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Performers wow crowd in annual drag show

When he’s not on stage, he leads a relatively quiet life with little fanfare. But to the 1,200 people who packed the Crossroads Food Court in the International Center on Friday night, he is Hershae Chocolatae.

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Plugging the brain drain

When 2006 MSU graduate Alicia Bowerman moved to New York City three years ago, she had no job prospects but had plenty of MSU contacts. “It’s a small world, even though it’s New York City,” Bowerman said, laughing. “I mean, I run into people I went to basketball games with my freshman year.”

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Students protest in-state tuition increases

Students with green-and-white picket signs gathered Thursday at the Administration Building asking passers-by to sign a petition that seeks to cap tuition costs. A Facebook group called the Michigan State University Transparency and Accountability Initiative organized the protest, but representatives from the MSU Young Democratic Socialists also were present, among others.

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Undergrads showcase research projects

More than 600 undergraduates crammed into the second floor of the Union on Thursday to present research projects at the 11th annual University Undergraduate Research and Arts Forum, or UURAF.

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Undergraduates to present research

MSU undergraduates will present research projects today at the University Undergraduate Research and Arts Forum in the Union. The forum, which runs from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., features the projects of more than 600 MSU undergraduates that range from genetic mapping to creative writing.

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Distinguished alumnus to speak at LBC commencement

A Lyman Briggs College alumnus will speak at the first commencement held by the college since the decision to reinstate it in 2006. Capt. Kenneth Earhart is commander of the Cairo, Egypt-based infectious disease research facility U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit No. 3, or NAMRU-3.

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A wealth of guidance

When Abhinav Katiyar looks back on his first few weeks in the U.S. as a freshman at MSU, he remembers sitting alone in the cafeteria. And he remembers one person — his resident mentor — waving him down and carrying his tray over to join him.

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16th MSU student wins Truman Scholarship

Members of the MSU basketball teams weren’t the only Spartans who attained the Sweet Sixteen this year. International relations junior Nada Zohdy is the sixteenth student from MSU to receive the Truman Scholarship, which provides money for graduate school to students who demonstrate leadership, said Tara Yglesias, deputy executive secretary for the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation.

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Eye on Dubai

Halfway around the world in a country roughly the size of Michigan, the school year is wrapping up for about 50 MSU students. They are the inaugural class at MSU Dubai, the university’s newest campus, located in the Middle East. MSU has joined several leading American universities in moving to the Middle East, a migration that some have called an “educational gold rush” to one of the world’s largest emerging markets.

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Group calls for Tutu’s reconsideration

The Anti-Defamation League, or ADL, is calling for MSU to reconsider Archbishop Desmond Tutu as its commencement speaker, citing his criticisms of Israel. They also have called for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to reconsider him as a speaker.