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Students compete in Junkyard Wars challenge

Caleb Nordgren
February 26, 2012

As soon as mechanical engineering senior Adam Sajdak finished addressing about 40 people who had assembled at the IM Sports-West tennis courts on Friday afternoon, the engineers launched into action with gusto, and this year’s Junkyard Wars competition officially began. Each of the seven competing teams was given a 4-by-4 sheet of plywood and an 8-foot length of 2-by-4 to start, along with a drill, four wheels, as many screws or nails as needed and a shared circular saw. The objective was to build a cart to hold two 70-pound sandbags in about an hour and a half. The cart then was pushed through a slalom course in a relay race, and a head-to-head tournament decided the winner.

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MSU Underwater Hockey Team hosts tournament Sunday

Lauren Gibbons
February 26, 2012

With fins flapping and water splashing, underwater hockey players from 10 different colleges and cities competed for fun and glory this weekend in MSU’s 12th annual Tournament of Love, held at IM Sports-West. In underwater hockey, players drop a 3-pound puck to the bottom of a pool and use small sticks to push the puck into the opposing team’s goal.

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Face Time: Kelcey Gapske

Rachel Jackson
February 23, 2012

On Wednesday night, the Residence Halls Association, or RHA, elected social work junior and current RHA Vice President Kelcey Gapske as the new president for the 2012-13 year. Gapske will spend the next several weeks transitioning into her new role before officially taking office April 11.

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Students learn about African affairs, empowering women

Kellie Rowe
February 23, 2012

From the minute Peggy Blackford arrived in Africa more than 10 years ago, she began to see the influence MSU had on the continent. “I met many people there … who had studied (at MSU), and I began to understand the prestige of the program here in African studies,” she said.

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Amber's ambition

Matt Hallowell
February 23, 2012

Apparel and textile design senior Amber Bembnister has been busy this month. The peer-elected student director of the second annual ATD Fashion Show has been working closely with fellow students and faculty advisers to make sure the production goes off without a hitch.

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Gradhacker blog gains popularity

Stephen Brooks
February 23, 2012

A blog created last year by MSU graduate students about the ups and downs of graduate student life recently has partnered with news publication Inside Higher Education. The blog, GradHacker.org, officially began publishing on the Inside Higher Education website in December 2011 and now averages between 3,000-4,000 unique hits per day, said graduate student and GradHacker co-editor Katy Meyers.

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East Neighborhood hosts soul food dinner

Darcie Moran
February 23, 2012

Red, green and black decorations, jazz music and the smell of soul food greeted members of the MSU community during East Neighborhood’s Soul Food Extravaganza! on Thursday evening. The event, hosted by East Neighborhood and Culinary Services, was held at Akers Hall cafeteria and helped celebrate Black History Month.

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Individual rights advocacy group speaks at MSU

Darcie Moran
February 22, 2012

Nearly four years after fighting the university to address policy issues that landed her in front of the Student-Faculty Judiciary Board, former ASMSU Association Director Kara Spencer once again discussed MSU policy issues on campus, along with the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, or FIRE.

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Ash Wednesday observed by students

Kellie Rowe
February 22, 2012

This year, instead of giving up the usual temptations for Lent — candy, sweets and pop — interior design junior Amanda Devera is striving for more. “They’re my weakness,” she said. “But I think this year, I decided to not give something up … and (instead) go to church more.”