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Grand Rapids-based band Desmond Jones started at MSU

A Grand Rapids-based rock/funk/jazz fusion band has had success with its Midwest tour so far this summer. Desmond Jones is no stranger to the Lansing music scene. A group of MSU students formed the group in 2012 and have since gradually established themselves as a nearly full time touring band.

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Vigil held at State Capitol for Orlando massacre victims

On Sunday at 6 p.m. around 100 people from the Lansing community gathered at the State Capitol to mourn the ones who were lost in the Orlando massacre from early Sunday morning. The month of June is national LGBT Pride Month, but instead of celebrating life and love, the country is mourning the biggest mass shooting in U.S. history.