MSU
Clinic teaches suturing tips
After dissecting cow eyes, two fetal pigs, a shark and a sheep heart, cutting and stitching a pig’s foot didn’t phase human biology junior Kirsten LaFrance.
FEATURES
Hello, my name is Matt Murray
Rock climbing, hiking and caving are just a few of Matt Murray’s regular activities. As co-president of MSU’s Outdoors Club, the history and economics junior said he came to college wanting to meet other people who shared his interests.
MICHIGAN
City looks to help injured students
Members of the East Lansing community are coming together to raise money for medical treatment for an East Lansing High School student who was injured on a spring break trip in Mexico.
FEATURES
Graduate students adjust to family life on tight budget
Jana Simmons’ day usually starts at 7 a.m. After dressing and feeding her 15-month-old daughter Angela, she drops her off in a Lansing daycare before returning to the MSU biochemical department where she works as a research assistant.
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 her perspective on her new frontier.
FEATURES
Tropical-themed room brings warm weather year-round
The student Sarah Meyer, a communication and apparel and textile design senior, brought tropical flair to her Grove Street room.
ICE HOCKEY
Lerg takes first step toward NHL dream
Mere hours after the MSU hockey team’s season-ending loss to Notre Dame in the West Regional final, senior captain Bryan Lerg got a call from his family adviser. He had been offered a contract by the NHL’s Edmonton Oilers.
COMMENTARY
Controlling caffeine habit good for health
It was a tensely silent moment. There I was, sitting in an Olin Health Center examining room a couple of months ago answering the doctor’s perfunctory questions regarding my general health. One question, however, said it all.
COMMENTARY
Arrested rioters shouldn't be plastered in newspaper
I picked up The State News today with one hope in my mind: Please, let there not be a cover story about Cedar Fest plastered with pictures of police dolled up in riot gear, or a crowd fleeing from tear gas.
COMMENTARY
Smoke-free restaurants, bars a logical step for Mich.
I support House Bill 4163, legislation that could make all workplaces smoke-free, including bars and restaurants. As a college student, I like to go to local bars and restaurants to enjoy myself. I do not appreciate the overbearing, indiscreet stink of cigarette smoke on dry-clean-only clothing that cannot be dispelled by a douse of perfume. Nor do I appreciate having to inhale clouds of secondhand smoke.
COMMENTARY
Treatment of animals shouldn't be secretive
The events of this week especially should make people question what “humane” treatment of animals really means. Students Promoting Animal Rights, or SPAR, took the opportunity this weekend to protest the Royal Hanneford Circus at Breslin Center. Members of the student group claim the circus employs cruel practices and treatment of its animals, despite the circus’s denials.
BASKETBALL
Izzo, Baum made coaches for Saturday's intrasquad football game
It’s evident MSU men’s basketball head coach Tom Izzo is a football junkie. With Saturday’s intrasquad spring game quickly approaching, MSU football head coach Mark Dantonio made a couple of quick coaching additions – designating Izzo as a coach of the Green squad and men’s soccer coach Joe Baum a coaching member of the White.
MICHIGAN
Cedar Fest arraignments
Jaclyn Doroshewitz, 18 Landscape architecture freshman Charge: Disorderly conduct – obstructing, resisting or hindering an arrest; destroying, damaging or interfering with property, assembling for riot; minor in possession Maximum penalty: 90 days in jail and/or three $500 fines, MIP penalty dependent on prior offenses Plea: Not guilty Restrictions: No possession of alcohol or controlled substances, curfew from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. enforced by tether, daily preliminary breath test
NEWS
Police Brief 04/15/08
About $200 in damage was done to a window in a Butterfield Hall dorm room at about 10:15 p.m. Saturday, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
MICHIGAN
3 years later, lessons learned
East Lansing police say the response to Cedar Fest shows they’ve changed since the April 2005 disturbances, which tarnished their image. And several local officials, who reviewed the 2005 melee, agree police have revised their practices.
MICHIGAN
Cedar fest brings bad memories, fame to some
For the majority of people who attended Cedar Fest, the night had little consequence. They came, they saw and they left. But for a few individuals, Cedar Fest had a much bigger impact.
MSU
Graduate union could vote for 1-day walkout
A picket line along Grand River Avenue. Empty classrooms across campus. Exams going unproctored, homework ungraded and recitations abandoned. That will be the scene on campus for students should the Graduate Employees Union vote to stage a one-day walkout.
MICHIGAN
E.L. City Council to set dates for City Center II hearings
The East Lansing City Council will introduce ordinances and set public hearing dates for City Center II at today’s meeting. The meeting is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. at City Hall, 410 Abbot Road.
FEATURES
Students relieve stress with craft nights
Cardboard boxes, glitter puff paint and jewel-toned rhinestones were piled high in the Union food court during Wednesday night’s last University Activities Board-sponsored craft night.
FEATURES
'Avenue Q' musical sings its way to Wharton Center
With a résumé that includes spots on “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation,” “Will & Grace” and “The Suite Life of Zack and Cody,” Carla Renata’s latest role in the Broadway hit “Avenue Q” adds playing Gary Coleman to her versatile repertoire.