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MICHIGAN

School members organize dining event

Aged Montana grass-fed tenderloin brochette. Maine Lobster served over Minnesota toasted wild rice with house-smoked roma tomatoes stuffed with spinach. For dessert, double fudge chocolate pecan brownies, classic New York cheesecake and key lime pie.

MSU

Students start 'green' public policy journal

Basketball buzz dimmed at least for a moment Friday as people from around the Midwest focused on sharing ideas for new regional environmental policies. Most of the attendees of the Roosevelt Institution’s launch event for a new journal that focuses on environmental issues were members of the institution, which functions like a nationwide student think tank.

MICHIGAN

Applications for medical marijuana begin Saturday

Michigan residents looking to use marijuana for medical purposes might have to look a little harder than they would like. Medical marijuana officially becomes legal Saturday, but the law is hazy on how patients can obtain the marijuana, said Greg Francisco, executive director of the Michigan Medical Marijuana Association.

MSU

ASMSU votes to support tuition cap

ASMSU’s Academic Assembly is recommending a 2 percent cap on tuition increases over the next three years. The assembly reached the decision at its meeting Tuesday. ASMSU is MSU’s undergraduate student government.

MSU

Still no members added to task force

The deadline to form a task force to investigate student concern about Sheila Contreras, director of the MSU Chicano/Latino Studies program was extended until later this month. College of Social Science Dean Marietta Baba said she hoped for the nine person task force to be formed by April 1, but it is still being assembled, said Michelle Strobel, spokeswoman for the college. “The dean sent a letter to the students (Tuesday),” Strobel said.

MICHIGAN

'Big Brother' auditions entice hopeful locals

Cameras were rolling Wednesday at Eastwood Towne Center in Lansing as the CBS reality TV show “Big Brother” held a casting call for its upcoming season and auditioners hoped to become the next Lansing area native to appear on the show.

MSU

Nobel Prize-winning activist will address spring grads

The man known as South Africa’s Martin Luther King Jr. will deliver the university’s keynote speech at spring commencement. Desmond Tutu, a South African activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner, is scheduled to speak at 1 p.m. May 8 at Breslin Center. The event will be free to the public.

NEWS

Police Brief 04/01/09

A 41-year-old Lansing man who unintentionally flagged down an MSU police officer Friday morning was eventually arrested for stealing another man’s debit card, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.

NEWS

RHA, Impact await vote on tax funding

Two student organizations’ futures rely on a campuswide student vote this week. The Residence Halls Association and Impact (89-FM) each charge a student tax that the organizations rely almost completely on for funding. Every three years, each tax referendum goes before a student vote to determine whether the taxes continue.