COMMENTARY
Peace organization shows bias
There was a half-page advertisement in Wednesday’s State News on the behalf of Real Partners. Real Peace.
COMMENTARY
Stop playing games with state funding
MSU officials and state lawmakers are once again playing the blame game with state funding. Around and around the blame will go, and no matter where it stops, students will lose. Last week, House Republicans introduced a bill that would take $18 million in state funding from MSU.
VOLLEYBALL
Volleyball hopes non-conference success translates to conference play
The Spartans (11-1) had a hot start to the season, winning 18 consecutive sets before falling to Bowling Green, 3-1, in the Best Western Falcon Plaza Invitational. However, MSU’s sole loss seems to have been a blip on the radar as the team has continued to steam roll its opponents, accumulating a 35-4 set record in nonconference play. But playing in the Big Ten is a different beast altogether, as head coach Cathy George and her players were quick to point out.
SPORTS
Field hockey set to open Big Ten play
The MSU field hockey team opens its Big Ten season Friday, when it travels to Iowa City, Iowa, to take on the Hawkeyes. The Spartans will return to East Lansing on Sunday for its home opener against Kent State.
SOCCER
Women's soccer looks to 'dominate' physically this weekend
The MSU women’s soccer coach is preaching a gospel of physicality and grittiness as his team (8-1-0, 1-0-0 Big Ten) heads into a weekend series against Wisconsin (6-3-0, 1-0-0) and Minnesota (3-5-1, 0-0-1). With the Spartans riding an eight-game winning streak, Saxton will look for his team to step up at DeMartin Stadium at Old College Field early in its Big Ten schedule.
NEWS
E.L. resident reports man entering apartment with knife at Chandler Crossing
An East Lansing resident reported an unidentified man armed with a knife entered his apartment in the Landings at Chandler Crossing at 11 a.m.
NEWS
Lifelong learners
It might have been Patrick Essenmacher’s wife that got him into his first class at MSU Evening College two years ago, but now it’s his own interest that has him flipping through the course catalogue every semester.
NEWS
House bill threatens MSU funding after tuition increase dispute
Keeping promises to lash back at MSU’s tuition policies, a small group of House Republicans are commencing with plans to strip the university of millions in additional state funds.
NEWS
Local Barnes & Noble set to close with lease’s expiration
The upcoming closure of a local Barnes & Noble Booksellers branch could make a significant mark in the pages of East Lansing’s history, community members said Wednesday.
NEWS
Details emerge from alleged campus theft
At approximately 7:30 a.m. Sunday, Maxine Mei and Stella Hua were sleeping in their ninth-floor dorm in South Hubbard Hall when two strange men entered, grabbed Hua’s laptop, iPad and iPod Nano and promptly left the room.
NEWS
Police Brief 09/22/11
An 18-year-old male student reported his laptop was stolen between 3:35 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Sept. 18 from his East Wilson Hall dorm, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
MSU
IRONDOG to fundraise for injured pets, help families
Tjardo, a military dog, was deployed overseas in the war against terror. He fought and trained alongside fellow soldiers and then was wounded alongside them. Assigned to the 75th Ranger Regiment, Tjardo, or TJ, was sent back to fight after recovering. But when the canine suffered his second injury, the IRONDOG fund at MSU’s College of Veterinary Medicine came in to help.
MSU
Memorial wall service honors body donors
After hearing about a shortage of bodies in an MSU anatomy class about 20 years ago, Edith Barnes decided she wanted to donate her body to science.
MSU
MSU Hillel sponsors event to discuss concerns about Israel
Political theory senior Nina Patchak said she has become disappointed with a lack of student involvement on campus about the current Israel-Palestine debate brewing in the United Nations.
MICHIGAN
Former MSU employee opens up local cafe
For Dewitt, Mich., resident Angie Anderson, opening a local cafe and catering business has been a long-time goal.
MICHIGAN
Health care coverage for young adults expands
Two new surveys released Wednesday show a significant number of college and recent graduate-aged young adults have gained insurance from the Affordable Care Act, popularized by some as “Obamacare,” in the face of the country’s economic struggles.
MSU
New media arts program adds multimedia skills
Some students in the College of Communication Arts and Sciences could have the opportunity to get more hands-on experience with multimedia in their courses this fall with the advent of a new integrated media arts program, which launched this September.
MSU
COGS holds first council meeting of semester
The Council of Graduate Students, or COGS, held its first full council meeting of the year Wednesday night in the Law College Castle Boardroom Room 343 to discuss proposed renovations to Chittenden Hall and cuts to federal loans to graduate students.
MICHIGAN
East Lansing gets $1 million federal economic grant
Despite the rough economy, East Lansing might be seeing job opportunities and growth with the help of an almost $1 million grant from the federal government.
MICHIGAN
(SCENE) Metrospace to host improv show
Just Clownin’ Improv for Adults will be hosted at 8 p.m. on Sept. 23 at (SCENE) Metrospace, 110 Charles St.