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MICHIGAN

Alumna returns to E.L. with White House reporting pool

Quickly rushing out of Air Force One as it landed in Lansing on Friday afternoon, Associated Press White House reporter Nedra Pickler hopped into a small bus headed straight to the Mary Anne McPhail Equine Performance Center. The MSU alumna was on her way to cover President Barack Obama’s speech and his signing of the farm bill. Pickler is a national White House reporter for the Associated Press and often travels with the president as he visits different parts of the U.S. “Air Force One has a cabin for the press, although it’s pretty small,” she said.

MEN'S BASKETBALL

Badgers top Appling-less MSU in Madison

MADISON, Wis. — The Spartans blew their only chance to beat Wisconsin in the regular season, as Traevon Jackson hit a 10-foot jump shot with 2.1 seconds left in the game to give the Badgers a 60-58 win. “(I’m) disappointed we didn’t find a way to win it,” head coach Tom Izzo said.

NEWS

Hello, Mr. President

Following an address that covered agriculture and the economy, President Barack Obama signed the farm bill into law Friday afternoon on MSU’s campus. MSU students, faculty and alumni rubbed shoulders with local elected officials and other dignitaries in the tightly-packed Mary Anne McPhail Equine Performance Center. Veterinary student Chelsea Render spent 15 months in Washington, D.C.

FEATURES

MSU Museum showcases West African photo exhibit

Inside the walls of the MSU Museum, pictures and artifacts depicting the traditions and lifestyle of Benin, West Africa show the importance of tradition in that culture. The new exhibit, which was put together by associate professor of journalism Darcy Greene, shows how traditions and the culture have remained the same — and changed — in Benin throughout the years.