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MICHIGAN

Granholm signs higher ed. budget

Karen Confer
October 12, 2010

Gov. Jennifer Granholm signed the higher education budget for the 2010-11 fiscal year Tuesday, approving a $8.2 million funding cut for MSU. The budget would cut 2.8 percent from funding for all of Michigan’s 15 public universities, as well as the MSU Extension offices. It also would include a funding increase for some financial aid programs, including the Michigan Competitive Scholarship. Both houses agreed in late September on a budget bill negotiated in a conference committee.

COMMENTARY

Sexual assault should not be a 'normal' occurrence at MSU

It’s a sad and unfortunate thing that college campuses are such a hotbed for sexual assault. The story of an alleged sexual assault that allegedly involved two MSU basketball players broke two weeks ago. The most disturbing thing about it was the number of people who told me they were not surprised.

COMMENTARY

'Natural' a relief from 'good hair'

Chemical-straight is how I’ve worn my hair, or how the world has deemed it socially acceptable for my hair to be worn, since the tender age of 10. Naturally, my head is a combustion of thick and kinky coarseness the color of brownish-red wool that my own mother, blessed with what some would call “good hair,” could never seem to manage.

NEWS

Rucker arrested for drunken driving

Emily Wilkins
October 12, 2010

Senior cornerback Chris L. Rucker was arrested early Sunday morning for drunken driving and property damage. Rucker was arrested near the 300 block of Grove Street, according to a copy of the ticket, and was released the same day on a $200 bond. The ticket indicates there was a traffic crash, but is not specific on the nature or extent of property damage. At the time of arrest, Rucker had a blood alcohol content level of .10.

NEWS

Last in class

Meagan Choi
October 12, 2010

Hannah Rocheleau was the last person to be accepted into the College of Music’s music therapy program, although she technically will not have the degree on her transcript and is instead completing the program’s equivalency.

NEWS

Report: 4-year schools not for everyone

Lauren McKown
October 11, 2010

According to a recent study by Stanford University and The Associated Press, a majority of Americans believe it’s better for some students to attend a community college than a four-year institution, whether they end up transferring or not.

NEWS

Police Brief 10/12/10

Emily Wilkins
October 11, 2010

An MSU employee reported his parking permit taken between Saturday and Sunday from his vehicle, which was parked in Lot 74, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.

MSU

Journalism school marks 100 years

Lauren McKown
October 11, 2010

Faculty, current students and more than 5,000 alumni will celebrate the past 100 years of journalism education at MSU this month with events commemorating the School of Journalism Centennial.

MICHIGAN

Students camp out to sign leases

Alanna Thiede
October 11, 2010

Only six weeks into the fall semester, students are feeling the pressure to choose next year’s living arrangements. Dozens of MSU students camped out during the weekend to get a head start on signing leases with Community Resource Management Company, or CRMC, at 251 W.

MICHIGAN

911 dispatch center to combine E.L., Lansing

Emily Wilkins
October 11, 2010

A new building for a 911 call center, combining the current East Lansing and Lansing dispatch center, will cost more than projected, however county officials said the county still is saving money. Five years ago, the county first looked into combining the dispatch centers and hired Plante & Moran, a consultant firm, to perform a study on consolidating the centers, Ingham County Deputy Controller John Neilsen said.