NEWS
Students brave cold to remember friend
Fun loving. Brilliant. Eccentric. Funny. A sister and mother-figure to friends.
NEWS
University housing poll in works for graduate students
Amid suggestions to expand rooms and install a bar in Owen Graduate Hall, graduate students got a chance to have their housing concerns heard at the Council of Graduate Students, or COGS, meeting Wednesday night.
NEWS
Gucci loafers stolen from Holden Hall dorm room
A pair of Gucci loafers, valued at $400, was stolen from a student’s room between 8 p.m. Friday and 1:30 a.m. Monday at East Holden Hall, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
NEWS
A cautionary cocktail...
The drop of a substance in a drink has sent Lansing police on a quest to solve a recent trend of sexual assault cases involving date-rape drugs. Four sexual assault cases were reported to the Lansing Police Department between November and December of 2007, Lansing police Lt. Bruce Ferguson said. Ferguson said police have pieced together the victims’ stories and suspect that narcotic date-rape drugs were involved in all four cases.
NEWS
Mich. voter turnout third highest in history
Michigan voters recorded the state’s third-highest turnout for the presidential primary Tuesday when 1.48 million voters headed to the polls — but MSU students’ level of contribution is difficult to determine.
NEWS
City Council gives high-tech business tax break
When it comes to ideas, Kris Berglund is in full supply. From a sodium-free salt substitute to biofuels, the MSU chemical engineering professor has been performing research for much of his academic career.
MSU
School of Hospitality Business to host Samba Auction
Samba fans can dance and bid the night away when the MSU School of Hospitality Business holds its fundraising Samba Auction on Feb. 9.
MSU
Survivor drums up donations
When Michael Hagan was diagnosed with hepatitis, he was given 18 months to live. Two years later, Hagan received the liver transplant that saved his life, and he’s been rallying support for organ donation ever since.
MSU
Access to funds frozen for 2 truant student organizations
Two of the 13 student organizations on ASMSU’s Programming Board recently lost access to funding after representatives failed to regularly attend meetings last semester.
MSU
MSU helps facilitate Wayne State's Chinese learning center
MSU’s Confucius Institute is helping Wayne State University start its own Chinese learning center to promote knowledge of the Chinese language and culture in Michigan.
MICHIGAN
Local deli closes its doors
Iggy’s Deli closed during winter break, becoming the second business in its complex to shut down in the last few months.
BASKETBALL
Talent is there, needs to show at game time
The MSU women’s basketball team needs to start winning. Plain and simple.
BASKETBALL
Win over Wildcats could be turning point
It’s down to the wire for the MSU women’s basketball team as they head to Evanston, Ill., in hopes to get back on track in the Big Ten.
NEWS
Standing out in the crowd
MSU has one of the most diverse campuses in the Big Ten. With 18.1 percent of undergraduate minority students in fall 2006, MSU has the fourth highest number of minority students.
COMMENTARY
MySpace.com features won't stop predators
MySpace.com, a popular social networking Web site, has recently announced an agreement with Attorney General Mike Cox and other state attorneys general to take more steps toward Internet safety for children.
COMMENTARY
Kucinich unfairly nixed from NBC/MSNBC debates
Martin Luther King Jr. declared, “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere,” and our fragile democracy became weaker today.
COMMENTARY
Paul supporters deserve better
Who wouldn’t like a candidate who preaches from the heart and refuses to pander to special interest groups? Someone who takes ideologically consistent positions that defy political convention? Someone who is supported by a loyal cadre of grassroots followers?
NEWS
Police close 9-year sex offender investigation
East Lansing police have brought closure to the investigation of the man responsible for 16 sexual assaults in the East Lansing area in the past nine years.
NEWS
Abbot Road construction tedious for E.L. student drivers
With Abbot Road under construction, Alex Vaughn’s bus ride home from campus has become a headache.
NEWS
No suspects in Rylan Cotter's death; police treat death as homicide
While police are struggling to piece together information surrounding the death of 20-year-old MSU student Rylan Cotter, they are following several leads.