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COMMENTARY

Consequences of the ‘now’

Have you wondered recently about your future? Have you really wondered about your future and the future of the state, the country or the planet? Last year, we were treated to the fairly innocuous movie “2012” — dramatically presented and poorly acted — in which the prediction for the future was pretty bleak.

Marina Csomor ·
MSU

Vigil held to end 40-year drug war

Friday marked the 40th anniversary of the U.S. “war on drugs,” a policy of zero tolerance first declared by then-President Richard Nixon in 1971, but members of the MSU branch of Students for Sensible Drug Policy hope that this anniversary will be the country’s last. MSU Students for Sensible Drug Policy, or MSU SSDP, held a candlelight vigil at 8:30 p.m.

MSU

Therapy camp brings music to MSU

Musicians from all ages and abilities convened in East Lansing this weekend for the ninth annual Eric “RicStar” Winter Music Therapy Camp, an opportunity for people with special needs to explore musical expression.

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NEWS

East Lansing gets jazzy

When Rodney Whitaker set out to plan the lineup of artists at the Summer Solstice Jazz Festival, he knew he wanted a wide variety of musical talents ranging from East Lansing natives to rising international stars.

NEWS

MSU receives grant for nuclear physics program

MSU’s National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory will receive more than $4 million as part of a grant from the National Nuclear Security Administration, or NNSA, federal government officials announced last week. The university was awarded the grant — which will go toward funding MSU’s nuclear physics program — through a nationwide consortium started by the Department of Energy’s NNSA Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation.

Ian Kullgren ·
NEWS

B4 ordinance restrictive to dispensaries

Although medical marijuana dispensaries have been legal in East Lansing for more than a month, Ken Van Every said he would never expand his business to East Lansing. “They’re putting a lot of restrictions on it,” said Van Every, a Lansing dispensary owner.

SPORTS

2011 Athletics Hall of Fame class named

On Thursday, Mateen Cleaves (men’s basketball), Morten Andersen (football), Dana Cooke (volleyball), Kisha (Kelley) Simpson (women’s basketball) and Charles McCaffree Jr. (swimming coach) were honored for their time in the Green and White as they were announced as the 2011 induction class of the MSU Athletics Hall of Fame.

COMMENTARY

Jon Huntsman for president

The worst thing you can do in presidential politics is look like a wuss. Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty never received that memo and might have dealt himself an irreversible blow in last week’s GOP debate on CNN. Although it is early in the primary and he will have much time to recover, his timing could not have been any worse.

COMMENTARY

Curb abuse with program education, new workers

The state of Michigan recently received 3.3 million more reasons to continue modifying the Bridge Card program. Last Thursday, it was announced the state was awarded $3.3 million by the U.S. Department of Agriculture for cleaning up abuses of the Bridge Card program.

NEWS

Trustees vote to raise tuition 6.9 percent

Grand Rapids — The MSU Board of Trustees voted Friday to increase tuition for this coming fall by 6.9 percent. The tuition increase is slightly less than the maximum amount allowed under last year’s preliminary budget guidelines, which allowed for no more than a 7.2 percent increase. The board also voted to approve the 2011-12 Budget Development Guidelines and the 2012-13 Preliminary General Fund Budget Guidelines. Next year’s budget guidelines are anticipating a 0 percent change in state appropriations, despite this year’s 15 percent drop in funding. Keep checking statenews.com for updates from the meeting.