FEATURES
Plastic not only water bottle option
An estimated 34.6 billion plastic water bottles are bought each year and only about 12 percent are recycled.
MICHIGAN
E.L. receives $1.1M from MDOT, plans to install bicycle paths
Bikers will find it easier to travel along one busy road in East Lansing by summer 2010.
MICHIGAN
Bill removes outdated laws on dueling, forced marriages
The next time your messy roommate polishes off all the Cap’n Crunch, it might be considered legal to resolve concerns in a duel because of legislation heading to the state Senate floor.
MSU
Medical amnesty bill moves on to House
ASMSU officials cleared another hurdle Wednesday in their fight for legislation that would give medical amnesty to minors who seek help for alcohol consumption.
COMMENTARY
Teaching assistants crucial to performance of MSU
The recent articles about “untracked” teaching assistants, or TAs, on campus missed the larger picture. Heather Guenther and the State News editorial board emphasize the lack of centrally-tracked data about TAs on campus but ignore both the localized relationships between TAs and their faculty of record (or “mentors” as Guenther calls them) as well as the unique advantages offered by TA-taught courses.
MEN'S BASKETBALL
Shooting 4 Indianapolis
Just so there is no confusion when fans get their first glimpse of the MSU men’s basketball team this season, sophomore forward Delvon Roe wants to confirm that, yes, that is him wearing No. 10 for the Spartans.
MEN'S BASKETBALL
Frontcourt a question mark for Spartans
As he was going through workouts and individual skill work this summer, junior forward Tom Herzog had a motivation he never had in his first three years with the MSU men’s basketball team.
SPORTS
Spartans hope to build off 'biggest win in program history'
The No. 5 MSU women’s golf team always has known what it is capable of.
COMMENTARY
Art too obsessed with suffering
Some of the more appreciated lyrics of our generation are those of Conor Oberst of Bright Eyes. These lyrics include, “I scream for the sunlight or a car to take me anywhere, just get me past this dead and eternal snow, because I swear that I am dying, slowly but it’s happening.”
COMMENTARY
Art plan can bring prosperity to Lansing area
When money is tight in government, the arts usually are cut right away. Considered expendable and unimportant, art, music and other cultural programs often are the first to see the chopping block in favor of more “valuable” programs or services.
NEWS
House committee approves medical amnesty bill; ASMSU testifies in support
A bill to provide legal safeguards for students who overconsume alcohol passed almost unanimously through a Michigan House of Representatives committee today.
NEWS
Web exclusive: City Council discusses fire department fundraiser
East Lansing City Council discussed allowing city firefighters to continue the tradition of participating in the Fill the Boot campaign to raise money for muscular dystrophy during the council’s meeting Tuesday night at City Hall, 410 Abbot Road.
NEWS
Police brief 10/14/09
A 55-year-old Lansing woman reported her wallet stolen between 4:30 and 5 p.m. Saturday from the Kellogg Center, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
NEWS
Academic Governance bylaws on hold
An updated draft of MSU’s Academic Governance bylaws failed to move closer to approval Tuesday, after stakeholders asked for further review of certain sections.
NEWS
Senate refuses to send budget bills for approval
The Michigan Legislature has approved all of Michigan’s 2009-10 fiscal year budget bills, but the state remains without a completed budget because the Senate refuses to send some bills to Gov. Jennifer Granholm for final approval.
NEWS
Members of ASMSU plan to testify in support of amnesty bill
Members of ASMSU will visit Lansing today to champion a bill that would protect minors from prosecution if they seek medical help for alcohol overconsumption.
NEWS
Serving in silence
Uniformed men and women gracefully flow across the ballroom’s dance floor. The male cadets stare into their girlfriends’ eyes, connecting with each other in a room full of people, while the female cadets rest their heads on the chests of their male counterparts.
MSU
UAB's Sparty Scrap Challenge event a bust
Turnout for Tuesday’s Sparty’s Scrap Challenge was nonexistent, despite the University Activities Board’s advertising efforts to bring people to the Homecoming week event.
MSU
2 speakers coming to Wharton Center
Wharton Center’s Cobb Great Hall is hosting two diverse speakers next week. Students looking for a laugh can purchase tickets to see popular American author David Sedaris in an evening of wit and conversation at 7 p.m. Sunday.
MICHIGAN
E.L. Library to close early this week
Students who want to hit the books this week will have to plan around a few changes to regular hours at the East Lansing Public Library.