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ELPD honors heroism at annual award ceremony

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.

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End date removed from Simon's contract

After removing the end date from MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon’s employment contract last month, members of the MSU Board of Trustees said the action does not mean Simon intends to depart her post sooner than anticipated.

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MSU community joins to support Haiti

Kyle Martin was sitting in class — the same as any other day — when he received the news. He sprinted out of the lecture as soon as he got the text message: “What’s going on in Haiti is horrible.”

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Broads add $2M to museum donation

Billionaire alumnus Eli Broad and his wife, Edythe, donated another $2 million to help the art museum bearing their name reach its funding goal of $40 million, the university announced Wednesday.

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MSU Safe Place works to raise stalker awareness

After hearing a tapping noise on her ground floor apartment window about two years ago, Kate found a sticky note with an online screen name secured to the glass. Kate, an MSU graduate student, assumed it was a prank until she found the same note attached to her car a few days later.

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MSU Academic Governance bylaws on hold

Updates to MSU’s Academic Governance bylaws failed to move past Faculty Council for the second time this academic year after members sent the final substantive piece back to the committee-level Tuesday.

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MSU, WJR continue radio agreement

A deal completed Tuesday by MSU and Detroit radio station WJR (760-AM) would continue to give the station exclusive radio broadcast rights to MSU athletics until 2020, a university official said.