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FEATURES

Word on the street

Do you drink many energy drinks a week, and if so, are you concerned about the potential health risks associated with them?

FEATURES

Big results

Jessi Ruselowski has avoided the gym ever since she found herself lagging in the back of a packed jazzercise class. However, a new addition to the video game world has since allowed her to stay in shape on her own terms.

FEATURES

Pink futon accents jazzy, Victorian dorm

The State News caught up with MSU social work sophomore Mallori Fogler about her stylish dorm room in Campbell Hall. Fogler and her roommate turned their room that overlooks Grand River Avenue into a unique living space with pink, black and white accents.

FEATURES

Energy drinks expensive, lack nutritional value

They are in bars, gas stations, fraternities and restaurants, not to mention pretty much every corner store on and around campus. Drinks such as CRUNK!!! Energy Drink, Red Bull Energy Drink and Monster Energy have made a name for themselves on campus as both great study tools and party aids.

FEATURES

What's hot this fall

Fall is just around the corner, and with the change in seasons comes a necessary change in wardrobe. Don’t wait to snatch the top 10 must-haves.

MSU

Mich. deer baiting restricted

A 3-year-old white-tailed deer recently was found to be infected with chronic wasting disease, or CWD, causing drastic measures to be taken by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources.

FEATURES

Lower drinking age necessary to minimize risky behavior

It’s a good thing I didn’t start indulging in my nightly cookies and milk before I opened your e-mail! Thank you for your comments, although I must say that “reserved” has never been one of the qualities that I hold dear to my heart, nor do I believe that being reserved has really ever been a causal factor in change.

MSU

MSU music group includes E.L. area adults

Eleanor Tolbert cautiously picked up a trumpet placed among other brass instruments and took a deep breath. The 79-year-old East Lansing resident’s fingers bobbed over the valves for the first time in more than five decades Thursday as sound escaped from the horn.

FOOTBALL

Welcome back NFL; Patriots are favorites

The college football season kicked off last week, and that only means one thing — the NFL season is not far behind. Below is my division-by-division breakdown of the upcoming season before the Washington Redskins and New York Giants kick off Sept. 4.

COMMENTARY

McCain differs from Republicans on platform

All eyes might have been on Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., and the Democrats last week, but starting today, the media spotlight shifts to the Twin Cities of St. Paul and Minneapolis where the Republicans are holding their National Convention.