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Residence hall security increases for summer programs
CSI camp, 4-H Exploration Days, Academic Orientation Program and more make the campus buzz with visitors as summer officially begins.
MICHIGAN
MSU, Sparrow aid sexual assault survivors
A collaborative effort between the MSU Sexual Assault Program and Sparrow Health System’s Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Program, or SANE, helps sexual assault survivors to cope and recover by putting the power back into their hands.
MICHIGAN
Library offers hands-on learning
Lady bug hotels, praying mantis hats and crepe paper flowers were just a few things on the agenda Saturday at East Lansing Public Library, 950 Abbot Road, as the Children’s Gardening Club met and explored ways in which insects can be helpful in gardens.
MICHIGAN
More salmonella cases reported in Mich.
As hamburgers and stuffed tacos across the country are going without tomatoes due to a salmonella outbreak, the fruit’s issues are hitting home with two more cases of the infection in Michigan reported Friday.
MICHIGAN
Students should compare, research credit card options
Carrying cash may be quickly becoming a thing of the past as credit card applications are filling MSU students’ mailboxes and plastic is filling the slots in their wallets.
NEWS
Miss Wayne County receives Miss Michigan crown
Ashlee Baracy was crowned Miss Michigan 2008 Saturday at the 2008 Miss Michigan Scholarship Pageant. The program started at 7 p.m. at Muskegon’s Frauenthal Theater.
NEWS
Leaving behind a legacy
Ron Mason’s allegiance to MSU spanned nearly three decades — a tenure in which he held multiple athletic capacities and helped MSU flourish into a national hockey powerhouse. His legacy will be difficult to replace, but MSU will have to find a way.
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MSU researcher's trial rescheduled
A court hearing for a visiting MSU research associate from the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center for illegal use of the Internet was postponed Thursday.
MICHIGAN
Photo contest to capture 'E.L.'s Essence'
Home and family snapshots from this summer could be winners of the 2008 community photo contest, “The Essence of East Lansing,” if turned in to the city of East Lansing by Sept. 10 at 5 p.m.
MICHIGAN
Development projects reshape E.L.
Although City Center II has been the project at the front of many East Lansing residents’ minds, there are many other redevelopment projects occurring throughout the city.
MICHIGAN
New beverage deposit debated
The Michigan United Conservation Clubs is trying to expand the state’s 1976 bottle deposit law to include water bottles and other non-carbonated drinks by the end of the month.
MICHIGAN
Comcast, BTN sign deal
After nearly a year of deliberation, the Big Ten Network and Comcast Corp. signed an agreement Thursday that will make the network available to Comcast subscribers for the 2008 college football season.
NEWS
Hearing for visiting MSU research associate postponed
A court hearing for a visiting MSU research associate from the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center for illegal use of the internet was postponed today.
MICHIGAN
City Center II to be funded by developers
East Lansing residents will not bear the cost of the $116.4 million City Center II project, despite concerns, City Manager Ted Staton said.
MSU
Law students finding it harder to get jobs
The United States became the world’s first nation with 200 accredited law schools last week, but recent law school graduates are having trouble finding their dream jobs right away.
NEWS
Dow grant allows MSU students to study effects of toxin
Midland — Tim Fredricks, an MSU zoology doctoral student, laid on his stomach in a Midland field owned by The Dow Chemical Company, peering through binoculars at a male eastern bluebird perched on a birdhouse about 50 yards away.
NEWS
Police Brief 06/19/08
A credit card and debit card were stolen from a graduate student’s office at the Engineering Research Complex on Tuesday between 11:40 a.m. and 3 p.m., MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
MICHIGAN
Judge sentences Macon to life
Matthew Macon, who was convicted in May of killing two women and assaulting another last summer, was sentenced to life in prison Wednesday.
MSU
4-H fosters college preview
MSU is hosting 4-H Exploration Days this week, which will allow for 2,003 registered youth participants representing 80 of Michigan’s 83 counties to experience college while attending sessions of topics ranging from field hockey to animal science.
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MSU teams place in dairy competitions
Two dairy judging teams from MSU were honored for placing in the College Division category at the Hoard’s Dairyman Cow Judging contest.