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Student organ donation recipients reflect on life during Donate Life month

Rebecca Ryan
April 12, 2012

When Sarah McPharlin was 11 years old, she almost died. After catching an autoimmune virus that caused her body to attack her heart, she was hospitalized and eventually placed on the organ donation wait list — she needed a new heart. After 38 days on the list, the kinesiology senior underwent a heart transplant. Although McPharlin realizes how lucky she was to have her life saved by organ donation, many others still are waiting for that chance.

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MSU's third annual Science University event starts Friday

Stephen Brooks
April 12, 2012

This weekend, MSU’s campus will be invaded by curious visitors and students of years past for the College of Natural Science’s third annual Science University event. Beginning Friday, about 140 alumni, faculty, staff, students and visitors are expected to make their way to MSU to attend an awards program for the college, tours of campus buildings and courses and presentations about the latest scientific happenings at MSU, Elizabeth Wheeler, College of Natural Science alumni relations coordinator, said in an email.

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Jamnesty 2012 brings music, awareness to MSU

Kellie Rowe
April 12, 2012

Born in Somalia, biomedical laboratory operations junior Salman Muridi holds the country close to his heart. But that’s not the only reason he cares about the famine currently affecting Somalians nationwide. “It’s not just the fact that that’s my homeland, it’s the fact that people are dying and nobody (is) doing anything about it,” he said.

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Police Brief 04/12/12

Lauren Gibbons
April 11, 2012

An attempt at cooking dinner got a little out of hand at about 5:51 p.m. Wednesday when a kitchen fire erupted on the third floor of Building D in the 731 Burcham Apartment Complex, East Lansing Deputy Fire Chief Troy Brya said.

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Students protest energy transition plan

Rebecca Ryan
April 11, 2012

A giant 18-foot-tall inflatable hand holding an inhaler swayed in the wind next to the rock on Farm Lane on Wednesday afternoon while members of MSU Beyond Coal rallied against the Energy Transition Plan by singing songs, sharing stories and holding up 10-foot-tall wooden sunflowers.

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MSU Police, SADD talk drunken driving

Derek Blalock
April 11, 2012

Family community services junior Nikki Noel believes drinking and driving is one of the most preventable causes of death, yet in 2010 there were more than 600 DUIs given out by the East Lansing Police Department — an increase of nearly 200 from 2009. Noel is a member of Spartans Against Drunk Driving, or SADD, and Wednesday they joined MSU Police near the rock on Farm Lane to help raise awareness of the consequences of drunken driving.

MICHIGAN

Funds uncertain for updates to local avenues

Beau Hayhoe
April 11, 2012

Top city and state transportation officials joined U.S. Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., at a roundtable event Wednesday, calling for an increased federal commitment to local transportation funding that would be used to help streamline area bus transportation along Grand River and Michigan avenues. Officials from the Michigan Department of Transportation and the Capital Area Transportation Authority, or CATA, said uncertainties surrounding funding for transportation projects have made it difficult to plan for major infrastructure needs, including a local initiative that would spruce up the Michigan/Grand River Avenue Corridor.

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Event highlights MSU innovation

Stephen Brooks
April 11, 2012

MSU innovations might be infiltrating the consumer market more quickly once a new Spartan Innovations LLC initiative announced Wednesday is up and running. The creation of a technology transfer enterprise called Spartan Innovations was unveiled at Wednesday’s second annual MSU Innovation Celebration at the Union, which also displayed numerous technologies and innovations made by MSU student and faculty inventors.

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Interactive city council videos, agendas might be implemented

Beau Hayhoe
April 11, 2012

A new online software system could turn East Lansing City Council meetings into on-demand viewing, easing accessibility and transparency for residents and city staff. The council was introduced at its Tuesday night work session, held at City Hall, 410 Abbot Road, to a software system operated by Granicus, a nationwide technology company that works with local, state and national government bodies to promote transparency.

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MSU Police awarded Green Certification

Lauren Gibbons
April 11, 2012

After undertaking extensive renovations and taking steps toward efficiency by updating office practices, the MSU Police Department is being honored for going green. The department recently was awarded a Green Certification, an initiative forwarded by MSU’s Office of Campus Sustainability meant to honor campus units that have attempted to reduce their environmental footprint, Office of Campus Sustainability Project Coordinator Lauren Olson said.

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COGS pushes for monetary support for renovations

Rachel Jackson
April 11, 2012

MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon reiterated her support for renovating Chittenden Hall to the representatives of the Council of Graduate Students, or COGS, Wednesday during the group’s last full council meeting of the year outside the building.

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Police Brief 04/11/12

Lauren Gibbons
April 10, 2012

Two officers from the MSU Police Department caught a Caucasian 49-year-old Lansing male in the act of stealing a bicycle between 8:25-9:30 a.m. April 10 at the Butterfield Hall bicycle racks, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.

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City Council discusses climate sustainability plan, new meeting coverage technoloy

Beau Hayhoe
April 10, 2012

The East Lansing City Council got its first look at what could be a step forward into the digital age at its Tuesday night work session. During its 7 p.m. work session at City Hall, 410 Abbot Road, the council heard a presentation from Jack Melnicoff, a solutions specialist with a nationwide information technology company called Granicus that works with government municipalities to promote transparency.