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COMMENTARY

Room rate hike needed, may make students flee

Money makes the world go round, and in the case of MSU students, it keeps the campus looking up-to-date. The MSU Board of Trustees recently voted to raise room and board rates by 5.25 percent effective by the next academic year. Incoming and returning students can expect to see a price increase of $350, which means it will cost about $7,026 each year for a double room and an unlimited meal plan.

COMMENTARY

New state energy plan is sketchy

The big news out of Lansing last week was that a bipartisan, comprehensive and long-term energy plan was passed by the Michigan House of Representatives. Those are some adjectives that we don’t see coming out of Lansing too often. Should we, as citizens, merely accept this as a good policy on the basis of its boldness and bipartisan support?

COMMENTARY

Animal testing information available, thorough

Some people love conspiracy theories, no matter how outlandish. State News readers have been subjected to such people claiming that animals are abused in “secretive” research at MSU, but the claims evaporate when the facts surface.

MSU

Student Assembly unable to approve budget

ASMSU’s Student Assembly was unable to approve its 2008-2009 budget despite spending more than seven hours meeting Thursday. Although the assembly named its Student Assembly chairperson, vice chairperson for external affairs and vice chairperson for internal affairs, members tabled the budget until its meeting Thursday.

NEWS

Police Brief 04/18/08

A maroon 1998 Chevrolet Monte Carlo parked in the ramp adjacent to the Communication Arts and Sciences Building was totaled Wednesday when it caught fire at about 9:45 a.m., MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.

NEWS

Field of dreams

It took more than 100 years, but Old College Field is getting a face-lift. Since 1900, the home of MSU baseball, softball and men’s and women’s soccer has remained relatively untouched, causing it to fall behind the standards of NCAA facilities around the Big Ten and Midwest.

SPORTS

A shot at success

Walking by a Ping-Pong table, gaming consoles and shelves of shining trophies filled with Spartans history, Sam Puryear’s office sits with the door wide open. Upon accepting the head coaching job at MSU in August, Puryear left Stanford, a Pac-10 team that just won the national championship.

BASKETBALL

Merchant adds to class of 2012

MSU women’s basketball head coach Suzy Merchant announced the signing of a third recruit for the 2008-09 season on Thursday. Joining Porsche Poole and Courtney Schiffauer in signing a National Letter of Intent is Taylor Johnson.

BASEBALL

MSU looks to turn U-M series into rivalry

When the MSU baseball team and Michigan meet for four games this weekend, they’ll travel a short distance to each other’s home fields, but MSU coach David Grewe won’t refer to the cross-state showdown as a “rivalry.”