MICHIGAN
Word on the street
What is your reaction to Gov. Jennifer Granholm’s proposal to keep bars open until 4 a.m.?
MSU
Facebook photos can be risky for job seekers
In one picture, you’re downing a beer. In another, you’re dressed for Halloween as a naughty nurse. You and your friends might think your Facebook profile picture is funny, but what would your mother say?
MSU
Week raises awareness about eating disorders
More than 15,000 fun-sized Twix bars will be passed out to students on campus today, each tagged with a message encouraging a positive body image and a healthy relationship with food.
FEATURES
Pedicab works for tips, love of biking in E.L.
Wearing a black leather jacket reminiscent of Johnny Ramone, well-manicured facial hair and a big grin, Tony Benedict, owner of Pure Power Pedicab, is East Lansing’s one and only bicycle taxi. Benedict, an East Lansing resident and former paramedic, has been serving the East Lansing community since November 2008 with his human-powered mode of transportation.
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 less, at a new face on campus and her perspective of her new frontier.
FEATURES
Rolling on the river
The Michigan Princess has become the equivalent of the old-time bar in the Wild West to John Chamberlain. It’s the town hall, the bar, the restaurant and the wedding chapel — a place people like to gather. But the difference between the old-time bar and the Michigan Princess is that although the Wild West evokes images of deserts, horses and surly men in cowboy hats, the Michigan Princess, a paddle wheel steamboat, chugs along the shoreline of Lansing’s Grand River.
FEATURES
Brilliant Sky Toys fills void in Lansing shopping
When Brent Taylor decided to open Brilliant Sky Toys & Books, he and his wife had a very specific idea of what the concept behind their toy store was going to be. “We put a lot of focus on the aesthetic inside of the store and the interactive nature,” Taylor said. “It’s for kids to be able to play with and to play and touch and feel (the toys) before they buy them.”
ICE HOCKEY
Seniors each brought own style to team
Saturday will be the final time six MSU seniors touch the ice for a regular season hockey game at Munn Ice Arena. Here are thank-you notes addressed to each of the seniors for their tenures at MSU and what each brought to the team:
BASKETBALL
Iowa comes to E.L. fresh off OT win over U-M
With games against Purdue and Wisconsin in the books and a road game against No. 20 Illinois on Sunday, tonight’s game against Iowa could be viewed by some as the perfect time for the MSU men’s basketball team to overlook its competition. Then you remember senior guard Travis Walton is the captain of this team, and taking any opponent for granted won’t happen under his watch.
COMMENTARY
Partiers should be mindful of behavior
There’s an empty pickle jar lying on the main floor of my house. A garbage bag keeps the cold from invading, covering the broken window through which the pickle jar entered my lovely war zone of a home.
COMMENTARY
Shopping bag tax could bring positive results
Paper, plastic or reusable? As the nation continues to demand more environmentally conscious automobiles, voters in Seattle will vote on another important aspect of everyday life.
COMMENTARY
Research needed to improve reading skills among males
On March 2, the National Education Association, or NEA, is sponsoring Read Across America Day, an annual program that takes place on or near the birthday of Dr. Seuss. It focuses on the importance of motivating children to read and helping them develop reading skills.
NEWS
Growing condom sales stand out in economy lacking stamina
Despite the recession, one product is creating economic stimulation. Condom sales in the U.S. wrapped up the last quarter of 2008 with a 5 percent increase, and full-year sales were the highest in three years, according to a report compiled by The Nielsen Company. Sales in January of this year were 6 percent higher than the same month last year.
NEWS
Bill could repeal law requiring voter card, license to match
A new bill could make voting easier for out-of-state MSU students. State Rep. Rebekah Warren, D-Ann Arbor, introduced a bill to Michigan’s House of Representatives last week that would repeal Rogers’ Law, which requires Michigan voters to have the address listed on their driver’s license match the address on their voter registration card.
NEWS
Police Brief 02/24/09
An accidental fire started Thursday morning in a trash receptacle outside University Village Apartments when a garbage truck overheated, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
NEWS
Word on the street
What’s your reaction to MSU formally agreeing to make Sparrow Hospital its “primary partner”?
FEATURES
Barbie: 50 and still fabulous
In her 50 years, she has run for president four times as an independent, had a total of 108 careers, cared for 50 pets and starred in 14 direct-to-DVD movies. She’s also been outfitted by 70 famous fashion designers, represented 50 nationalities and ended a 43-year relationship with her boyfriend, Ken, on Valentine’s Day 2004. To say it has been a wild ride for Barbie Millicent Roberts, or Barbie, would be an understatement.
FEATURES
Weight issues
I don’t really have a question, I just want to make a statement. Could you please tell your readers that just because I am heavy, it does not make me fat. I am tired of people making snide remarks and laughing at my size. Why do people have to do this?
FEATURES
Sleep, vitamins help boost immune system
There have been plenty of folk remedies, myths and methods to boost immune system response and avoid catching a cold. It’s almost a recipe: some vitamin C here, a multivitamin there and a dash of zinc for good measure.
FEATURES
Barbie's influence can be spotted around MSU
As a 7-year-old, I had an excellent sense of fashion. I would slip on a black slinky dress, complete with some realistic, but fake-looking, rhinestone embellishments around the neck, brush out a head of long blond hair, throw on a thick lining of blue around my eyes and top it off with a sexy pair of hot pink stilettos.