MICHIGAN
E.L. coffee shop to reopen as new cafe
Cornerstone Coffee, 515 W. Grand River Ave., will reopen as Grand River Coffee Cafe as early as Friday.
MICHIGAN
Arraignment waived for Williams
Former sophomore cornerback-wide receiver T.J. Williams waived his right to an arraignment Wednesday at the Ingham County Circuit Court on charges of aggravated assault and larceny from person.
MICHIGAN
E.L. man attacked in Mexico by 2 college athletes
An East Lansing man is recovering from numerous facial lacerations, missing teeth and a shattered jaw after being brutally beaten in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, early Saturday morning by two college basketball players.
MSU
Employees to receive computer training
More than 800 MSU labor employees without computer access on campus will be online and computer-literate in three years, MSU officials said.
MICHIGAN
City leaders turn to state for aid
After six years of declining state aid, local government leaders are telling Michigan legislators that enough is enough.
BASKETBALL
Spartans advance to WNIT finals after beating North Carolina State
Considering the MSU women’s basketball team’s habit of pulling out last-minute wins, its new theme song might as well be the Bee Gees’ “Stayin’ Alive.”
COMMENTARY
Western fear of communism basis for opinions of China
Langhua Hu’s letter, Understand Chinese issues, culture before judging it (SN 3/31) made me think a little bit.
COMMENTARY
Theatre Department left of out entertainment article
I would like to express my extreme disappointment in the journalism of The State News. The entertainment article Center stage (SN 3/27) by Matt Flint, James Harrison and Ashley Luster blatantly omitted the MSU Department of Theatre as a producing organization.
COMMENTARY
Virtual memorial helpful for vets
It’s becoming easier to live your life through the Internet each day as new Web sites emerge that allow us to connect to each other and see things in ways we never have before.
COMMENTARY
Grocery lists take hit from poor economy
Existing is starting to get a little too expensive. Not only are people having to limit their driving, but they also need to watch the cost of what they eat.
NEWS
Police Brief 04/02/08
About $470 worth of T-shirts, sweatshirts and pants were stolen from the laundry building of Cherry Lane Apartments sometime between 11 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m. Sunday, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
ICE HOCKEY
Bryan Lerg signs with Edmonton Oilers
It didn’t take long for Bryan Lerg to find a new home following the MSU hockey team’s season-ending 3-1 loss to Notre Dame on Saturday.
NEWS
E.L. City Council's proposed budget falls 8 percent below last year's
The East Lansing City Council is set to begin debating its 2008-09 fiscal year budget, which could mean cuts to services such as street maintenance and parks.
NEWS
3 Okemos apartment complex residents robbed at gunpoint
Three residents of Knob Hill Apartments were robbed at gunpoint early Tuesday morning — the second local armed robbery in a five-hour span.
NEWS
Police investigate armed robbery at local Burger King
Investigators from the Ingham County Sheriff’s Department are seeking the perpetrator in an armed robbery at a Lansing Burger King on Monday night.
NEWS
Instrumental craft
Sarah Lewis spends her Saturday afternoons splitting and gouging cane wood. She soaks it in water, takes a razor blade to it and makes sure it’s perfectly measured. Lewis, a music performance junior who specializes in oboe, isn’t building a house with that wood. She’s building a reed — and she has to get it right. Her pitch and sound quality depend on it.
BASKETBALL
Neitzel will participate in 3-point contest
Though his time leading the MSU men’s basketball team has come to an end, Drew Neitzel isn’t finished representing the Green and White.
NEWS
Administrators aim to shorten Welcome Week
Citing concerns about student safety and health, MSU administrators are looking to cut Welcome Week down to two days and push back the academic year start date beginning in 2009.
MICHIGAN
E.L. man linked to child pornography
An East Lansing man is facing three child sexual abuse charges stemming from a December 2007 incident in Grand Traverse County.
MSU
MSU committees wrap up semester goals
As the end of the semester approaches, the standing committees of MSU’s Academic Governance system are assessing their agendas to determine what they’ve completed and what they have left to do.