MICHIGAN
Local deli closes its doors
Iggy’s Deli closed during winter break, becoming the second business in its complex to shut down in the last few months.
NEWS
Police close 9-year sex offender investigation
East Lansing police have brought closure to the investigation of the man responsible for 16 sexual assaults in the East Lansing area in the past nine years.
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Abbot Road construction tedious for E.L. student drivers
With Abbot Road under construction, Alex Vaughn’s bus ride home from campus has become a headache.
NEWS
No suspects in Rylan Cotter's death; police treat death as homicide
While police are struggling to piece together information surrounding the death of 20-year-old MSU student Rylan Cotter, they are following several leads.
BASKETBALL
Spartans hold off Buckeyes in 66-60 win
Early on, it looked as if the MSU men’s basketball team was going to run Ohio State out of the gym — as the Spartans went up by 21 late in the first half.
NEWS
MSU student hit by car, sustains hip, wrist injuries
A 20-year-old male student reported that a driver struck him while he was walking westbound in a Physics Road crosswalk at about 7 p.m. Monday, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
NEWS
Clinton defeats depleted Democratic field
Michigan native and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney defeated Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., Tuesday to save his bid for the presidency, and Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., easily beat the field as the only major candidate on the Democratic ballot in Michigan’s primary.
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Mitt-en state victory
It was standing room only in Southfield’s Embassy Suites Hotel on Tuesday night as hundreds of supporters of former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney chanted “Michigan for Mitt” and celebrated a Michigan primary victory.
MSU
Law scores exceed average
For the third year in a row, the percentage of MSU law students who passed the Michigan bar exam the first time matched or surpassed the state average for July 2007.
MSU
Contest winner named to design MSU Art Museum
One of architect Zaha Hadid’s biggest challenges in designing MSU’s future art museum was to fulfill the vision held by Eli and Edythe Broad.
MSU
Tickets on sale for chocolate party benefiting museum
Chocolate connoisseurs can begin preliminary palate preparation, as tickets for the MSU Museum Chocolate Party Benefit are now on sale.
MSU
Computer program could broaden campus research
To help MSU maximize its research capabilities, supply chain management junior Jonathan Brier is lobbying university officials to make a computer program an official university research tool.
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Student newsletter to discuss Indian, other international issues
For Manish Madan, the idea was simple: find a way to connect students, and give them a forum where they could express themselves.
MSU
Voter turnout higher than expected despite snowy weather
Despite some snow flurries, Michigan voters created a better turnout than expected for today’s presidential primary.
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Faculty pleased with funds raised for new medical school
MSU’s medical school in Grand Rapids is still two years away from completion, but faculty training and fundraising are right on track, university officials said.
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Cotter planned movie night, went to Benton Harbor instead
Indiana police said the MSU student whose body was discovered Wednesday at an Indiana golf course stayed at a Benton Harbor hotel Jan. 7 and was seen the same day near the area where her body was found.
NEWS
Meet the candidates
If you’re headed to the polls but don’t know who you’re voting for, The State News has you covered. Here’s a helpful guide explaining how each candidate stands on three important issues: taxes, the Iraq war and immigration.
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Does your vote matter?
Today’s presidential primary means it’s time for Michigan to choose the nation’s next leader. But that process will be difficult this year for the state’s Democratic voters.
MSU
Student hopes to establish MSU chapter of ONE Campaign
When Nicholas Hutchins registered to represent MSU at a three-day student summit in Washington, D.C., the marketing and psychology sophomore didn’t expect to return with more than 100 new friends.
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Museum architect to be named
While MSU won’t name the architect for its future art museum until this morning, excitement has alread started to build for the director of the university’s current art museum over the next phase of the project — construction.