During the past four years, apartment complexes in the East Lansing's Northern Tier - the land north of Lake Lansing Road - have been sprouting up rapidly.
The transition into college, though an adjustment, is not something MSU expects students to do alone.
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A best friend is someone you share your secrets with. She's someone you laugh with, hang out with, gossip with and, during rough times, cry with.
As an avid watcher of all things anime, and especially the cartoon "Cowboy Bebop," I would like to thank Mike Townshend for his eye-opening article "Joe Camel should answer for our generation's tobacco addiction" (SN 10/13). Never before had I realized that because I enjoy the character Spike Spiegel that I must also do my best to emulate him. Upon reading the article I immediately jumped into my car and bought my first pack of cigarettes and lit up - trying to be just as "cool" as Spiegel. I also proceeded to buy a gun, dropped out of college, and have now started a career as a professional bounty hunter. In fact, I believe that we should all change our lives so they will be more like those of cartoon characters that we enjoy.
Senior bandit and captain Tyrell Dortch's story has been well documented. Dortch came to MSU as a running back, and the next season he switched to cornerback but a horrendous injury almost ended his career.
During the past couple of years, reality television shows have dominated TV airways, stealing the spotlight from sitcoms.
Editor's note: This is the first of nine stories previewing the candidates for the MSU Board of Trustees. MSU Board of Trustees candidate Bill Hall says his experience as a lawyer, his ability to manage taxes and his experience on nonprofit boards should make sensible voters turn their heads and realize what he could bring to the university. The Libertarian candidate is running against eight others for one of two spots in the Nov.
ASMSU officials said they are concerned with campus safety because of the recent sexual assaults on campus, so much so they wrote a bill to increase lighting and emergency phones on campus. The bill, written in the middle of its Student Assembly meeting Thursday, advocates for a safer campus and to support the Residence Halls Association's safety report issued last year. "One incident near the tennis courts, and tailgates are changed," said Derek Wallbank, a representative for the Council for Students with Disabilities.
Keeping couches inside, cleaning up post-party lawn trash and getting renter's insurance are problems not a daily concern for most on-campus freshmen students. But when students move off campus, they face an array of city ordinances and policies that could send a police officer knocking on their apartment or house door. Local officials said there are a few keys to keep in mind when residents get their first set of keys. Beverly Baten, East Lansing City Councilmember and liaison to the housing commission, said when students first arrange a lease, they might receive a supplement explaining how to live in East Lansing, offering tips and common mistakes. "From what I've heard over the years, students commented that the hardest thing is parking and the regulations on having parties," Baten said. Students aren't generally aware if they leave trash on their property after a party, they can get a citation, she said. In addition, students don't realize they can't park overnight on streets, or they park in restricted areas, compounding the party problems, Baten said. East Lansing police Sgt.
Now and then throughout the year, you put down the Jack Daniels and open those textbooks your mom bought for you to cram for a test.
The smell of chlorine filled the air as four bodies submerged below 12 feet of water. Performing with the elegance of mermaids, the skillful swimmers sent ripples of waves across a 25-yard pool. In a little less than a minute, women in different bathing suits began to surface above the water with sighs of relief and gasps for air following. Immediately, goggles plopped off and the Green Splash swimmers complemented each other on their performances while constructively criticizing their movements that could potentially damage them in a competition. "Synchronized swimming is easy after learning the basic rules," said Erin West, Green Splash swimmer and human biology sophomore.
When college students get tired of cramped space, quiet hours and expensive room-and-board fees, they tend to say goodbye to campus living.
CATA is offering free rides to the polls for voters who show valid voter registration cards on election day. Debbie Alexander, assistant executive director for the Capitol Area Transportation Authority, said the "Free Rides on Election Day" program has been under way since the late 1980s.
At least one of the sexual assault cases on campus this semester was sent to the Ingham County Prosecutor's Office Monday, MSU police said. Ingham County Prosecutor Stuart Dunnings III said he received one case Monday that a lawyer in his office had given him to review for a second opinion.
The East Village Planning Team approved part of a plan on Oct. 7 that would, if implemented, redesign a 35-acre area that includes the Cedar Village and Waters Edge apartment buildings. The land, bounded on the west and east by Bogue Street and Hagadorn Road, and on the north and south by Grand River Avenue and the Red Cedar River, would feature new housing complexes that contain owner-occupied condominiums and apartments inhabited by renters in addition to retail facilities. "We want to make it a healthier, more diverse neighborhood," East Lansing Senior Project Manager Lori Mullins said.
The situation sounds all too familiar: Friend A gets an apartment, convinces friend B and friend C to join, then bails out on rent.
Friday night off campus, my son was attacked from behind by two white males at approximately 2 a.m. near the 7-Eleven on Grand River Avenue east of campus. He was walking home with a girl and was knocked down and kicked in the head from these cowards. He suffered a fractured cheekbone and stitches to his eye.
Having a car on campus can be helpful for students who want to drive home on the weekends or run errands. However, with more than 40,000 students and limited space, solving parking problems takes a large system of permits as well as meters, tickets and patience. When students live on campus and want to have a car, sophomores or older have to apply for permits in certain lots, including Lot 89, the commuter lot south of Farm Lane and Lot 91, south of Fee Hall The convenience of a car on campus draws people to apply for these permits.