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MSU student earns recognition for work in E.L. community

Michelle Martinelli
May 23, 2011

Residential College in the Arts and Humanities senior Anna Orsini understands the value of community work. Thanks to that understanding and for her efforts in the East Lansing area, with the help of the Residential College in the Arts and Humanities, or RCAH, Orsini recently was named a Newman Civic Fellow by Campus Compact — an organization focused on education and community building.

NEWS

TEDx brings people, information together

Alyssa Zandi
May 22, 2011

From speakers to musical performers, the TEDx Lansing event on Friday at Wharton Center highlighted the talents and ideas from a number of creative and inspiring people from local communities. With a theme of “Don’t get too comfortable,” the event encouraged participants to be accepting of new ideas and perceptions.

NEWS

Art festival offers exposure to businesses

Ian Kullgren
May 22, 2011

The weather was that of a sticky summer Saturday — one of the first in East Lansing — as customers picked through outdoor sales racks at La Bodega. But it wasn’t just the actual climate looking up — the store’s business climate was that way, as well.

BASEBALL

Spartans earn share of Big Ten championship following weekend series

Dillon Davis
May 22, 2011

When junior pitcher Tony Bucciferro took the mound for the ninth inning of Friday’s game against Northwestern, he knew a complete game and the Big Ten championship were just three outs away. With a touch of swagger, Bucciferro dialed up his fastball and slider to strike out the side and deliver the first Big Ten title to the MSU baseball program since 1979. Bucciferro and senior pitcher Kurt Wunderlich threw a pair of complete games for the Spartans (34-19 overall, 15-9 Big Ten) over the weekend and capped off a strong pitching year for each of the players and for the program. “I knew it was going to happen, and I was fired-up,” Bucciferro said. “(Boss) has turned this program around.

COMMENTARY

Win the game, Mr. president

Dear President Barack Obama: I was relieved to hear Navy Seals killed the man responsible for the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. The world is a safer place now that the functional head of al Qaeda cannot order the mass murder of innocent people.

COMMENTARY

Sparrow’s nicotine policy hazy, invasive

Smoking is widely acknowledged as being bad for your health. But is it also bad for your wealth? If you want to work in medicine, it might be. A new policy at Lansing’s Sparrow Hospital requires that prospective employees have to be nicotine-free. At first glance, it’s an example of a hospital practicing what it preaches: health.

BASEBALL

MSU falls to Northwestern, still celebrates Big Ten championship

Dillon Davis
May 21, 2011

Unfortunately Northwestern (20-29, 10-13) had other ideas for the Spartans (34-19 overall, 15-9 Big Ten), as they upended Senior Day at McLane Baseball Stadium at Kobs Field, 6-5. The day was not a total loss for MSU as they were presented with the Big Ten championship trophy by Athletics Director Mark Hollis and MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon, along with championship shirts and hats, following the conclusion of the game.

NEWS

Hidden Key fashion show unites community in support

Josh Mansour
May 20, 2011

As she stood on the runway, microphone in hand, lights flickering around the stage of the Spartan Club in Spartan Stadium, former MSU basketball player Lauren Aitch grinned from ear-to-ear, Thursday night. Her charity, the Hidden Key Fashion show, had been in the making for more than seven months and in her eyes, it had turned out even better than she expected.

BASEBALL

Wunderlich throws complete game shutout, MSU beats Northwestern

Dillon Davis
May 19, 2011

In his last career start at McLane Baseball Stadium at Kobs Field, senior pitcher Kurt Wunderlich threw a complete game shutout, as the Spartans (33-18 overall, 14-8 Big Ten) downed Big Ten foe Northwestern (19-28, 9-12), 3-0. With the win, the Spartans edged ever closer to winning a Big Ten championship — the program’s first since 1979.