FEATURES
UAB to host free craft night
The University Activities Board, or UAB, will sponsor KeyChain Craft Night from 7-9 p.m Wednesday at the Union.
SOFTBALL
Spartans look to get back on track hosting Nittany Lions
Opening the Big Ten season at 1-3, the MSU softball team said it is working to find unity on and off the field to get on the winning track for conference games.
BASEBALL
First baseman enjoys hot start
Recently, The State News had a chance to talk with MSU baseball senior first baseman Jeff Holm about his time in East Lansing, his superstitious side and a variety of other topics.
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NEWS
A different tune
Channeling the musical grace of Louis Armstrong and Miles Davis, Carlot Dorvé closes his eyes, takes a breath and serenades the room with a passionate concerto on the trumpet. Whenever Dorvé plays the trumpet, there often is the presence of a memory from a vacation he took along the Haitian countryside — his native country — when he was 5 years old with his grandmother.
NEWS
Council seeks public input on changes to party litter ordinance
Students and residents will weigh in on proposed changes to a party litter ordinance during a public hearing at the East Lansing City Council’s 7:30 p.m.
NEWS
Resident petitions for Lansing casino
Ted O’Dell wants to see more jobs in the Lansing area, and he thinks the best way to bring them here is by creating a casino owned by an American Indian tribe in Lansing. A Lansing resident and chairman of the Lansing Jobs Coalition — a nonprofit, grassroots coalition established in November 2010 — O’Dell is attempting to collect more than 4,000 signatures to get the prospect of an American Indian casino on the Aug.
NEWS
FRIB appears safe from federal cuts
As the federal spending battle rages in Congress, lawmakers and one MSU administrator say there might yet be relief in areas the university had been keeping an eye on. Despite cuts to government spending, officials said Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, or FRIB, might be out of the woods. The federal government will shut down Friday should Congress fail to pass some sort of funding mechanism, be it a short-term measure to avoid a shutdown or budget bills for the remaining fiscal year set to end in September. And as lawmakers break out their paring knives to compromise on spending cuts and abate a $1.4 trillion budget shortfall, some things important to the university and its students, such as financial aid and research dollars, could end up being left out. The Associated Press last week published a story that pegged FRIB as a possibly at-risk project in terms of continued funding.
NEWS
Police Brief 04/05/11
A 22-year-old man reported an alleged malicious destruction of property toward his car April 2 while it was parked on Akers Road, MSU police Sgt.
MSU
Students, organizations band to support Japan
Some campus groups are teaming up with Sparty’s Convenience Stores and students to raise money through the month of April for victims of the recent earthquake and tsunami in Japan.
MSU
Groups plan for future as ASMSU funding thaws
Now that ASMSU’s funding freeze has been lifted by university officials, registered student organizations across campus are breathing a sigh of relief.
NEWS
Helping the community
Nutritional sciences junior Dan Bator was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes 12 years ago, and although his medical history was not the sole reason for choosing his major — he said it was a “little push” toward studying nutrition.
FEATURES
Spartan remains among 250 in hopes of being Charlie Sheen’s intern
Although many recent college graduates are brushing up on interview skills and fine tuning their résumés, there’s only one skill that matters to Jason Dargo: #winning. Dargo, a 2010 MSU alumnus and East Lansing resident, currently is vying to be Charlie Sheen’s social media intern for the summer.
MSU
MSU-Libya program loses gov’t funding
The funding for 35 Libyan professionals enrolled in MSU’s Visiting International Professionals Program, or VIPP, was ended by the Libyan government late last week — leaving the students and university officials searching for strategies to avoid returning the scholars to their conflict-torn country.
MICHIGAN
Obama announces 2012 candidacy
President Barack Obama announced his candidacy for re-election Monday morning, kicking off what some reports pegged as possibly the most expensive campaign in history.
MSU
Report: more students approve of Obama
In light of chaotic worldwide events and an unstable economy, President Barack Obama has seen increased support among college-age Americans.
MSU
MSU, union discussions continue
Members of the Graduate Employees Union are working to wrap up negotiations of benefits in their new contract as soon as possible.
BASEBALL
Spartans, Lugnuts set for Lansing matchup
The Spartans (17-7 overall, 2-1 Big Ten) take on the Lansing Lugnuts at Cooley Law School Stadium in the fifth annual Crosstown Showdown.
FOOTBALL
Jones, Lewis compete for strong safety job in spring
The competition between sophomores Jairus Jones and Isaiah Lewis has been tight through early spring practices, with both players pushing each other for the starting strong safety job.
COMMENTARY
PETA letter inaccurate, misrepresents MSU’s purpose
Last Thursday’s letter to the editor, Until abuses are corrected, MSU’s stance on animal rights suspect (SN 3/31), was grossly inaccurate in its portrayal of one of the best courses offered at MSU.
COMMENTARY
Book burning and bloodletting
Protests in Afghanistan quickly turned violent as protesters stormed a U.N. compound, killing at least seven U.N. workers and allegedly beheading two of them.