NEWS
Police Brief 02/01/11
A series of alleged larcenies and malicious destructions of property occurred in East Neighborhood between Jan.
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Word on the street 02/01/11
Students discuss where they would visit during spring break if time and money weren’t a factor in their decision.
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Spring break travel tips
Tamara Hewlett, a travel expert for STA Travel, provides students with tips and hints for planning an affordable and worry-free spring break.
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E.L. businesses see spring break boom
Some East Lansing businesses are preparing for a rush of student customers as the spring break season approaches. Many students want an escape from the winter cold for a short amount of time, so they base their spring break plans around a vacation to a warm, sunny climate, said Tamara Hewlett, an agent for STA Travel, 207 E. Grand River Ave.
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Safety concern for students visiting Mexico during spring break
Students who are considering traveling to Mexico for spring break are on the receiving end of warnings on the federal and university level to be careful of increasing violence.
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Renewable energy to be focus of new transitional plan
A team of MSU faculty and students will work this year to ensure the university stands by its green reputation in the future.
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Student groups team up to call for sustainability
On campus environmental organizations MSU Greenpeace and the Sierra Student Coalition are encouraging the university to live up to its slogan of sustainability.
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Union sale aims to offer winter apparel made in humane conditions
Tye Dye Thom, or Thom, co-owner of Wish You Were Here, is on campus with apparel to provide such protection. He is selling gloves, hats and mukluks — among other items — every day from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday at the Union. Thom has become a regular visitor to MSU.
MICHIGAN
ELPD, ELFD to present on new program
The East Lansing City Council is scheduled to hear a presentation on the Community Emergency Response Team program, or CERT, at its 7 p.m. Tuesday meeting at City Hall, 410 Abbot Road.
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Secchia Center recognized for green facility
The construction team behind the newly built Secchia Center in Grand Rapids is reaping the benefits for its environmentally friendly focus.
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MSUFCU donates money to campus programs
MSU Federal Credit Union, or MSUFCU, will donate more than $22,000 in total to two different university programs, said April Clobes, an executive vice president at MSUFCU.
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Societies create list to identify honor programs
With a variety of collegiate honor societies to choose from, selecting a legitimate organization might be a challenge. With that, students should be careful of fraudulent organizations, said Janine Deegan, manager of outreach communication for the National Society of Collegiate Scholars.
FEATURES
Spartans prepare to run down Grand Canyon rim for pet surgery charity
Christian Weder always has had a passion for competing. Whether he uses running as an outlet for stress or races against the clock to save the life of an animal, Weder, a third-year veterinary medicine student, said the passion fuels his pursuit. To merge his two interests, Weder co-founded the IRONDOG fund, which raises money for animals whose owners can’t afford medical treatment for them at the MSU Veterinary Teaching Hospital, nearly a month ago with Matthew Beal.
COMMENTARY
Column on Tucson shooting needed better analysis
As a retired history professor, I read the column by Matt Korovesis with a certain bemusement (On rage, rebellion and new tragedies, SN 1/26). He assumes that, prior to the inauguration of President Ronald Reagan in 1981, the U.S. was a workers’ paradise.
MEN'S BASKETBALL
Spartans have target on backs in Big Ten
Throughout the last decade of Tom Izzo’s tenure as head coach of the MSU men’s basketball team, the Spartans arguably have become the most feared program in the Big Ten. However, fresh off two-straight conference championships, MSU finds itself in an unusual position this year — struggling in the middle of the Big Ten.
FEATURES
Alumna ready to compete in new online reality show
Bryn Drescher said she expects she will confront some of her fears as she ventures into the unknown this weekend as part of a reality show. Drescher, a 1999 graduate of MSU who now works in Los Angeles as a life coach, is a contestant on an exclusively online reality series, “Focus Rally: America,” which premieres Friday on Hulu.com.
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WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Merchant begins NCAA Tourney talk, Big Ten deserves high ranking
Even in women’s basketball it’s never too early to talk about March Madness. The No. 11 Spartans suffered their third loss of the season at the hands of No.
COMMENTARY
New Tunisia must avoid regression
The Jasmine Revolution in Tunisia began with a fruit vendor who wasn’t operating with the proper paperwork. When he was stopped by the police, the police proceeded to humiliate the man.
COMMENTARY
Not much substance to part-time legislature plan
A current proposal to make the Michigan Legislature part-time simply is not the correct solution to balance the state’s budget. Michigan’s legislative branch does not account for a significant amount of the state budget and therefore should not be high on the list of funding to consider.
NEWS
MSU students in Egypt evacuated from country
Two MSU students are en route from Egypt to America, said Brett Berquist, the executive director of the Office of Study Abroad.