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MICHIGAN

LGBT groups hosting "The Come Out" at the Avenue Cafe

Humans Uniting for an Equal Society, or HUES, Lansing Association for Human Rights, or LAHR, and the Alliance of Queer and Ally Students at Michigan State is hosting “The Come Out” tomorrow at The Avenue Cafe, 2021 E Michigan Ave., in Lansing beginning at 7 p.m. on Jan. 22.

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL

Mark Viele, the man behind the mop

When the MSU basketball team goes into the locker rooms for halftime at Breslin Center, that’s when the stage is set for 60-year-old Mark Viele and his mop. It was more than 40 years ago that Viele, a native of Lansing, got a job at MSU as soon as he got out of high school, and for the better part of the last 20 years, Viele has worked for MSU Athletics, where he sets up and takes down the athletic venues for every MSU sport except hockey.

MSU

Campus group floods social media with #SpartansAllIn

The hashtag #SpartansAllIn has started to appear in social media feeds and will continue to do so as certain MSU students vocalize their faith for all to hear. Members of MSU Campus Crusade for Christ, or CRU, looks for new ways every academic year to proclaim the group's message to fellow students.

MSU

IAH course curriculums to change, enhance diversity awareness

Director of the Center for Integrative Studies in the Arts and Humanities Kirk Kidwell said there are conversations about updating and revising curriculum to enhance awareness of diversity. “We have been having conversations about identifying courses more focuses on diversity and inclusion,”Kidwell said.

FEATURES

Sports and entertainment club aims to open up competitive industry

Mark Hollis, Mario Impemba and Leigh Steinberg all have two things in common. They have made a successful career for themselves in the sports and entertainment industry and they have all visited MSU's Future Leaders in Sports Entertainment club to provide the members with networking opportunities. Hollis is the Athletic Director at Michigan State, Impemba is a play-by-play analyst for the Detroit Tigers on Fox Sports Detroit and Steinberg is a veteran NFL Agent who has been in the business for over 40 years.

FOOTBALL

Meet the 7 MSU football recruits enrolling in the fall

On Jan. 15, the eight MSU recruits who enrolled early for the 2016 spring semester began their classes and attended Mark Dantonio's season recap press conference to be formally introduced. The recruits listed below are not enrolled early, but plan to be impactful freshmen for Dantonio, who possibly reeled in his best recruiting class since his first season at MSU in 2007.

MICHIGAN

HopCat to throw all day party for anniversary

Free crack fries and an all day party is how HopCat in East Lansing plans to spend the eighth anniversary of the first HopCat. The brewpub, famous for its multitude of beers and fries, turns eight years old Jan. 23 and is welcoming beer lovers and people everywhere to come join in the celebration at its seven locations throughout Michigan.