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
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.
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
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
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
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.
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
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.
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
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.
MICHIGAN
Old poster store adds local art
When Laura Hall was flipping through a dictionary and came across the word “agog” — an adjective meaning full of intense interest or excitement — she knew the word would be appropriate for a title of an art-related business.
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.
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.
BASEBALL
Spartans attempt to make up game
The MSU baseball team will try to get a home game under its belt before this weekend’s Big Ten conference opener against Illinois.
BASKETBALL
Spartans feeding off NCAA tourney snub
The MSU women’s basketball team has the ability to lose its next game or take it all the way. Head coach Suzy Merchant said the Spartans have used, and will continue to use the pent up anger and disappointment that came with missing out on the NCAA Tournament to fuel their way to a WNIT championship.
ICE HOCKEY
Odds stacked against icers for first round
The MSU hockey team is doing all it can to prepare for what lies ahead in its NCAA West Regional semifinal game against host Colorado College on Friday in Colorado Springs, Colo.
COMMENTARY
Column shows stereotypes of campaign behavior it criticizes
I was very disappointed after reading Catherine Fish’s column Sexism big part of primary season (SN 3/24). She had a great opportunity to rise above the stereotype she claims is plaguing New York Sen. Hillary Clinton’s campaign by writing a column about why Clinton should be the next president and focusing on the issues at hand.
COMMENTARY
Politicians can't get away with scandals anymore
It’s becoming more and more clear that sexual escapades are an underlying current in American politics. Democrats and Republicans alike have felt the sting of having a hand caught in the cookie jar — at least I hope that’s where it was.