and landscapes of nature hot spots such as the Red Cedar River and Beal Botanical Garden.

COMMENTARY

Animal abuse no longer tolerated

This spring, a familiar sight at MSU has become no more. For more than two decades, a local civic group has worked with Breslin Center to bring the Florida-based Royal Hanneford Circus to campus for several days’ worth of performances.

COMMENTARY

Biofuels cleaner way to help power MSU

Upon the pending approval of a bond in Delhi Township, MSU’s campus could take a small step toward a healthier and cleaner environment. Although it might not be a huge leap, this small step still is one away from continuing to burn tons of coal per day.

NEWS

Data defense

If the best assassin in the world wants you, they will get you. It might take some time, but sooner or later, they will find you. Now place this scary scenario in the digital world, said Richard Enbody, an MSU associate professor of computer science and engineering. The scene is the same and appears to be a growing threat, he said.

Katie Harrington ·
NEWS

Hooded march supports Trayvon Martin

Hundreds of MSU students united to protest social injustice on Monday evening as they marched across campus to bring awareness of the death of a black teenager in Florida who was killed in what some believe to be a hate crime.

NEWS

Physical Plant to inspect Case Hall

In the aftermath of 18-year-old Ann Arbor resident Alexandra Pew’s fall from the sixth floor of a North Case Hall study lounge Sunday morning, MSU officials are taking precautions to prevent future accidents.

NEWS

Police Brief 03/27/12

A 21-year-old East Lansing resident reported the glass from her rearview mirror was stolen from her vehicle between 12:30 p.m. March 23 and 8:30 p.m. March 25 in Lot 67, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.

MICHIGAN

Unemployment still an issue despite decrease

Lindsay Yax has no doubt she will be able to get a job after graduation. Although the economy still isn’t quite the way it was five years ago, the Lansing unemployment rate has decreased during the past year from 8.8 percent in to 7.4 percent from January 2011-2012.

SPORTS

Gymnastics earns bid for NCAA Regionals

The MSU gymnastics team’s season has been extended by another couple of weeks as the Spartans earned a berth to NCAA Regionals. MSU will travel to Auburn and compete on April 7 as the No. 6 seed, along with in-state rival No. 4-seed Michigan.

COMMENTARY

Time to cut back on nuclear arms

On Feb. 8, Congressman Edward Markey (D-Mass.) took to the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives to introduce the Smarter Approach to Nuclear Expenditures Act (H.R. 3974). This SANE Act would cut $100 billion from the U.S. nuclear weapons budget over the next 10 years.