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BASKETBALL

Izzo, Baum made coaches for Saturday's intrasquad football game

It’s evident MSU men’s basketball head coach Tom Izzo is a football junkie. With Saturday’s intrasquad spring game quickly approaching, MSU football head coach Mark Dantonio made a couple of quick coaching additions – designating Izzo as a coach of the Green squad and men’s soccer coach Joe Baum a coaching member of the White.

NEWS

Police Brief 04/15/08

About $200 in damage was done to a window in a Butterfield Hall dorm room at about 10:15 p.m. Saturday, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.

MICHIGAN

Cedar Fest arraignments

Jaclyn Doroshewitz, 18 Landscape architecture freshman Charge: Disorderly conduct – obstructing, resisting or hindering an arrest; destroying, damaging or interfering with property, assembling for riot; minor in possession Maximum penalty: 90 days in jail and/or three $500 fines, MIP penalty dependent on prior offenses Plea: Not guilty Restrictions: No possession of alcohol or controlled substances, curfew from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. enforced by tether, daily preliminary breath test

MSU

Graduate union could vote for 1-day walkout

A picket line along Grand River Avenue. Empty classrooms across campus. Exams going unproctored, homework ungraded and recitations abandoned. That will be the scene on campus for students should the Graduate Employees Union vote to stage a one-day walkout.

MICHIGAN

3 years later, lessons learned

East Lansing police say the response to Cedar Fest shows they’ve changed since the April 2005 disturbances, which tarnished their image. And several local officials, who reviewed the 2005 melee, agree police have revised their practices.

MSU

GEU uses fliers to promote contract

Chicago native Lin Bergeron walked through the entrance of the Union on Monday with a group of other potential students and their parents to tour the university, and was confronted by a group of graduate students holding fliers.

MICHIGAN

'Recession' leads to deals

A possible recession might be suitable comedic fodder for Campusfood.com’s marketing department, but it’s anything but funny to East Lansing businesses. Campusfood.com recently began offering “Recession Specials” on its Web site, which marketing director Julie Shimshack said was a tongue-in-cheek method to encourage sales.

MICHIGAN

Mich. tourism sector on decline

The luster of the Great Lakes and Michigan’s natural beauty might not be enough to keep Michigan’s tourism sector from declining this year. Two MSU researchers, along with representatives from Michigan’s tourism sector, predicted the number of travelers will decrease by 2 percent in 2008, while travel spending will remain flat and prices for traveling will increase about 4 percent.

MSU

Campus works to maintain African ties

General management sophomore Michael Ueberroth said it was a “drunk dial” that changed his perspective on the world, in particular, Africa. “A friend called me up, drunk, at 3 a.m. and told me he wanted to do something that made a difference,” he said. “And something about the crisis in Darfur was on the television at the time.”

MICHIGAN

Protein, creatine can supplement a healthy diet

Calorie and carbohydrate intake are key aspects of bodybuilding, but there’s also a lesser known contributor to better muscle definition. Supplements, namely whey protein and creatine, can aid with nutrient intake and muscle tone, but must be used only in conjunction with powerlifting and proper dieting practices, nutritionists said.