MICHIGAN
Students find winter too much for bikes to weather
If music education junior Emily O’Kon wants to ride her bike in the next few months, she just needs the key for the lock.
MSU
Study shows women law students less comfortable in class
Women at MSU are few of thousands across the country who feel uneasy raising their hands in class and speaking with their professors, according to the 2010 Law School Survey of Student Engagement.
MSU
MSU study centers offer research grants to minority students
MSU’s Chicano/Latino Studies Program and the Center of Caribbean and Latin American Studies, or CLACS, will award eight research grants after receiving $20,000 from the Institute for Mexicans Abroad and the Consulate of Mexico.
SPORTS
Spartans see strengths and weaknesses
Following the first meet of the season, MSU gymnastics head coach Kathie Klages already knows what one of her team’s major features will be.
ICE HOCKEY
Comley: Lack of confidence can be solved by streak of wins
Coming off a weekend in which it played tough against No. 7 Michigan, the MSU hockey team is out to prove one thing this weekend: Show its lackluster third period in Saturday’s 4-0 loss was a fluke and that Friday’s victorious showing is what fans should expect the rest of the season.
FEATURES
Spartan uses Tower Guard to expand experiences, help disabled students
In between being a full-time student and pursuing the typical sophomore experiences, Cassandra Wieckhorst squeezes another 120 hours into the year to be part of a student group only available to sophomores. Wieckhorst, a math sophomore on a predental track, also has two jobs and is part of Lyman Briggs School. But the student group isn’t just to pad her resume — instead, Wieckhorst helps disabled students as part of MSU Tower Guard.
FEATURES
Community to celebrate photo campaign
T.J. Duckett is the honorary chairperson for the second annual Oldham Project Gala, which will present photographic images of women with breast cancer in the Be Bold, Feel Beautiful campaign. The gala also will kick off Courageous Kids, a campaign to photograph children with cancer. The gala will run from 6-9 p.m. Thursday at Eagle Eye Golf Course, 15500 Chandler Road, in Bath, Mich.
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Women carry program flag this year
Would any Spartan fan believe me if I told them not to panic just yet?
Josh Sidorowicz
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FEATURES
Student moves cross-country for art
When studio art graduate student Steven Stradley came to MSU from Utah, he simply was looking to continue his education at a master’s level while studying in a different environment. But after participating in an art contest through the Main Library, a part of Stradley will live on long past his stay at MSU.
FEATURES
Music faculty to perform at show
The MSU College of Music will sponsor a performance from violinist I-Fu Wang and pianist Ralph Votapek at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Music Building.
FEATURES
School of Music to hold business class
MSU is encouraging musicians interested in combining their talent with business aspirations to register for an eight-week course called Your Music Business. The course will meet from 6-8:50 p.m. Thursdays, from Jan. 13. until March 31.
COMMENTARY
Blizzard shows privatization is not the root of all evil
In his end of fall semester column Be wary of more privatization (SN 12/8), author Joel Reinstein rants about the perils of privatization of government services and asserts that the private sector doesn’t care if it destroys this country.
COMMENTARY
Out of tragedy springs dialog
You might have heard, but if you haven’t; there are some pretty intense things happening in the southwest part of the country. And the fallout from is spreading.
COMMENTARY
Waiving points on license good, paying for it: bad
For the most part, it’s a good thing that recently passed state legislation gives usually safe drivers a break from potential insurance hikes after their first minor traffic offense.
NEWS
A different downtown
In a time when many students and residents are scrimping and saving to stay afloat because of a down economy, Sara Gilbert thinks her business has what it takes to remain successful in downtown East Lansing. The business is ReThreads Clothing, a retail store whose recycled inventory is purchased entirely from customers in cash or in-store credit, according to its website.
NEWS
City council to discuss CATA changes
The East Lansing City Council is scheduled to discuss potential changes to the bus route on the Michigan/Grand River Avenue Corridor with a representative of Capital Area Transportation Authority, or CATA, at its work session Tuesday.
NEWS
Revised law allows for fine increases
University officials are examining potential increases to fines for violating ordinances governing parking, traffic and pedestrians after former Gov. Jennifer Granholm signed legislation last month permitting the uptick for penalties.
NEWS
Art museum director to start next week
Two years ago, Michael Rush was the director of an art museum in danger of closing its doors. Now, he’ll begin as the leader of one that hasn’t even opened them yet. Rush was selected last month as the founding director of the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum, slated to open in April 2012.
NEWS
Police Brief 01/11/11
Two 18-year-old female students reported money was stolen from their piggy banks during the winter break, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
MICHIGAN
New job search aid launched
A new interactive database tool designed to help Michigan residents find jobs, the Job and Career Accelerator, or JCA, became more accessible Monday on a website run by the Michigan Department of Education.