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VIDEO: On the banks of the Red Cedar

The Red Cedar River — it’s in our fight song and flows right through the heart of campus. MSU wouldn’t be the same without it. Students surf, fish and swim in its waters, but according to experts and students alike, the river has gained the reputation of being polluted and deteriorating.

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Students weigh benefits of online summer courses

Although MSU is more relaxed in the summer, there are still professors teaching on campus and students doing homework and going to class. “One of the biggest differences with the summer course is it’s only seven weeks, opposed to 15 weeks in the other semesters, so everything is rushed,” doctoral student Julie Bell said. 

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Week in Review: May 29

This week's top stories, brought to you in one minute or less.  Click to read more about the Engineering Library project petition, campus bike impoundment, the retrial of alumnus Meng Long Li and Brandon McLittle's guilty plea.

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Zombie survival course kicks off this summer

MSU has a variety of elective courses for students to take, everything from wine tasting to scuba-diving. One online summer class available to students is “Surviving the Coming Zombie Apocalypse – Disasters, Catastrophes, and Human Behavior”.

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Statewide student activism organization to hold series of discussions, skill sessions on campus over the weekend

The statewide grassroots activism organization, the Michigan Student Power Network, will be hosting a series of strategy and issues events this Friday to Sunday in Berkey Hall. The event, Michigan Student Power Convergence 2015, already has around 70 expected attendees who have registered, state organizer Ian Matchett said, though more than twice that have joined the event on Facebook. Convergence was chosen to be in East Lansing by a vote from the organization, who has affiliates on campus including MSU Students United and the Black Student Alliance.