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MICHIGAN

Renewable Energy Coalition launches campaign to stop initiative

Zach Smith
June 26, 2012

The Clean Affordable Renewable Energy for Michigan Coalition met on the 22nd floor of the Boji Tower in downtown Lansing Friday morning, to launch a campaign to stop the 25 X 25 Ballot Initiative. According to the press release, “The ballot proposal would amend Michigan’s Constitution to require Michigan to produce 25 percent of its electricity from renewable sources such as wind, solar, hydro and biomass by 2025, regardless of the cost to electric customers.” Senator Mike Nofs, R-Battle Creek, said his office spent 16 hours reviewing the 2008 bill that currently is in effect and requires Michigan to produce 10 percent of its energy from renewable sources. “We looked at all the options available to Michigan and set up a plan,” Nofs said.

MSU

Kicking it up a notch

Adam Toolin
June 25, 2012

Kimberly Fritzsche, of Owosso, Mich. practices a special technique of Taekwondo at IM West with the MSU Taekwondo Club. The club is part of both USA Taekwondo and the National Collegiate Taekwondo Association and is training for a national championship.

NEWS

Off-campus housing help provided

Darcie Moran
June 25, 2012

As both an MSU graduate student and a community liaison, Erin Carter is particularly excited about the new Off-Campus Housing Listing site, which MSU had up and running late last week.

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Board of Trustees discusses funding for campus projects

Rebecca Ryan
June 25, 2012

At the MSU Board of Trustees meeting last Friday, the board did more than raise tuition 3.5 percent for in-state students and 5 percent for out-of-state students. It also addressed funding for student organizations, the establishment of a new research organization, the University Research Organization, and planning and proceeding of construction projects on campus.

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Graduate programs rank high nationally

Darcie Moran
June 25, 2012

U.S. News and World Report rankings may not be the reason Dilshani Sarathchandra came to MSU, but rankings in recent years have made her confident that any degree from MSU will be received with respect when she leaves the institution.

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MICHIGAN

Tony Lucca draws hundreds to Lansing festival

Zach Smith
June 24, 2012

Tony Lucca put on a show Friday night that got some audience members’ panties in a bunch — until they took them off and threw them at him. “(The event was) a tent full of drunkards (and) people having the time of their life for a night,” Lucca said with a smile.

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MSU

Seminar on using hip hop in education entertains, informs

Isabella Shaya
June 21, 2012

Born and raised in the Bronx of New York City, Intikana has taken to embracing and sharing his Borikén, or Puerto Rico, heritage through hip-hop to fellow educators and youth all over the world. Intikana lead a workshop and also performed at the Urban Literacies Institute for Transformative Teaching Conference, which came to MSU for the first time this week.

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MSU reflects on 40th anniversary of Title IX

Rachel Jackson
June 21, 2012

When Paulette Granberry Russell was in high school, she wanted to try pole vaulting but got turned away. “I remember going to the coach and expressing that was something I wanted to do, and the response at the time was ‘girls don’t pole vault,’” said Russell, director of the Office for Inclusion and Intercultural Initiatives.

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Program trains teachers for high-need areas

Darcie Moran
June 20, 2012

Rochell Mahaley received her Bachelor of Science in animal science at MSU and a master’s from the veterinary medical school at MSU. And now she’s back for more. Mahaley is one of 11 students involved in the second cohort of W.K. Kellogg Foundation Woodrow Wilson Teaching Fellows at MSU.

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Hockey player's story inspires

Darcie Moran
June 20, 2012

One of the first rules of hockey Sara Sherman had to learn is how to play “heads-up” hockey. You can’t focus on the puck you’re handling. You have to keep looking forward. That rule became essential to Sherman’s life in February 2010 when a traumatic brain injury changed everything. And now, through living a “heads-up” lifestyle, she has become a member of the 2012 MSU Homecoming court.