BASKETBALL
Guards look to lock down Kansas' star
It may not be the national championship they originally wanted, but it’s the one they are on track to receive.
BASKETBALL
Thomas' tendencies beyond the hardwood
The State News caught up with freshman guard Brittney Thomas to find out how she got involved with basketball and what she’s like off the court.
FOOTBALL
Players struggle with unforced errors in first practice with pads
With three spring practices down and 12 to go, the message from football head coach Mark Dantonio to his players is simple — “We’ve got to get better.”
BASEBALL
Hoping to get hot in home stand
There haven’t exactly been the most beautiful days for baseball. With the typical erratic Michigan springtime weather coming through, cold temperatures and snow have forced the MSU baseball team to cancel and postpone scheduled East Lansing games.
COMMENTARY
Classifying 'fair use' for education tricky
Paying for someone else’s ideas seems like a weird concept. But that’s what copyrights do: They’re protections that regulate the use or reproduction of all kinds of intellectual property — books, music, visual art and other things. As part of the protection, copyright holders are sometimes entitled to royalties, or fees paid by a third party using the copyrighted material. But other times, the context in which copyrighted material is used falls under “fair use,” which means it might not be necessary to pay those fees or seek the copyright holder’s permission to use it.
COMMENTARY
Protest important part of remembering war in Iraq
Wednesday marked the fifth anniversary of the Iraq war. In response, on Thursday, a coalition representing hundreds of MSU students and community members led a large, vibrant demonstration to call for an end to the occupation, which accumulates in cost and creates more destruction every day.
COMMENTARY
Beware: Identity theft a reality
As news reports and TV commercials regarding identity theft circulate throughout society, most people don’t really think about it happening to them.
NEWS
Mich. Senate bill could increase MSU funding
The Michigan Senate passed a bill Tuesday to increase higher education funding for all state universities by 3 percent, a slight increase from Gov. Jennifer Granholm’s proposal to boost MSU’s budget by 2.7 percent.
NEWS
E.L. police recommend City Council renew liquor licenses
The East Lansing Police Department recommended the East Lansing City Council renew liquor licenses for the 31 businesses that hold them at its Tuesday meeting.
NEWS
GI Bill limits funds available to veterans, MSU students
As a U.S. Army veteran of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, Justin McClean is eligible for $1,100 per month in federal aid via the GI Bill.
NEWS
Their own time
Standing above the busy backdrop of men toning their muscles and building upper body strength at IM Sports-West, Katie Toskey said the weight room can be an uncomfortable environment. “I would never go down there,” said Toskey, an international relations sophomore. “I try to work out every day, but it can be intimidating.”
NEWS
Police Brief 03/26/08
Two students received tickets for trespassing Friday night after climbing onto the roof of Agriculture Hall, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
MICHIGAN
Demonstration honors fallen Iraq war soldiers
Protestors swarmed the intersection of Grand River Avenue and Abbot Road on Tuesday as more than 40 people gathered for a vigil to honor U.S. soldiers who have been killed in the Iraq war.
MSU
Vigil held for bullied student
With memories of being bullied tucked away in the back of his mind, Uri Donnett held a flameless candle in honor of a boy who didn’t overcome similar treatment.
MSU
GEU discusses potential strike platform
Stirring nervously in a cavernous, anonymous lecture hall and tapping a pencil against a desk, an MSU student waits to take a final exam — but it never comes. Because without teaching assistants to proctor for larger classes, some exams can’t be administered.
FEATURES
Shall we dance?
Mark Ruhala’s teacher gave him two choices: join the cast of the musical at East Lansing High School or fail his 10th-grade English class. Although his teenage self had a “very narrow point of view” about theater and dance, he chose the former and found he loved it enough to make it a career.
FEATURES
Hello, my name is Allison Pluda
If MSU Photography Club president Allison Pluda, an environmental geosciences and environmental biology junior ever starts a business, it will be named Seneca Creek Photography, after the Maryland site near her childhood home.
FEATURES
Freshman 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 his perspective on his new frontier.
MICHIGAN
Commission to discuss City Center II
The East Lansing Planning Commission will discuss revamped plans for City Center II, a $117 million project that could affect rental housing on the 300 block of Evergreen Avenue, at its meeting today.
MICHIGAN
Spartan Gyros closes its doors
Spartan Gyros, 565 E. Grand River Ave., which experienced difficulties before it even opened because of inspection issues, closed its doors Friday.