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Board of Trustees approves $1.5 billion goal for capital campaign
The Board of Trustees approved on Friday a $1.5 billion goal for the university’s first capital campaign since 2007.
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Japan Club mixes eastern and western traditions at Halloween Curry Party
Members of the MSU Japan Club held combined Japanese and American traditions during their seventh annual Curry Party.
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MSU will team up with Penn State to host annual blood drive in November
Spartans bleed green and white — and compassion. With the help of the American Red Cross, MSU and Penn State University will once again use their rivalry for good to save lives during the 21st Annual "MSU-PSU Blood Challenge" taking place over a three week period in November.
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University employees clean up trashed campus after U-M game
When the University of Michigan football team comes to town, there are a lot more than just leaves to pick up on MSU’s campus the morning after.
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University not legally responsible for 2012 campus injury
MSU will not be held legally responsible for an injury that took place on campus in 2012. Alexandra Pew , a high school student visiting campus during the evening of March 25, 2012, was staying with friends who lived in Case Hall when she fell backwards through a window on the sixth floor.
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ASMSU approves $100,000 for February concert, considers a country act
While nothing is yet set in stone, the bill to allocate up to $100,000 from special projects passed at the general assembly meeting with 25 voting yes, five voting no and one abstention after almost an hour of debate and discussion.
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The dream of attending college through illness fuels run between rival stadiums
ROTC cadets from MSU and U-M ran 64 miles from Ann Arbor to East Lansing for Alex's Great State Race, a fundraiser for student disability services.
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Despite some restrictions, longboarding embraced as a mode of transportation on campus
With a lengthy deck and flexible build, longboards are meant to allow boarders to turn and cruise with ease. Although the mode of transportation can be convenient, there are restrictions on boarding on campus.
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Detroit sports radio hosts bet on MSU–U-M game in charity challenge
Talk radio hosts from 97.1 FM The Ticket wagered on the result of the MSU–University of Michigan game for Challenge for Charity.
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MSU and U-M ROTC cadets are off on 64-mile run from the Big House to Spartan Stadium with Saturday's game ball
MSU and U-M ROTC cadets set out on a 64-mile run from the Big House in Ann Arbor to Spartan Stadium this morning. MSU Athletic Director Mark Hollis will receive Saturday's game ball around 3:30 p.m. at Demonstration Hall field.
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Smartphone case designed to prevent sexual assault could land on college campuses
Companies designing products to deter sexual assaults and other attacks aim to introduce them on college campuses, but some students working to combat sexual assault at MSU question their effectiveness.
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Hope Project seeks to raise $500 for Malawian orphans
“Statistics are no longer numbers on a page, but faces imprinted on my heart,” human biology junior Morgan Mclane said.
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NCG Cinema shows first Mandarin-language film
Earlier this month NCG Cinema in Lansing showed a Mandarin-language film for the first time. The movie, "Breakup Buddies," was also shown in theaters in China and grossed more than $163 million in the first week.
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Students scale campus with MSU Parkour and Freerunning Club
For some of the students on campus invested in parkour, the sport is as serious as training daily and as relaxed as an excuse to jump off of things.
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MSU Food Day promotes local produce, national sustainable food movement
Students promote local produce and sustainable food at MSU Food Day sponsored by the MSU Department of Sustainability and the Horticulture Farm.
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Keep your enemies close
“Beat Michigan” shirts. Smack talk on social media. U-M’s block ‘M’ spray-painted green with “S-U” scrawled next to it. A taxidermied wolverine in a maize and blue vest, hanging by a noose from the back of a van with license plate “ST8 VAN” along with a banner reading, “The only good Wolverine …” parked outside the Starbucks on Grand River Avenue. There’s no mistaking it — it’s Michigan week.
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Second forum held introducing a potential OISS director candidate to replace Peter Briggs
The second forum introducing a candidate for director of the Office of International Students and Scholars, or OISS, took place on Monday.
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Contract estimated MSU would charge $228,335 for filming
Want the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum all to yourself for a day? Apparently it'll cost you about $3,000.
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Diwali celebration offers outlet for cultural exposure
First year construction management masters student Amol Tatiya was so preoccupied with midterms that he did not realize one of the major festivals celebrated in his culture was approaching.“On WhatsApp, I’m on different groups and I keep getting those message like ‘Happy Diwali’,” Tatiya said.
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Student-made rivalry video exploding on social media
If you aren't excited for the game on Saturday — this student-made video might change how you feel.