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Indian-American a capella group takes aim at stereotypes

“That’s our dynamic ... that we sing in multiple languages and try to bring them together, try to fuse the cultures together because a lot of us are Indian-American and we grew up in America,” Menawat said. “We grew up with the mix of both cultures, and we just try to bring that mix to the stage.”

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FRIB continues progress on $730M facility

For the last six months, Mike VanHouten has scaled the ladder of a 150-foot tower crane and gone to work at the construction site of the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, or FRIB — located on campus near the Wharton Center.

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Iconic Wharton Center sculptor and art professor dies

Melvin G. Leiserowitz died peacefully at his home in East Lansing on February 5, 2015. Mel was an MSU art professor until from 1964 to 1991 and designed and constructed the “Orpheus” sculpture in front of the Wharton Center for Performing Arts in East Lansing.