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RHA passes flexible housing bill earlier than previously expected

Rachel Jackson
March 29, 2012

After more than a year’s effort, the Residence Halls Association, or RHA, passed a bill Wednesday night setting up flexible housing for fall 2012, a year earlier than previously planned. The new flexible housing option, which will allow some on-campus residents to live with members of the opposite sex, is expected to be implemented as a pilot program in some suite-style rooms in West McDonel and North Wonders halls, said Kathy Collins, Director of Campus Living Services and Residence Life.

Summer Ballentine ·
NEWS

A year of pain and joy

Summer Ballentine
March 29, 2012

On April 1, 2011, Charlie was diagnosed with a rare brainstem cancer called diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma, or DIPG. Survival rates are slim to none, and most children die within a year of their diagnosis. Almost a year later, Charlie isn’t bedbound or visibly sick. A beaming smile rests on his face as he plays dinosaurs with his sister or stops to admire a spider crawl by.

Derek Blalock ·
MSU

Concert to benefit VH1 Save the Music Foundation

Derek Blalock
March 29, 2012

Helping keep high school music departments running is why Samantha Brooks decided to host MSU’s first ever VH1 Save the Music Foundation Benefit Concert on Thursday at the Auditorium’s Arena Theatre. The recent graduate and Tau Beta Sigma’s event co-chair decided holding the concert would be the perfect way to raise money for a cause and bring the MSU and East Lansing communities together.

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Director of Supply Chain Management Department to visit White House

Isabella Shaya
March 29, 2012

David Closs, chairperson of the Department of Supply Chain Management at MSU, is one of 50 experts invited by the U.S. General Services Administration to contribute to a discussion Friday at the White House. Participants in the dialogue will explore ways to help the federal government create sustainable supply chains. The business, academic, nonprofit and government specialists will be presented with problems, and they will take their experience in supply chain management to try and find solutions, Closs said.

Andrew Krietz ·
MSU

Union to be closed for summer construction

Andrew Krietz
March 29, 2012

This summer, the bustling activity of students and visitors frequenting the Union will come to a brief stop. From early May through mid-August, the first floor of MSU’s traditional gathering space will be renovated as part of a $2.4 million project approved by the Board of Trustees in January. Guests already are seeing evidence of changes now as some of the Union Central Store shelves aren’t being restocked.

MICHIGAN

Food trucks could move into E.L. with council approval

Beau Hayhoe
March 29, 2012

East Lansing’s dining scene could get a mobile upgrade later this year if the city council approves a policy next week allowing food trucks to operate downtown. The policy revision builds on guidelines approved last year allowing food cart vendors to operate at three different locations in the city.

MSU

OneVoice members discuss Palestinian-Israeli conflict solutions

Lauren Gibbons
March 29, 2012

Although lawmakers still have not come to an agreement on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, some grassroots groups such as the OneVoice movement still believe a solution is possible through youth leadership and cooperation. Members of OneVoice, a nonpartisan organization dedicated to making a two-state solution come to fruition for Israel and Palestine, came to MSU on Thursday evening to share their message and discuss ideas for change with student attendees.

Jaclyn McNeal ·
MICHIGAN

A bite of life

Jaclyn McNeal
March 29, 2012

Kim Fritz, owner and proprietor of Nibble, a local cheesecake company, never thought her grandmother’s cheesecake recipe would turn into a full-fledged business. But at the East Lansing Farmer’s Market in 2009, Fritz experienced true success.

Alex McClung ·
MSU

Hubbard Hall celebrates Latin American culture with Caldera night

Kellie Rowe
March 29, 2012

On Thursday evening, Mosher, an Arabic and comparative cultures and politics junior who has Latin American heritage, performed two poems — one about her Spanish heritage and another about her least favorite class — for an audience of about 50 people in Hubbard Hall cafeteria.

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Working out shown to strengthen GPAs

Stephen Brooks
March 29, 2012

After he began working out regularly when he came to campus as a freshman, biomedical laboratory operations sophomore Tim Bazil said he finds exercising makes him feel better about himself and is a good way to take a break from the books.

BASKETBALL

2012 basketball recruits add depth to team

Pat Evans
March 29, 2012

Following an over-achieving year, the MSU men’s basketball will return eight of 12 scholarship players and welcome a recruiting class of four top-100 high school players. Losing the leadership and All-American qualities of Draymond Green, the skills of Brandon Wood and Austin Thornton and scout team talent of Anthony Ianni will hurt.

COMMENTARY

Riot reputation doesn’t help MSU

MSU is a respectable, distinguished university. It’s a Big Ten school with countless famous alumni from Los Angeles and New York City to London and Japan. Students past and present know it’s a great university.