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Leading up to Relay for Life Kick-off, student groups prepare for week of service

Karam Hadid
February 4, 2015

MSU's ‘Spartans Fighting Cancer’ organization is attempting to transform campus from green to purple this week with the “Paint the Campus Purple Week”. The week-long event is intended to spread cancer awareness, increase cancer education and promote cancer advocacy. Each day this week there will be a mini task for students and those around campus to perform.

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Latest Bias Busters class publication focuses on Muslim Americans

Karam Hadid
February 4, 2015

The process of publishing the book takes about 80 days from start to finish. Students begin by speaking to members of that specific faith or group and ask them what kinds of questions they feel should be answered. Communications senior Sarah King took the course and said she feels this process is a “great experience for students to practice interviewing and writing skills.”

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Buying used bus passes comes with risks

Karam Hadid
February 2, 2015

When passes are purchased on campus at Sparty’s, the police department, or the MSU ID Office the student must present an MSU ID to confirm enrollment in the university and the ID will then be linked to the pass. A new policy that has been implemented provides students with a free replacement pass if the pass is reported lost or stolen.

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Tony Hawley remembered at candlelight vigil

Cameron Macko
February 2, 2015

“For he’s an Alpha Sig,” became the song recited by a large group of mourners Friday night at the rock on Farm Lane, in a memorial for recently deceased applied engineering sciences senior Anthony Hawley . Called Tony by those who knew him, Hawley passed away Thursday night.

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Adaptive Sports Day brings new perspectives, sense of belonging

Maria Braganini
February 2, 2015

Saturday marked MSU’s first Adaptive Sports Day hosted by the Council of Students with Disabilities at IM Sports-Circle.

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Students voice concerns at task force town hall

Ray Wilbur
January 30, 2015

More than 200 students filed into the Brody auditorium last night for the MSU Task Force on Sexual Assault and Relationship Violence town hall meeting. The Task Force’s goals for the meeting last night were to provide a review of MSU activities related to sexual assault and relationship violence related to recommendations made in the 2014 task force report, review what MSU has been doing to help students effectively and ineffectively, and to get input from members of MSU’s community. It was apparent last night that students care deeply about the issue of sexual assault and relationship violence on campus.

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ASMSU approves revisions to iClicker program

Andrew Merkle
January 30, 2015

Julia Christensen is the representative for the Council of Students with Disabilities and announced at the meeting that there will be some changes at Spartan Stadium next fall. "The school has notified me that beginning next fall there will be accessible seating in the student section for disabled students," Christensen said.

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RCAH gallery offers reflection on the 'African-American experience'

Jessica Steeley
January 29, 2015

“This particular exhibition is a very special one, it’s the fourth annual version of a series that we’ve had called 'Perspectives on African American Experience: Emerging visions,'” Carolyn Loeb, who organizes the gallery exhibits, said. “The inspiration and basis of the exhibition is the 1954 supreme court decision, Brown v. Board of Education, that aimed to desegregate public schools throughout the United States."

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MSU Police to add Special Victims Unit to better handle sexual assault

Cameron Macko
January 29, 2015

During the start of fall semester, MSU police initiated a new unit in the investigative division called the Special Victims Unit, or SVU, to investigate and handle six specific crimes on campus. The crimes consist of sexual assault, domestic and relationship violence, stalking, missing persons, child abuse and vulnerable adult abuse.