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FIFA World Cup, soccer unites MSU students

Whether it’s 32 countries competing in the World Cup or a group of domestic and international students playing a pick-up game, they speak a common language that transcends any barrier. It’s a mixture of finesse, passion and sportsmanship — and it’s called soccer.

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Outdoors club fosters camaraderie, adventure and learning

Besides climbing, members go kayaking, camping and have taken whitewater rafting trips to West Virginia.New members typically start climbing at the club’s Learn to Climb Day, an event they hold during the school year. They learn how to tie a figure eight knot to the harness, and how to belay a climber and keep them secure while climbing.

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Medical trips give MSU students new perspective

Ripples made by one positive action are picked up and continued by others.It is a motto author, surgeon and George Washington University professor Glenn Geelhoed has taken away from his work. His most recent book, "Mission To Heal," follows multiple two-week trips to the Central African Republic.

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RCAH exhibit connects colors and emotions

The walls in the LookOut! Gallery of the Residential College in the Arts and Humanities are rife with the art quilts hung in the space for the gallery's two featured quilt exhibits.

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Red Cedar Rising

Director of building services Gus Gosselin received a call from MSU Police over the weekend. The Red Cedar River had just surpassed the minor flood stage, 7 feet.mrGosselin had knowledge of the climbing waters and estimations of where it would crest from forecast models, so he and his team had prepared the potentially affected buildings and had been observing for any variations.mr

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Digging up the past

While construction workers are digging to renovate existing buildings on campus, the MSU Campus Archaeology Program is digging to discover the campus’ past.