SPORTS
Spartans confident heading into nationals
Five MSU wrestlers head to Philadelphia this week to compete at the NCAA Championships.
FEATURES
Spring break leads to variety of experiences, locations for freshmen
From basking under the warm Florida sun to spending a relaxing week at home, spring break is the time of year for MSU students to catch their breath after a grueling week of midterms. For some MSU freshmen, this past week represented their coming-out party into the college spring break atmosphere.
FEATURES
Freshman fifteen Q’s: 03/15/11
College is a whole new world for many freshmen traveling to campus for the first time. The State News sat down with one of these explorers to get a glimpse, in 15 questions or fewer, at a new face on campus and his perspective of his new frontier.
FEATURES
Community center to sponsor dance
The annual Mother/Son Super Hero Dance will take place from 7-8:30 p.m. Tuesday at Hannah Community Center, 819 Abbot Road.
FEATURES
Local studio to give free photo tutorial
Guests can learn about their camera’s flash and lighting at Photo Cafe: Fill Flash Photography, which will take place from 6-7 p.m. Wednesday at Perspective2, 319 E. Grand River Ave., in Lansing.
COMMENTARY
Satrang’s cultural movements coming to Wharton Center
Many people are unaware of the diversity within Indian culture. Beyond headlines of spectacular economic growth lies a nation of more than 1 billion people, each one with a unique story to tell. India has 28 states, each with its own culture and language.
COMMENTARY
Fighting against union-busting
Last Saturday, 100,000 people marched on the Capitol of Wisconsin. The protest, given lip-service by every cable news station, was in defiance of Wisconsin Republican Gov. Scott Walker’s recently passed bill to strip government workers of collective bargaining rights.
COMMENTARY
Consistency best approach for medical marijuana
It seems the East Lansing medical marijuana ordinance finally is budding as the East Lansing City Council nails down of more details. East Lansing City Council has shown steady, measured progress with its decisions on the issue and appears be continuing on the right path
NEWS
Police: Bomb threat reported at McDonald's, all clear
A bomb threat was called into the McDonald’s at 1024 E. Grand River Ave. early this afternoon, East Lansing police Capt.
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BASKETBALL
Sweating it out
After a tumultuous season, MSU men’s basketball head coach Tom Izzo said Saturday he hoped Selection Sunday would be as miserable as possible for him and his players. More than 30 minutes into Sunday’s selection show, with the Spartans having yet to hear their name called, it was apparent Izzo had received exactly what he wanted.
NEWS
Spartans glad for bid after rough season
During the past few weeks, members of the MSU men’s basketball team responded to the media comments along the lines of, “If we get in the NCAA Tournament, look out.” It took more than a half-hour and an almost full bracket, but the Spartans got into the NCAA Tournament as a No.
FOOTBALL
2 MSU athletes face charges in Colorado
The MSU Athletics Department has yet to release a statement about the recent arrest of two MSU football players during spring break. MSU Associate Athletics Director John Lewandowski said the Athletic Department will not issue a statement until MSU football head coach Mark Dantonio has a chance to address the arrest of junior tight end Brian Linthicum and freshman linebacker Max Bullough. The two were arrested in Aspen, Colo., early Thursday morning. Linthicum was arrested for misdemeanor third-degree assault, and Bullough was arrested for minor in possession of alcohol, Aspen police Sgt.
NEWS
Students affected by earthquake in Japan
The Japan that Yoichi Hirose is coming home to isn’t the one he left a year ago. Nine days from now, Hirose, an intern at the Office of International Students and Scholars from the University of Fukui in Fukui, Japan, will return to his hometown of Ishikawa, Japan.
NEWS
E.L. Planning Commission grants extension to City Center II project
A multimillon dollar development slated for downtown East Lansing is moving forward after months of stagnancy. The City Center II project received a 12-month extension to its site plan after the East Lansing Planning Commission passed the request at its March 9 meeting at City Hall, 410 Abbot Road. City Center II is a $97 million mixed-use project slated for development on the corner of Abbot Road and Grand River and Evergreen avenues.
NEWS
Police Brief 03/14/11
A 40-year-old man allegedly was assaulted by a 19-year-old male student at 1:10 a.m. March 4 in Holden Hall, MSU police Sgt.
MICHIGAN
E.L. presents potential 2011 budget
A preliminary outline of the 2011 fiscal year East Lansing budget, which proposed numerous cuts to accommodate for decreases in funding from the state, was presented to the East Lansing City Council in its March 8 meeting.
MSU
MSU students create new social media website
To an MSU student, it never can hurt to earn a little extra cash — especially if it’s made through one’s own original media.
MSU
MSU celebrates 95th annual agricultural week
The hubbub of activity normally caused by students who leave East Lansing for spring break temporarily was replaced by people interested in farming, agriculture and similar areas in celebration of MSU’s 95th Agriculture and Natural Resources, or ANR, Week.
MICHIGAN
E.L. official selects new chief of police
Less than two months after the Lansing Police Department made history, the East Lansing Police Department made a move of the same fashion.
MSU
ASMSU to merge next school year
MSU students voted to merge ASMSU’s Student and Academic assemblies into a single assembly two weeks ago.