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MICHIGAN

US-127 ramp to be demolished Friday

The ramp and bridge from southbound US-127 to eastbound I-96 will be demolished Friday to begin a project to rebuild the structure this summer. Work on the bridge will be done with one lane of traffic maintained at all times on the two-lane roadway.

MSU

Performers wow crowd in annual drag show

When he’s not on stage, he leads a relatively quiet life with little fanfare. But to the 1,200 people who packed the Crossroads Food Court in the International Center on Friday night, he is Hershae Chocolatae.

COMMENTARY

Pickets in Lansing regarded government, not federal taxes

At Lansing’s Collins Road Post Office on the evening of April 15, informational pickets from the Greater Lansing Network Against War and Injustice and the Peace Education Center raised concerns that our federal government spends too much on the military and too little on human needs.

COMMENTARY

Run for governor will be quite the race

Though it’s more than 18 months away, the 2010 Michigan gubernatorial election has taken its place among the top political stories in our state. With Gov. Jennifer Granholm’s term limited, making her ineligible to run for a third time, the race has drawn a broad field of prospective candidates from both parties.

BASEBALL

Spartans baseball overtakes U-M, 8-7, in crucial victory

The MSU baseball team chose its most hectic and crucial week of the season to turn out its longest game of the year on Friday. But they aren’t complaining. In a game that lasted nearly three and a half hours and went for 11 innings at McLane Stadium in the middle of a five-game week, the Spartans put together two late-inning comebacks to cap off an 8-7 win against Michigan that could serve as the turning point in their season.

NEWS

Police Brief 04/17/09

A 21-year-old male student reported a Pirelli tire stolen from his vehicle and replaced with a deflated Firestone tire, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.

MSU

Plugging the brain drain

When 2006 MSU graduate Alicia Bowerman moved to New York City three years ago, she had no job prospects but had plenty of MSU contacts. “It’s a small world, even though it’s New York City,” Bowerman said, laughing. “I mean, I run into people I went to basketball games with my freshman year.”

FOOTBALL

Versatile Jones ready to take stab at middle

Junior linebacker Greg Jones is willing to play anywhere to help benefit the MSU football team. Jones originally was recruited to MSU as an outside linebacker but played several positions last season including the MIKE, or middle linebacker position, where he had great success and is starting to get more comfortable.

FOOTBALL

No secondary issues

For the better half of the decade, the secondary has been one of the MSU football team’s primary concerns. The Spartans have finished in the lower half of the Big Ten in pass defense in five of the past six seasons. Perhaps not coincidentally, the Spartans also finished in the lower half of the Big Ten most of those seasons.

MSU

Students protest in-state tuition increases

Students with green-and-white picket signs gathered Thursday at the Administration Building asking passers-by to sign a petition that seeks to cap tuition costs. A Facebook group called the Michigan State University Transparency and Accountability Initiative organized the protest, but representatives from the MSU Young Democratic Socialists also were present, among others.

MSU

Undergrads showcase research projects

More than 600 undergraduates crammed into the second floor of the Union on Thursday to present research projects at the 11th annual University Undergraduate Research and Arts Forum, or UURAF.