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'Gemini' kicks off summer of comedy plays

With an utterly dysfunctional family raising an Ivy League child struggling to express openly his emotions, it’s no surprise that with enough tension and pressure, food goes flying at the dinner table. Kicking off its 51st season, Summer Circle Theatre opened with Albert Innaurato’s play, “Gemini,” set in Philadelphia in the early 1970s.

FEATURES

Pancake breakfast raises money for E.L. Park

As the play structure at Patriarche Park begins to show its age, the East Lansing Rotary Club has set the wheels in motion to restore it by raising money as part of its annual Pancakes in the Park event on Sunday at Patriarche Park, 1100 Alton Road.

NEWS

MSU to host music therapy camp

The MSU Community Music School will be hosting its annual music therapy camp this Thursday through Saturday. Music therapy is a form of treatment that often is used to relieve patients of their physical and mental symptoms through emotional, psychological and social expression.

COMMENTARY

'Digital first impressions'

What is reality? Can we hold it in the palm of our hands? Do we see the world objectively, or do our perceptions transform this black and white world into a subjective fantasy that is viewed differently by every eye on the planet?

NEWS

E.L. seeks MSU students’ input on commissions

East Lansing city officials are calling for student volunteers to serve on city boards and commissions, particularly one geared to forge a connection between the MSU student body and the East Lansing community. Eleven positions remain open on the University Student Commission, an advisory board to the city council that provides input on legislation and policies that affect students.

NEWS

Maximum Struggle

Emily Griffes spends her mornings taking classes at Lansing Community College, her afternoons at an unpaid internship with Citadel Broadcasting Corp., in Lansing, and her evenings working at The Summit at the Capital Centre, a sports complex in Dimondale, Mich.

NEWS

Students arrive in Africa amid turmoil

Three students arrived in Meknes, Morocco, late last week where they’ll be spending the summer studying abroad. The trip is sponsored by the Arabic Language Instruction Flagship program at MSU.

NEWS

Police Brief 06/09/11

A 52-year-old female employee reported damage to a tampon dispenser in a women’s bathroom on the first floor of the Chemistry Building between 4:30-10:30 p.m.

FEATURES

Broadway comes to Wharton

After being on a national tour since January 2010, Michigan native Laura Cable will close out the end of the tour and take the stage Friday and Saturday at Wharton Center’s Cobb Great Hall, performing the musical “Cats.”

NEWS

ROTC grows at MSU

Interest in MSU’s Army ROTC program is on the rise, statistics from department officials indicate. This year, 214 members of the incoming freshmen class at MSU have indicated their interest in the program, up from 188 the year prior, said Maj.

COMMENTARY

A new NCAA business model

There’s a multi-million dollar business not paying its workers what they’re worth. This business has a television channel dedicated to perpetuating sales, a sweet deal with advertisers and it pays its administrators well, yet it pays its workers next to nothing. You’re outraged and with good reason; that’s unfair to the workers.