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BASEBALL

Spartans blank Saints in home opener

The Spartans’ home opener treated fans to the baseball team’s first shutout of the season.MSU (15-3) defeated Siena Heights (4-19) 6-0 at Kobs Field on Wednesday afternoon.“Our team is definitely really confident, there’s no question about that,” Spartan manager Ted Mahan said.

MICHIGAN

Tutoring made easy for teens

Anthony Banks and Ben Minadeo needed help with math.But since the two 13-year-old middle-school students have signed up for tutoring, figuring out percentages and decimal places has been a breeze.“You’re challenged educationally,” Banks said.

FEATURES

Museum guide

Kresge Art Museum • Through April 7, “Art In Motion: Sculpture from the Kresge Art Museum Collection,” features 25 sculptures and works in other media from the permanent collection that are either literally or figuratively in motion. Through April 7, “MSU Department of Art Master of Fine Arts Exhibition” displays the work of masters of fine arts students. Through April 7, “New York, New York,” displays more than 40 20th century photographs and prints of New York City scenes, such as Central Park, Greenwich Village, bridges, skylines and streets. Kresge Art Museum is on MSU’s campus.

NEWS

GEU asks members to vote on strike

MSU’s Graduate Employees Union voted to send out ballots to its 1,400 members to decide whether to hold a one-day strike, intensifying contract talks. The union, which formed in early 2001, has been is working without a university contract.

COMMENTARY

All races work hard to earn diploma

I’m not sure the Black Celebratory can be aptly characterized as racist, but it’s certainly exclusionary and unnecessary. I fail to see what can be accomplished by having a supplementary graduation ceremony for black students. I don’t think simply being part of a minority deserves any special recognition or praise.

NEWS

Court arraigns students in Blair death

Four MSU students were arraigned Wednesday in connection with the October death of an 18-year-old Bay City student who drowned in the Red Cedar River. Nicole Bukowski, 21, Cassandra Duggan, 20, Laurel Trezise, 20, and Sara Kaufman, 21, all East Lansing residents, were arraigned on the felony running an unlicensed bar at their East Lansing apartment.

MSU

ASMSU to appoint governmental, budgetary affairs director

After three years of the same ASMSU member voicing the undergraduate student university budget concerns, a new face will take over the duties.Jared English likely will be appointed as the undergraduate student government’s Academic Assembly director of university, governmental and budgetary affairs by the assembly on April 9.English will replace Jeff Ziarko, who is graduating in May with a degree in political economy and finance.English, who has been an Academic Assembly James Madison College representative since February 2001, said he has been increasingly interested in the position since his freshman year.“It seems a lot of people are being affected by state appropriations,” said English, who constructed a lobbying campaign plan for the year.

NEWS

Students direct plays

SHANNON HOUGHTON For The State News Mechanical engineering freshman Nathan Kroll had no acting experience until being cast in the one-act play, “Bringing it all Home,” this semester. “I like being able to act out somebody I don’t even know and make a character how I want it to be,” he said.

NEWS

U could review students charges

Five MSU students facing criminal charges in connection with the October drowning of an 18-year-old Bay City man in the Red Cedar River also could be disciplined by the university. One of the students, a male Holden Hall resident, provided beer to Delta College student Eric Blair on Oct.

BASKETBALL

Spartan considers going professional

In what seems to be becoming an annual event, another member of the Spartan men’s basketball team will leave MSU early and enter his name into the NBA Draft. But unlike when ex-Spartans Jason Richardson and Zach Randolph declared for the NBA Draft at the end of the 2000-2001 season, sophomore guard Marcus Taylor’s announcement on Tuesday to declare for the draft is anything but definite. “Becoming an NBA player has been one of my goals for a long time,” Taylor said in a written statement.

MSU

Black male student showcase canceled

The 2002 Mr. Black MSU pageant has been canceled after being plagued by a lack of participation.Members of Black Student Alliance held informational meetings, contacted student leaders and sent e-mail and applications to potential candidates, but received little response.The event began in 2000 as a showcase for black male students exhibiting leadership, strong academic standing and significant involvement in the black community.Last year, more than 300 people attended the ceremony, which featured five candidates competing in four categories: a video interview, talent, modeling and a judge’s interview.DeJuan Lever, 2001 Mr. Black MSU runner-up, said although he decided not to participate this year, he was disappointed to hear the event was canceled.