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Battle for beams

With the potential for hundreds of new jobs and $1 billion in economic activity for the state, advertising senior Monica Fineis realizes how important the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams would be for MSU. The facility, known as FRIB, is a U.S. Department of Energy-funded program that, if won, would update the university’s Cyclotron and give Michigan $1 billion in economic stimulus during the next 20 years.

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MSU basketball legend to visit

Former MSU and Los Angeles Lakers basketball star Earvin “Magic” Johnson will be in Lansing on Wednesday to lend his image to Sen. Barack Obama’s Democratic presidential campaign.

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MSU recognizes business partners

MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon and spokesmen from Lansing corporations recognized more than 50 local businesses and organizations at a reception Monday at Oldsmobile Park in Lansing.

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Students tour local IT companies

Finding a job or internship after graduation is a top priority for telecommunication, information studies and media senior Sean Kelly, who participated in a tech tour of area businesses Friday. Capital Area IT Council sponsored the tour that sent Kelly and about 30 other business students to four Lansing-area IT companies, and provided students a look at the available opportunities after graduation.

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Mich. renewable energy percentage could change

Approving a renewable portfolio standard for Michigan has been about numbers just as much as politics. Michigan legislators debated for months about the amount of electricity that should come from renewable sources before they agreed on 10 percent by 2015 in a comprehensive energy package that was signed into law Thursday.

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Dive-in movie makes splash on campus

With each breath, the mass of black-and-white vinyl that Evan Chisholm clutched in his hands grew a little larger. The kinesiology senior puffed life into the vinyl curtain as one fin popped up, followed by the rest of the inflatable orca. Lights from the IM Sports-West swimming pool illuminated the pool toy’s outline as its details became lost against the night sky.

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Students, residents walk for Alzheimer's

As Steppenwolf’s “Born to Be Wild” played on the loudspeaker, more than 400 people walked Sunday to support Alzheimer’s research at the Alzheimer’s Association Memory Walk on campus. The 18th annual event took place under gray skies that didn’t manage to dampen the festive mood of the day.