MICHIGAN
Local police still offering Cedar Fest tip rewards
Reward money is still available for individuals who have tips about participants in the Cedar Fest riot.
MSU
Japan Week features cultural events, films
MSU is known for encouraging students to study abroad — but students interested in Japanese culture won’t have to go far this week to experience the Far East.
MSU
Expensive TVs keep many students from enjoying campus HD channels
As the economy continues to plummet, students said they’ve been forced to channel their savings into living costs and not splurge on luxury items such as TVs.
MICHIGAN
MSU basketball legend to visit
Former MSU and Los Angeles Lakers basketball star Earvin “Magic” Johnson will be in Lansing on Wednesday to lend his image to Sen. Barack Obama’s Democratic presidential campaign.
FEATURES
Recessions shouldn't spell doom for courtship
I’ve had lots of people tell me recently that they have stopped dating because it is just too expensive now during tough economic times. Well, that’s just silly.
FEATURES
SN decor: Roommates mix tastes with diverse poster art
The State News caught up with three roommates who each bring their own unique sense of style to their small, but inviting apartment in Van Hoosen Hall.
COMMENTARY
Disregard 'lies' on magazine covers
You’re in line at the checkout in CVS Pharmacy and notice the magazine rack stocked with this month’s latest. Marie Claire and Shape stare back at you, rife with regurgitated headlines and a carefully sculpted, pouty female prepared to disclose the trials and lamentations of fame. “Sculpted?” you think. Yeah, right. The pen tool in Photoshop can work wonders.
ICE HOCKEY
Debate abounds as CCHA adds shootout to conference games
Starting this season, the CCHA will be the only college hockey league to implement a shootout to resolve ties for conference games.
COMMENTARY
Criticizing drinking habits of students solves nothing
In response to Pavan Vangipuram’s Alcohol use in E.L. warrants serious consideration (SN 9/22), I’ve been reading the same judgmental columns in The State News about anyone who drinks alcohol since I was a freshman. But every writer seems to miss something crucial: It is pointless to try to change someone else’s behavior by shaming and criticizing them.
COMMENTARY
Michigan Daily slights U-M's satellite campuses in editorial
In the reprinted summary of The Michigan Daily’s editorial about University of Michigan satellite campuses (“Revamping satellite campuses necessary for U-M’s growth” SN 9/17), the paraphrased description “used mostly as trade schools for the auto industry” outrageously diminishes the quality of those institutions.
COMMENTARY
Taking campus crime seriously important for all
Don’t cry wolf. It’s a cliché one would think doesn’t bear repeating to college students — young adults responsible for their own homework, rent, meals and general survival. But it appears lately that’s not the case. In a week’s time, two recent reports made to MSU police have been found to be false.
SOCCER
Spartans regroup for Big Ten play following first loss
For the MSU women’s soccer team Friday at BYU, it felt as if they were taking the first segment of drivers’ training all over again — that first time pulling out onto a main road and pressing on the pedal to accelerate to 40 miles per hour — making your heart beat harder and faster as the speed continues to grow.
NEWS
Proposal could shorten Welcome Week next year
A proposal to reduce Welcome Week beginning next year has been restored to keep finals week intact.
NEWS
Police Brief 09/22/08
A 19-year-old MSU student had her credit and ATM cards stolen Monday from the Main Library, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
FOOTBALL
Running his game
One by one, the MSU offensive line walked into the media trailer following Saturday’s 23-7 win against Notre Dame. The fullbacks and tight ends followed the linemen. The front of each player’s jersey was soaked with sweat and each had beads of perspiration rolling down their foreheads.
NEWS
Police: Student who filed false report likely to face felony charges
More than 60,000 people were alerted of two false crime reports on campus since Thursday, a problem some experts say can discourage people from reporting crimes.
NEWS
Officials investigate 17 more possible E. coli cases at MSU
Although the number of probable cases related to an infectious E. coli strain on campus jumped to 23 last week, investigators from the Ingham County Health Department still have not determined its cause.
SPORTS
Spartans come back to win Fossum
The No. 24 MSU women’s golf team came back from five strokes down Sunday to upset No. 19 Kent State and win the Mary Fossum Invitational at Forest Akers West Golf Course. The Spartans — who shot 25 over par and trailed Kent State, 20 over par, and Notre Dame, 24 over par, after 36 holes — won by the slimmest of margins, requiring two tiebreakers to prevail.
SPORTS
Smith Center celebrates 10th anniversary
For former MSU men’s basketball player Steve Smith, 10 years has flown by since the opening of the Clara Bell Smith Student-Athlete Academic Center in 1998. In 1997, Smith donated $2.5 million for the construction of a facility that would serve as both an academic center and gathering space for student-athletes — the largest single donation ever made by a professional athlete to an alma mater.