West Lafayette, IN
Lucille is a sophomore hoping to complete a double major in French and geology. Besides staring at rocks and quoting Molière, she enjoys hiking and making use of the green space provided by the Arb, skating and playing goalie for the women’s hockey team in the winter, and taking advantage of her role as an RA to bake various treats for her residents. She hopes to connect students who are feeling uncertain about the future with alumni who are living proof of all that it can hold even when living with LGBTQIA+ identities which might seem insurmountable in the moment. On campus, she’s recently been investigating some of the intersections between LGBTQIA+ identities and sports, specifically how to open up the door for trans participation at the club level.
MSU Surplus Store accepting less plastic options MSU Surplus Store located on Green Way shot on Dec. 9, 2020. Photo by Lauren DeMay | The State News
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic and reductions in staffing, the Michigan State University Surplus Store and Recycling Center has reduced the different types of plastic they accept to number one and number two type plastic bottles and jars. Before, they accepted all number one through number seven plastic types.
“Since we don’t have students working for us right now and we’re at reduced staffing, we had to cut back on some of the processing of recyclables that we do at our Material Recovery Facility, MSU Recycling Coordinator Dave Smith said. And bec