NEWS
Life on the street
Lansing resident Richard Aikin has been homeless for three years, walking the streets of Lansing during the day and sleeping at an overnight homeless shelter for men.
MSU
RecycleMania Tournament aims to green campus
In an effort to advocate environmentalism not only on campus but throughout the U.S., MSU is competing to be the campus that recycles the most. From Sunday until April 2, MSU will vie for a winning title in the 2011 RecycleMania Tournament against more than 600 colleges and universities across the country.
MICHIGAN
New ASMSU bill encourages grads to live, work in local community
Recent MSU graduates will be encouraged to permanently live in East Lansing after ASMSU representatives seek to create an endowment fund.
COMMENTARY
State News’ ‘Best of’ leaves out independent businesses
College newspapers exist for one purpose: to connect all 45,000 singular dots on an expansive campus and make them a community, not only a college. That is why The State News is missing out on a potentially game-changing opportunity with its poorly executed Best of MSU Awards.
COMMENTARY
Creating a new american mindset
When Amy Chua’s “Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother,” a novel highlighting the ups and downs of Chinese-American motherhood, was excerpted in the Wall Street Journal last month, it created quite a stir across the country.
COMMENTARY
Do students a solid and change retake policy
MSU students paying thousands for an education should be able to call an occasional “mulligan” for less-than-spectacular grades. University administrators should move forward with changing MSU’s current retake policy to allow for students to repeat classes regardless of first-try grades.
Robbie Couch
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FEATURES
Students welcome 'Shrek the Musical' premiere with flash mob
Normally students don’t get lunch with a show when they dine at the International Center’s food court, but Monday wasn’t a typical day. A few minutes past noon, a clearing formed near the first row of tables as nine dancers sporting ogre ears erupted into a choreographed dance to Smash Mouth’s “All Star.” The group of students, participating in what commonly is referred to as a flash mob, was promoting “Shrek the Musical,” which will debut at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in Wharton Center’s Cobb Great Hall and run until Sunday.
BASEBALL
MSU set to play CMU at Comerica Park in April
The MSU and Central Michigan baseball teams will renew their in-state rivalry this spring by playing the first ever college baseball game at Detroit’s Comerica Park on April 20, CMU said in a press release Monday. A press conference officially announcing the game with representatives from both schools will be held at 10:30 a.m.
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WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
MSU lacking defensive identity
Tom Izzo’s version of the MSU men’s basketball program was built on defense. After back-to-back 20-point losses and five losses in six games, the defense is the biggest culprit.
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Free throws start falling for Spartans
The No. 11 MSU women’s basketball team is excelling in almost all aspects of the game this season. It hold the highest national ranking in the Big Ten, id second place in the conference standings and among the top five in the league in most of the statistical categories.
NEWS
Who are Spartans?
Every day as students walk to class at MSU, they will pass by more than 40,000 fellow Spartans. Each person has a story that sets him or her apart.
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Women’s team wins at Breslin
The titles “leading scorer” and “record breaker” usually aren’t connected to senior guard Brittney Thomas.
NEWS
Donations to MSU down from 2009
The amount of donations to MSU decreased in 2010 from 2009 levels, and by the steepest decline percentagewise in the Big Ten. Nationwide, the amount of donations to U.S.
NEWS
Police Brief 02/7/11
A 22-year-old male student allegedly was assaulted by an unidentified man in West Holden Hall on Feb.
MSU
Student organizations make Lil’ Sibs Weekend a success for all ages
Twelve-year-old Trevor Chamberlain had the opportunity to practice his sumo wrestling technique Friday while visiting his big sister at MSU.
MICHIGAN
Latest shooting brings up security concerns
Some residents of Crossing Place Apartments, 3636 Coleman Road, said they do not feel safe living there and therefore want to get out of their leases.
MICHIGAN
Global Mentors make E.L. base
Vishwajeet Singh wants to teach the world. It’s part of the reason why he founded Global Mentors LLC, a web-based teaching community with headquarters in East Lansing.
MSU
Japan Center earns award for international education
As soon as she returned from her study abroad program in Japan in the summer of 2008, Mandy Kline wanted to go back.
NEWS
Japan Center earns award for international education
As soon as she returned from her study abroad program in Japan in the summer of 2008, Mandy Kline wanted to go back. Through the Japan Center for Michigan Universities, or JCMU — where Kline, a psychology and Japanese senior, now works as a peer adviser — she found a new passion and developed the necessary language skills, both of which might some day allow her to return. “I decided to add an additional degree because I loved it so much,” Kline said.
Ashley Brown
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MSU
Students celebrate Chinese New Year together
Spending a holiday away from home might not be the most comfortable, but international students, such as Zeming Teng, have been making do with the celebration of Chinese New Year during the past week.