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A humbled Obama takes the stage

Rachel Jackson
September 9, 2012

On Thursday night, as President Barack Obama officially was accepting his party’s nomination for another term in the White House at the Time Warner Cable Arena in Charlotte, N.C., I was holed up in a hotel lobby three blocks away scrounging for public Wi-Fi to watch the speech — sadly, on C-SPAN, because a student journalist is last on the VIP list for exclusive presidential access. For the past three days, I had been running all over the city covering events that are pivotal to the Democratic Party platform and the President’s re-election efforts, including caucuses targeting a specific demographic of voters and rah-rah gatherings by legislators who have devoted themselves to Obama.

NEWS

Investigation ongoing in Carmack case

A spokesperson from the MSU athletics department said they are deferring all calls about the alleged involvement of the MSU hockey team in the assault of Brandon Carmack to the East Lansing Police Department and MSU University Relations.

MSU

ASMSU faces iClicker shortage

Darcie Moran
September 6, 2012

Numerous topics were discussed at ASMU’s meeting Thursday evening, including a lack of iClickers, new access to the New York Times and international student fees.

MSU

Bank offers business students chance to shine

Isabella Shaya
September 6, 2012

Students and community members who have an idea for a new business but lack the funds get it started now have the opportunity to build dreams into a reality. Entrepreneurs looking for a way to start up a business can enter to win up to $25,000 by joining the MSU Federal Credit Union, or MSUFCU, startUP Challenge. April Clobes, MSUFCU executive vice president and chief operating officer, said there have been no submitted applications as of Thursday afternoon, but she has received interest from campus organizations promoting entrepreneurship. “We could not help everyone, so we thought the best solution was to do a competition,” Clobes said.

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Student job opportunities swarm campus

Zachary Pena
September 5, 2012

Both on- and off-campus job opportunities — with companies ranging from MSU Federal Credit Union to Meijer — were abundant for the more than 1,000 students who attended the MSU Career Services event.

MICHIGAN

Delegates share experiences at DNC

Rebecca Ryan and Samantha Radecki
September 5, 2012

Curtis Audette and Joyce Lalonde are about 45 years apart in age. In terms of experience at a Democratic National Conventio, which they both are attending this week, that’s a huge difference; Audette, a social relations and policy sophomore, is attending his first convention this week in Charlotte, N.C., while Lalonde, an MSU alumna, is attending her seventh convention in about the past 30 years.