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Sparticipation links students to clubs
Rachel Plawecki was left with few choices for food when the dormitory cafeterias closed Tuesday for Spartan Spectacular.
MSU
Students struggle as tuition is increased to maintain budget
Students might have to shell out more cash for tuition this year after the MSU Board of Trustees decided in June to increase rates by almost $600 for the year to fit with the approved 2009-10 budget.
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Job fair scheduled for next Wednesday at Spartan Stadium
Classes just started, but students can start searching for a part-time job or next summer’s internship Sept. 9 at the Earn, Learn and Intern Fair.
MICHIGAN
Metrospace to host 3D art exhibition
(SCENE) Metrospace will host a reception from 6-9 p.m. Sept. 11 to open its newest art exhibit, 3 Cities in 3D.
MICHIGAN
Filmmakers set to shoot Old Town
Lansing area filmmakers will be challenged to prove their love for Lansing’s Old Town in a 72-hour film competition starting Sept. 1
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ASMSU seeking stronger connection with student body
The 46th session of ASMSU kicked off Saturday at a Student Assembly meeting at Patriarch Park, 1100 Alton Road, to appoint new representatives, outline the upcoming school year and discuss ways to increase the group’s campus presence.
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'The Soloist' author speaks, inspires at Breslin Center
The author of “The Soloist,” Steve Lopez, came to inspire new Spartans to find passion at MSU on Monday morning at Breslin Center, as part of the university’s “One Book, One Community” program.
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Grand River's 'cursed corner' to house new hopeful restaurant
At the intersection of East Grand River Avenue and Abbot Road is a corner property noted by local business owners for its ability to thwart success, but East Lansing resident Joe Conrad said he’ll challenge the reputation of 101 E. Grand River Ave. with today’s opening of his restaurant, Conrad’s College Town Grill.
FOOTBALL
Dantonio names Cousins starting quarterback; Nichol to play in first half
MSU head football coach Mark Dantonio has named sophomore Kirk Cousins as the starting quarterback for Saturday’s season-opening game against Montana State at Spartan Stadium.
NEWS
World’s largest particle accelerator undergoes repair
The end of the world might be on hold. At least until November. Almost a year after the world’s biggest high energy particle accelerator broke 10 days after being switched on, a plan was created to resume operations, scientists and MSU professors associated with the project said Wednesday.
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Stimulus funds unexpected bonus for tri-county region
With more than $70 million in federal stimulus funds awarded this year, officials from the Tri-County Regional Planning Commission have been able to complete more projects this summer than expected. The Tri-County Regional Planning Commission is a combined effort between Ingham, Clinton and Eaton counties and includes officials from East Lansing.
MICHIGAN
E.L. holds annual safety carnival
As East Lasing native Allison Foster sat at a picnic table with her sons Connor, 7, and Cole, 8, a motorcycle cop revved up his engine only feet away. This wasn’t any scene of a crime, it was the 26th annual National Night Out, a safety carnival held on Tuesday at Patriarche Park, 1100 Alton Road.
MICHIGAN
Bills promoting biker safety might expand driver’s education
Bikers might feel safer riding around campus if legislation promoting biker safety is passed in the state Senate. The bills, introduced May 5 by state Sen. Tom George, R-Texas Township, would require driver’s education classes to provide instruction on bicycle law and increase awareness of bicyclists on the road.
NEWS
National Night Out to create bond between community, police
Payback is a dish best served cold. Ice cold. “Everybody likes to dunk Chief Wibert,” East Lansing police Sgt. Patricia Nowak said. “He’s a very good sport; he volunteers for this every time. (The) water’s usually pretty cold.”
MICHIGAN
National health care advocates hold rally on streets of E.L.
As passing cars honked their horns frantically, Haslett resident Kal Joshi stood and smiled. Joshi, along with about 30 others, stood on the corner of Abbot Road and Grand River Avenue on Thursday with their signs raised delivering one message. “Health care is a human right,” Joshi said.
MSU
MSU professor organizes program to boost worker quality
Supervisors should be more attentive to the work and family needs of employees to maximize worker health and efficiency, according to a recent study co-authored by an MSU professor. Ellen Kossek, an MSU professor of organizational behavior and human resource management, helped create a training program aimed to ease tensions between employees’ work and family demands by instructing supervisors to address those concerns.
MICHIGAN
Census shows increase in young voters in 2008 election
Although overall voter participation remained statistically unchanged between the 2004 and 2008 presidential elections, the people making up the voting population did shift, including an increase in younger voters.
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MSU student attains internship in NASA program
Cheryl Goetz beat more than 100 applicants vying for 18 spots for a summer internship at the Houston-based National Space Biomedical Research Institute, or NSBRI, to study the health risks of long-term space flight on the human body. Goetz, a mathematics and premedical senior, said she has been working since May with the NASA Flight Analogs Project, a program that studies the effects of microgravity and space flight on the human body at the University of Texas Medical Branch, in Galveston, Texas. “Every day I learn something new,” she said.
NEWS
MSU police department receives federal stimulus money
The MSU Department of Police and Public Safety was awarded $48,622 in federal stimulus money as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Gov.
MSU
Financial aid, tuition on the rise for 2009-10
MSU students could see as much as a 10.1 percent tuition increase during the next two years, the MSU Board of Trustees decided Friday when it approved the 2009-10 university budget guidelines.