FEATURES
Talented student disk jockey enhances parties
With his headphones on and his speakers blasting, Dan Patten pumps up the crowd with his deafening beats.
FEATURES
Interest in Pinterest increases among students, faculty alike
Across campus, Pinterest has been spotted on computer screens in coffee shops, lounges and lecture halls. “Everyone has it now,” interior design senior Carolyn Fava said.
FEATURES
'My First Time' to spark discussion at Wharton
Wharton Center’s Creative Director Bert Goldstein knows people want to hear about sex. “Let’s face it — it’s a subject we’re all interested in,” he said.
FEATURES
Only some music will matter at Sunday's Grammy Awards
Music enthusiasts rejoice — the industry’s biggest night is almost here. Award season is upon us, and it’s time again for the annual Grammy Awards, which will be held at 8 p.m.
FEATURES
Freshman fifteen Q's: 02/09/12
College is a whole new world for many freshmen traveling campus for the first time. The State News sat down with one of these explorers to get a glimpse, in 15 questions or fewer, of a new face on campus and her perspective of her new frontier.
Jeremy Warnemuende
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MEN'S BASKETBALL
Spartans beat Penn State, look to OSU
A slow start plagued both the MSU and Penn State men’s basketball teams in the first half Wednesday night as the Spartans lead the Nittany Lions, 33-19.
COMMENTARY
Stadium upgrades ignore climate
At a time when climate scientists are sounding alarm bells around the world, as glaciers melt, severe weather events disrupt cities and farms and earth’s living things face extinction because of global climate change, the MSU Administration and Board of Trustees have shirked their responsibilities. Last week the MSU Board of Trustees failed to discuss transitioning the largest coal-fired power plant on any American college campus, removing such discussion from their agenda.
COMMENTARY
Students of all majors can find jobs
The recent article in The State News (“Are You Employable?” SN 1/27) might have created undue stress for many MSU students who are in liberal arts colleges.
COMMENTARY
Students shouldn’t pay for internships
Internships during college can provide quality, real-world experience for students before they enter their field after graduation, but making students pay for their internship credits is discouraging and costly. A committee within ASMSU, MSU’s undergraduate student government, is looking into certain colleges’ requirement of students to pay for credit hours at a higher cost than the university spends to provide resources to students during their internships.
NEWS
ASMSU questions cafeteria cleanliness
When ASMSU College of Business Representative Kyle Clifton came to an ASMSU General Assembly meeting last month, he brought a soiled spoon. The spoon was caked with dried red sauce, something Clifton had not noticed when he picked it up entering the Shaw Hall cafeteria one day.
BASKETBALL
Spartans look to maintain momentum
First place in the Big Ten men’s basketball race could be up for grabs on Saturday when No. 12 MSU heads to No. 3 Ohio State for a 6 p.m. tip.
NEWS
D’Annunzio’s law combats violent crime
A bill aimed to extend the Michigan statute of limitations for violent crimes in response to a more than decade-old murder case in East Lansing passed the Michigan Senate on Tuesday and now will move to the House for consideration.
NEWS
MSU enjoys 22 percent increase in endowment
Early signs indicate MSU has been growing financially, ranking highly in endowment level growth among Big Ten universities.
MICHIGAN
E.L. City Council discusses City Center II financing, online crime mapping
The East Lansing City Council gave approval to the city’s finance director to analyze and examine financing options for a portion of the controversial City Center II development project during its Tuesday night work session, extending the debate regarding the project’s future. East Lansing Finance Director Mary Haskell now has the authority to determine the method the city will use to refinance four parcels of property related to the project and can authorize the final financing of the parcels without approval from city council, Haskell said.
MSU
MSU winning blood drive competition
The American Red Cross is pitting green and white against maize and blue to see who can collect the most red during its annual MSU/U-M Blood Challenge. The three-week competition began Jan. 30 and runs until Feb. 24.
MSU
What do you think of the cafeterias and their cleanliness?
In case you missed it … A student government group has passed a bill to address what some members feel is a cleanliness problem with campus cafeterias.
MICHIGAN
New dispatch center progresses
Facing an almost $1 million projected budget deficit for the upcoming 2012-13 fiscal year, the city of East Lansing is moving forward with plans to consolidate the city’s emergency dispatch center into one shared facility in south Lansing for all of Ingham County. East Lansing officials laid out their plans for the move — including addressing a $944,645 projected budget deficit for the upcoming fiscal year — during a meeting last weekend.
MSU
Use of Spartan Cash increases around campus
When accounting sophomore Kate Good does laundry in her Shaw Hall residence, it doesn’t involve searching for spare change under the couch or fumbling around for coins in her pocket. Instead, Good pays to do her laundry with a swipe of her ID card, loaded with Spartan Cash. “It’s really helpful and convenient,” said Good, who uses her Spartan Cash at MSU vending and laundry machines, as well as the food court at the International Center.
MSU
Business fraternities draw more than 200 to networking mixer
Three MSU business fraternities — Alpha Kappa Psi, Delta Sigma Pi and Phi Chi Theta — held their inaugural business networking mixer from 7-9 p.m. Tuesday at the Union.
MSU
Warm weather discourages winter sport participants
With a warmer winter than in past years, hospitality business junior Alex Mlynarek has had to travel outside of the Lansing area in search of snowy slopes.