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MSU telemarketers engage fickle alumni
While MSU’s heartbreaking demise to Michigan last Saturday caused MSU fans to endure a wave of pestilent mockery and unchecked hubris statewide, one group of on-campus workers felt the loss in terms of dollars and cents.
CATA can get you around campus
To know East Lansing means to know the busing system. Carting students around campus, those green, blue and mint-striped buses gave 3.2 million rides on university grounds alone during the last fiscal year. "Not being familiar riding buses, some people get overwhelmed or intimidated," said Marina Acklin, an interdisciplinary humanities senior. Acquainting the new influx of freshmen with the busing system is a priority for Pat Gilbert, director of marketing for Capital Area Transportation Authority. "Students want to know that they're not going to look stupid and not going to get lost," Gilbert said.
Post correspondent to share Iraq experience
Pulitzer Prize winner and Washington Post Middle East correspondent Anthony Shadid will speak at 3 p.m.
Senator warns students of typical credit card problems
Sen. Carl Levin pointed toward college students as a demographic that's particularly vulnerable to the policies of credit card companies during a visit to campus. He led a discussion with MSU students about the various abuses of the credit card industry Friday at the Administration Building. "You, who are students, are the juiciest targets out there," he said.
Sober drivers to be rewarded
This St. Patrick's Day, being a designated driver gets you more than just a carful of loudmouths. To curb drunken driving, Spartans Against Drunk Driving, or SADD, and the East Lansing Police Department are teaming up to persuade students to find or become designated drivers. Students can receive a free T-shirt from local bars if they present a coupon from today's edition of The State News.
