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'The Informant!' surprises with awkwardness
Walking into the movie theater alone at 9:30 p.m. on a Sunday was brutal.
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Human rights activist named alumni of year
Somalia, Bosnia, Rwanda, Iraq, North Korea — the list goes on for Dr. Michael VanRooyen, who has traveled to more than 30 countries to provide humanitarian support and disaster relief.
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Features editor urges seniors to ignore "normal"
My name is Thea Neal, and I’m 21 years old. I graduate college this year. And I have no idea what I’m doing with my life.
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Maurices holds fashion show to benefit humane society
A promised crew of canines was missing in action Saturday afternoon at the Rescues and Runways fashion show held to benefit the local Capital Area Humane Society — but no worries, the cause and the humans were able to pull things together.
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Web exclusive: Riverfest lacks college crowd it aimed for
Lansing’s first annual “Riverfest” featured eight bands and an open bar, yet still didn’t hook the MSU student crowd it had hoped for.
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Old Town BluesFest celebrates 15th anniversary
Despite its name, Old Town felt young as people of all ages lined the streets to listen to the tunes of the 15th annual Old Town BluesFest in Lansing. Festival coordinator Sharen Lange said the event showed local citizens how much the area has transformed into a new atmosphere.
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Children's book by alumna up for award from ABC
Spartan alumna Wendy Rogalinski was tired of children’s books written with bad grammar and story lines, so she decided to take creativity into her own hands.
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Small Planet's uniqueness scores big names
While they might call themselves The Small Planet, the independently-owned food and spirits venue is expanding its orbit every day.
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Playboy survey asks college students about sex lives
According to a survey by Playboy magazine, almost half of college students have had anal sex, and more than 40 percent know of someone who has slept with a professor or teaching assistant.
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Fray concert above average, quality vocals
If you walked into the Breslin Center Wednesday night, you might have thought you were at another Spartans basketball game.
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Bluesfest to rock Old Town
Stan Budzynski and his band 3rd Degree have had their fair share of the blues.
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Twitter lovers meet users behind screen names
Frequent tweeters forgot about @replies and direct messages for the afternoon and instead met face to face Wednesday.
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'Big Pun: The Legacy' soundtrack shows how today's rap should be
While his time in the limelight might have been cut considerably short, no one can deny that Big Pun put what little time he did have to good use.
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MSU alumnus travels world for 15th season of 'The Amazing Race'
For Eric Paskel, life is about seizing the moment. Lucky for him, he didn’t expect just how amazing the moment could be.
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Brains behind 'Community' call show TV from 'golden age'
Between working with Matt Damon for the new movie “The Informant!” and running a successful comedic talk show on E!, Joel McHale is a busy man. But in case McHale doesn’t have enough on his plate, he will star in a new NBC show, “Community,” starting 9:30 p.m. Thursday.
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Students connect MSU to fashion world
Christina Goike and Bridgette Gregory are two of MSU’s very own style gurus. The two journalism seniors blog for the national Web site collegefashionista.com. The site, which launched Aug.
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Spartan has passion for trashy beaches
Gabby Kleber spent her summer hitting beaches across the world. The chemical engineering senior wasn’t sunning herself or sipping umbrella drinks under a palm tree — visiting seven countries, she got her hands dirty collecting trash as part of a $9,000 grant from the Circumnavigators Club of Michigan.
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Moneen's latest effort more chill than old tunes
It’s beautiful, it’s melodic and an easy listen, but if Moneen fans are looking for more of the band’s usual sound on the band’s new album, they won’t find it here.
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Bronze Bay Tanning opens new location
Sarah Munkacsy regularly gets hugs from her customers. The East Lansing resident and owner of Bronze Bay Tanning, who last week opened a second location at 617 E. Grand River Ave. said her No. 1 priority is getting to know her customers and forming a comfortable atmosphere at the store.
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Blood-suckers reign over film, books, television
I swore I would never in a million years read Twilight. I swore I wouldn’t watch the movie and I wouldn’t ever pick Team Edward or Team Jacob.