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Law applicants, job placement down

Samantha Radecki  and  Robert Bondy
January 23, 2013

Despite declining application and placement rates, the decision to go to law school was never in question for law student Bobby Smith. Smith is one of many law students at MSU who are looking to pursue careers in the law field, previously unaware of the steadily decreasing employment rate. The Chronicle of Higher Education reported the job market for law school graduates has been declining in recent years. To combat those ratings, MSU’s College of Law limited its enrollment numbers by making its incoming 2013 class 6 percent smaller than in 2012, said Charles Roboski, assistant dean for admissions and financial aid at MSU’s College of Law.

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Israel ‘much more than a battleground’

Lilly Keyes
January 23, 2013

As a student with a Christian upbringing, Chris McClain never thought his first trip abroad would be to Israel. McClain, a political science and pre-law junior, admitted that he had never given the country much thought.

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Transgender activist Rebecca Kling helps educate MSU community with visit

Christine LaRouere
January 22, 2013

Some MSU students reconsidered gender and personal identity in art Tuesday by attending a workshop hosted by transgender activist and performer Rebecca Kling. With an extensive educational background in theater and performing arts, Kling was able to use her education to develop her identity, and when she visited MSU to run the workshop and perform for students, she encouraged her audience to do the same. “I used the tools as an artist to explore for the first time my experience as a transgender person on stage,” Kling said. “The reason we make art is to see ourselves. I used storytelling to share and fully understand who I was as a person.” Kling used what she has learned as a performer and a transgender person by talking to students and community members Tuesday in Snyder Hall about how to act and adapt to transgender people, and allow those people themselves to become comfortable in their own skin.

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What fiscal cliff bill means for students

Kellie Rowe
January 21, 2013

To many students, the term “fiscal cliff” means a whole lot of nothing. But buried in the jargon and minute details of the bill Congress passed early this month to “avoid an economic disaster are some positive signs for Michigan industries ­— and for students looking for jobs in those industries.

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Students celebrate Yalda during coffee hour

Lilly Keyes
January 21, 2013

Among all of the tables set out for the Office for International Students and Scholars, or OISS, weekly Coffee Hour, one table stuck out vividly among the rest. While other tables offered different coffee varieties on simple black tablecloths, the Yalda table was festively decorated to reflect Persian traditions with purple and gold candles, and traditional food and drink such as pomegranate seeds, a specially-carved watermelon and Persian tea — all set on decorative red, blue and gold fabrics. “The difficult part was designing the watermelon, you see,” Persian Student Association president Fariborz Daneshvar said, who skyped with his family on the actual holiday — the Persian equivalent of Thanksgiving — which took place Dec. 21. Daneshvar, along with roughly 70 other Iranian students at MSU, celebrated the holiday away from his family. While it was disheartening for Daneshvar to be so far from home, he said he was happy the OISS helped him celebrate his Iranian culture on campus.

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Jazz studies receives $1m gift

Robert Bondy
January 21, 2013

The MSU College of Music received a $1 million gift from MSU Federal Credit Union, or MSUFCU, on Sunday to help create a new jazz studies artist in residence program as soon as next year.

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German program receives award of excellence

Robert Bondy
January 21, 2013

MSU’s German Program, which is part of the MSU College of Arts and Letters, received one of the highest marks in program history, now considered a “German Center of Excellence” by the American Association of Teachers of German, or AATG, for 2013

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Just dance

Danyelle Morrow
January 17, 2013

Psychology junior Thomas Bond has been dancing his whole life. After experimenting in many different forms of art, including painting and sculpture, Bond said the only thing that makes him “feel embodied in art is dance.”

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Face time: Xiaobo Tan

Alex McClung
January 17, 2013

Xiaobo Tan, an associate professor of electrical and computer engineering, created a robotic fish, or robofish, named Grace that can glide long distances and collect data for research.

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Award-winning MSU milk used for Dairy Store cheese

Samantha Radecki
January 16, 2013

Packed udder to udder in the MSU Dairy Teaching and Research Center’s milking parlor stood some of MSU’s finest ­— 14 Holstein cows — in place and ready to be milked.

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Cultural aides help encourage diversity

Lilly Keyes
January 16, 2013

From the knit German flag pillow lying on Kate Freiberger’s sofa to her excited talk of trips to Mexico, Costa Rica and Germany, Freiberger’s craving for diversity is shown in every aspect of her life.

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COGS to co-sponsor Taste of E.L. event

Robert Bondy
January 16, 2013

Council of Graduate Students, or COGS, announced the discounted MSU vs. University of Michigan hockey game at Joe Louis arena deal sold out earlier this week. The package included transportation and ticket to the Feb. 2 rivalry game for $7. At the meeting, COGS also announced it will be a co-sponsor for the next Taste of East Lansing at its monthly full-council meeting Wednesday.

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Project in works to assess Mich. biorefineries

Samantha Radecki
January 15, 2013

On Tuesday morning, Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., visited Lansing to speak about the future of agriculture, statewide and nationally, at a breakfast hosted by the Michigan Agri-Businesses Association. Stabenow said part of this comes from the support for Michigan’s universities and research institutions, such as MSU.

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MSU in top 20 of 'sugar baby' schools of 2012

RuAnne Walworth
January 15, 2013

Most college students take out loans, earn scholarships or borrow money from family members to cover the cost of tuition. But according to recent studies, numerous MSU students also have turned to websites in search of “sugar daddies” to help pay for college. In 2012, MSU was ranked as the 16th fastest growing university for students to find sugar daddies — older men who pay to date younger women — on www.seekingarrangement.com. In 2011, MSU was ranked No. 9.