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Ticket prices for U2 announced
After ticket prices were announced Monday for U2’s June 30 Spartan Stadium concert, students said they expect the “lower priced” event to be a hit.
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Forensics course recreates human faces
A pair of green eyes stared blankly at Jane Wankmiller as the anthropology doctoral student aimed her camera at the black man’s face. Flashes of light from her camera momentarily illuminated the lifeless eyes, but they did not blink. She examined the face one last time before she tugged one of the ears, watching as it peeled away from the skull she spent the past eight weeks transforming into a facial reconstruction of a deceased person.
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U2 tickets on sale next Monday
Tickets for U2’s June 30 concert at Spartan Stadium are slated to go on sale at 10 a.m. Nov. 23, a release from promoter Live Nation said.
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Trade representative to visit MSU
Senior Counselor to the U.S. Trade Representative Peter Cowhey will speak during the annual Quello Lecture on Nov. 19 at MSU.
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MSU graduates might have edge in Mich. job market
Although studies show Michigan might continue to drown in economic disaster for decades, MSU graduates might have easier access to life boats.
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Cultures shared at MSU's 25th annual Global Fest
Communication senior Musherf Alamri said he doesn’t get many opportunities to share his culture with others at MSU.
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MSU students experience taste of Africa
African musicians provided rhythmic backdrop with their drums as women danced in full traditional clothes and men in costumes made their way around stage in 3-foot-tall stilts.
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Speaker proposes slowing climate change through energy efficiency
In an effort to shed light on the growing concern and research for climate change, the Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station is holding a yearlong distinguished lecture series called Bioeconomy and Climate Change.
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ROTC members honor, remember veterans
The names of those who have graduated from MSU and died in battle are listed on the walls of the MSU Alumni Chapel, which became a gathering place for hundreds who honored veterans Thursday.
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Burns to speak at MSU in December
Filmmaker Ken Burns will visit MSU in December as part of the College of Arts and Letters Signature Lecture Series.
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Orchestra hosts high school students
Select students from Michigan high schools will join the MSU Symphony Orchestra at 8 p.m. Saturday at Wharton Center.
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MSU researchers to help create Mich. ethanol site
One of Michigan’s first ethanol facilities is set to be created with the help of a group of MSU researchers.
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Animal rights group dicusses MSU's practices
A national organization is calling on MSU officials to consider alternatives to how the university teaches its veterinary students.
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ASMSU members consider potential department cuts
Almost two weeks after proposals to discontinue dozens of MSU departments and programs were announced by MSU officials, ASMSU’s Academic Assembly took the matter into consideration Tuesday at its general assembly meeting.
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MSU Marathon of Majors held today
The Undergraduate University Division will host its semi-annual Marathon of Majors from 5-7 p.m. today in the first floor classroom wing of Bessey Hall.
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MSU starts eco-friendly certification program
The MSU community will have a chance to prove how green it really is through a new program designed to recognize environmentally friendly areas of campus.
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MSU receives funds for drug intervention program
In a continuing effort to combat violent crime, the U.S. Department of Justice awarded MSU’s School of Criminal Justice $1 million to extend research into training techniques and technical assistance for the Drug Market Intervention, or DMI, program.
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MSU could get Google Maps Street View
MSU is one of five universities in the country entered into a competition to be the newest addition to Google’s Street View application.
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MSU professor to oversee plant gene research
For Dean DellaPenna, researching medicinal plant genes is like working with a giant puzzle. DellaPenna, an MSU biochemistry professor, will oversee research at MSU looking at gene expression in plants to determine which genes create the biochemical compounds used for medical purposes.
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Marketing seniors gain hands-on experience
When Erin Luytjes graduates from MSU in December, the marketing senior’s résumé will include professional experience from an unlikely source: an MSU classroom. Eleven marketing senior students, including Luytjes, who enrolled in section three of Marketing 460 this semester created a marketing campaign for the 2010 Honda Insight, a hybrid vehicle produced by Honda Motor Co. Instead of a December final exam, the students will compete against teams from about 20 U.S. schools in the 2010 Honda Insight Marketing Competition for an opportunity to pitch their campaign to company executives later this year.