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MICHIGAN

Students rally for Mich. Promise

About 100 students from Michigan universities gathered at the state Capitol Tuesday afternoon to hand deliver about 2,500 signatures petitioning state legislators to keep the Michigan Promise Scholarship.

NEWS

Sign of the times

In addition to working five days a week at Oaklawn Hospital as a phlebotomist, LaDosha Washingon, 23, braids hair. “Doing hair, it helps to make the ends meet,” Washington said. Making house calls as well as working out of her home, Washington, a Lansing resident, uses the extra money she earns from braiding hair to help pay student loans and continue her education at Lansing Community College. Washington’s business model is direct.

MSU

Public schools hire foreign teachers to fill gaps

Despite a growing number of pink slips being issued to American teachers, an increasing number of public schools are recruiting abroad to fill positions in hard-to-staff districts, according to a report released by the American Federation of Teachers.

MSU

State legislators to discuss ASMSU medical proposal

A bill that would protect minors who seek medical attention in the event of alcohol overconsumption might be presented before a state House legislative committee in the coming weeks, and ASMSU officials said Monday they would testify in support of the bill.

MSU

Kresge hosts art program

As a group of children added watercolor paint to their own version of what a tropical fish would look like Saturday, MSU art education seniors taught them how to mix colors at MSU’s Saturday Morning Art program.

MICHIGAN

AOPi chapter celebrates 75th anniversary

The Beta Gamma Chapter of Alpha Omicron Pi hasn’t always had an easy time at MSU. Despite a closure of the chapter in 1969 for two decades, the sorority, located at 333 Charles St., celebrated its 75th anniversary at MSU on Saturday. Linda Grandolfo, the nationwide vice president of the sorority, was present at the event and said the anniversary was a monumental event for the MSU chapter.

MSU

RHA sponsors famed pop-rock bands at MSU

Come November, the walls of the Auditorium will shake to the rhythm of songs by pop-rock bands Taking Back Sunday, The All-American Rejects and Anberlin when they perform at a concert sponsored by the Residence Halls Association, or RHA, the organization announced Wednesday.