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MSU could lose $500k for union affiliation

A recent state subcommittee proposal could cut $500,000 out of MSU’s appropriations because of the university’s involvement with union-building workshops. The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Higher Education approved a budget on March 27 that included new language requiring public universities to “not participate in any instructional activity that encourages or discourages union organizing of employees.”

MSU

Lansing area sees fifth-snowiest winter on record this season

This past winter yielded a record-breaking amount of snow in the Lansing area that caused several class cancellations and many issues for campus snow removal.With 57.3 inches, or about 4.8 feet, of snow between December and February, the 2013-14 winter in the Lansing area placed fifth snowiest in records spanning back to 1863, according to Midwestern Regional Climate Center data.