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DAILY KENT STATER

2010 ORIENTATION ISSUE 08.25.10

OK, so you’re new to Kent State.

You picked the ideal time to arrive. Kent State University is undergoing some transformation. And right in the middle of it all, there’s you, the brand new student. There’s something here for everyone, so unpack, relax and use this nifty guide to answer all your questions.

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Learn where your tuition money goes and get to know Kent State more...

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Dorm survival, eating well on campus and living with your new roommates more...

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Inside:

Tips from Daily Reveille editors on how to approach your college experience, pages 5 and 7.

Get to know eight important figures on campus, page 8.

Feel at home in Tiger Stadium, learn traditions, page 18.

LSU Living

Freshman Guide 2010 The Daily Reveille

Michigan State University’s independent voice | www.statenews.com | East Lansing, Mich. | Friday, July 30, 2010

Historic campus building set for 2013 demolition

East Lansing offers several off-campus study spots

E.L. police urge students to party responsibly

CAMPUS+CITY, PAGE 3

CITY LIFE, PAGE 10

CITY LIFE, PAGE 15

MAIL HOME EDITION

Izzo announces, ‘HERE FOR LIFE’

I N T E R N AT I O N A L

UNDERGRAD PROGRAMS IN DUBAI END

By Emily Wilkins THE STATE NEWS ■■

STATE NEWS FILE PHOTO

MSU men’s basketball head coach Tom Izzo smiles as players say goodbye during a press conference June 15 at the Clara Bell Smith Student-Athlete Academic Center, where Izzo announced he will stay at MSU instead of taking an informal offer from the NBA’s Cleveland Cavaliers.

Izzo’s decision JEREMY WARNEMUENDE

Beloved MSU coach vows to work harder Editor’s note: This story originally was published June 17.

It doesn’t get much better than Tom Izzo when it comes to NCAA basketball coaches.

With six Final Fours and one national championship in the last 12 years — something only UCLA’s John Wooden and Duke University’s Mike Krzyzewski have done — Izzo

is one of the best in the game.

However, at the same press conference on June 15, at which Izzo announced he would stay at MSU and not leave for the NBA’s Cleveland Cavaliers, he said he is far from satisfied with what he’s done.

“I like some of the things we’ve accomplished,” Izzo said.

“But, as I tell my players, you’re judged on the last guy standing. It’s nice to go to Final Fours, (but) that’s not how you’re remembered.”

Most college coaches would kill to do what Izzo has done.

But the fact there are other coaches out there who wouldn’t trade their résumés for Izzo’s eats him up inside.

So not only is Izzo remaining in East Lansing, he plans on being even better than ever before.

That’s a scary thought for opposing coaches throughout the country.

The man who thrives on challenges and uses everything under the sun to motivate himself also said he is

coming back with more passion and more of a desire to be the best than he had before the events of last month.

“I think I’m going to work at even a different level now to make sure we get those things done,” Izzo said.

Already known as one of the hardest working coaches in the country, Izzo will need to do a lot to work harder. But don’t be surprised when he does.

Izzo has spent his career trying to prove people wrong. It’s part of the reason he almost went to Cleveland. Along with the possible opportunity to coach LeBron James, one of the world’s best players, he wanted to be one of the only college coaches to ever transfer NCAA success into the NBA. However, that also happened to play a major role in why he decided to stay. Izzo, who said he never talked to James during the time he took a look at the Cavaliers job, knows it’s going to be tough to catch Wooden or Krzyzewski for national titles.

But if the odds were

in his favor, he might not be here anymore.

Izzo said it himself that his pursuit of Coach K, who has three more titles than him, helped keep him in East Lansing.

“Maybe a couple years ago, winning one more (championship) might have been enough,” Izzo said. “That damn Krzyzewski keeps winning them, and because of that, it keeps motivating me to do more.”

As Izzo chases Coach K and tries to fulfill his goal of making MSU the best program in the country, he said he’s going to need some help, especially from his administration.

Fortunately for Izzo, he has an athletic director in Mark Hollis who has a similar burning desire to make MSU better than any other program in basketball or any sport.

“I want to be the best in everything that we do within our athletic department and across this university,” Hollis said.

“I want to compete for

Rose Bowls, and I want to compete for national championships.”

