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MICHIGAN

Web exclusive: MSU Community Music School hosts instrument petting zoo

The MSU Community Music School showcased the importance of music in the community and in education Sunday during its public open house. The event, held from 3-5 p.m. at the school, 841-B Timberlane St., had a variety of activities offered to all age groups, including performances by children’s choirs and the New Horizons Band, as well as an instrument petting zoo.

MSU

Spartan remix unites all

The second annual Spartan Remix hit the Union on Thursday night, as more than 1,000 students and staff filtered through the event’s various destinations.

MSU

RHA hosts hip-hop concert Saturday feat Mich. artists

Almost two hours before Saturday’s Fall Welcome Concert began, MSU special education sophomore Grace Rzepkowski showed up with a group of friends, clad in concert T-shirts signed by the artists they were about to see, to claim the first few spots in line.

NEWS

A constant battle

The air fills with the screaming of soldiers. The ting-ting-ting of small-arms gunfire resounds against the metal of the helicopter. An ehh ehh ehh sound echoes as Rick Flynn’s helicopter falls 200 feet to the ground.

MICHIGAN

E.L. National Coney opens

For advertising junior Eric Dornbrook, Thursday’s grand opening of the National Coney Station, 565 E. Grand River Ave., would be the beginning of a love–hate relationship, he said.

NEWS

From government to globe-trotting

For former East Lansing Mayor Sam Singh, the dream began with a magazine. From the age of 12, Singh envisioned himself as a world traveler, creating imaginary itineraries while looking at National Geographic. “I would get National Geographic magazines and write down places I wanted to see,” Singh said.

NEWS

ANGEL problems persist Wednesday

Students looking to complete some of the semester’s first assignments on MSU’s ANGEL Web site Wednesday were greeted by a red service alert — if they were able to load the page at all. The site was inaccessible most of the day Wednesday after it began experiencing problems Monday night and briefly regained service Tuesday night.

NEWS

Even with budget cuts, tuition might not increase

MSU Board of Trustees members said they would not raise tuition in light of Gov. Jennifer Granholm’s budget recommendations, which include an additional $30 million cut to higher education. Granholm released her budget plan Tuesday for the 2010 fiscal year, which included the surprise $30 million cut. The governor recommended in February to decrease higher education funding by $100 million.