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New computer system to save time, energy

Andrew Krietz
September 22, 2010

Sparty and the green splash screen will no longer welcome users to the World Wide Web — both will instead take a backseat to Microsoft Windows’ shade of blue. Employees at MSU Academic Technology Services, or ATS, implemented a new login system to 2,000 public university computers for the fall semester, creating a reduced system startup time, said Matt Kolb, assistant director of ATS. During a summer pilot program to compare the new and old systems, ATS employees noticed a 30 percent power reduction between the “green screen” and the new Windows login as energy-conserving settings could be enabled, he said. “The previous system was based on multiple-generations-ago technology,” Kolb said.

WOMEN'S SOCCER

Flietstra anchoring Spartan defense

Anthony Odoardi
September 22, 2010

A student-athlete usually only gets four years to leave a mark on a program. Halfway through her junior season, goalkeeper Jill Flietstra is inching closer to becoming one of the best goalies in MSU women’s soccer history and leaving her own mark.

COMMENTARY

Suppression of free speech strikes at America's roots

No speech, especially speech deemed offensive, should be silenced through coercion or intimidation. Its message must be allowed to succeed or fail based on its own merits. If that kind of speech legally can be silenced, then there is risk of a universal silence.

COMMENTARY

If you place it, they will smoke

What does 25 feet mean? Is it how far we’ve walked to the cafeteria before remembering the ID left behind in our room? Is it the distance when we realize we’re higher off the ground than we originally thought? Or is it the length of the mythical sea creature haunting our dreams?

COMMENTARY

Michigan deserves a well-rounded governor

Ann Arbor businessman and Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Snyder seems to have charmed potential voters with his outsider appeal. In the latest poll released by Lansing-based polling firm EPIC-MRA, Snyder has 53 percent of the vote and the Democratic candidate, Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero, has 29 percent. The reasons for the separation stemmed in part from Snyder’s business experience.

NEWS

Bernero, Snyder agree to debate in October

Karen Confer
September 22, 2010

Republican gubernatorial candidate and Ann Arbor businessman Rick Snyder and Democratic candidate Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero will participate in a debate at 7 p.m. Oct. 10 in Wixom, a city northwest of Detroit, according to their campaigns.

NEWS

Bridging the gap

Lauren McKown
September 21, 2010

A report listing MSU as one of the top 25 schools with “big gaps” between retention rates of white students and non-white students, has led MSU officials and student groups to look into ways to create change. MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon stressed reducing the gap as one of her main priorities at the start of the semester.

NEWS

Sims charged in laptop theft case

Emily Wilkins
September 21, 2010

Sophomore tight end Dion Sims has been suspended from team-related activities following charges of receiving and concealing stolen property, MSU Athletics said in a statement released Tuesday. The incident involved eight other men, including Lyman Briggs sophomore Nicholas Tisdale, the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office announced Tuesday.

NEWS

No charges in E.L. Quran burning

Emily Wilkins
September 21, 2010

Ingham County Prosecutor Stuart Dunnings III will not seek charges against the suspect who allegedly burned an Quran in front of the Islamic Center of Greater Lansing. Dunnings said there was no criminal offense he could charge under Michigan law for the incident, in which a burnt cover of the Quran was found outside the front door of the building.

NEWS

Police Brief 09/22/10

Emily Wilkins
September 21, 2010

Several Notre Dame fans allegedly assaulted a 21-year-old male after MSU defeated Notre Dame in a football game, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.

MSU

Day of Peace celebrates different religions

Ellen Mitchell
September 21, 2010

Six different faiths came together Tuesday night for “Voices of Faith and Reason: Pathways to Peace,” an interfaith celebration of the International Day of Peace. The event, sponsored by the Shalom Center for Justice & Peace, 215 N. Capitol Ave., and the MSU Campus Interfaith Council, included speakers representing Baha’i, Buddhists, Christians, Jews, Muslims and secular humanists. Each representative spoke on their approach to peace and their traditions’ perspectives.

MSU

Union kiosk provides laptop rental service

Kyle Campbell
September 21, 2010

Michael Nyika was depositing his paycheck at the Union last Monday when he spotted a man working on a gray machine Nyika had never seen before. His curiosity was piqued. The foreign machine was a Laptops Anytime kiosk, a station that holds eight 15.4 inch Dell laptops and six 10.1 inch Dell Netbooks that are available for students, staff or campus visitors to rent starting at $1 for the first half hour, and $3.95 for each additional hour for students and $7.95 for non-students.