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BASEBALL

Boss talks about NCAA Tournament, MLB Draft in meeting with media

As the MSU baseball team returns home after a quick exit from the NCAA Tournament, head coach Jake Boss Jr. is forced to look ahead. The Spartans were ousted from the Palo Alto Regional in Palo Alto, Calif. after a pair of weekend losses to Pepperdine and Fresno State, respectively. The NCAA Tournament berth was the first for the program since 1979, where the Spartans were eliminated on their home field in the Mideast Regional by Pepperdine and San Diego State.

NEWS

Higher ed budget to Gov. Snyder's office

The 2012-13 state budget is en route to Gov. Rick Snyder’s desk now that the Senate has passed the $14.6 billion education portion of the two-part budget. The education budget includes $11.3 billion in appropriated funding for public institutions, and new criteria to measure universities’ performances, according to state budget director John Nixon. Performance funding would allocate money based on several criteria, including tuition restraint, research funding, stem cell research reporting and dual enrollment policies. Now that the education budget — which includes school aid, community college funding and higher education funding — has been passed, Snyder will sign it and the general budget in the coming days. The budget’s passage was not without its debate, however, as Republicans and Democrats faced off on the Senate floor arguing about the effects of cuts to the budget from the previous year.

NEWS

Council meets to discuss loft construction, alcohol license

The future of the unauthorized construction of a fifth floor on the St. Anne Luxury Lofts development will be determined at East Lansing City Council’s biweekly meeting at City Hall, 410 Abbot Road. The living complex originally was approved as a four-story project, but construction has been underway for a fifth, yet-to-be-approved floor.

NEWS

Former basketball player pleads guilty to trespassing

Former MSU basketball player Brandon Wood pleaded guilty to criminal trespassing in Cook County misdemeanor court in Chicago on Monday, while his other misdemeanor charges of battery and assault were dismissed, Wood’s agent Mike Naiditch said. Wood will be required to pay $250 in court costs, complete 20 hours of community service and be under court supervision in exchange for a nonconviction.

MICHIGAN

City council approves emergency replacement managers

In accordance with the city charter, East Lansing City Council approved an emergency succession plan for City Manager George Lahanas during its May 21 work session. Lahanas was asked to choose five potential replacements in the event of an act of war on the city, or if he becomes incapacitated, goes on vacation or is otherwise unable to perform his duties as city manager. He submitted his plan before the meeting, and it was approved unanimously as written. “We have a pretty deep bench of people who could run the operation, certainly during a short period,” he said.

MSU

Antsy for apples

Biochemistry and molecular biology/biotechnology senior Rosie Jaremba picks crab apples on Monday near the Plant Science Greenhouses on Wilson Road.

MSU

Space anomaly to occur today

For the last time until 2117, the transit of Venus will occur at approximately 5:04 p.m. today. During this rare phenomenon, Venus covers 1/32 of the sun and can be seen by the naked eye — or preferably with protective eyewear due to the sun’s damaging rays — in good conditions.