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Book author set to speak Saturday

Farm Sanctuary president and co-founder Gene Baur will promote his book, “Farm Sanctuary: Changing Hearts and Minds about Animals and Food,” with a stop at MSU. He will speak at 10 a.m. Saturday in Room B102 in Wells Hall.

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SADD Day aims to deter drunken driving

Spartans Against Drunk Driving, or SADD, hosted SADD Day on Tuesday in front of the rock on Farm Lane to raise awareness about SADD and the dangers of drinking and driving. Officers from the East Lansing Police Department and the MSU Department of Police and Public Safety and members of SADD passed out information cards and stickers to encourage students not to drink and drive.

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Officials and House discuss education

At a Michigan House of Representatives Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee meeting, MSU Extension director Tom Coon and Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station, or MAES, director Steve Pueppke testified about the importance of funding these programs. MSU Extension and MAES are funded as part of the state’s higher education budget. The state Senate approved a 3.1 percent cut — about $2.4 million — to that budget for next fiscal year, which begins Oct. 1.

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Conan tickets on sale Wednesday

Former “Tonight Show” host Conan O’Brien is scheduled to perform at Breslin Center on May 21, ASMSU officials announced Tuesday. Tickets will be available in person for students starting at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Breslin Center box office. The student presale runs until Friday.

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Texting ban passes Mich. house Tuesday

Michigan lawmakers moved another step closer to finalizing a texting while driving ban Tuesday in the state House. The House passed the bill, 74-33, agreeing with the Senate to make texting while driving a primary offense.

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Student works on display this weekend

The American Institute of Graphic Arts, or AIGA, MSU Student Group will have its work — which includes posters and book covers — displayed at an exhibition at (SCENE) Metrospace, 110 Charles St. A reception for the work will be held from 6-9 p.m. Friday.

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E.L. official to host budget forum

East Lansing City Manager Ted Staton will lead a community budget forum at 7 p.m. April 28 at the East Lansing Hannah Community Center, 819 Abbot Road. Residents will have a chance to learn more about the city’s fiscal challenges and the 2011 fiscal year budgets as well as share feedback and ask questions.

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Democrats endorse candidates early

In a first-time experiment the Michigan Democratic Party pre-endorsed candidates Saturday for secretary of state and attorney general. Typically, candidates are nominated at state party conventions the August before a November general election.

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ASMSU assemblies to hold officer elections

Beginning at Tuesday night’s Academic Assembly meeting, ASMSU will spend this week deciding who will lead the organization’s assemblies during the 2010-11 sessions. Academic Assembly will hold its officer elections Tuesday night and Student Assembly will hold its elections Thursday night.

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Students rally for women, LBGT rights

About 300 participants will march through campus, carrying signs and shouting chants, to East Lansing’s 54-B District Court on Tuesday. The rally is part of Take Back the Night, a nationwide event happening as part of Sexual Assault Awareness Month.

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MSU Center for Poetry offers art to campus

When poet Ruelaine Stokes compares poetry to human expression, such as dancing and painting, she said it is all the same — each form speaks in relation to the human spirit. As a member of Lansing’s Old Town Poetry Series and an instructor at MSU’s English Language Center, Stokes said her variety of poems — from the silly to the serious — satisfies a wide range of audience members.

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MSU alumnus, author gives job market advice

Be on time. Dress professionally. Practice a strong, confident handshake. Send a post-interview tweet to a potential employer. MSU alumnus and Amazon bestselling author Erik Qualman has some new advice for those entering the job market, and it involves seizing the opportunity found in tools students use every day as a part of their social lives.

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Symposium to focus on climate change

The MSU Environmental Science and Policy Program will host the Climate Change Vulnerabilities and Opportunities: Michigan and Beyond symposium at 8 a.m. on April 26 and 27 at the Kellogg Center.

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WWF official will hold talk at MSU

Senior vice president of the World Wildlife Foundation Jason Clay will present on food production and maintaining biodiversity and ecosystems in the future at 5:30 p.m. Thursday in Room 147 of the Communication Arts and Sciences Building.

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Drag queens and kings perform in annual show

On Saturday, the University Activities Board, RING and the Residence Halls Association hosted their eighth annual drag show in the International Center. Drag is the practice of impersonating a person of the opposite gender, but the impersonation is more of a parody, highlighting certain traits about the gender and exaggerating them to over-the-top proportions.

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MSU alumus helps get donation for local food bank

Overwhelmed. It’s how recent MSU alumnus Sonny Geha felt Sunday about being the driving force behind bringing 15 tons of greatly needed protein to the Mid-Michigan area. Geha, a Grosse Pointe resident, recently took fourth place in a national Tongal video contest, which partnered with Tyson Foods Hunger Relief program to provide communities across the country with protein donations in this time of need, said Ed Nicholson, Tyson Foods Inc. director of community relations.