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RHA brings Passion Pit to MSU campus

Karen Confer
September 27, 2010

Alternative pop band Passion Pit will perform at 7 p.m. Oct. 18 at the MSU Auditorium. The group will play as part of the Campus Consciousness Tour, a program developed to promote environmental consciousness on campus. Canadian rapper Drake came to MSU as part of the Campus Consciousness spring 2010 tour. “It’s a program … to enhance college students’ ideas and educate them about how to be environmentally friendly,” said Emily Tschirhart, spokeswoman for Residence Halls Association. Tickets are $21 for students and $30 for the public.

COMMENTARY

On rights and responsibilities

A short while ago, I listened to MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon speak of the things we all need to think about as members of the university community. She focused on something we habitually put on the back burner — a burner that in many cases has been turned off. This focus was on a very simple word: responsibility.

COMMENTARY

Graduate students need a place to congregate

Even though some might be slightly older and have different goals than undergraduates, graduate students still are part of the student body here at MSU. In other words, they still need the kinds of programs and spaces the university provides for underclassmen.

NEWS

MSU or bust

Emily Wilkins
September 26, 2010

Last school year, 20.9 percent of MSU students were not residents of Michigan — the highest number in the past decade. As the population of Michigan dwindles and fewer students enroll in K-12 schools, MSU is looking outside of the mitten to discover future Spartans.

FOOTBALL

Rushing game, pass defense keys to success

Through four games, the No. 24 MSU football team has excelled in the areas considered its biggest question marks coming in, while its vaunted passing attack, which started the season slowly, finally is making strides.

NEWS

Officials commemorate new campus nursing building

Andrew Krietz
September 26, 2010

University officials hope the new classrooms, teaching labs and research space planned for the forthcoming Bott Building for Nursing Education and Research distinguish it as a center of innovation and learning after its opening toward the end of next year. The three-story, 50,000 square-foot facility will provide space for about 475 students enrolled in the college in 2010, potentially holding more.

NEWS

Police Brief 09/27/10

Emily Wilkins
September 26, 2010

A firecracker went off Tuesday night inside the stairwell of South Hubbard Hall while MSU police officers were in the building investigating another incident, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.

MICHIGAN

Lansing AIDS walk brings awareness, donations

Jason Pearson
September 26, 2010

Tim Barron remembers when HIV and AIDS didn’t have names. The Lansing Radio DJ said he knew friends who contracted the disease, saw the early stages of its research and publicity and now is doing his part to help. Barron, a radio DJ for WQTX (92.1), emceed the Lansing Area AIDS Network’s, or LAAN, AIDS Walk Lansing/East Lansing 2010 Sunday, starting at Valley Court Park, 400 Hillside Court, circling around the Bailey Neighborhood and ending back at the park. The festivities began at Valley Court Park, with tents set up for participants and corporate sponsors for those registering.

MSU

Dept. of Energy moves FRIB project forward

Andrew Krietz
September 26, 2010

Recent approvals given by U.S. Department of Energy, or DOE, officials for MSU’s Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, or FRIB, nudges the multimillion dollar project closer to completion toward the end of the decade. On Thursday, the FRIB project was issued a Finding of No Significant Impact, or FONSI, status by the DOE.

MICHIGAN

Recycle-Rama takes in large haul Saturday

Alanna Thiede
September 26, 2010

About 20,000 pounds of scrap metal, 200 gallons of grease and oil, a truckload of clothes, 2.5 tons of appliances and other items were gathered at Recycle-Rama on Saturday at the Ingham County Health Department. Recycle-Rama offered free disposal of items such as TVs, refrigerators and other goods that usually cost money to recycle.

MSU

Fall brings business, fun to Lansing area

Andrew Krietz
September 26, 2010

Brisk winds, caramel apples and beautiful days for football are indications of only one thing — fall has arrived. Since Wednesday’s official ushering in of the new season, East Lansing residents and students swapped bikinis and shorts for sweatshirts and blue jeans. “I usually wear layers and layers of clothes,” said Jimmy Johnson, a psychology and premedical sophomore. “I’m already starting to do that and it’s bad because it’s just fall.

MEN'S SOCCER

No. 15 Spartans open Big Ten play with 2-0 victory

Pat Evans
September 26, 2010

There might not have been a movie made about him, but soccer players should be trying to bend it like Thompson. Senior midfielder Spencer Thompson scored his second corner kick goal of the season, as the No. 15 MSU men’s soccer team opened up Big Ten play with a 2-0 home victory against Northwestern on Sunday.