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Pride Prom celebrates LGBT community
This year’s Pride Prom was complete with a space theme and boasting the tongue-in-cheek title “Intergaylactic.”
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Taste of East Lansing boasts local cuisine
The streets of Albert Avenue were packed with hungry patrons on Saturday afternoon as the fourth annual Taste of East Lansing celebration kicked off.
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Anti-Cancer Society hosts second charity duck race
“Cancer sucks, buy a duck.” On Saturday, MSU’s Anti-Cancer Society held their second annual duck race on the Red Cedar to raise money for their organization. For $2, anyone could buy a mini rubber duck with a number on it.
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MSU student groups and governments seek change, look to grow
On campus there isn’t a single voice claiming to represent the students of MSU and the issues they care about. There is a chorus.
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MSU's week in review 4/24/15
iral reporter Katie Winkler recaps the top stories from The State News this week.
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Students take documentary production to the next level
What began as a group assignment for their telecommunications class turned into a long term project for 11 documentary specialization students.
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Domonique Clemons elected president of ASMSU
Leadership has officially changed hands within ASMSU, MSU’s undergraduate student government.
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Nothing but net: 72-year-old MSU alumnus challenges all
James E. Cummings Jr. is a familiar face for anyone who frequents the IM Sports-West courts.
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Fraternity sends 14-year-old to Disney World
Grand Rapids resident Isaac Postma is like most other 14-year-old boys, but with spinal muscular atrophy, even basic daily functions are almost impossible for him.
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White House advisers visit MSU, announce climate change strategy
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Senior White House Advisor Brian Deese announced a plan Thursday afternoon in Kellogg Center to partner with farmers, ranchers and forest land owners to address the threat of climate change.
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Lansing Symphony Orchestra presents "Music of Motown" Friday
For one night only, Motown is back. This Friday evening, the Wharton Center is partnering up with the Lansing Symphony to put on "Music of Motown". Diatetics freshman Arturo Gregory is ecstatic for the event, and is happy to see Motown music make a revival this Friday. "Friday's performance feels like a great opportunity for people to come and experience what is Motown," Gregory said.
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Stories of survival
Three survivors, who were sexually assaulted off campus, shared their on campus experiences of substance abuse, self-exploration and growth, which shaped them to be the survivors they are today.
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Students use charity to comfort children with cancer
Love Your Melon Foundation co-founder Zachary Quinn — and many students following in his footsteps — want to make hospital stays more bearable for children fighting cancer.
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Latin XPLOSION taking place tonight
Tonight, the stage in the auditorium of the Kellogg Center will light up with songs and dances of traditional Latino cultures.
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MSU power plant to swap coal for natural gas to meet EPA regulations
Jennifer Battle, director of MSU’s Office of Sustainability, said the power plant is currently at a 70 to 30 percent ratio of natural gas and other energy sources. Seventy-one percent of the energy supply comes from natural gas, 28 percent from coal and 1 percent from biofuel.
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ASMSU elections yield 3.3 percent voter turnout
1,264 students voted in this year’s ASMSU, MSU’s undergraduate student government’s general assembly election, which is over 1,000 less voters than in 2013, when the State News reported a 9.2 percent voter turnout. Members of ASMSU’s general assembly hold an important task of electing the new office of the president this week, which consists of six vice presidents and 1 president.
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Faculty Senate approves compensation hike
In an effort to prevent MSU falling to last place in faculty compensation rates among Big Ten schools, the Faculty Senate approved a relatively high faculty merit and market pool increases for the 2015-2016 school year on Tuesday afternoon.
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Be Spartan Green student projects better campus
Every year, the students of MSU are working to make campus a better and more environmentally friendly place.
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Bailey GREENhouse to launch line of locally grown tea
The salad bar in the cafeteria, lined with fresh ingredients — vibrant spinach, juicy cherry tomatoes, colorful peppers and green cucumber — grow closer to your plate than you think.
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Livestock and anaerobic digester big part of farm sustainability
MSU farms works to ensure campus is more environmentally friendly, with notable efforts arising in the last few years.