NEWS
Police Brief 07/19/11
About $1,690 worth of items allegedly were stolen from three cars parked in the MSU ramp on Grand River Avenue between 4-10 p.m.
MEN'S BASKETBALL
Face time with Brandon Wood
Brandon Wood has never played in an NCAA Tournament game. After transferring from Valparaiso University to MSU in May, Wood joins a program that has been to 14-straight NCAA Tournaments, including six Final Four berths and a national championship in 2000.
SPORTS
Former rower to represent Canada in U23 World Championships
Laura Cowal returns to the World Rowing Under 23 Championships — which starts on July 20 at Bosbaan in Amsterdam — after capturing a bronze medal for her native Canada in the 2010 Championships.
FEATURES
Alumna realizes Hollywood dream
Just when it seemed like Jennifer Hutchins was going to have completed a successful project in the demanding and competitive industry of show business, her production group’s luck took a turn for the worse. Now, her career is back on track.
COMMENTARY
Reactionary laws won’t solve anything
Michigan legislators, in trying to right a tragic wrong, are acting too quickly and too viscerally without taking heed of the damage rushed legislation can cause.
NEWS
Police Brief 07/18/11
Two men allegedly broke into Kellogg Center at about 4 a.m. Wednesday and attempted to steal liquor and beer from a beverage room, MSU police Sgt.
NEWS
Cities, complexes work to improve safety
At 8 p.m. on June 29, residents heard gunshots echo through The Village at Chandler Crossings. In minutes, police from Bath Township, Clinton County and DeWitt Township responded to the scene, searching the area with flashlights and a K-9 unit.
NEWS
High temperatures to remain in E.L.; residents, businesses prepare for heat
East Lansing residents could experience the city’s most intense heat wave in more than a decade with temperatures forecasted to ascend above 90 most of this week. Heat advisories already are in place for southern Michigan and parts of the Upper Peninsula and could spread to Greater Lansing if the heat index rises over 100, said Bob Suttle, a National Weather Service specialist. Michigan last experienced a heat wave of similar length in 1995, Suttle said, although it is usual to experience smaller stints of intense heat this time of year.
NEWS
Family, friends remember MSU students’ ‘extraordinarily full’ life
From playing electric violin in a bluegrass band to traveling the world, graduate lifelong education student Aaron Riley, 21, approached every part of his life with passion, his father and fisheries and wildlife associate professor Shawn Riley said. His family never heard him complain, but Aaron Riley suffered from epilepsy, a disease that caused him to have partial seizures. Some of his family believe his death was related to his seizures. Aaron Riley’s body was found July 11 in Raystown Lake, in Huntingdon County, Pa.
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MICHIGAN
Rally gangs up on bullies
After watching her children become victims of the same bullying that affected her as a child, Lisa Freeman decided to do something about it. In 2005 she created Abuse Bites, a nonprofit organization dedicated to stopping the abuse of both people and animals.
MICHIGAN
Outdoor film festival begins in E.L.
East Lansing resident Sherrie Baidoon and her two children, Caroline, 13, and Nicholas, 10, enjoyed a movie in the park Thursday at the first night of the Moonlight Film Festival at Valley Court Park, 400 Hillside Court.
MICHIGAN
State Legislature could set 48-month limit on welfare
Welfare-limiting legislation approved by the state Legislature last week has some worried the safety net currently in place to protect Michigan residents — including people with disabilities, victims of domestic violence, children and recent college graduates — no longer will be there to catch them when their income falls.
MICHIGAN
Sidewalk sales up business for downtown storefronts
Storefronts in downtown East Lansing opened their doors to customers this weekend, offering deals and specials as part of East Lansing’s annual sidewalk sales.
MSU
MSU to host Michigan Ag Expo
More than 250 agricultural vendors will flock to campus starting Tuesday for the 32nd annual Michigan Ag Expo. The three-day event — held in and around MSU’s South Campus farm — is expected to draw upwards of 15,000 visitors, nearly all members of the state’s farming industry.
MICHIGAN
Wanderer's Teahouse hosts tea party with international flair
MSU alumna Elizabeth Marazita and her husband Michael Spano opened Wanderer’s Teahouse and Café on Grand River Avenue in October 2010 when they moved back to the Lansing area from Switzerland.
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Women's basketball slated to play Texas
As a rematch from last season, the MSU women’s basketball team will play Texas on Dec. 10 in Austin, Texas, for the Big Ten/Big 12 Challenge, the conferences announced Thursday.
SPORTS
68 MSU athletes earn academic award
Tied for most in the conference, MSU had 68 student-athletes presented with the 2010-11 Big Ten Distinguished Scholar Award, the conference announced Thursday. Along with Minnesota, the Spartans sit at the top of the conference, which recognized 534 total athletes.
FEATURES
Rock Camp members take stage at Common Ground
Although actor Jack Black wasn’t in attendance to share a timely AC/DC lyric, the School of Rock was in session Friday at the Common Ground Music Festival. Through a partnership with MSU’s Community Music School, or MSU CMS, and under the direction of Grand Rapids-based rock band, The Outer Vibe, more than 50 students took part in Rock Camp, a weeklong summer program for students ages 12-19.
FEATURES
Trio of acts to play (SCENE) Metrospace
Michigan-based Arabic fusion band Wisaal will perform at 7:30 p.m. Monday at (SCENE) Metrospace, 110 Charles St., along with The Anatomy of Frank and MSU alumnus Nate Bliton.
COMMENTARY
Black Sheep’s cocaine reference inappropriate, hurts MSU’s image
I picked up the most recent edition of The Black Sheep, a student newspaper that claims to be “actually about college.” In its recent “Best and worst of summer” newspaper edition, it highlights some of the best and worst things around town.