MICHIGAN
Sorority decorates minority classroom
The work of one generation hopes to enlighten those of a younger age for the days and months to come.
FEATURES
MSU grad picked as upcoming 'It' girl
Interviewing A-list celebrities and hosting for CelebTV.com while being a regular guest on MSNBC and FOX News is just a glimpse of Kelli Zink’s typical schedule.
BASKETBALL
No. 6 Spartans, Hawkeyes clash for 2nd time in 12 days
The No. 6 MSU men’s basketball team and Iowa might have met just a week and a half ago, but a lot has changed since then, head coach Tom Izzo said.
ICE HOCKEY
Comley impressed with team's resiliency
At the midway point of both games against Notre Dame this past weekend, it seemed the No. 10 MSU hockey team had each game locked up.
COMMENTARY
Editorial board's complaints ill-informed, miss the mark
I have come to expect over the years that most anything published by the editorial board at The State News will display an amateurish and incomplete understanding of the issue at hand, and Friday’s editorial regarding the ongoing Michigan/Grand River Ave. Transportation Study is no exception (“Transportation study should lead to action,” SN 1/15).
COMMENTARY
Local businesses need help to thrive
There were times even in the summer when I heard whispers that the local restaurant Brother’s Grill might be closing its doors.
COMMENTARY
Consistency needed from football program
There is an interesting difference between a suspended MSU football player and a suspended student — and it has a lot to do with the parameters of the punishment.
NEWS
State GOP leader Bishop proposes public employee pay cuts
Senate Majority Leader Mike Bishop, R-Rochester, announced a budget plan that could save the state between $2.24 and $2.6 billion during a Tuesday press conference. In the plan, all public employees — which includes MSU staff members — would receive a 5 percent pay reduction and would be frozen at that rate for three years. The public servant pay cut would comprise the largest portion of savings at an estimated $1.2 billion.
NEWS
Police brief 1/19/10
A 19-year-old male MSU student reported receiving threats on his cell phone Jan. 12, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
MSU
Simon's salary in middle of Big Ten
MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon’s two-year track record of declining salary increases is part of an emerging trend at public universities, according to a survey released Monday by The Chronicle of Higher Education.
MSU
ASMSU plans Dubai inclusion
For MSU students in Dubai, taxation without representation is a reality. For the past two years, MSU Dubai students have paid the $16.75 ASMSU tax and not received benefits, such as free blue books and legal counsel, available to students in East Lansing.
MEN'S BASKETBALL
Spartans 'top dogs' in Big Ten standings
This is why you don’t abandon ship when the MSU men’s basketball team loses to unranked Florida in November.
MSU
Students volunteer time for MLK Day
For Raven Lewis, the ability to participate in a community service project Monday was something she knew she could not take for granted. “Fifty years ago I wouldn’t have been able to go to MSU because blacks weren’t allowed to step foot on campus,” Lewis said.
MSU
Orientation program seeks applications
MSU’s Academic Orientation Program, or AOP, now is taking applications for summer 2010 workers.
MICHIGAN
E.L. ranks high on web site grading walkability
When walking from Baker Hall to a bus stop on Grand River Avenue, Jason Rydberg knows by the dwarfed dwellings and silent streets that he’s a long way from Boston’s bars, skyscrapers, boutiques and restaurants.
MSU
Gallery exhibit features MSU student art works
Deon Foster carefully positioned his Michael Jackson Nintendo Mii avatar sculpture onto the (SCENE) Metrospace stage Friday, the spotlights highlighting its black shirt and shades.
MSU
MSU professor to carry torch today
MSU kinesiology professor James Pivarnik is scheduled to carry the Olympic torch at 4:32 p.m. today in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
MICHIGAN
EL board seeks to fill open position
The East Lansing Downtown Management Board is taking applications for an open board member position.
MICHIGAN
EL co-sponsors light exchange program
The city of East Lansing and the Lansing Board of Water and Light are making it a bright idea to turn in old holiday lights for LED ones.
MICHIGAN
State Sen. Clarke exits Gov. race
State Sen. Hansen Clarke, D-Detroit, has dropped out of the race for governor. Clarke announced his exit just two weeks after he filed papers for the race following Lt. Gov. John Cherry’s exit.