NEWS
Creating history
As Black History month runs throughout February, many students and officials on campus are still in the fight for racial understanding.
NEWS
Fugitives arrested at Chandler Crossings
Two men wanted by police in New Jersey for charges including armed home invasion and aggravated assault were arrested Feb. 7 at Chandler Crossings by the Michigan State Police Fugitive Task Force and the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force, U.S. Marshals officials said.
BASKETBALL
Men’s basketball controls own destiny
No matter how you measure it, the MSU and Ohio State men’s basketball teams find themselves in a neck-and-neck battle as the regular season winds down.
Stephen Brooks
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MICHIGAN
Lab offers useful exposure for game designers
In a room filled with computer monitors, video game controllers and white boards covered with numbers and other programming jargon, William Jeffery sat at a small table with his headphones in on Thursday afternoon. Jeffery, a media arts and technology senior in the game design specialization, works in the MSU Games for Entertainment and Learning, or GEL, Lab.
NEWS
Funding toward Michigan higher education increases
Gov. Rick Snyder offered a slight funding kickback for MSU in his budget proposal released Thursday, while other universities received more in a proposed system to tie additional money to university performance rates. The governor proposed a 1.4 percent increase in additional funding for MSU during the 2012-13 fiscal year, one of the lowest amounts of restored funding among all the state’s public universities.
MICHIGAN
Community discusses proposal to cut Red Cedar Elementary School
About 100 community members attended an informational session Thursday evening to discuss a $53 million bond proposal that would close an East Lansing elementary school, among other things. The proposal is scheduled to be on the ballot Feb. 28 and would renovate and reconfigure five of the six other elementary schools as well as close Red Cedar Elementary School, 1110 Narcissus Drive.
BASKETBALL
Johnson goes the extra mile, had 12 points and eight rebounds over Wildcats
With the finish line looming up ahead, Lykendra Johnson is doing everything she can to be ready.
MSU
MSU meets demand for large animal sciences
Since Julie Rapson was a child growing up on her family’s horse farm, she has dreamed of becoming an equine veterinarian. The MSU Equine Club president and second-year veterinary student is part of a minority in the world of veterinary students, as she is hoping to hold a position as a large animal veterinarian who specifically works with horses after graduating.
MICHIGAN
'Everybody Eats' event to be held in Lansing this weekend
Food safety and security will be the topics at the third annual “Everybody Eats: Cultivating Food Democracy” conference, held this weekend in Lansing.
MSU
Sparty's goes green to fight muscular dystropy
MSU’s Sparty’s Convenience Stores are helping to raise money for the Muscular Dystrophy Association, or MDA, this month through their 17th annual Shamrocks Against Dystrophy campaign. Customers who visit Sparty’s stores on campus through March 4 can purchase special MDA mugs, drinks and shamrocks with some of the proceeds going to the MDA. In its 17-year partnership with the MDA, Sparty’s has raised more than $45,000. For more information on the MDA in Ingham County, visit mdausa.org.
MSU
Student government discusses card-scanning system
MSU’s undergraduate student government groups are planning to address concerns they have with the accessibility of card-scanning security systems installed in residence halls. But university officials say the systems largely are working, and any problems with the relatively new system come from trying to work out kinks in balancing security and accessibility.
MICHIGAN
USPS continues to sustain losses, according to report
Even as people prepare to send Valentine’s Day cards and presents, the United States Postal Service, or USPS, continues to sustain losses, according to its first-quarter report.
MSU
Cleft lip and palate could find help in MSU research
As a mother of three sons born with cleft palates, Joanne Green knows the challenges children with the disease face.
MICHIGAN
Officials predict drastic decrease in taxable value of residential homes
East Lansing officials are projecting about a $35 million total drop in the taxable value of the city’s residential homes for the 2012-13 fiscal year, a loss equating to about a 6.3 percent drop in overall value, according to city budget documents. The documents estimate the overall taxable value of homes in the city will drop from about $555.5 million in fiscal year 2011-12 to about $520.5 million in fiscal year 2012-13.
MSU
Culinary Services works to decrease food waste
Before you think about grabbing a second bowl of cereal at the cafeteria, MSU dining officials want you to make sure you’re hungry enough to finish it. MSU Culinary Services officials are conducting a food waste study campaign this semester to show how much food is wasted after each meal and what could be done to reduce such waste. “What you take is what you should eat,” said Carla Iansiti, MSU Culinary Services sustainability officer.
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MSU
Conveying courage
Theatre graduate student Leslie Hull knew she would be playing the title character Anna Fierling for her thesis role almost a year before “Mother Courage” went into production. She traveled to Berlin to do research in preparation for the role, and while there, she watched a performance at Brecht’s Theater, named after playwright Bertolt Brecht, who wrote the play.
Isabella Shaya
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FEATURES
Department of Theatre to perform workshop
Brandon Piper will put his acting skills to the ultimate test Friday as he performs in a never before seen production.
ICE HOCKEY
Michigan rivalry fuels series rematch
Even with each series carrying significant importance this time of year for the No. 17 MSU hockey team, this week is slightly different. Every word, every practice, every gym session and team meal carries a distinct buzz radiating from the coaches down to the Zamboni driver. It’s Michigan week.
SPORTS
MSU faces unusual opponents this weekend
Although the Big Ten season is in the books, the MSU wrestling team still has some work to do before the conference tournament in the first week of March.
FEATURES
Weekend roundup: Feb. 10-12
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.