COMMENTARY
Consumers must research claims
To grow up in America is to navigate a world where the line between scam and legitimate business is so blurry, it almost doesn’t exist.
MSU
Board of Trustees votes to increase tuition for 2008-09
The Board of Trustees voted to increase tuition for the 2008-09 school year by 6.8 percent for in-state undergraduate students at their meeting Friday.
ICE HOCKEY
The winning mentality
Wherever Justin Abdelkader goes, championships seem to follow. Whether he’s in the Stanley Cup final with the Detroit Red Wings, the national championship game with MSU, or the United States Hockey League championship, titles have flocked to Abdelkader — and so have coaches, because Abdelkader has the one quality they want more than anything else – he knows how to win.
SPORTS
Superstitions at play on the field
MSU athletes and coaches do peculiar things they believe will increase their odds of winning, getting out of a slump or simply having a good game.
FEATURES
Friday the 13th
Friday the 13th has been terrorizing people long before Jason Voorhees emerged from the waters of Camp Crystal Lake and became cinema’s most famous serial killer.
MICHIGAN
Zoo 5k to benefit new rhino yard
Potter Park Zoo officials hope for a stampede as Lansing-area residents are invited to participate in the zoo’s 18th Annual 5K Rhino Walk on June 14.
MICHIGAN
Consumers Energy set to raise electricity rates
East Lansing residents and students may have to cut back on their use of air conditioning this summer, due to an increase in electricity rates.
MSU
Music mends disability rift
Eric Winter was a 12-year-old boy who always wanted to go to summer camp — but since he was diagnosed with cerebral palsy as a baby, he never got the chance before his unexpected death in 2003.
MSU
MSU's minority graduation rates reach all-time high
MSU’s minority enrollment was down slightly in 2007, but the minority graduation rate rose to 61.8 percent, its highest in the last 10 years, according to a report to be presented to the MSU Board of Trustees on Friday.
COMMENTARY
Board should think about impact of increase
Powerless — that is how most students feel when they see that the cost of tuition is constantly rising and it seems nothing can be done about it. If tuition keeps climbing at the rate it’s going, it won’t be long before students look elsewhere to pursue a higher education.
COMMENTARY
Using Blackwater in Iraq dangerous
“Mercenaries … are useless and dangerous,” runs a passage in Niccolo Machiavelli’s “The Prince,” “and if one holds his state based on these arms, he will stand neither firm nor safe.” The chapter goes on to seriously caution against the employment of mercenaries, whom the author considers “disunited, ambitious, without discipline,” and liable to change sides at the first opportunity.
MSU
MSU state funds may be decided by week's end
The Michigan House of Representatives approved funding for the MSU Wednesday, allocating $298.2 million for the 2008-09 fiscal year — a 2.8 percent increase from the 2007-2008 fiscal year.
MICHIGAN
Storm effects pose hidden risks
The severe storms earlier this week could have posed a much more serious risk to residents — carbon monoxide poisoning — from alternate power sources like generators used during outages.
MICHIGAN
A healing balance
With his hands as his only instrument, Benjamen Warren, a master-level Reiki instructor, is able to soothe the discomforts of his clients through the Japanese practice.
MSU
New facility to increase campus recycling
When Lauren Olson approached the MSU Board of Trustees in April 2006 to speak about recycling, she never imagined she would make such an impact.
MICHIGAN
Vehicle auction to be held on Saturday
The Michigan Department of Management and Budget will hold a surplus auction of vehicles and heavy equipment at 10 a.m. Saturday in Lansing.
MSU
MSU alum reaches contest finals
After being misdiagnosed with brain cancer at age 17, Melissa Cousino was inspired to work on childhood health advocacy issues. Now Cousino, a recent MSU graduate, is one of six finalists for Fourpoints Magazine’s 2008 Make Me a Cover Model Contest.
MSU
Music students warned against common thefts
Set up the music stand, assemble the instrument, practice for hours and repeat it all the next day; just be sure to not leave items unattended in the practice room.
MICHIGAN
Library opens after power outage
The East Lansing Public Library, 950 Abbot Road, opened again to the public Thursday morning after a three-day power outage from the severe storms of last weekend.