MSU
Lakeside study experience to be offered in fall
Instead of studying environmental science in a classroom next fall, students can spend the semester in a new study-away program at MSU's W.K.
NEWS
Student, 19, killed in accident
Dannielle Brandt died after doing what she loved most — spending time with animals. The 19-year-old veterinary medicine sophomore spent Friday night walking with a cow she planned to show in a competition the next day.
COMMENTARY
There must be balance between government, personal responsibility
Libertarians, as I mentioned in a previous column, "Lazy analysis of scandal, government spending gives narrow view"(SN 1/24), see anti-government solutions to every problem.
NEWS
Living coed can be learning experience
Stereotype, myth, whatever you want to call it — it's the truth. Boys are messier than girls.
SPORTS
Spartans clamp down on defense
Champaign, Ill. — Whenever the No. 17 MSU women's basketball team loses a game, the players and coaches always stress defense as the primary reason for their failures. Down the stretch of Sunday's game against Illinois, the Spartans defense couldn't have been any better. The two teams battled neck and neck for the duration of the game, with neither team holding more than an eight-point lead in the second half.
MICHIGAN
On the move in Detroit
On Super Bowl Sunday, the Detroit People Mover was a public transportation adventure. Patrons were greeted at stations by bomb-sniffing dogs. Riders were liable to break out into choruses of "Let's go Steelers" without warning.
NEWS
Experts: Balance key to feasting in college
Think the only way you can eat a cheap meal is off the McDonald's Dollar Menu? Think again. Even broke college students can eat decent meals on a budget.
NEWS
City in the spotlight
From staff reports The State News Detroit — Ken Cicolella won't take off his Jerome Bettis jersey until the Steelers running back signs it.
NEWS
Beginner's guide to beer pong
By Alex Altman For The State News Since its creation years ago by a group of unknown college students, the controversial drinking game beer pong, also known to some as Beirut, has evolved into a popular college pastime. This lifestyle, for some, has even sparked the initiation of the World Series of Beer Pong, which was recently won by two University of Michigan graduates in Las Vegas.
NEWS
Clean up and collect deposit
Jessica Sipperley For The State News Twelve months of dealing with landlords, paying bills and cleaning up food crumbs and plastic cups culminates into one goal — getting back the security deposit. To many tenants, this means hastily painting over holes in walls and fixing busted window screens.
FOOTBALL
Spartans don't sign top Mich. football recruit but securing the No. 2, 3, 4s shows positive outlook
If I were to shake a Magic 8-Ball and ask, "What will the MSU football team be like next season?" the magical forces of the 8-Ball would probably answer "Outlook good." Although it is early, it seems like this could be the year that the coach, the team and the winning column all look positive for MSU.
SPORTS
Monday Musings
Sunday marked the annual return of the sporting world's most prestigious, most storied, most dramatic event.
BASKETBALL
Rebounds key MSU victory vs. Wildcats
Evanston, Ill. — With the Big Ten as tough as it is this season, any win, especially on the road, will be greeted with a smile. That is why MSU's 77-66 road win over Northwestern on Saturday is much bigger than it seems. With Illinois' and Michigan's losses Saturday, the No.
NEWS
WEB EXTRA: Seattle dominates first half of Super Bowl, falls to big Pittsburgh plays
By Stan Olson Knight Ridder Newspapers Detroit (KRT) — XL indeed. Talk about your extra-large plays, the ones that will be remembered and shown as long as they talk about the Super Bowl.
NEWS
Gettin' rid of those spills with cleaners, tips
Whether it's a little beer on the new rug or your dog puking up bunny guts in the living room, most of us have a few carpet-stain horror stories. So The State News decided to help prepare you for your next carpet crisis.
COMMENTARY
Line-item veto might not be best solution
While I was at home, I watched the State of the Union address, which I TiVoed last night. The one glaring thing that got my attention was the president's call for the power to use a line-item veto.
NEWS
Hurricanes cause jump in heating costs
Caitlin Scuderi For The State News At Joshua Bilsborrow's Charles Street house, some of the windows are lined with cardboard and newspapers. With an intimidating $250 heating bill for his four-bedroom home, the English senior resorts to creative ways to conserve.
NEWS
Cable and satellites offer many TV options
By Katherine LaLonde For The State News It's Sunday night. Chris DeRidder should be doing his Mechanical Engineering 361 homework, but his books are replaced by the remote.
NEWS
MIDDAY UPDATE: City Council to consider downtown redevelopment project
Space along Division Street in downtown East Lansing could be getting a little tighter. A local developer hopes to squeeze new retail space and rental apartments into a narrow lot between two existing buildings — a compromise after city officials rejected his original plan. The East Lansing City Council will decide whether to permit the project at its meeting Tuesday night. The proposed building is a four-story, 10,000-square-foot structure with retail space on the first floor, and seven two-bedroom apartments on the upper stories.
NEWS
Senior provides house party tips
There are two types of houses in East Lansing — the party house and the Urban Outfitters apartment display wannabe. I have only lived in the former. After more than four years in East Lansing, living in two party houses — one on Durand Street and one on Park Lane — and having been host to more than a dozen house parties, I think I can consider myself a connoisseur of sorts. Throwing a successful house party requires a multitude of items: a house, of course, roommates who also like to party and don't care about stains on the carpet or layers of sludge on the kitchen floor, understanding neighbors, an unlimited supply of red plastic cups and the perfect iTunes mix. If you want a party house, the first task is to find some party-loving roommates.