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Alyssa Zandi ·
MSU

Michigan dairy expo comes to MSU

On a typical day at the Michigan Dairy Expo, Levi Westendorp gets up at 4 a.m. to wash and feed dairy cows. Westendorp, a farm worker at Westvale-VU Dairy Farm and MOO-ville Creamery, said it is his family’s 10th year being involved with the expo and it has been a lot of fun, as well as a chance to see how good their cows are against the best in Michigan. “It’s a great opportunity to showcase your farm and also just to interact with other farmers,” he said. Located at the Pavilion for Agriculture and Livestock Education, the 15th annual Michigan Dairy Expo runs through Saturday, has various events going on each day and is free to the public.

Josh Mansour ·
MSU

MSU study indicates prejudice in women

During their highest levels of fertility, women feel more threatened by men, particularly those from differing backgrounds, according to a recent study conducted by MSU psychological researchers.

NEWS

Tuition hearing set for Thursday

Officials from MSU’s Office of the Vice President for Governmental Affairs are slated to testify before a state House higher education appropriations subcommittee on Thursday morning in an attempt to resolve the university’s disputed tuition increase. News of the hearing comes less than a week after the nonpartisan House Fiscal Agency released a report citing MSU as one of two state universities that violated the state’s 7.1 percent tuition increase limit this past year.

MSU

Despite inconvenience, students benefit from credit card act

For family community services senior Carolyn McLean, obtaining a credit card was simple. After receiving notification from Michigan State University Federal Credit Union, or MSUFCU, stating that she qualified for a credit card, McLean went to MSUFCU’s Union branch, filled out some paperwork and walked out with a credit card.

NEWS

Lawmakers work to clarify medical marijuana laws

Legislation introduced this summer has some Michigan residents worried that lawmakers’ attempt to clear up confusion would limit medical marijuana patients’ access to treatment Michigan law allows. State lawmakers have realized a need to clarify the Michigan Medical Marihuana Act and are taking legislative action.

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.

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.

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.