McDonalds updates look, technology in time for U
McDonald’s wants to see East Lansing smile. Not only is the McRib back, but an entire new facility has been built at 1024 E.
Graduate not proud of green and white
Since graduating from MSU, I have always let everyone know how proud I was to be a Spartan. That is, until the administration provided freshman tight end Eric Knott a full-ride scholarship.I have never been more ashamed to say that I graduated from MSU than I am now.
Full scholarship bad lesson for player
Eric Knott recently finished serving 30 days in jail and is swapping his orange jumpsuit for a green and white uniform to begin practicing as a Spartan.
Tuition increase an investment, but students struggle to pay
The 8.9 percent tuition increase will be a triple burden to Sarah Stec’s family.“It was pretty tough for my parents because they have three kids going here,” the zoology junior said.
Annual horse show
The Appaloosa Classic Horse Show held this past weekend at the Pavilion for Agriculture and Livestock Education received a smaller turnout than last year, but the show must go on, and it did with an exhibit of well-groomed horses and their equestrians. There were 662 entries in the weekend long show, about 100 fewer than last year, said Leslie Zobel, Chairwoman for the Michigan Appaloosa Horse Association horse shows.
West Nile virus found in Michigan crows; U helps search for cure
Two dead crows found in Oakland and Macomb counties died of the West Nile Virus, MSU officials said. After the birds were found Aug.
Welcome action
Campus’ silence was suddenly broken last week as minivans loaded with futons, mini-refrigerators and computers flooded into campus, clogging roadways as they headed to unload their precious cargoes. And while the influx of students back to campus ends the summertime splendor of short lines at night hot spots and nearly non-existent traffic, it’s a welcome sign to a new school year. The puzzling fact is most students are ready to be back to East Lansing - well, at least we are.
What Big Ten football team will rise above the competition? Good question.
I don’t know what I’m doing. Usually I don’t admit so openly to that - I let the reader make that fairly obvious deduction based on my work. But now I’m charged with predicting the final order of finish of the Big Ten’s 11 football teams and I’m way overmatched. Have you seen these teams?
Free yearbooks return this year
For the second year the Red Cedar Log yearbook is available to all students at MSU - and anyone else who wants to pick one up.The Red Cedar Log is the largest college yearbook in the country with more than 20,000 copies available this year. In 1996 the yearbook was shut down for financial reasons.
No.1 no more; Spartans top Old Dominion
When MSU field hockey coach Michele Madison scheduled tough season-opening contests against No. 1 Old Dominion and No.
Peepholes show residents new view of dorm safety
Knock knock. Who’s there? Students living in the dorms can now have the satisfaction of knowing who’s knocking at their doors now that peepholes have been installed in just about every dorm room.The installation of the peepholes took place over the summer and was a result of careful deliberation among the Residence Halls Association, Residence Life and University Housing said Angela Brown, director of University Housing. “We discussed safety awareness and created a safety committee, which reviewed night receptionist safety and overall dorm safety,” Brown said, adding that students have been asking for peepholes for years. “(The peepholes) are great,” said Emmy Gregory, a pre-vet freshman.
Football team could change players life
Just because a person makes a mistake doesn’t mean all opportunities should be taken away from them.
Students protest, claim human rights Gap
Fall fashion and student opinions clashed like stripes and plaids Thursday night at Gap, 435 E. Grand River Ave. Members of MSU’s Students for Economic Justice protested the store’s fall fashion show to raise awareness about sweatshop labor. “We came out to educate the public,” said member Zak Bleicher, an international relations and political theory and constitutional democracy sophomore.
Bags welcome student renters to neighborhoods
Police and resident volunteers distributed about 4,000 bags to student renters as a way of welcoming them back Friday morning.Volunteers representing the East Lansing Police Department, the East Lansing Parking and Code Enforcement department, MSU’s greek community and other interested residents showed up at the Bailey Community Center, 301 Bailey St., Friday morning to pass out the bags to their student neighbors.This is the second time in the past three years the Community Relations Commission has sponsored the program.
Despite constant care, fish becoming pet of choice for U
Sure, they can’t cuddle.They don’t sit, curl up in a cozy ball by the vent or lap warm milk off a plate.Nonetheless, fish are sweeping the dorms as students warm their new homes with the cold-blooded critters.
U argues legislative issues
This is the first in a three part series about the Michigan House and Senate Reconvening. With the second half of the 2001 Michigan Legislature’s session fast approaching, MSU students are hoping to see a greater emphasis on higher education in the legislative agenda. Students from the MSU Democrats and the MSU College Republicans say they are hopeful the tuition tax credit is repealed and funding is lifted to 3 percent when session reconvenes Sept.
Party at the Aud gets U involved
When Party at the Aud ended Saturday night, the Auditorium’s lawn was littered with fliers, the rock on Farm Lane had a fresh coat of paint welcoming the map-toting freshmen and more than 230 student groups and activities had recruited a year’s worth of members.“This is the biggest and best time to recruit people,” said special education sophomore Shelley Carlin, a member of MSU Best Buddies.
Manager promoted to video coordinator
Luke Brown and head men’s basketball coach Tom Izzo have one unusual thing in common - both come from the tiny town of Iron Mountain in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.That connection and strong merit has helped Brown, a May MSU graduate, move from MSU student, to basketball student manager, to his new position - video coordinator.“It’s going to be exciting,” Brown said.
Report on infiltration released
In its report released Friday, an independent panel said it would have been better if the undercover surveillance of student groups never had occurred and that other alternatives should always be sought out.The report came after four months of research by the panel, which reviewed MSU police’s investigation of a group of student activists.The report also said the Department of Police and Public Safety handled the “extraordinary investigation” without as much care and attention as it may have required.Recommendations for undercover surveillance of student organizations and relationships between MSU students and MSU police also are made in the report.The report follows the placement of an undercover officer into United Students Against Sweatshops, now called Students for Economic Justice, beginning Feb.