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MSU holding its first Study Abroad Week

Emily Wilkins
January 25, 2010

On the way to lunch in the International Center on Monday, comparative cultures and politics sophomore Scott Osdras made a brief stop in Antarctica. At least, that is how it will look on an online postcard that Osdras sent to his parents during the first of a five-day event hosted by the Office of Study Abroad. MSU’s first Study Abroad Week is replacing the spring study abroad fair and will run from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. through Friday.

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Kilpatrick reporters to visit East Lansing on book tour

Lauren McKown
January 25, 2010

Almost exactly two years after Detroit Free Press reporters M.L Elrick and Jim Schaefer broke news of Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick’s text messaging affair, they are touring Michigan to promote their book, “The Kwame Sutra: Musings on lust, life and leadership from Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick.”

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Area competition encourages healthy habits

Zack Colman
January 25, 2010

Gyms usually have their fill in January as thousands of Americans attempt to lose holiday pounds. With East Lansing workout hotspots bulging with a glut of new January members, MSU alumna Emily Zurek noticed the gyms themselves usually shed more clients than the members do pounds when the calendar flips to February.

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Fireworks case moves to trial for MSU freshman

Kate Jacobson
January 24, 2010

An MSU student will stand trial for his alleged involvement in a November prank. Political science and pre-law freshman Nikolai Wasielewski faces charges of conspiracy and accomplice after the fact for his involvement in a Nov. 1, 2009, prank, when he and three others allegedly threw a firework into the yard of an East Lansing resident’s home.

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Stabenow speaks about state's gains

Marissa Cumbers
January 24, 2010

U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich, made an appearance on MSU’s campus Sunday addressing more than 50 students about the state’s progress since President Barack Obama’s inauguration and the importance of political engagement during the 2010 election season.

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On solid grounds

Emily Wilkins
January 24, 2010

Daniel Clay sees Gashonga, a village in Rwanda, as one of MSU’s international links. Angelo Oricchio sees the village as a member of the coffee producing world. And 400 goats see it as their new home.

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MSU students mentor area youth

Alanna Thiede
January 24, 2010

Liz Watson had to make a choice. The kinesiology junior was given an opportunity to write a report for her Spanish class last fall or do a service project for credit.

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E.L. business begins expansion overseas

Zack Colman
January 24, 2010

A map would tell people Nigeria and East Lansing are worlds away. Bunmi Akinyemiju would tell people they share a border. Akinyemiju, CEO of Enliven Software, is bringing his automated financial services operation out of East Lansing’s Technology Innovation Center, or TIC, at 325 E. Grand River Ave., to west Africa and Australia as part of a new global operation for his company.

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Volunteers take plunge for Special Olympics

David Barker
January 24, 2010

In most places, 40 degree weather, cold rain and 15 mph winds are not synonymous with ideal swimming conditions. The forecast didn’t faze the colorfully dressed pageant queens, Vikings, Care Bears and half-naked college students who dove into the frigid waters of Eagle Eye Golf Club, 15500 Chandler Road, for the sixth annual Law Enforcement Torch Run Polar Plunge.

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ELPD honors heroism at annual award ceremony

Kate Jacobson
January 21, 2010

East Lansing police Officer Jim Phelps knew he wanted to be a police officer since he was 5 years old. And since 1993, Phelps has hit the pavement as an officer in East Lansing, holding jobs as everything from a patrol officer to a crime scene investigator.