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SN Style: Europe meets india rock in this traveler's wardrobe

The State News caught up with MSU student Colette Ngana to talk about her indie-rocker-meets-casual-student style. Colette’s style is influenced in part by her worldly background. Living in France for three years and traveling Europe showed this premedical freshman how to express herself by mixing cultural stylings.

FOOTBALL

Prognosticators

It’s that time of year again! Why bother watching the games as the State News sports team and guests tell you the results of games before they happen.

NEWS

Word on the street

Do you think that Sen. Hillary Clinton has helped to unite the Democratic Party in the last few days?

COMMENTARY

Governor should remove Kilpatrick from office

Congratulations, Kwame Kilpatrick. You’ve made it eight months bogged down in a quagmire of legal scandal and felony charges. Eight months of sitting in office while accusation after accusation has come at you. It’s high time your ride ends.

COMMENTARY

Support war before enlisting

To most Americans, military enlistment is admirable service to one’s country – no questions asked. Military members are praised with such fervor that questioning this automatic gratitude and approval is met with outright hostility.

NEWS

Police Brief 08/28/08

An 18-year-old male MSU student was assaulted between the Natural Science Building and Agriculture Hall at about 12:30 a.m. Tuesday, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.

NEWS

Petition aims to reduce drinking age by 3 years

Drinking laws in the U.S. don’t make sense to pre-law senior Stephanie Schnelz. “It goes back to the whole thing with Vietnam,” she said. “People can go to war, die for their country, get enlisted in the draft and they can’t have a beer.”

NEWS

Campus bike use doubles, reduces lot permits

Bikes are gaining ground across campus as more students are trading in their car keys for a new set of wheels. The MSU Department of Police and Public Safety reported that since 2003, bike registration increased 273 percent on campus.

NEWS

Center stage

History was made in Denver on Wednesday when Illinois Sen. Barack Obama officially secured the Democratic presidential nomination through intervention from his former rival, Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y. In a surprise move, Obama appeared with Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., later that night. Biden had just accepted the Democratic bid for the vice presidency.

MSU

Medical guru visits MSU

Dr. Tevi Troy, the deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, or HHS, had a chance to witness some of the Midwest’s most cutting-edge medical facilities firsthand Wednesday as a guest of Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Brighton.