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Verdehr trio to celebrate 40th year of performances

Tomorrow evening at Wharton Center at 7:30 p.m., the Verdehr Trio will showcase their unique sound for music lovers to enjoy. Walter Verdehr, violinist for the trio and professor of violin at the College of Music, said that this concert will kick off the 40th year of performances by the group, which was founded with his wife in 1972. Verdehr said the trio has performed in many large-scale concert halls, including Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, and the Sydney Opera House. Still, he said he continues to love working and performing at MSU. “MSU is a wonderful place to work because the administration encourages performance,” he said.

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Magic Johnson and Virg Bernero endorse judicial candidates

As the mid-Michigan August primary inches closer, two MSU alumni vying for the title of Lansing’s 30th Circuit Court judge received endorsements from friends in high places. Last week, Earvin “Magic” Johnson, a former NBA player who attended MSU in 1978, endorsed local attorney Wanda Stokes for the position.

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MSU professor published in The New York Times

When MSU law professor Mae Kuykendall found out she was being published in The New York Times, she knew it was a race against the clock. Kuykendall wrote an Op-Ed piece entitled “A Way Out of the Same-Sex Marriage Mess” that was published on May 23.

MICHIGAN

Come together

After leaving his job with Afghanistan’s government and fighting for his home country of Afghanistan, losing one of his legs to an exploding land mine and spending time in a refugee camp in Moscow, Mohamad Nurzayee came to the U.S. in 2003 with goals and dreams he is now fulfilling.

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FRIB bill to Senate

The Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, or FRIB, is one step closer to receiving $40 million in funding after several instabilities over government funding in the past few months. The Energy and Water Appropriations bill, which was approved by the U.S.

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MSU hires new officer

Becoming a police officer for MSU was Sam Miller’s dream job. “It was the number one goal for a place to work,” he said. Miller’s dream became a reality on Monday morning as the recent graduate was sworn into the MSU police force by Chief Jim Dunlap.

Samantha Radecki ·
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Wonderful world

Tears welled in the eyes of Regina Walker as she watched her son Tanner Maxwell up on stage singing “You’ve got a friend in me” for the final time at the MSU Community Music School’s music therapy recital Tuesday evening.