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MSU

U hosts quiz bowl championships

MSU students will soon be surrounded by some of the top students in Michigan - and they’re not even out of high school.More than 500 high school students from across the state will compete in the 14th annual State Championship High School Quiz Bowl on Friday and Saturday in the Union.

NEWS

College degree not required

College isn’t for everyone.Year after year more collegiate basketball players come to that realization.Leaving college early, or skipping it altogether for the NBA Draft, has become a trend in recent years.

SPORTS

Softball comes off successful weekend

The Spartans won two of their first three games on their weekend road trip to Wisconsin and Minnesota. MSU (17-28 overall, 4-5) stole the series opener 1-0 from the Gophers on Saturday with a first-inning run by senior Shealee Dunavan that stood up for the whole game, according to MSU sports information. Dunavan scored on a two-out single by sophomore Tiffany Wallace, who finished 3-for-4 on the game.

COMMENTARY

Alcohol letter was ridiculous

Mark Melnykowycz’s response to “Alcohol can cause many nasty side effects” (SN 4/2), was probably the stupidest thing I have ever read in this newspaper.

MICHIGAN

Concealed weapons law opens discussion

New online information concerning Michigan’s concealed weapons law, which goes into effect July 1, has area students and groups debating how the law will impact the state.The law establishes statewide requirements for people who carry concealed weapons.

NEWS

Police chief defends choice to use undercover officer

The university’s police chief is standing by his decision to put an undercover officer in a campus student group more than a year ago, he told ASMSU’s Student Assembly on Thursday.MSU police Chief Bruce Benson told the group of representatives from MSU’s undergraduate student government he believes he made the right choice given the circumstances.

FEATURES

Dropping out of life more valuable than internship

By the time I was 20 years old, I felt I already paid my dues. I spent the summer after high school and the summer after my freshman year working at a suburban Detroit newspaper, cranking out stories about various eccentricities, oddities, lawsuits and, of course, bloodshed.

COMMENTARY

Graduate students should unionize

I was a teaching assistant at MSU years ago, and I’m writing to explain why all eligible teaching assistants should vote “yes” for the Graduate Employees Union on Thursday.

MSU

Students break down ego barriers at seminar

Bill Lansing told a crowd of 120 high school students attending a leadership seminar Thursday at the Union to accept one another - in all circumstances.“Look on the optimistic side,” said Lansing, a sophomore at Lansing Eastern High School, 220 N.

COMMENTARY

Conference not covered enough

One of the vital roles of a university is to allow for freedom of thought and understanding while expanding the learning environment available to both students and the community.

FEATURES

U brings big jazz musicians to concert

From smooth blues to big band swing, the School of Music’s Jazz Spectacular will feature all types of music tonight, as interpreted by big-name jazz performers. The concert begins at 8 p.m.

SPORTS

Football squad will have open practice

The MSU football team will conclude spring practice at 1 p.m. Saturday with an open-to-the-public practice at Spartan Stadium.However, one thing that won’t conclude is the quarterback controversy that has engulfed the team during the spring.

NEWS

Campus a cappella groups join together for concert

With several a cappella groups on campus to choose from, it might be difficult to tell them apart.Luckily, competition between the five groups is minimal - even friendly.“This year it’s been really great, there’s not a lot of hostility,” said journalism sophomore Lindsay Frederickson, a member of Capital Green.Capital Green member and interdisciplinary studies in social science junior Josh Robertson said campus a cappella groups need to work together.“In terms of competition, there’s a lot of respect,” he said.

MICHIGAN

Police tie flexcuffs to murder

MASON - After nearly 15 years, a mother’s persistence may have paid off.Muriel Kirby sat with a box of tissues on her lap Thursday while investigators announced they had arrested the man they believe killed her daughter in 1986.David Phillip Draheim was arraigned in 55th District Court on Thursday for the murder of Jeanette Kirby.Kirby, a 36-year-old state employee from Lansing, was found dead in Riverbend Park in Holt on June 12, 1986.

MSU

Schools grade policy may change

A failing grade can make many students wish they had never taken a course. For students at the University of Alabama, this dream has been a reality through its academic forgiveness policy - a chance for students to drop up to three completed classes from their grade-point averages. Thinking of transferring?

NEWS

McPherson OKd infiltration

MSU President M. Peter McPherson approved an undercover investigation of a campus activist group soon after police infiltrated it, he told The State News on Thursday evening.“To me it’s almost a classic issue in a democracy,” said McPherson, who had not publicly admitted his involvement in the investigation.