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Officials prep area for icy conditions
As students prepare for possible snow this weekend, campus and city officials are working to ensure safe roads and sidewalks throughout East Lansing.
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Adminstrators discuss possibility of enhancements to Akers Hall
The four-person suite style of Akers Hall might receive a makeover next summer if MSU administrators approve tentative enhancements to the residence hall sometime mid-spring.
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Kwanzaa event to be held Friday
MSU’s African American and African Studies program, or AAAS, will debate Kwanzaa’s controversial state and its original meaning during Kwanzaa Intellectual Fest today.
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Community prepares for graduation
Before seniors walk off into the real world, many MSU students are preparing for fall semester 2010 commencement, which takes place at 10 a.m. on Dec. 11 at Breslin Center.
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Packaging students solve companies' problems
Students in the MSU School of Packaging are helping to solve real-world packaging problems for a number of Michigan companies.
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Study shows high volumes of students texting during class
Texting during class is an everyday experience for no-preference freshman Kathlyn McQuillan and many other students, according to a recent survey released by Wilkes University administrators in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. About 91 percent of 269 students surveyed at Wilkes University said they have texted during class, and almost half said it was easy to do without their instructor noticing.
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Degree linked to less use of force
A study conducted earlier this year by the MSU School of Criminal Justice indicates police officers with a bachelor’s degree are less likely to use force with suspected criminals.
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Student groups bring Christmas to families
Many organizations and student groups are volunteering for the position of Santa Claus this year, making it a merry Christmas for families in need throughout the East Lansing area.
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COGS vote pushes officials to increase graduate fellowships
The Council of Graduate Students voted Wednesday night to encourage administrators and the Council of Deans to make increasing financial support for graduate and professional students a top priority in future fundraising efforts.
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COGS to discuss endowment fund
The Council of Graduate Students, or COGS, will meet at 5:30 p.m. tonight in 115 International Center.
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MSU group to help build food program
MSU’s C.S. Mott Group for Sustainable called Food Systems is one of 10 organizations will help establish a national program, FoodCorps.
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MSU sees graduation rates increase during past decade
MSU’s graduation rates continued to rise as rates fell at numerous other four-year universities across the country.
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Summit held to discuss using waste for energy
To Steve Pueppke, economic revival comes in the form of cow manure.
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E.L. community celebrates Chanukah on Ice
Celebrating the sixth night in the Festival of Lights with food, family and ice skating, about 100 people attended Chanukah on Ice at Munn Ice Arena on Monday. Sponsored by the Greater Lansing Jewish Welfare Federation with an unspecified grant from the Ravitz Foundation, the event brought together three Lansing-area Jewish congregations to host and support the evening’s festivities, said Susan Herman, director of the Michigan Jewish Conference and coordinator of the Statewide Jewish Outreach.
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Olin, RHA prep students to fight flu
Luke Moreland knows it’s important to stay healthy with finals just around the corner. Officials at Olin Health Center and the Residence Halls Association, or RHA, wish to keep students such as Moreland in mind. The organizations are working together this week to continue their annual effort to distribute cold and flu packs to students living in the residence halls.
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Research station to get new name
The Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station, or MAES, officially will become MSU AgBioResearch at the turn of the new year.
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State bucks trend between financial, need-based aid offerings
A recent study has found public universities decrease their tuition and fees when states increase merit-based financial aid, but increase them when states increase need-based financial aid.
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Michigan 4-H members attend game at Breslin Center
The MSU Extension 4-H youth group held its annual Day with the Lady Spartans event Sunday at Breslin Center.
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Muslim community prepares for new year
For Muslim students across campus, the new year rings in with reflections of personal growth and prayer instead of noise-makers and kisses at midnight. The local Islamic community is preparing for the Islamic New Year on Tuesday.
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Gospel choir sings at church event
Swaying back and forth and clapping their hands in time, members of the MSU Gospel Choir moved to the music they sang Friday evening. The choir was among several groups that performed at Worship 2010 at St. Paul Lutheran Church and Worship International Church, 3383 Lake Lansing Road.