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MSU

Health care plan cost to increase

The cost of MSU’s health care plan will continuously increase throughout the next six years to meet the new requirements of the Affordable Care Act, or ACA. At Tuesday afternoon’s University Council meeting, Renee Rivard, the director of benefits with MSU Human Resources, or HR, presented the impacts the ACA will have on MSU from 2012 through 2018.

MSU

New leader hopes to up RHA visibility

A week ago, current Residence Halls Association, or RHA, Communications Coordinator Zachary DeRade was nothing but smiles as he fought off many peers’ congratulations to conduct his first interview after being elected as the RHA 44th session president.

NEWS

Winter storm expected to hit East Lansing

East Lansing will be under a winter weather advisory from 1 p.m. today to 6 a.m. tomorrow with an estimated amount of 4-5 inches for East Lansing, said National Weather Service in Grand Rapids Meteorologist Brandon Hoving. The winter storm is slated to hit East Lansing during the afternoon today and could affect the rush hour traffic, Hoving said. Hoving added the snow will be more of a wet snow and there could be wind gusts of up to 25 mph. Even though there have been multiple snow storms hitting East Lansing this year, Hoving wouldn’t consider this winter out of the norm, he said. “I can’t say that this year has been an unusual year one way or the other,” Hoving said. Director of Public Works Todd Sneathen said there will be no efforts tonight toward plowing or salting East Lansing roads, and the city will wait until tomorrow to act. “It’s during the work day, so there’s no reason to do anything tonight,” Sneathen said.

MSU

Run promotes positive body image on campus

Running almost naked in more than a foot of snow sounds crazy to some, but a group of 17 students braved the cold Friday afternoon, showing off their bodies to hopefully inspire others to love their figures as well.

MICHIGAN

Students gather to volunteer in Lansing

The gymnasium quickly dissolved into chaos as the two lines of players rushed together. In a diverse game of dodgeball, MSU students, local volunteers and Lansing schoolchildren faced off at the Boys and Girls Club of Lansing, 4315 Pleasant Grove Road. The match was part of Destination Lansing, a volunteer initiative launched this weekend.

MICHIGAN

Study: Regional economy improved during last year

Despite a lagging national economy, a new study found East Lansing improved financially last year. Milken Institute’s ranking of top U.S. cities, which judges metropolitan areas based on economic performance, placed the Lansing-East Lansing metro area as 120th in the nation in 2012, up 30 spots from 2011.