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More than 100 E.L. residents lose power
More than 100 Consumers Energy customers in East Lansing lost power Monday after winter storms blanketed the state.
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MSU research finds reason for female hyena dominance
In most animal species, males are in charge. But when it comes to spotted hyenas, females are getting the last laugh. Female spotted hyenas are more dominant than their male counterparts. Researchers have always been intrigued by this sex role reversal, but with no satisfactory explanation. That is, until now.
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Shaw Hall eating spaces reopened
The Shaw Hall cafeteria reopened Monday after it was closed for five days because of a virus that hospitalized about 30 students last week.
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Campus cafeterias take precautions against Shaw Hall virus
At The Gallery in Snyder-Phillips Hall, almost everything had to be handed to Munaz Muntasir by a cafeteria employee. “They give you forks with a piece of napkin and salt and pepper packs,” said Muntasir, a biochemistry and molecular biology freshman. “I had to ask for a bowl. But I could get my own frozen yogurt.”
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Student government concludes 45th session
ASMSU Student Assembly looked toward the future at its final meeting of the 45th session Thursday. “I am extremely satisfied with what we’ve accomplished this year,” Student Assembly Chairperson Michael Webber said. “We started a lot of initiatives and finished them.”
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Students start 'green' public policy journal
Basketball buzz dimmed at least for a moment Friday as people from around the Midwest focused on sharing ideas for new regional environmental policies. Most of the attendees of the Roosevelt Institution’s launch event for a new journal that focuses on environmental issues were members of the institution, which functions like a nationwide student think tank.
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Winter storm warning issued for Sun.; snow could continue Mon.
Students could wake up to about six inches of snow Monday morning, according to the National Weather Service of Grand Rapids.
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Shaw cafeteria to remain closed this weekend following virus outbreak
The Shaw Hall cafeteria will remain closed during the weekend as MSU employees continue to clean and disinfect the hall, which is believed to be where a virus that sickened more than 30 MSU students this week originated from.
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MSU group promotes peace by screening film
For MSU group Active Peace, a movie hopefully will be the first step toward creating global peace. The group presented a screening of the film “The Day After Peace” on Thursday in Erickson Hall.
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Health officials identify Shaw virus
Norovirus, or the stomach flu, was identified by the Ingham County Health Department on Thursday as the cause of about 30 student illnesses this week, many of which originated in Shaw Hall.
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ASMSU votes to support tuition cap
ASMSU’s Academic Assembly is recommending a 2 percent cap on tuition increases over the next three years. The assembly reached the decision at its meeting Tuesday. ASMSU is MSU’s undergraduate student government.
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Still no members added to task force
The deadline to form a task force to investigate student concern about Sheila Contreras, director of the MSU Chicano/Latino Studies program was extended until later this month. College of Social Science Dean Marietta Baba said she hoped for the nine person task force to be formed by April 1, but it is still being assembled, said Michelle Strobel, spokeswoman for the college. “The dean sent a letter to the students (Tuesday),” Strobel said.
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Nobel Prize-winning activist will address spring grads
The man known as South Africa’s Martin Luther King Jr. will deliver the university’s keynote speech at spring commencement. Desmond Tutu, a South African activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner, is scheduled to speak at 1 p.m. May 8 at Breslin Center. The event will be free to the public.
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Virus sickens 28 students; Shaw dining hall closed
Health officials are awaiting lab results to determine the cause of a viral outbreak that sickened 25 to 30 MSU students and caused the indefinite closure of Shaw Hall’s cafeteria Wednesday.
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Student to join organizer institute
MSU senior Megan O’Brien will spend part of her summer taking a crash course in community organizing. O’Brien, a social relations and policy and urban and regional planning senior, was accepted into the Direct Action and Research Training Center, or DART, Organizers Institute.
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Exonerated man shares story of arrest
Kenneth Wyniemko spent almost 10 years in prison for rape and robbery crimes he was later cleared of. On Tuesday, Wyniemko spoke to MSU professor Zach Hambrick’s psychology class about his time in jail, fighting for his innocence.
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Students angered by ticket problems
The Izzone’s wristband admission system is experiencing flaws, making the student section increasingly crowded, ASMSU officials said. ASMSU is MSU’s undergraduate student government.
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MSU reduces energy use by 3 percent during event
Efforts to turn off nonessential lights and electrical devices resulted in a 3 percent reduction in campus energy Friday, university officials said.
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ASMSU pushes student vote in campus elections
ASMSU hopes to see a trend from November’s record youth voter turnout continue this week as students vote for ASMSU assembly representatives. ASMSU is MSU’s undergraduate student government.
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MSU police arrest man after sexual assaults
A 28-year-old Lansing man was arrested Friday for two sexual assaults that occurred on and near campus Thursday night and early Friday morning, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.