COMMENTARY
The plight of farm animals extends far beyond antibiotics
Joel Sparks did make some good points in his article, “Zoology students’ letter was misleading, accusatory” (SN 11/1). However, he never mentioned why farm animals need antibiotics to stay alive. Virtually all farm animals live out their lives on what are considered factory farms.
COMMENTARY
Columnist misrepresented the role of zoos in society
I was deeply saddened and shocked to read Mitch Goldsmith’s rail against our local public zoo in Tuesday’s paper (“Vote ‘no’ on zoo millage extension” SN 11/2). As a zoology student — with the goal of becoming a zookeeper in just such a zoo — I hate to think this is the image the general public holds about these facilities.
COMMENTARY
Arizona's law should worry us
Arizona’s infamous new immigration law was written and paid for by private prison corporations. The law — SB 1070 — requires law enforcement officials in Arizona to detain anyone who cannot prove his or her citizenship.
COMMENTARY
Law addresses how to handle drunken driving
The stiffer penalties for those who drive with a blood alcohol content, or BAC, of .17 or above are the kind of distinctions that are important when it comes to how our society deals with DUIs.
NEWS
Some students unable to vote because of law
Some MSU students were turned away from the polls today because of a Michigan law requiring the information on drivers licenses to match voter registration cards.
NEWS
Voters hit campus, city polls
As of 6:19 P.M., a total of 9,052 people have cast their votes in East Lansing, according to East Lansing City Clerk Nicole Evans. About 980 people voted in on-campus precincts.
NEWS
MSU trustee, husband injured in car accident Monday
MSU Trustee Faylene Owen and her husband, Larry, are in Sparrow Hospital after being injured Monday afternoon in a car accident near Williamston, Mich.
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Freshman center Williams out for year with torn ACL
Women’s basketball freshman center Madison Williams will miss the 2010-11 season after tearing her anterior cruciate ligament, MSU announced today.
NEWS
2010 Election Voting Guide
Today is Election Day. The State News has compiled a basic election guide to help you make a decision when you cast your ballot today. Don’t forget to vote!
NEWS
Voters: Meet your match
In the flurry of midterms, term papers and MSU football, election day has snuck up on many students, and with it, the opportunity to elect a new governor and propel the state in a new direction. Haven’t had the chance to do your research? The State News compiled a quiz to help you find your political soulmate.
NEWS
Despite high voter registration, expected turnout only 41 percent
Forty-one percent of voters registered in East Lansing are expected to participate in today’s election, a city official said Monday. The estimate is slightly lower than with projections for voter turnout in Michigan as a whole.
NEWS
Police Brief 11/02/10
An autopsy performed Monday on hospitality business senior Michael Wolcott, who died Saturday morning, did not reveal the cause of his death, Ingham County Medical Examiner Dean Sienko said.
MSU
Shakespeare workshop comes to MSU
Like some high school students, Mason High School senior Myah VanWormer said understanding the works of William Shakespeare often is difficult. However, that hasn’t stopped her from participating in the Shakespeare Immersion Project held this week at MSU. The Shakespeare Immersion Project, put on by the Stratford Shakespeare Festival, located in Stratford, Ontario, selected 24 students from area high schools to participate in a weeklong Shakespeare workshop, said Edward Daranyi, resident teaching artist for the festival.
MICHIGAN
Snyder visits E.L. on last day of campaign
On Monday afternoon, Fran Dean sat in the lobby of her retirement home and listened to Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Snyder speak to the assembled crowd.
MSU
E.L. community celebrates Day of the Dead
Papel picados — traditional decorations of colorful paper cut into different designs — brightened a local church where students and community members gathered in celebration of Dia de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead.
MICHIGAN
Halloween weekend crime down in E.L.
Although East Lansing was a safer city this Halloween compared to last year, two accounts of criminal sexual conduct and one armed robbery were reported on MSU’s campus.
NEWS
Cooking up some history
William White and his business partner Jennifer Brooke Byrom bought Travelers Club, 2138 Hamilton Road, in Okemos, in 1982 as an ice cream parlor.
MSU
Annual MSU tuition hikes follow nationwide trend
Tuition increased by an average of $555 since last year at public four-year colleges, on track with the trend of the past decade and hitting students where it counts — the checkbook.
MSU
Student awareness, interest in Peace Corps increases at MSU
Since the organization’s founding, student interest and international demand has helped the number of MSU Peace Corps volunteers increase throughout the years. About 86 MSU alumni currently serve overseas with Peace Corps.