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FEATURES

Cigar enthusiasts connect to develop student club

Dillon Davis
January 25, 2011

Since he was 18 years old, marketing senior Jon Lung said he has smoked more than 440 different kinds of cigars. As Lung sat among nearly 20 MSU students in the back room of Corona Smoke Shop, 3490 Okemos Road, in Okemos, for one of the first meetings of the MSU Cigar Connoisseur Club, he found comfort sharing his passion among fellow aficionados while networking with others in the cigar-smoking community.

NEWS

Putting it together

Summer Ballentine
January 25, 2011

With the rising global prominence of China, the Obama Administration has urged universities to increase the number of American students studying abroad in China. At MSU, administrators are working to find a way to expand study abroad programs to the Asian country.

NEWS

Moratorium on medical marijuana to end in Feb.

Lauren Gibbons
January 24, 2011

The East Lansing City Council is scheduled to discuss recommendations from the East Lansing Planning Commission and city staff on proposed medical marijuana ordinances in its work session tonight. Three ordinances regarding the distribution of medical marijuana are currently facing the council’s consideration.

NEWS

Obama to address education, research in State of the Union

Zane McMillin
January 24, 2011

If the four-minute YouTube video featuring President Barack Obama discussing tonight’s State of the Union address holds true, education and research will be among the topics that take top billing. The president is expected to lay out his goals for the coming year as he and a Congress no longer under his party’s complete control attempt to battle record budget deficits in the trillions of dollars and a fragile economy. The address is scheduled for 9 p.m. In a word, the theme of Obama’s video is competitiveness.

NEWS

Police Brief 01/25/11

Kyle Campbell
January 24, 2011

A vehicle hit a traffic light at 8:20 a.m. Jan. 15 on Bogue Street, which caused the light to be knocked over onto the sidewalk, MSU police Sgt.

MSU

MSU, U-M face off in blood drive

Beau Hayhoe
January 24, 2011

MSU’s rivalry with the University of Michigan perhaps could take on a new intensity in the coming month as the two schools face each other in the American Red Cross Big Ten Blood Challenge.

COMMENTARY

Speech a time for olive branches

The State of the Union speech President Barack Obama gives tonight will allow him to reframe the next two years of his presidency. His upcoming legislative agenda, reputation and vision will all be on the line.

FEATURES

Latest theater production to explore religion in modern holidays

Robbie Couch
January 24, 2011

Rob Roznowski was enjoying a classic holiday tune when he came up with the idea for the most recent Department of Theatre production. The inspiration led Roznowski, head of acting and directing in the Department of Theatre, to write a play, which he said addresses the religious aspect, or lack thereof, in modern holidays. In addition to writing the play, Roznowski is directing the department’s “Happy Holy Days,” which will debut at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Auditorium’s Arena Theatre.

NEWS

Now Hiring

Emily Wilkins
January 23, 2011

A quick glance at Michigan’s unemployment numbers doesn’t seem to indicate the economy is improving. Michigan’s unemployment rate decreased by .7 percent in December 2010. However, the decrease is due in part to unemployed individuals who have stopped looking for work. The work force in Michigan declined by 37,000 in December 2010, partially because of the state’s decline in population.