MSU
IBM on campus to recruit workers
Interviews for a spot at IBM’s new programming center on campus began Tuesday and continue today at the Business College Complex.
MICHIGAN
E.L. to raise awareness with Earth hour
East Lansing joined four other cities in Michigan last week when it adopted a measure to encourage residents to turn off nonessential lights this weekend. The dim down, nationally known as Earth Hour, takes place from 8:30-9:30 p.m. Saturday and residents are encouraged to turn off all nonwessential lights and electrical devices, East Lansing City Councilmember Nathan Triplett said.
MSU
ASMSU pays visit to D.C., talks funds
Members of ASMSU traveled to Washington, D.C., this past weekend to speak to Michigan’s legislators about lobbying for higher education funding. ASMSU is MSU’s undergraduate student government.
MSU
Feminist speaker comes to MSU
Playboy bunnies, “Girls Gone Wild” and g-strings were a few of the topics author Ariel Levy discussed Tuesday when she spoke to a crowd of more than 160 people at the Union.
FEATURES
Student business brings unique Spartan gear to E.L.
In a world where multibillion-dollar corporations are struggling to survive, a group of MSU entrepreneurs have launched a profitable business from the humble beginnings of a Brody Hall dorm room.
FEATURES
A close-knit business
Nancy McRay tried to ignore it — the nagging little voice in her head that whispered “Weave!” She took the practical approach: advertising degree from MSU in 1977, job in the advertising department of the Lansing State Journal, marriage, children and a position as a local arts coordinator.
FEATURES
Freshmen fifteen Q's
College is a whole new world for many freshmen traveling campus for the first time. The State News sat down with one of these brave explorers to get a glimpse, in 15 questions or fewer, at a new face on campus and her perspective of her new frontier.
MEN'S BASKETBALL
Matchup between point guards Lucas, Collins pivotal
This late in March, no team is fully reliant on one or two players. Yet while Kansas has a lot of young, skilled players on its roster, there is no question that guard Sherron Collins (18.9 points per game) and center Cole Aldrich (14.8 ppg) make the team work.
MEN'S BASKETBALL
Kansas much improved since Jan. meeting
It didn’t take much for MSU men’s basketball head coach Tom Izzo to put Kansas’ midseason improvement into perspective for his team. In fact, all it took were two words: North Carolina.
FOOTBALL
Dantonio confident in both Cousins, Nichol heading into spring
Don’t expect an answer anytime soon to the biggest unanswered question for the MSU football team this season. Sophomores Kirk Cousins and Keith Nichol are duking it out for the vacant starting quarterback job following the graduation of Brian Hoyer in May.
COMMENTARY
Fraternity apologizes for prematurely painting rock
On behalf of Theta Chi Fraternity and the spring pledge class of 2009, we would like to extend an apology to the family and friends of Josh Parks. Painting the rock on Farm Lane is a traditional part of becoming an active member of the fraternity.
COMMENTARY
National wrestling champion deserves more coverage
I was shocked and disappointed when I opened the sports section of Monday’s edition of The State News. Instead of gracing the cover with (junior wrestler) Franklin Gomez, the reigning 133-pound national champion in wrestling, you had the women’s basketball team, who barely knocked off Middle Tennessee State at the last second.
COMMENTARY
Lansing in dire need of quality films
As the East Lansing Film Festival wraps up, I can’t help but feel saddened I’ll have to go back to scouring the Internet in hopes of finding the next limited release showing in the area.
COMMENTARY
Practice caution when traveling abroad
The kidnapping of MSU students in Guatemala during spring break has raised some important issues regarding the ethical implications of sending students abroad when their safety cannot be guaranteed.
NEWS
Soaking in the sounds
Jasmine Angelini-Knoll closed her eyes, letting words she didn’t always understand flow into her ears.
BASKETBALL
MSU gets chance to bounce team led by former coach
There was an eerily familiar feel to it all. The name that blared over the Breslin Center public address system was as familiar as the woman who paced the sidelines with meditative determination and focus. But this time, there was no green blouse under the dark suit and the team backing her was wearing an unfamiliar color — blue.
NEWS
Kidnapping leads MSU to reassess safety abroad
Guatemala native Oscar Arreola calls his homeland “the most multicultural and multilandscaped country you would find in the whole Central America.” Yet Arreola, an MSU doctoral student who lived in Guatemala until he was 17, said his home country suffers from “a combination of underlying social problems, gangs and drug trafficking.”
NEWS
Police Brief 03/24/09
A 19-year-old male student reported 10 CDs stolen by two males he found sitting in his vehicle in the East Holden Hall service lot, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
FEATURES
Testing for STIs
I need to talk to someone right away. I went on spring break to Jamaica and I had sex with someone from the island without using protection.