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MICHIGAN

Unsually warm weather spurs crime

Darcie Moran
January 16, 2013

Warm weather might have been a factor in the high number of assaults and underage drinking arrests last weekend. East Lansing police arrested six minors for carrying alcohol, wrote nine minor in possession citations, and answered calls for three assaults, seven fights, nine thefts and one stolen vehicle, according to the weekend report. “For a winter month, coming back after break … it is a little higher than normal,” East Lansing police Capt.

MICHIGAN

High tax leads smokers to smuggle cigarettes

Isabella Shaya
January 15, 2013

In 2011, almost 30 percent of the cigarettes smoked in Michigan were smuggled from other states, according to research from the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, which factored information from 47 of 48 states. Michael LaFaive, director of Morey Fiscal Policy for the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, said the high smuggling rate is partly because Michigan currently has the 10th highest tax rate at $2 per pack, according to statistics from the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids.

MICHIGAN

Updated: Former City Center II property’s future remains undecided

Michael Koury
January 15, 2013

Well into Tuesday night, the East Lansing City Council discussed before a crowd of residents the future of the formerly proposed City Center II property, an ordinance that would allow those looking to sell their homes to rent them for a short period of time and approved the contract of East Lansing and Lansing Fire Department Chief Randy Talifarro. The council decided to send the proposition back to the planning commission for review and recomendations for the future of the site as well as attempt to solve the parking issue.

MSU

Project in works to assess Mich. biorefineries

Samantha Radecki
January 15, 2013

On Tuesday morning, Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., visited Lansing to speak about the future of agriculture, statewide and nationally, at a breakfast hosted by the Michigan Agri-Businesses Association. Stabenow said part of this comes from the support for Michigan’s universities and research institutions, such as MSU.

MSU

MSU in top 20 of 'sugar baby' schools of 2012

RuAnne Walworth
January 15, 2013

Most college students take out loans, earn scholarships or borrow money from family members to cover the cost of tuition. But according to recent studies, numerous MSU students also have turned to websites in search of “sugar daddies” to help pay for college. In 2012, MSU was ranked as the 16th fastest growing university for students to find sugar daddies — older men who pay to date younger women — on www.seekingarrangement.com. In 2011, MSU was ranked No. 9.

MICHIGAN

Working Together: One Year Later

Michael Koury
January 14, 2013

East Lansing and Lansing Fire Department Fire Chief Randy Talifarro works between 40 and 50 hours a week, receives 100 or more emails a day and treks between East Lansing and Lansing daily. Adding time spent outside of work at city council meetings and other community events, his work week sometimes can stretch to nearly 70 hours.

MSU

Engagement Center opens in McDonel

Alex McClung
January 14, 2013

When professional writing senior Brooke Hawkins first saw the new River Trail Neighborhood Engagement Center, she was amazed. Although Hawkins no longer lives in the residence halls, she works at the River Trail Neighborhood’s Writing Center. “If this had happened when I was living in the dorms, I probably would have been happier,” Hawkins said.

MICHIGAN

Michigan universities differ on Taser use in police depts.

Darcie Moran
January 14, 2013

After Eastern Michigan University police began using Tasers this month, MSU police and students are joining the debate of when and how they should be used on campus. MSU police have about 55 to 60 Tasers for all officers assigned to the road who complete a four-hour training, with renewed training every two years, said MSU police Sgt.

MICHIGAN

US Supreme Court to rule on drunken driving law

Kellie Rowe
January 14, 2013

A Michigan law that required police to obtain a warrant before forcing State Rep. Bob Genetski to take a blood test for evidence of drunken driving now might be implemented nationally, pending a U.S. Supreme Court ruling. The Supreme Court held oral arguments last week, but are expected in June to reach a decision on whether or not police should be able to draw blood samples from suspected drunken drivers without a warrant or consent from the driver, which currently is illegal in Michigan.

MSU

LGBT Resource Center opens its doors for spring

Lilly Keyes
January 14, 2013

Sitting next to a table of board games and a bookshelf stocked with titles such as “The Gender Frontier” and “Lesbian and Gay Voices,” psychology senior and queer student Jennifer Wallsteadt made herself comfortable in the LGBT Resource Center, located in room 302 of Student Services.

MSU

Officials plan for meditation room in Butterfield Hall

Robert Bondy
January 14, 2013

The addition of a meditation room as part of the Butterfield Hall renovation project was announced at the Residence Halls Association, or RHA, media general assembly meeting last Wednesday. Residence Education and Housing Services Assistant Director of Communications Ashley Chaney displayed a board with the plan and images of the meditation room at last week’s meeting. The room is set to open in August of 2014.

MSU

Support decreases for Tea Party movement

Alex McClung
January 14, 2013

America’s Tea Party movement might be losing its influence and followers, a recent survey shows. Rasmussen Reports released a poll last week that shows the Tea Party movement is at its lowest popularity ever. The poll, conducted Jan. 3 and 4 from 1,000 likely voters, found 8 percent of respondents identified as members of the Tea Party movement, down from a high of 24 percent in April 2010.

MSU

Face Time: Trustee Brian Mosallam

Samantha Radecki
January 13, 2013

At last Friday’s Board of Trustees meeting, members of the board welcomed newly-elected Trustee Brian Mosallam to their team. In an interview with The State News, Mosallam talks tuition, college affordability and campaign promises.

MSU

Hundreds attend MSU Neuroscience fair

Isabella Shaya
January 13, 2013

For Mika Obrecht, a junior at Howell High School, eating a “miracle berry” to change sour flavors sweet sounded like a crazy concept, but she was willing to try. The experiment was at one of more than 20 different booths educating participants about the nervous system at the third annual MSU Neuroscience Fair and Brain Bee, held Saturday afternoon at Biomedical Physical Sciences Building.