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Local finds opportunity with Biggby

When Mohamed Shetiah moved to East Lansing from his home in Egypt 21 years ago, he didn’t know English, the American culture, or exactly what to expect in the United States. Despite this, on Tuesday, Shetiah opened his 20th Biggby Coffee shop at 4480 Hagadorn Road, in Okemos, giving him more than twice as many stores as any other Biggby franchise owner — which he said was another step in his journey to fulfill his dreams.

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Competition looks to draw attention to reading

Amanda Grace Sikarskie was one of more than 10 students that entered this year’s Student Book Collection Competition through the Main Library. The annual competition, now in its 13th year, allows student book collectors to submit an annotated bibliography of up to 50 titles from their collection. Any genre or topic of collection is considered, so long as there is a prominent theme to the works.

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Freshmen fifteen Q's: 4/6/10

College is a whole new world for many freshmen traveling campus for the first time. The State News sat down with one of these brave explorers to get a glimpse, in 15 questions or fewer, at a new face on campus and her perspective of her new frontier.

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Performer fits several roles in 'Chorus Line'

Premiering in 1975, “A Chorus Line” won nine Tony awards, including Best Musical and the Pulitzer Prize for drama. The show’s most recent revival will run at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday through April 8; 8 p.m. April 9; 2 and 8 p.m. April 10; and 1 and 6:30 p.m. April 11 in Wharton Center’s Cobb Great Hall. The State News sat down with Lauryn Ciardullo, a swing performer in the musical and understudy for four of the main characters: Bebe, Connie, Judy and Maggie.