NEWS
Police Brief 04/14/09
An arsonist set a newspaper box owned by The State News on fire Monday morning outside of West Fee Hall, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said
NEWS
Sinking shelter
Individual homeowners aren’t the only ones being hit by the slumping housing market. Cities across Michigan and the nation are struggling with property tax revenue losses, a problem that could lead to drastic funding cuts for everything from public safety to infrastructure repair.
NEWS
Members of Chicano/Latino program create new group
A majority of students and faculty in the Chicano/Latino Studies program have formed a group they say has a different mission than the original program director, whose job performance recently has come into question.
NEWS
Despite state revenue decline, further higher education cuts unlikely
Growing budget deficits could force state lawmakers to retool Michigan’s proposed budget with additional cuts, but higher education funding likely won’t see further cuts in addition to those included in Gov. Jennifer Granholm’s February budget proposal.
MSU
Sled dogs to be subject of diabetes research
The sled dogs who run the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race might not only be rushing toward the finish line, but also toward possible new treatments for conditions such as type 2 diabetes and obesity.
MICHIGAN
City Council to discuss new budget, electronic signs
City officials will present the first of several parts of East Lansing’s 2009-10 fiscal year budget to East Lansing City Council tonight, including a proposed total budget increase of about 40 percent from this past fiscal year.
MICHIGAN
Racial inequality remains large issue, report finds
Despite the feeling of change fueled by President Barack Obama’s election as the country’s first black president, racial inequality generally remains static in the U.S., a report compiled by the National Urban League said.
MICHIGAN
City of E.L. embraces social networking Web sites
Checking the status of East Lansing can now be done via Facebook and Twitter. This puts the city on the leading edge of social networking and the spread of information.
FOOTBALL
MSU football player gets 180 days in jail for fight
Suspended MSU running back Glenn Winston must serve 180 days in jail for his role in an off-campus brawl last October, a judge ruled Tuesday in East Lansing’s 54-B District Court.
NEWS
Students pass tax referendums, vote for representatives
MSU’s Residence Halls Association and Impact (89-FM) will continue to operate after students voted to pass tax referendums for both organizations. Both taxes must be approved by students every three years.
NEWS
Upgrades slated for summer in Owen Hall
Students who planned on living in Owen Graduate Hall during the summer will have to pack their bags and move out as the residence hall undergoes a $10 million face-lift, expected to be completed by Aug. 1.
NEWS
Imploring for employment
Graduating seniors might be heading into the “perfect storm” this May as they enter the job market. That’s what Philip Gardner, director of the Collegiate Employment Research Institute at MSU, said he fears for the spring 2009 graduating class.
MSU
16th MSU student wins Truman Scholarship
Members of the MSU basketball teams weren’t the only Spartans who attained the Sweet Sixteen this year. International relations junior Nada Zohdy is the sixteenth student from MSU to receive the Truman Scholarship, which provides money for graduate school to students who demonstrate leadership, said Tara Yglesias, deputy executive secretary for the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation.
MSU
ACLU drafts proposal for gender-neutral campus housing
As MSU’s transgender housing policy rounds off its first year of operation, a student is taking the first steps toward a policy that would expand gender-neutral housing to a campus-wide scale, allowing any two students of the opposite sex the option to room together.
MICHIGAN
MSU Technologies to relocate, become part of E.L. SmartZone
The East Lansing SmartZone already was an incubator for multiple small technological business start-ups, but officials said it will receive a welcome boost when MSU Technologies moves in adjacent to the East Lansing Technology Innovation Center.
MICHIGAN
Pride Week encourages community to be open-minded
For members of MSU’s lesbian, bisexual, gay and transgender — or LBGT — community, this week is all about pride. Pride Week, which kicked off Friday, gives the LBGT community the chance to celebrate themselves in a more open way.
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Eye on Dubai
Halfway around the world in a country roughly the size of Michigan, the school year is wrapping up for about 50 MSU students. They are the inaugural class at MSU Dubai, the university’s newest campus, located in the Middle East. MSU has joined several leading American universities in moving to the Middle East, a migration that some have called an “educational gold rush” to one of the world’s largest emerging markets.
NEWS
Police Brief 04/10/09
A 22-year-old male student reported his wallet stolen after he left it on a bench while playing basketball the evening of April 2 in IM Sports-Circle, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
MSU
Group calls for Tutu’s reconsideration
The Anti-Defamation League, or ADL, is calling for MSU to reconsider Archbishop Desmond Tutu as its commencement speaker, citing his criticisms of Israel. They also have called for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to reconsider him as a speaker.
MSU
RHA, Impact taxes approved by students
Voter turnout for student elections last week was lower than previous years, but two tax referenda for student organizations passed. The taxes almost completely fund the organizations.