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Fresh ink

Each day, Perry Stratton sits down in his chair, needle in hand, and begins to create his next work of art. Stratton, a tattoo artist at Splash of Color Tattoo and Piercing Studio, 515 E. Grand River Ave., started working as a professional tattoo artist in 1993.

MSU

Committee presents MSU energy plan

MSU’s Energy Transition Steering Committee presented a series of tentative plans that call for the university to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by as much as 30 percent by 2015 at a public town hall meeting Tuesday, while the clock ticks on the committee’s impending presentation to the MSU Board of Trustees.

MICHIGAN

Potential UN vote sparks forum

In response to the U.N. General Assembly preparation to vote later this month on Palestinian statehood, MSU students attended an open forum Tuesday evening to discuss the status of negotiations between Israel and Palestine.

MSU

New MSU departments proposed

The Faculty Senate, formerly known as Faculty Council, discussed on Tuesday the creation of three new academic departments in the College of Human Medicine and how the university was able to properly accommodate the influx of incoming freshmen this fall.

FEATURES

UAB to hold DVD sale

The University Activities Board will host a Video To Go DVD Sale from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday at the Union Concourse. Prices for previously viewed DVDs will range from $6.95 to $9.95, while Blu-Ray DVDs will cost from $7.95 to $14.95. Spartan Cash will be accepted as a form of payment. For more information about the sale, visit the website at uabevents.com.