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Irish tenors to sing on campus
The Irish Tenors will perform “Christmas in Ireland” at 3 p.m. Sunday at Wharton Center’s Cobb Great Hall.
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Decreasing calories can make fighting influenza difficult
About 36,000 people die from influenza every year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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SN Decor: Roommates combine common interests to jazz up small space
No-preference freshmen Nathan Urban and Eric Jazdzyk have been best friends since second grade. Although they live together in a single room in Landon Hall, they have covered the walls, top to bottom, with posters that show their similar interests.
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Dr. D: Lift winter mood with TV, fresh air
I have a tendency to go through really bad seasonal affective disorder (SAD) in late winter, so I’m trying to save my eight Counseling Center visits for then.
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Freshman fifteen Q's
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 less, at a new face on campus and his perspective of his new frontier.
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Potter Park Zoo welcomes new male lion
The addition of a new male lion at Potter Park Zoo, 1301 S. Pennsylvania Ave., in Lansing, will give zoo patrons a rare look into the rebuilding of the African lion population through breeding in American zoos.
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Hello my name is Ashley Kulczycki
You wouldn’t want to mess with mechanical engineering senior Ashley Kulczycki. As a member of the Society for Creative Anachronism, she is well-schooled in the arena of medieval martial arts.
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How sweet it is
Outside, deer and wild turkeys roam free, inside, Kay Trosko creates desserts that would put Entenmann’s and Hostess to shame. She works in a cathedral of a kitchen, which was added onto the Trosko’s Okemos home in 1989.
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How to tie a scarf
There are many types of scarves and just as many ways to tie them. The most commonly worn scarves are made of knit fabric. Here are some tips on tying long or short knit scarves.
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SN decor: Freshman creates bachelor pad with friends' help
Advertising freshman Nick Halfhill didn’t want his first college apartment to be ordinary. So he gathered some friends, went shopping and did the best he could. The State News sat down with Halfhill to find out how he turned his limited materials and space into the ideal bachelor pad.
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Thanksgiving recipes
Thanksgiving is all about great food. Many people have picky taste buds, while others are looking for a change to the typical holiday dishes. Here are some recipes to appeal to varying tastes and budgets.
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Celebrating holidays shouldn't include dieting
For many students, writing “I am thankful for … “ poems and drawing turkeys using hands as stencils are no longer prominent Thanksgiving traditions. Instead, students associate a smorgasbord atop a dinner table with the holiday, causing focus to shift from Pilgrims and American Indians to weight.
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Friendly fiascos
In a heated argument, the screaming got so loud between Brittany Schendel and a friend, they almost were asked to leave the mall. Now, a year later, Schendel and her yelling match contender are best friends. Friendship, like any other aspect of life, has its ups and downs.
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Students memorize Italian to perform classic Mozart opera
Memorizing lines for a performance is hard enough, but try memorizing those lines in another language. That was the responsibility of Matthew Begale and his fellow cast members for “The Marriage of Figaro,” the MSU College of Music’s fall opera production.
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SN style: Senior's 'snappy casual' look works for day, night
Communication and public relations senior Megan Wigley stopped The State News in its tracks with her famous silver boots.
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Leading role
When Joel King appeared on stage Monday for the final dress rehearsal of “Love’s Labour’s Lost,” he was unrecognizable. Not because he was decked out in an elaborate costume — the men in the first scene start off in their underwear. And not because his voice was disguised in a different dialect.
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Freshman fifteen Q's
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 less, at a new face on campus and his perspective of his new frontier.
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Hello, my name is Molly Masters
Just to be clear, Molly Masters doesn’t ride horses. She just plays water polo.
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MSU instructor to compete in Turkey
Ron Southwick never imagined he’d be a world-class athlete. In fact, he never thought he’d be an athlete at all.
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Class returns from Mexico trip
When Rachel Geoghan walked down the streets of Nicte Ha, Mexico, residents thought she was a doctor. Clad in scrubs, the communicative sciences and disorders graduate student was experiencing her first real-world clinical experience as part of a class trip.