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COMMENTARY

The beginnings of our legacy

What does Michael Jordan’s game-winning shot against the Utah Jazz in the 1997 NBA Finals, “The Drive,” led by Hall of Famer John Elway and the revolts happening now in the Middle East all have in common?

COMMENTARY

MLCC’s opposition to ‘new’ Four Loko unwarranted

Everyone’s favorite, brightly colored, single-serve malt drinks are back — without caffeine or energy additives. Although now allowed to return to shelves, the drinks, including Four Loko, still are being criticized by the Michigan Liquor Control Commission, or MLCC, for high alcohol content.

NEWS

MSU suspends relationship with booster club

Associate Athletic Director John Lewandowski confirmed in an email that for several weeks the athletic department has been aware of “financial reporting issues” by the Downtown Coaches Club. The Michigan Lottery Commision is reviewing the group’s finances and the athletic department has suspended all activities with the club, Lewandowski said. Lewandowski said the department will assist the Lottery Commission in any way possible but he does not believe the abuse by the club was extensive. “While there are issues that I found concerning, I do not believe the organization was engaged in wide spread abuse,” he said.

MSU

ASMSU passes resolution to support medical amnesty

ASMSU’s Student Assembly passed a resolution Thursday to support a bill in the State Legislature regarding medical amnesty. ASMSU is MSU’s undergraduate student government. The bill would establish legal safeguards for underage students who consume too much alcohol and, as a result, seek medical attention. ASMSU has been trying to push the bill through the State Legislature for three years.

NEWS

Police Brief 03/25/11

A 20-year-old student reported the window to his dorm room was shattered between 3:10 – 3:15 a.m. March 20 on the first floor of West Holmes Hall, MSU police Sgt.

MSU

Women’s health fair held in Union

The MSU Women’s Resource Center, or WRC, hosted the sixth annual MSU Women’s Health Fair on Thursday in the Union to educate women and increase knowledge about personal health.

MICHIGAN

Liebler sworn in as chief of police

Police officers, firefighters, city officials and members of the East Lansing and MSU communities filled the seats and lined the walls of Courtroom 2 in East Lansing’s 54-B District Court Thursday afternoon to witness the formal swearing-in of Juli Liebler as East Lansing’s new police chief.

MSU

MSU ROTC cadets to join others in off-campus training exercises

This weekend, 140 cadets in MSU’s ROTC program will train outside the classroom at Fort Custer in Battle Creek, Mich., to conduct drills on problem solving, land navigation and weapons training before taking on larger tasks. The training event, called the Michigan Cluster Field Exercise, will take place alongside more than 600 cadets attending universities including Central Michigan University, Western Michigan University and the University of Michigan, said Bill Lukaskiewicz, a retired lieutenant colonel who is an instructor with ROTC.