MICHIGAN
Sign of the Times
Assistant professor of fisheries and wildlife Travis Brenden, along with his wife, Tammy Newcomb, enjoy collecting change as much as donating it each holiday season.
MICHIGAN
Director to attend E.L. film screening
A special screening of the film “Happiness Is” will be shown at 3 p.m. Saturday in the East Lansing High School auditorium, 509 Burcham Drive.
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Art exhibit on display until end of Dec.
The East Lansing Arts Commission has a new exhibit on display, “A Walk with Thoreau,” by artist Brian Vance.
MICHIGAN
Free E.L. parking beginning Dec. 19
The city of East Lansing will offer free metered parking and free parking in surface lots and ramps for holiday shoppers from Dec. 19-27.
MICHIGAN
State senator aims to end cyber abuse
Concerns about “sexting” and cyber abuse are the motivation of recent legislative action by state Sen. Gretchen Whitmer, D-East Lansing.
MICHIGAN
E.L. parking fees might become more costly
Students and residents using the various paid parking structures and lots around East Lansing soon might need more cash to park.
MSU
MSU senior receives scholarship to study in UK
Jessica Muir spent the past two summers studying abroad, but the physics and astrophysics senior’s next stay overseas will be extended after she received a prestigious scholarship.
COMMENTARY
ASMSU chairperson reports on accomplishments of semester
The 46th session of Student Assembly, and ASMSU as a whole, have had very productive and successful summer and fall semesters.
COMMENTARY
U.S. must return to self-sufficiency
In life, we come to discover that we must become self-sufficient in order to make our lives the most effective. We cannot rely on our parents for the rest of our lives — at least most of us can’t — and above all, we cannot count on anything from anyone.
COMMENTARY
Obama speech seems to serve little purpose
If you’re planning to catch your favorite network television show tonight, you might be in for a little surprise. Your favorite show might have been bumped for what’s becoming an extremely familiar face on TV.
SPORTS
Men's basketball team overcomes The Citadel, 69-56
The MSU men’s basketball team narrowly escaped a stellar 3-point shooting effort by the The Citadel to come away with a 69-56 win Monday night at McAlister Field House in Charleston, S.C.
NEWS
Web exclusive: Spartans Against Drunk Driving holds annual survivor's forum
On the evening of Feb. 17, 2002, MSU alumnus Joshua Clark was on his way home from playing basketball on campus when the unthinkable happened.
NEWS
E.L. Winter Bowl provides free holiday entertainment
As 7-year-old Cody Funkhouser roasted his marshmallow over an open fire pit, his mom, East Lansing resident Lisa Funkhouser, sat bundled up, enjoying the winter festivities. Lisa Funkhouser said this was her first time attending East Lansing’s Winter Bowl — an event that began about 10 years ago — and she and Cody were enjoying the free activities.
NEWS
Key faculty left out of meeting on Deaf Ed cuts
An Academic Governance committee reviewed a request to freeze admissions to MSU’s Deaf Education Program on Thursday, leaving one of the program’s directors questioning MSU’s College of Education administrators’ decision to not notify him and other faculty members of the meeting.
FOOTBALL
University officials supportive of Dantonio's choice on suspensions
Despite recent struggles on and off the field for the MSU football team, university officials have said their support for head coach Mark Dantonio never has been stronger.
FOOTBALL
Spartans head to Alamo Bowl
The feeling MSU head coach Mark Dantonio gets when he receives the call that his team is going to a bowl game never fades. Dantonio received that call for the third straight season Sunday as he learned the Spartans will play Texas Tech in the Valero Alamo Bowl on Jan. 2, 2010 at the Alamodome in San Antonio.
MSU
Wharton looks to manage Theater
A potential arrangement between Wharton Center and the city of Traverse City is expected to be finalized at a city meeting tonight, which would send some of the center’s programming to Traverse City, a city official said.
MICHIGAN
Web exclusive: Food-inspired artwork benefits food bank
Parents always tell their children not to play with food, but these artists are breaking rules by using food as the inspiration for their artwork. At the “Food for Thought” art exhibition in the East Lansing Technology Innovation Center, 325 E. Grand River Ave., artists explore different mediums to show how food affects everyday life.
MSU
ASMSU to vote on tax referendum, scholarships
ASMSU will decide Thursday whether to move forward with a proposed tax referendum to fund its Readership Program and a proposal to create two new scholarship opportunities for students.
MICHIGAN
Charity holds Tanzanian Bongo Bash promoting doctors
Mussa Maingu moved to East Lansing in 2000 with the goal of becoming a dentist. From Mwanza, Tanzania, he said the shortage of health care professionals in his home country was a primary influence on his career path.