MSU
Reporter slated to participate in event
The CEO of a global health care company and a reporter from USA Today will speak at 4:30 p.m. Monday at Wharton Center’s Pasant Theater.
MSU
Lebanon newspaper editor to lecture
The editor of a Beirut, Lebanon-based newspaper will speak at MSU about the portrayal of Muslims and Islam in various media at 3:15 p.m. Feb. 26 in Room 303 of the International Center.
BASKETBALL
DeHaan breaks all-time NCAA blocks record
One week after tying record and watching St. Mary’s forward Louella Tomlinson break it within hours, MSU senior center Allyssa DeHaan gets record-breaking swat with 45 seconds left in MSU’s 64-43 win over Illinois on Thursday.
MSU
PIN number scam hits MSU's campus
A scam involving fraudulent checks is making its way around campus. Throughout the past few weeks, individuals have been approaching students on campus — typically in residence halls — and asking for their ATM or Visa debit cards and pin numbers.
MICHIGAN
State plans to create student networking site
Facebook and Twitter are almost as popular as Solo cups on college campuses, and the Michigan Department of Treasury and the Michigan College Access Network will take advantage of the online networking trend to ease some student stress as soon as September. The two are creating a networking Web site called the Michigan College Access Portal, or MiCAP, to help students transition from high school to college and from college to career.
MICHIGAN
Lawmakers consider new avenues to reinstate Mich. Promise
A bill introduced in the Michigan House of Representatives on Wednesday that would revive the Michigan Promise Scholarship as a forgivable loan is receiving mixed reactions from students and state lawmakers. The bill, introduced by state Rep. Jase Bolger, R-Marshall, would reinstate the Michigan Promise Scholarship as a forgivable loan with the requirement that recipients stay in Michigan for five years after graduation.
FEATURES
Alumnus finds niche as NPR White House correspondent
MSU alumnus Don Gonyea’s passion for the news followed him from Detroit to Washington, D.C., where he is the National Public Radio correspondent in the White House. He came back to East Lansing this week to discuss his professional career in the School of Journalism’s annual lecture series.
BASKETBALL
Spartans, Buckeyes prepare for key Big Ten battle
Nearly two weeks ago, Breslin Center played host to arguably the most pivotal game of the MSU men’s basketball team’s season.
BASKETBALL
MSU holds bench, frontcourt edge vs. Buckeyes
Ohio State’s loss to Purdue on Wednesday night didn’t change anything for the MSU men’s basketball team. The only thing it determined was who would be tied with the No. 11 Spartans in the Big Ten standings heading into this weekend. MSU (21-6 overall, 11-3 Big Ten) technically is in first place, but the Spartans and Purdue are tied in the loss column.
BASKETBALL
Bench play crucial to MSU's recent success
Coming into the season, the MSU women’s basketball team’s depth was said to be one of its biggest strengths. With only a handful of games left in the regular season, its depth has been as good as advertised. The Spartans’ depth — and more so the team’s bench play — has been a big key to its success.
BASEBALL
Spartans hope last season's momentum rolls into 2010
It’s been almost nine months since the MSU baseball team last took the field, but the Spartans still are trying to keep their momentum rolling.
COMMENTARY
Same-sex marriage opponents wrong
Just ask any of the students at MSU what they think about equal access for gays and lesbians to jobs, housing, government benefits and more. They’ll most likely tell you they’re in favor of them. And why not? College students seem to be more understanding and open to change than generations before them. Ask their opinion on same-sex marriage, however, and that’s where opinions radically get divided.
COMMENTARY
Apartment demolition should move forward responsibly
A new project — whether it be a new apartment or some other building — should have something with character, not just a parking lot. The stretch of land is one of the first things drivers see coming in from Trowbridge Road, so whatever is built there should have a certain amount of “curb appeal,” unlike what the university is attempting to do with the less-than-beautiful Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum.
NEWS
Former football player Winston pleads guilty to assault charges
Former MSU football player Glenn Winston pleaded guilty Thursday in East Lansing’s 54-B District Court on charges of assault and battery for his involvement in a Nov. 22, 2009 Rather Hall fight. One count of assault and battery was dropped, but Winston also was charged on a probation violation, which carries a maximum of one year in jail.
NEWS
Police brief 02/18/10
A 19-year-old male MSU student sustained minor injuries early Sunday morning after an altercation with his roommate in Wonders Hall, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
NEWS
Granholm maintains extension funding
Despite funding uncertainties last fall, MSU officials said the future of MSU Extension and Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station, or MAES, looks a little brighter after Gov. Jennifer Granholm made her 2011 budget proposal last week.
NEWS
MSU awarded $25M grant to establish new science center
A $25 million cutting-edge science and technology center is coming to MSU, university officials announced Wednesday.
NEWS
Honor of a lifetime
Twenty-five thousand feet above the green hills of Germany during World War II, Louis Stamatakos stood straddling the sky, feet hooked in the ribs of his crew’s aircraft. Cold air — oh, you can’t imagine how cold — rushed at the 19-year-old tail gunner from the nose of the plane.
MICHIGAN
E.L. denied $25M grant to improve rail station
The city of East Lansing will not receive the $25 million it requested from a Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery, or TIGER, grant to renovate the Amtrak station on Harrison Road. The grant would have upgraded the Amtrak facility and created a public parking structure, a project which city officials view as essential to redeveloping the Trowbridge corridor.
MSU
Enrollment in MSU College of Nursing shows slowed growth
In the 2009-10 academic year, the number of undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in MSU’s College of Nursing increased by 1.9 percent, according to data from the Office of the Registrar. Enrollment in the college climbed by a smaller percentage in 2010 than was seen in previous years, following a national slowing in the eight-year boom of enrollment in nursing programs.