NEWS
Student arraigned in Shaw Hall flier incident
An MSU student was arraigned today for hanging a racially charged flier in Shaw Hall last month, MSU police Sgt.
NEWS
Spartans defeat Badgers on road
Madison, Wisc. - The MSU women's basketball team got into early foul trouble, but it was a Wisconsin technical foul that proved to be the game's turning point as the Spartans disposed of the Badgers 58-43 on Thursday night. After two 3-pointers from Wisconsin guard Stephanie Rich pulled the Badgers to within five points with 13:08 left, MSU freshman forward Liz Shimek tried to respond by going to hole but was fouled by Wisconsin center Lello Gebisa.
MSU
Facility offers new tumor procedure
MSU is one of two facilities in the state to perform a new breast tumor shrinking procedure. The procedure, called cryoablation, was approved about a year ago for the removal of benign tumors and is offered by the MSU Department of Surgery and Harper Hospital in Detroit.About 80 percent of all breast tumors are benign.To qualify for the procedure, patients need to have a biopsy to ensure that the tumor is benign and is no larger than 2 centimeters.Most tumors are surgically removed but cryoablation is cheaper, less painful and less damaging to skin tissue than the traditional method, department Chairwoman Carol Slomski said."People have been trying to figure out how to get rid of tumors without cutting them out for a long time," she said.
COMMENTARY
Agriculture program should stay at 'U'
When a university is faced with budget cuts, it would be in their best interest to look at the programs that are not growing and are mediocre in ranks and look to cut down the size of those or combine them with another program.
NEWS
The great debate
Ann Arbor - Susan Clark said her high school achievements merited her enrollment in the University of Michigan - not her Colombian ethnicity. "It definitely didn't hurt my cause any," the U-M senior said, laughing.
MICHIGAN
Finance chief pleads guilty to embezzlement
The Capital Area United Way's former Finance Chief Jacquelyn Allen-MacGregor admitted to stealing $1.88 million Thursday in U.S.
NEWS
House to monitor 'U' rowdy behavior
Lansing - State House Speaker Rick Johnson has a message for the state's college students: behave. To better account for the $1.5 billion in taxes flowing to state schools, Johnson initiated a committee on higher education this legislative term. "The taxpayers of the state are paying a lot of good money to educate kids in these universities and by gosh, they ought to behave," the LeRoy Republican said during a roundtable discussion with the media last week. "I'm sick and tired of watching university kids tear university campuses apart every time their basketball team wins a tournament." Several years have passed since the House had a committee on higher education, and as House speaker, Johnson had the final say on recreating the committee. "I think the money that we're spending to educate kids today - it's time the Legislature look at some of those things," Johnson said.
COMMENTARY
Focus on future
Although Gov. Jennifer Granholm is focused on leading Michigan through the hard times of today, it is clear from Wednesday's State of the State address her eyes are fixed on the state's future. Granholm spent nearly as much time talking about the need to improve educational efforts for children from birth to age five and first-time parents as she did outline the state's grim economic situation. While Granholm called for private investors to put capital into the states Tri-Corridor - an endeavor to link the state's life sciences, automotive industry and homeland security efforts - it seems clear she believes the government's best interest is to invest in the state's children. The governor gave two charges for what she calls Project Great Start.
ICE HOCKEY
Power play a key in recent success
It's analogy time! For question No. 1, fill in the blank with the most appropriate answer. 1.
COMMENTARY
Parents need to let children live on own
It is great some parents take the time to participate and help with activities involving MSU, but they must know their bounds.
SPORTS
Recruits may surprise some in a few years
The Spartans pulled a rabbit out of their hat. Sure, one of the nation's top linebackers fled to Whoretown (Ann Arbor). And sure, MSU's 2003 football recruiting class doesn't have many big names.
MSU
Dancers to perform
Orchesis, a student-organized dance club, will perform "Re-Inventing Skin!" at 8 p.m. today and Saturday and 2 p.m.
FEATURES
Local film 'not half bad'
Ah, local film. The hometown representation of the American Hollywood dream. Film and theater students pour their hearts and souls into low-budget productions in an effort to garner experience and push toward the elusive fame that comes with distribution and attention given to their work. For a locally made film, "Money, Guns and Coffee" isn't half bad.
COMMENTARY
Forgotten past
The street sign between Abbott Road and Charles Street still reads M.A.C. Avenue, so it seems odd MSU's first move to make up for the $5-million state budget cut might be to terminate the agricultural engineering department.
MSU
'U' learns dining etiquette
About 100 MSU students learned the right fork to use for their appetizer, salad, main course and dessert when they were given a number of utensils to choose from Tuesday at the Kellogg Center.The MSU Alumni Association and the Senior Class Council sponsored a manners and etiquette dinner at which speaker Pattie McNiel showed students step by step how to eat properly at formal dinners."We're doing this so hopefully they'll be ready to go out in the real world," said McNiel, coordinator of the Distance Learning Program in the National Food Safety and Toxicology Center.This is the third year of the dinner, for which McNiel said she personally knows of someone who's benefited from it - her son."Shortly after he went to it, he started his job interviews," she said.
FEATURES
Ohio-based Two Cow Garage comes to Lansing
It's really the classic young band story. They come from a small town, get discovered in a bar, record an album and tour the country - except the band will also be making it's Lansing debut. Two Cow Garage, not named for its affiliation with the inhabitants of the many fields of its native Ohio, moooves into Mac's Bar, 2700 E.
NEWS
Student arraigned in Shaw Hall flier incident
An MSU student was arraigned today for hanging a racially charged flier in Shaw Hall last month, MSU police Sgt.
FEATURES
Commercials unrealistic, false
We all know the smell. That skunky smell that looms in the basement of many a party. That dank scent that reminds you of the bathroom of a stadium during a Phish concert.
NEWS
Study shows more campuses are segregated
Universities are becoming more segregated because of affirmative action, according to a recent study. The study, which appeared in an American Association of University Professors' magazine, showed minorities, specifically blacks and Hispanics, attend schools with a high percentage of students from their own race. Affirmative action is the culprit for that segregation, says K.
NEWS
Student arraigned in Shaw Hall flier incident
An MSU student was arraigned today for hanging a racially charged flier in Shaw Hall last month, MSU police Sgt.