MSU
Job lecture set for this month
WKAR will host a discussion on jobs and work-related issues in Mid-Michigan from 1-3 p.m. March 18 at the Hannah Community Center, 819 Abbot Road.
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MSU scientists discover potential for enzyme
MSU professors Robert Hausinger and Denis Proshlyakov developed a new method of slowing down enzymes and analyzed the steps in the reaction process of the bacterial enzyme Taurine/alpha-ketoglutarate dioxygenase, or TauD. This discovery could help researchers develop new medicines or help clean the environment, Proshlyakov said.
MICHIGAN
E.L. City Council expected to pass many budget cuts
The East Lansing City Council likely will approve budget amendments that will reduce more than $1.9 million for the 2009-10 fiscal year during its 7:30 p.m.
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Networking company partners with MSU
MSU will be home to a new social media research and development center after university officials announced Monday a partnership with a networking enterprise company. The university is partnering with INgage Networks of Naples, Fla., a company that helps businesses and government entities use networking and social media to solve various problems.
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Spartan to represent Boy Scouts at Capitol
Brad Lichota, a biochemistry sophomore, will present the Boy Scouts of America, or BSA, Report to the Nation to Congress on Wednesday as a part of an eight-person delegation to Washington, D.C.
MICHIGAN
House speaker visits Lansing to discuss candidacy
Michigan House Speaker Andy Dillon, D-Redford, who announced Sunday he will seek the Democratic nod for governor, made a stop in Lansing on Monday to discuss his candidacy.
FEATURES
Spartans let Web site visitors plan spring break to Texas
For both Tom Chodl and Jon Wiita, a road trip to Texas is the last spring break hurrah as MSU students — with a twist. Instead of pulling out the ol’ Rand McNally paper map, Chodl and Wiita are turning to Google Maps and asking users to plan the trip for them through their blog.
BASKETBALL
DeHaan, Keane earn Big Ten honors
Four members of the MSU women’s basketball team were honored by the Big Ten on Monday, led by senior center Allyssa DeHaan as the league’s Defensive Player of the Year and junior forward Kalisha Keane as the conference’s Sixth Player of the Year.
BASKETBALL
Merchant focused on keeping team fresh
With the postseason here, MSU head coach Suzy Merchant is scaling back practices to keep her team fresh for a run in the Big Ten and NCAA tournaments.
BASKETBALL
Sleepover builds chemistry, leads to win
After an unsettling home loss to Ohio State and a long week of practice, the MSU men’s basketball team realized they needed to sleep it off. At Breslin Center.
COMMENTARY
More laughter needed in political squabbles
In reality, we’re always going to disagree. That’s just the nature of politics. Big issues take time, because they can affect our nation for a long time to come. It’s more important that we hold intelligent discussions about these issues instead of resorting to pathetic name calling and heckling. Maybe if we can laugh at ourselves, it’ll be easier to identify with one another.
COMMENTARY
MSU coal plant should own up to violations
It would be ideal if MSU made efforts to move beyond coal energy in the future, but we as a university and culture are too reliant on it at this point in time to make a drastic change. Once the plant has bounced back from the violations and made the appropriate corrections, MSU will be able to move on from the mistakes and continue meeting EPA guidelines.
NEWS
Macon not charged for murder of 5 women
Convicted murderer Matthew Macon will not be prosecuted in the deaths of five women killed in Lansing since 2004 that he is believed to be tied to, Ingham County Prosecutor Stuart Dunnings III announced Monday at a press conference. Macon currently is serving a life sentence on two murder convictions from 2008.
NEWS
Police brief 03/01/10
A 44-year-old female MSU student said her cell phone was stolen after she forgot it in one of her classes, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said. The phone was a white Samsung phone valued at $250, McGlothian-Taylor said.
BASKETBALL
Toughness key in Spartans' physical win
MSU played a tough, hard-nosed game to beat the Boilermakers on Sunday. For the first time maybe this entire season, the Spartans exhibited coinciding flashes of toughness, grit, heart and, well, good ol’ fashioned MSU basketball.
NEWS
MSU Dubai students raise funds for Haiti
In response to last month’s devastating earthquake in Haiti, students at MSU Dubai have raised more than $6,500 for donation to the United Nations World Food Program. The students raised more than $1,600 alone in one day.
NEWS
New bill could stop merger of local Secretary of State offices
Consolidation of the East Lansing Secretary of State and the Lansing Secretary of State could come to a halt if a bill passed in the Michigan House makes it through the state Senate. A merger of the East Lansing and downtown Lansing Secretary of State branches announced in November would combine the branches, but the House’s bill that passed last week would stop it until the Secretary of State develops specific and written criteria to select branches for closure.
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McDonel Hall Black Caucus celebrates last day of Black History Month with performance
On Sunday, the McDonel Hall Black Caucus ended Black History Month by performing a play celebrating the achievements of historical black figures.
ICE HOCKEY
MSU clinches 2nd place, now looks foward
Following the MSU hockey team’s disappointing four-point weekend, hockey reporter Alex Difilippo analyzes the series’ impact on the Spartans’ NCAA Tournament chances and the upcoming CCHA Tournament.
BASKETBALL
Aitch, DeHaan, Jefferson Piechowski play in last home game
MSU head coach Suzy Merchant called her four seniors — center Lauren Aitch, center Allyssa DeHaan, forward Aisha Jefferson and guard Mandy Piechowski — in for a meeting Friday, offering them the chance to start together for their final game at Breslin Center on Sunday.