Friday, January 2, 2026

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MSU license plate No. 1 specialty plate

MSU fans and alumni, a rabid collective of green and white-clad supporters often bordering on zealotry, express their school spirit through purchasing everything from apparel to seat cushions, and license plates are no exception.

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FRIB project could receive additional $55 million

After remaining on MSU’s to-do list since 2008, the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, or FRIB, is getting closer to a ground-breaking movement. Last Thursday, members of the U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations approved an energy and water appropriation bill that would fully fund the creation of the facility with $55 million. The U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations also approved the budget request last week.

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Kim Wilcox officially steps down as MSU Provost

After serving as MSU’s provost since 2005, Kim Wilcox officially has stepped down from the position as of Monday, the end of MSU’s fiscal year. Wilcox announced and solidified his plan to leave the position effective on Jan. 1. While June Youatt served as acting provost in his place from January until June, she now will take over his full duties.

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Student loan interest rates double

As members of the United States Congress lounged on exotic beaches or attempted to hack their way out of sand traps, students looking to take out federal loans now face an even deeper hole to dig themselves out of, as interest rates for student loans doubled this morning. The federally subsidized Stafford student loan interest rates rose from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent as a result of both houses failing to pass any reform or extension by the July 1 deadline.

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MSU will rid on-campus buildings of analog cable

Technology continues to improve and evolve at an incredibly fast pace, driving changes all across the world — and MSU is no exception. MSU’s Infrastructure Planning and Facilities, or IPF, will be eliminating analog cable on campus starting Aug. 7 and will be more involved with interior design of buildings on campus beginning today.

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Student bridge club gets 2nd life

Demonstration Hall normally is filled with MSU marching band members, intramural athletes and ROTC students, but this weekend it saw more than 100 Michiganians challenge themselves in the strategic game of bridge.

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Zombie related class recognized as best online class in country

Whether they are shuffling across television screens on AMC’s popular television series “The Walking Dead” or chasing helpless victims in films such as “World War Z,” zombies have saturated popular culture, evolving into an entertainment keystone. And in an effort to strike while the brains were fresh, Glenn Stutzky, a senior clinical instructor in the school of social work, decided to teach a zombie-related class last summer, which has skyrocketed in popularity as well as receiving critical acclaim.

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MSU student wins Hearst National Radio Broadcast News Championship

MSU journalism graduate Emanuele Berry won first place in this year’s Hearst National Radio Broadcast News Championship. The Hearst Foundation puts out a national competition of entries in five different journalism categories, which includes writing, television news, multimedia, photojournalism and radio news. Berry finished in second place in the initial radio news competition, which consisted of 45 entrants from students in journalism schools across the country.

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Kicking it old school

There’s a different batch of students on campus this week — more than 1,000 of them. Their ages range from about 8 to 80-plus, and they parade from each class smiling ear to ear.

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Different kind of golf

It was a hot and humid day out in the woods at Burchfield Park, 881 Grovenburg Road, in Holt, Mich., with mosquitoes gearing up for a full-on attack around the clock.