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ESPN's Jemele Hill will serve as grand marshal for homecoming parade
MSU has announced Jemele Hill from ESPN as the grand marshal for the homecoming parade this fall.
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Despite size, MSU has relatively few bicycle crashes
MSU Bikes Service Center Manager Tim Potter said although the university efforts are helpful, the key to preventing accidents is for all bikers to know and display basic bike safety. The most common mistake bikers make is riding their bike on the sidewalk.
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For MSU student housing co-op, containers provide means of practicing sustainability
In a world filled with perpetual change, sustainability can be a necessity.Sustainability served as a major theme in a Container Gardening Workshop held Saturday at co-op house Vesta. The workshop, created by AmeriCorps and the Mid-Michigan Environmental Action Council cooperatively with the MSU Student Housing Co-op, or SHC, highlighted the idea of sustainable living through the use of growing food planted in upcycled, or re-used, containers.
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Ongoing study researches usefulness of philosophy degree
By Casey Hollandcholland@statenews.comTHE STATE NEWSnnFor the past three years, the philosophy department has been compiling data from their senior Capstone courses.
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MSU to pull students studying in Israel as conflicts continues
Students and faculty in the group wanted to stay in the country despite ongoing hostilities.
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During summer, international students don't always make the trip back home
In summer, campus is like a ghost town. Many students go off to internships, study abroad or go home, if they don't live close to campus.For international students, going home is not always ideal. Some see working and attending summer classes as beneficial, while others use the time to explore outside of Michigan.
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Advising corps works to make college accessible
“This is a program where we are going in as a recent college graduate, talking to these students and making their dreams of going to college realistic,” adviser Lorrena Johnson said.
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Abrams Planetarium to receive birthday upgrades
As a result of its 50th birthday celebration in February, the Abrams Planetarium will be receiving an upgrade. Its 20-year-old DigiStar 2 projection system will be replaced by a DigiStar 5, a two-projector system with clearer images creating a more accurate representation of the night sky.
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Two arrested for robbing students of pizza, cell phone outside residence hall
The suspects took a cell phone and pizza from the victims and fled north on foot. The victims were not injured and were able to call 911.
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Students with gym memberships obtain higher GPAs, study finds
Pivarnik said the data shows the correlation between purchasing a membership, GPA and retention. MSU isn’t only interested in the GPAs of the student body, retention — students completing a degree — is important, too. The study did not address whether or not participants actively used the gym membership.
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Sigma Chi MSU chapter house undergoes $1 million plus remodel
“It was decided (to remodel the house) a couple years ago,” Nemesi said. “We were coming up on the 50th anniversary of the house, it was built in 1963, and we started talking about the fundraising and all that type of stuff, and figured if we remodeled it right, it would be able to go the next 50 years.”
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MSU startup collects old appliances, gives back to students in need
President of Move In, Move Out (also known as MIMO) Kevin Ye said in the summer of 2013 he was approached by a student at Northwestern University in Illinois looking to expand the organization to schools in Michigan.
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Muelder Summer Carillon Series offers unique music experience
The MSU College of Music holds five consecutive carillon recitals on Wednesdays through July beginning at 6 p.m. at the John W. Beaumont Memorial Tower.
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Email fraud scam highlights concerns over MSU email
Every month there are 600,000 attempted network intrusions on MSU’s network. That is not to say there are hundreds of thousands of people attempting to commit cyber crimes. Many of these attempts are automated and MSU’s network security is able to shut out the majority of them with antivirus software and IT support.
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Suspects in Spartan Stadium bomb threat have case postponed
Two suspects appeared in court Tuesday in connection with the false bomb threats to Spartan Stadium, which occurred Wednesday.
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University of New Hampshire graduate offered VP position with MSU IT services
Joanna Young, the candidate for the new vice president of information technology and chief information officer, is awaiting approval by the MSU Board of Trustees.
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Student loses more than $1,500 to email phishing scam
Between June 5 and June 20 a 20-year-old student was victim to an email scam, robbing her of $1,536 via Western Union money transfer transactions. The correspondence turned out to be a phishing scam.
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Officials explain decision to not issue alert for Spartan Stadium bomb threat
Despite a bomb threat to Spartan Stadium in the heart of campus, MSU safety officials said an alert was not necessary, and opted not to issue one.
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Two suspects arraigned in Spartan Stadium bomb threat
Two Lansing residents have been charged in falsely reporting a bomb threat to Spartan Stadium.
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Maker Day allows students to showcase creativity
The students, divided into teams of two or three, crafted various games and activities designed to encourage minds to think computationally, to notice patterns and to develop their own ideas about how to create.