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Bank offers business students chance to shine

Students and community members who have an idea for a new business but lack the funds get it started now have the opportunity to build dreams into a reality. Entrepreneurs looking for a way to start up a business can enter to win up to $25,000 by joining the MSU Federal Credit Union, or MSUFCU, startUP Challenge. April Clobes, MSUFCU executive vice president and chief operating officer, said there have been no submitted applications as of Thursday afternoon, but she has received interest from campus organizations promoting entrepreneurship. “We could not help everyone, so we thought the best solution was to do a competition,” Clobes said.

FEATURES

Student embarks on adventure

During college, many students aim to experience foreign countries. For would-be studio art sophomore Joe Breck, his dream will be a reality when he uproots his life to move to Paris in a matter of weeks.

COMMENTARY

First lady’s speech defining moment

At the Democratic National Convention this week, many key members of the Democratic Party took the stage in an effort to ignite their base and rally support for President Barack Obama during the heart of election season.

COMMENTARY

Osama raid tell-all will hurt many

More than a year has passed since infamous Saudi Arabian terrorist Osama bin Laden was killed, and there still is controversy looming in the air. This time, however, the outrage isn’t about what is happening overseas or if bin Laden is, in fact, dead; it is about the most controversial book since “Fifty Shades of Grey.”

Lilly Keyes ·
NEWS

Close-knit community

Tall hedges and decades of time separate Robert Anderson from the unfamiliar neighbors next door. The other has discarded cigarette boxes and forgotten Solo cups. Except for the occasional nighttime noise complaint, the two parties do not interact.

NEWS

DNC goers highlight candidate differences

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Several of Michigan’s top-elected officials spoke Wednesday of the sharp contrast between Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama as they recalled past political campaigns while at the Democratic National Convention, or DNC.

Adam Toolin ·
NEWS

DNC-related demonstrations spark arguments

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — As he held an image of a dead aborted fetus aloft during a pro-life rally, Michael Marcavage had one question for a woman in a crowd of protestors at the Democratic National Convention: “Ma’am, did you evolve from a rock?” Marcavage had gotten into an argument with the woman about his views on evolution and the teachings of public universities in America during a hectic Wednesday afternoon outside the Charlotte Convention Center in Charlotte, N.C. The scene was one of many colorful ones that erupted throughout the day as top officials rolled into town for the DNC and President Barack Obama’s scheduled Thursday night speech. “You still didn’t answer my question.

MSU

Student job opportunities swarm campus

Both on- and off-campus job opportunities — with companies ranging from MSU Federal Credit Union to Meijer — were abundant for the more than 1,000 students who attended the MSU Career Services event.

MICHIGAN

Delegates share experiences at DNC

Curtis Audette and Joyce Lalonde are about 45 years apart in age. In terms of experience at a Democratic National Conventio, which they both are attending this week, that’s a huge difference; Audette, a social relations and policy sophomore, is attending his first convention this week in Charlotte, N.C., while Lalonde, an MSU alumna, is attending her seventh convention in about the past 30 years.