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Student group protests new art museum

Members of a new campus group contend construction for the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum destroyed a small wetland, but MSU officials and a local environmental consulting firm insist it could not be classified as such.

MICHIGAN

Mackerel Sky art gallery has new location

It’s the short walk frequent customers and curious students will make from art gallery Mackerel Sky’s old location to the new one. Friday marked the opening day for the well-known gallery at its new location, 211 M.A.C. Ave., after a five-day break in business for the move.

MSU

Foundation awards MSU students money

The CHS Foundation recently granted three MSU students with $1,000 scholarships for their involvement in agriculture. Agribusiness management junior Kayla Lehman, animal science senior Rosemary Rice and crop and soil sciences senior Tim Wilke were awarded the scholarships.

MICHIGAN

Wolverine death to be determined

The last known wild wolverine in Michigan was found dead about 60 miles northwest of Port Huron on Saturday and will be examined on MSU’s campus, according to The Detroit News. A female estimated to be 7 years old at the time of death, the wolverine was first seen in 2004, 90 miles north of Detroit.

FEATURES

Comic class brings new Kresge show

Kresge Art Center’s Gallery 101 exhibit “%$#&!: A Comics Exhibition” features the work of 15 student comic artists in MSU’s only comic studio course, taught by associate professor Ryan Claytor, and will run until March 30.

FEATURES

PRISM to hold STI panel for students

People Respecting the Individuality of Students at MSU, or PRISM, will host a sexually transmitted infections awareness panel from 8:30-10 p.m. Tuesday in Room 340 of Case Hall. The event will feature panelists to answer students’ questions.

FEATURES

Freshmen fifteen Q's: 3/16/10

College is a whole new world for many freshmen traveling campus for the first time. The State News sat down with one of these brave explorers to get a glimpse, in 15 questions or fewer, at a new face on campus and her perspective of her new frontier.

FEATURES

Burton's take on 'Alice' achieves wonderland

My mom jumped and touched the air in astonishment as the very first 3-D movie preview played before our Wonderland adventure began. While she anticipated something great, I expected another re-imagined letdown incomparable to the original novel and cartoon movie.

COMMENTARY

MSU should seek student input on campus projects

Though we may only be here for four (or five or six) years, we, as students, feel we have the right to be involved in certain decisions about our campus. Recently, students were informed of plans to construct a public art piece in the courtyard between Snyder-Phillips and Mason-Abbot halls, and we want to know where our input was during this decision making process.

COMMENTARY

Increasing number of Mich. casinos a gamble

What does it say about our state when we fund education ­— our future generations — through gambling? Should the proposal pass, the electorate is betting casinos will be the state’s magic bullet to solve part of the education budget crisis. Ideally, Michigan will be seen as a place of entertainment and thriving school districts all within the foreground of the state’s natural beauty.

NEWS

US Census important for funding

The 2010 Census will arrive in mailboxes as soon as Monday and city officials urge students to mark their East Lansing address. The survey is 10 questions and must be mailed back by April 1. The Census is a major source of funding for the next 10 years.