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Reel opportunity

Anthony Odoardi
July 18, 2010

MSU and its students are taking part in the state’s growing film industry, which got off the ground in 2008 after Gov. Jennifer Granholm signed legislation that offers incentives for production companies to film in the state. MSU has created two film-centric programs, and students from the university are taking part in a summer program geared at keeping young filmmakers in state after graduation, both of which further the school’s hand in the growing industry.

NEWS

Police Brief 07/19/10

Andrew Krietz
July 18, 2010

A 24-year-old male MSU student reported his suitcase stolen during the morning of July 8 from a laundry room in Spartan Village, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.

MICHIGAN

Two-week river expedition continues

Ashley Brown
July 18, 2010

For 14 days, more than 80 paddlers will travel 225 miles from Jackson, Mich., to Lake Michigan on the longest river in the state. They will pass through 18 counties, 158 townships and try to raise $20,000 for the National Kidney Foundation of Michigan, or NKFM, on the Grand River Expedition, or GRE, of 2010.

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2nd annual Livestock Expo hits MSU Pavilion

Aseel Machi
July 18, 2010

With dozens of sheep, goats, hogs and cattle, the second annual Michigan Livestock Expo was in full swing this weekend at the MSU Pavilion for Agriculture and Livestock Education. Featuring exhibitions, sales and contests, the expo will conclude Tuesday with an auction of the award-winning animals from the 8- to 20-year-old exhibitors. The expo is the largest in the state.

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Students living on campus to split cost of Brody water switch

Andrew Krietz
July 18, 2010

MSU students living in residence halls will split the cost of switching the Brody Complex’s water supply to East Lansing’s water system. The switch, which occurred during the spring semester, has doubled the amount MSU typically pays to supply water to campus buildings. MSU’s Hospitality Services and all students who reside on campus will pay for the switch through room and board rates in lieu of students living in Brody’s residence halls picking up the entire cost.

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Agriculture Expo to be held Tues.

Emily Wilkins
July 18, 2010

The 31st annual Michigan Agriculture Expo will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday and from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday. Held at the corner of Farm Lane and Mount Hope Road, the event is sponsored by MSU’s College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, or CANR. The expo will include a variety of exhibits, more than 235 vendors and events such as livestock handling and a toy tractor show.

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MSU Extension to hold parasite class

Andrew Krietz
July 18, 2010

MSU Extension is offering a program to help sheep and goat producers manage the internal parasites of their animals. The workshop, Integrated Parasite Management Program for Sheep and Goat Producers, will be held Saturday in Manchester, Mich.; July 31 in Union City, Mich.; and Sept.

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Girls to Women Conference aims to empower teens

Ashley Brown
July 18, 2010

Although the confidence for women to pursue careers has improved in recent years, they still face the issues of the everyday world. The Girls to Women Conference was started by the Women’s Center of Greater Lansing three years ago, after a junior high student confessed that she was tired of seeing her friends succumb to the pressures of school, the media and bad influences from their peers without a way to work through their issues successfully.

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$1.7M grant awarded to MSU microRNA researcher

Alanna Thiede
July 18, 2010

An MSU researcher will study links between arsenic exposure and lung cancer to determine new treatments using a recently secured $1.7 million grant. The National Institutes of Health awarded Chengfeng Yang, a physiology assistant professor with the College of Veterinary Medicine and MSU’s Center for Integrative Toxicology, a five-year general grant to study the roles of small ribonucleic acids called microRNAs in cell transformation caused by direct exposure to arsenic.

SPORTS

Second-half changes key to Tigers' success

The All-Star break has come and gone, and four games into the second half of the season, it already appears the Detroit Tigers are continuing a familiar trend of falling in the second half of the season. But 2010 is a new year, and although the Tigers lost their first four games after the break to the woeful Cleveland Indians, they still are within striking distance of the first-place Chicago White Sox with plenty of baseball to be played. If Detroit hopes to reverse its post-All-Star break woes, here are three things that need to happen.

COMMENTARY

University is still behind the times

As students, the recession has very uniquely affected us. Thanks to the recession, temporary employment has nearly disappeared, loans have dried up and, due to budget constraints, MSU has had to make significant cuts along with what seem to be endless tuition increases.

COMMENTARY

Grant offers MSU program a chance to give back

If there is one thing that typically is expected of “middle-class” children in the U.S., it is enrolling in college. They go to elementary, middle, and high schools, and then go to some kind of college. That’s the progression. Move out, get hired, start a family and repeat the process all over again. It’s normal enough that anything else is considered an aberration.

NEWS

Details of Union MSUFCU robbery emerge at examination Friday

Andrew Krietz
July 16, 2010

The 25-year-old Lansing man who allegedly robbed the Union’s MSU Federal Credit branch earlier this month was in East Lansing’s 54-B District Court on Friday for a preliminary examination. During the examination, witnesses said a man resembling the defendant entered the Union’s MSUFCU branch on the morning of July 2 and stole about $2,400 in cash.

MICHIGAN

Poll predicts one of two Republicans likely to be governor

Andrew Krietz
July 15, 2010

Lansing political insiders expect one of two Republican candidates to be chosen as Michigan governor in November, according to a survey released Tuesday by The Capitol Caucus. Republican gubernatorial candidate and state Attorney General Mike Cox and U.S. Rep. Pete Hoekstra, R-Holland, received 38 and 30 percent of the vote, respectively, according to the caucus’ report.

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Police Brief 07/16/10

Andrew Krietz
July 15, 2010

A 38-year-old male visiting scholar reported his iPod stolen from the food court at International Center on Sunday, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.

MICHIGAN

E.L. businesses take sales to the sidewalk

Anthony Odoardi
July 15, 2010

The sidewalks of Grand River Avenue were congested with merchandise from local businesses participating in the annual East Lansing Sidewalk Sale. Stores cleared out items from inside, placed them outdoors and put them on sale for area residents passing through downtown East Lansing to purchase Thursday. The sales provide a good boost to the local economy and highlights many of the downtown’s unique shops.