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MICHIGAN

Tasty Twist reopens with local support

Zack Colman
March 16, 2010

Tasty Twist opened this week at its new 1137 E. Grand River Ave. location, after the East Lansing ice cream staple was ousted from its home since 1957 at 1307 E. Grand River Ave. by the property owner. Owner Scott King was told in November by property owners that they planned to tear down his soft serve shop to expand the adjacent Citgo gas station. He obliged, but not long after, East Lansing Tasty Treat moved into Tasty Twist’s former location.

MSU

MSU works to improve Asian crops

Jeremy Warnemuende
March 16, 2010

Researchers from MSU and University of California-Davis are working with researchers and students from three Central Asian countries — Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan — to create more environmentally safe methods of pest management in those countries.

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MSU hopes for more Asian study abroad

Brittany Shammas
March 16, 2010

Of the thousands of MSU students who studied abroad in the last year, about 11 percent made Asian countries their destination, said Cheryl Benner, communications manager for the university’s Office of Study Abroad. This percentage puts MSU on par with other universities nationwide that see lower numbers of students choosing Asia as their study abroad destination. Eleven percent of American college students who go abroad pick Asia as their destination, while more than half of students choose European countries, according to The Chronicle of Higher Education.

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MSU lecture discusses abortion

Emily Wilkins
March 16, 2010

Abortion has long been a hot-button issue in America, and a possible solution might be in Japan. The Asian Studies Center and the Center for Ethics and Humanities in the Life Sciences hosted a lecture called Abortion, Reproductive Technologies and Feminist Bioethics in Japan, on Tuesday.

MICHIGAN

EPA plans to limit coal emissions

Lauren McKown
March 16, 2010

The Environmental Protection Agency released a proposal in January to decrease the primary limit of ozone emissions allowed to between 0.060 parts per million, or ppm, and 0.070 ppm — standards that the Lansing area might have problems reaching

MICHIGAN

Living City

Hannah Engelson
March 16, 2010

Betty Allen said she never experienced anything as wonderful as the kindness shown to her by some MSU students. Two groups of 12 MSU students painted the 72-year-old New Orleans resident’s home during an Alternative Spring Break, or ASB, trip.

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Kellogg Bird Sanctuary offers class

Jeremy Warnemuende
March 16, 2010

The Kellogg Bird Sanctuary, 12685 E. C Ave. in Augusta, Mich., is offering its third annual Field of Ornithology Course, or FOC, this spring. The course will run from Wednesday through May 22 and include lectures and field trips every other week.

FEATURES

Night inspires alumna's new book

Karen Confer
March 16, 2010

Inspired by the nighttime creatures she heard scurrying and squeaking in her backyard, MSU alumna and Morrice, Mich., resident Brenda Roy wrote and illustrated a children’s book, which was published at the end of January. Called “Night Noise,” the book combines poetry with biology to create a story about nocturnal animals. The State News talked with Roy about her new book and its reception, as well as her plans for the future.

BASKETBALL

No upset here: UConn rolls to another title

Connecticut, the No. 1 overall seed and winners of 71 straight games, is the prohibitive favorite to win its second straight national championship. The Huskies dominated the competition throughout the season, winning their games by an average of almost 35 points.