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Samantha Radecki ·
MICHIGAN

Paranormal group discusses hauntings, exorcisms with E.L. residents

Sam Radecki
January 30, 2012

Since supposed spirits appeared in her photographs and she was overcome with psychic premonitions during her childhood, MSU alumna Samantha Harris has been hooked on the paranormal. Harris is the founder and director of the Michigan Paranormal Research Association, MPRA, which held a lecture at the East Lansing Public Library on Monday night to share their best evidence, experiences and theories to prove paranormal activities and spirits exist.

MICHIGAN

Vitamins might help students reduce effects of hangovers

Lauren Gibbons
January 30, 2012

Students tired of suffering through the morning after a night of drinking might find relief in Drinkwel — a recent vitamin supplement created to counteract some negative effects of drinking — but doctors and professionals still say healthy habits are the easiest way to feel best in drinking’s aftermath.

MSU

American Indian population grows in US

Kellie Rowe
January 30, 2012

According to the 2010 U.S. Census, more than 5.2 million people identified themselves as part of the American Indian and Alaska Native category, whether alone or in combination with other races — a 27 percent growth from the 2000 Census.

MICHIGAN

Report shows growth in E.L., Lansing jobs

Beau Hayhoe
January 30, 2012

The Lansing and East Lansing metropolitan area has been ranked top in the country among 100 metropolitan areas for job creation in manufacturing, goods producing and transportation and utilities, according to data from The Urban Institute released last week.

MSU

Survey shows college freshmen have more academic motivation

Stephen Brooks
January 30, 2012

This year’s freshmen are working harder and playing less compared to previous years, according to a national survey. The 2011 Cooperative Institutional Research Program, or CIRP, Freshman Survey shows first-year college students are entering college showing attitudes reflecting higher study priorities, less desire to party and more behaviors leading toward better academic success, said Linda DeAngelo, assistant director for research at CIRP. The survey polled more than 200,000 students nationwide and was administered by CIRP — the research arm of the Higher Education Research Institute at the University of California, Los Angeles.

NEWS

Police Brief 01/30/12

Lauren Gibbons
January 29, 2012

A 43-year-old female MSU employee reported a wooden step stool stolen from the Main Library between 10 p.m. Jan 14, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.

Kellie Rowe ·
MSU

Institute shares Chinese New Year with E.L.

Kellie Rowe
January 29, 2012

A group of traveling performers from Jilin University in China traveled 6,000 miles to bring a little bit of home to the Lansing community. On Sunday afternoon, MSU’s Confucius Institute held the Chinese New Year Spring Festival to honor the Year of the Dragon at Dart Auditorium at Lansing Community College.

MICHIGAN

‘Taken’ poses discussion of fighting real sex crime

Lauren Gibbons
January 29, 2012

On Friday night, students gathered to watch an enraged Liam Neeson hunt for sex trafficking criminals that captured his daughter in the 2008 movie “Taken.” But for most of those caught in the snares of human trafficking, there isn’t an ex-CIA agent father there to help them escape, members of the MSU chapter of International Justice Mission said at the event.

MICHIGAN

Community takes time to remember Gandhi’s death

Sam Radecki
January 29, 2012

With a few moments of silence, students plan to remember the 64th anniversary of the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi, the leader of peaceful protests and nonviolent resistance in India. The MSU Indian Students Organization, ISO, plan to pay homage in remembrance of his life and ideologies at about 6 p.m. tonight in the Spartan Village Community Center, graduate student Sivaram Murthy, ISO’s web coordinator, said.

MSU

New acceptable use policy released

Rebecca Ryan
January 29, 2012

MSU Information Technology Resources released a revised Acceptable Use Policy, or AUP, on Friday. The AUP, which was last revised in 1992, governs the use of MSU’s IT resources.

MSU

TFA rally promotes student involvement

Rachel Jackson
January 29, 2012

MSU alumna Ariadna Ginez, a Spanish teacher for Teach for America, or TFA, spoke to more than 200 people Saturday afternoon in Wells Hall at the Now More Than Ever Rally for Educational Equity, presented by TFA and ASMSU, MSU’s undergraduate student government.

MSU

ASMSU officer resigns citing conflicting schedules

Rachel Jackson
January 26, 2012

ASMSU Vice Chairperson for Student Programming Emmanuel Williams has resigned from his post in the organization because of overwork and conflicting schedules, ASMSU General Assembly Steve Marino announced at the group’s Thursday night meeting. An interim vice chairperson will be appointed for two weeks until an election can be held to determine a replacement, Marino said.

Justin Wan ·
MSU

Tuning his teaching

Justin Wan
January 26, 2012

For music education and music performance senior Matt Nix, music is what he has been devoted to for the past 13 years. But teaching it to young students still stirs a small identity issue within him.

MSU

Students propose a smoke-free campus

Rachel Jackson
January 26, 2012

After some students raised concern about the amount of smokers near MSU buildings, student government groups are working to develop an enforcable solution. Council of Graduate Students, or COGS, President Stefan Fletcher said the issue of potentially creating a smoke-free campus likely will come up at next month’s COGS meeting after medical students raised the issue, and the council will discuss creating a concept for the proposed policy.