Hollis, who said Izzo never asked for a dime to try and keep him at MSU, added that Izzo’s decision only marks the beginning.

And although Izzo is 55 years old and has led the Spartans for 15 years, even he can improve.

“This is not a time to rest,” Hollis said. “This is a time to move forward as an entire athletic department in a direction where every staff member, every student-athlete makes a commitment that Tom Izzo made to make our athletic department the best.

“Not the best it can be. The best.”

It might seem like a lofty goal to make MSU the best athletic department in the country. But with people in charge as self-motivated and determined as Izzo and Hollis are, it is in no way out of the question.

STUDENT FINANCES

MSU increases in-state tuition 2.5 percent

By Emily Wilkins THE STATE NEWS ■■

Editor’s note: This story originally was published June 21.

On June 18, the MSU Board of Trustees approved the university’s 2010-11 budget, including a 2.5 percent tuition increase for instate students for the 2010-11 academic year, an increase of about $273.

The board in June 2009 planned for a 4.9 percent increase as part of its 2010-11 preliminary budget. The 2.4 percent remaining from that original number

“(The 2.5 increase) affects 80 percent of our students. We wanted to give the greater group of students the higher benefit.”

Lou Anna K. Simon, MSU president

was suspended until summer 2011.

Tuition for graduate students, out-of-state students and international students will increase 5 percent for the coming academic year. MSU’s 2010-11 budget is more than $1.018 billion, an increase of more than $36 million

from the year prior. The board also passed a preliminary budget for 2011-12, including a stipulation that any tuition increases not exceed 7.2 percent for that academic year.

The university’s new fiscal year began July 1.

The increase in tuition is nec-

essary due to basic upkeep of the university and Michigan’s struggling economy, Trustee Melanie Foster said.

“Foremost important from the board perspective is maintaining the academic impact of the institution,” Foster said. “Costs escalate on an annual basis, be it faculty costs, utility costs, staff costs … (and) unfortunately tuition continues to be a larger part of the budget because of the diminishing state (appropriations) for higher education.”

The budget projects MSU will receive about $282.7 million in

state appropriations for 201011. The university’s year-todate state appropriation is about $291.8 million, according to analyses by the nonpartisan House and Senate fiscal agencies.

The 2010-11 budget contains a stipulation that allows MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon to increase tuition midyear with prior board notification to offset appropriation shortfalls.

Although the increase is See TUITION on page 2

Editor’s note: This story originally was published July 8.

When Sana Siddique first heard through her Facebook account that MSU Dubai was ending its undergraduate programs, she thought it was a prank.

“Almost nobody was taking it seriously, and the ones who saw it as a possibility thought it cannot shut down immediately; a notice of at least an year would be necessary,” Siddique said in an e-mail.

But during a telephone press conference July 6, MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon announced the five undergraduate programs at MSU Dubai, which opened in fall 2008, will end “effective immediately” because of financial problems and a lack of enrollment. An official announcement was made to students in Dubai July 6.

Now, about 85 undergraduate students and two-dozen faculty and staff members are left with uncertain futures. University officials have said MSU will work to ensure a seamless transition for students, be it to the East Lansing campus or another university.

But with about two months until fall semester begins, some students said they might be out of luck.

“I’m definitely angry, since it was careless on (MSU’s) part to make this announcement so late,” said Siddique, who was going to be a sophomore studying computer and electrical engineering at See DUBAI on page 2

Editor’s Note Use SN as tool for transition to MSU, E.L. Hello again.

With only about one month until you arrive at MSU, The State News wants to help make your transition as smooth as possible.

That’s why we’re here with our second mail home edition.

Inside you’ll find the important news that’s happened this summer, as well as some useful information about East Lansing.

Want to know the best place to your late night grub on? Check us out. Curious about what the MSU administration has been up to lately? We’re here for you. Need the latest news about Spartans athletics? We got it covered.

The State News in your hands now has the latest about what’s happening at MSU. But we’re also available 24/7 online at statenews.com. You even can check us out on Twitter (@thesnews) or friend us on Facebook.

There’s no doubt coming to college is a major transition. The best way to hit the ground running once you arrive on campus is to know about the place you’ll be calling home.

That’s what we’re here for.

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