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MICHIGAN

Possible E.L. budget cuts might affect future police, fire services

Darcie Moran
March 15, 2012

The East Lansing City Council is again discussing potential budget issues that could cut police and fire services, which might hurt the departments’ ability to deal with large events, such as future March Madness celebrations. During their Tuesday night work session at City Hall, 410 Abbot Road, council members discussed removing eight full-time police positions, including five patrol officers, two detectives and one school officer to maintain a lower budget in the 2013-14 fiscal year.

MICHIGAN

Capsule app aims to make party planning private

Becca Guajardo
March 15, 2012

A new smartphone application named Capsule is getting some attention among young adults because of its innovative way of party planning and sharing. The app launched Jan. 19 and provides users with a way to invite specific friends to an event without having it publicly displayed on Facebook or other social media sites. A specific phone number and email address is selected for the Capsule group so personal information can be anonymous.

MSU

RHA elects vice president

Rachel Jackson
March 15, 2012

The Residence Halls Association, or RHA, elected another student to its leadership ranks Wednesday night, as the group begins to build its executive board for the 2012-13 year.

MSU

Smoked out

Lauren Gibbons
March 15, 2012

Once about every two weeks, David Schmitt and a few of his friends make their way through the campus and city in the dead of night, shrouded in shadows as they hunt for a place where they can get high in relative peace.

NEWS

Police Brief 03/15/12

Lauren Gibbons
March 14, 2012

A 19-year-old female student reported her bicycle was stolen between 8 p.m. Feb. 24 and 6 p.m. March 11 from a bike room in Akers Hall, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.

MSU

New York Times reporter details experiences covering the White House

Rachel Jackson
March 14, 2012

The first thing New York Times Washington Correspondent Sheryl Stolberg did when she took the stage in the Kellogg Center Auditorium on Wednesday night was show everyone how to ride a hovercraft. Pulling up a video, she shared her experience touring a factory with President Barack Obama, who personally called her out to ride a hovercraft in front of other members of the press.

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MICHIGAN

Students rally for nurse rights

Katie Harrington
March 14, 2012

“Protect our jobs! Protect our voice!” and similar chants filled Michigan Avenue in Lansing Wednesday as close to 500 registered nurses, students and activists from across Michigan flooded the streets with signs and flags. “I think with health care really being in the forefront of politics today and nurses being the most trusted profession in the country, we can make a difference,” said Debra Nault, a registered nurse and clinical faculty member at MSU. The campaigners gathered at the Lansing Center, 333 E.

MSU

RHA presents country singer Easton Corbin

Rachel Jackson
March 14, 2012

When marketing sophomore Nick Kurtenbach saw country music singer Easton Corbin in concert two years ago, he wasn’t familiar with the musician, who was the opening act at the show. But the rising star’s performance stuck with Kurtenbach, and when he heard Corbin would be performing at MSU next week, he couldn’t pass it up.

MSU

Council of Graduate Students elects new leaders

Becca Guajardo
March 14, 2012

Representatives from the Council of Graduate Students, or COGS, voted to elect next year’s executive board at their council meeting Wednesday night. All candidates won unanimously, and COGS President Stefan Fletcher was elected as a third-term president.

MICHIGAN

Judge discounts recent lawsuit

Beau Hayhoe
March 14, 2012

A lawsuit filed against the city of East Lansing accusing the city council of violating a law that mandates all governing bodies hold open meetings has been thrown out by Judge Clinton Canady of Ingham County’s 30th Circuit Court. The lawsuit — filed by East Lansing resident Phil Bellfy and his attorney, Jeffrey Hank — said the city council violated the Open Meetings Act, or OMA, and made a secret decision not to investigate Bellfy’s claims of misconduct by the city attorney’s office.

MSU

Corporate partnerships help start careers

Stephen Brooks
March 14, 2012

Continuing an increasing trend of interaction between academic programs at MSU and outside companies, the game design and development specialization — which recently was ranked as one of the best programs in the country by the Princeton Review for the second consecutive time — has added a new corporate partner.