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Day spa offers relaxing escape, beauty treatments

On a normal work day, no client comes to see Danielle Hicks in a bad mood. As a massage therapist at the day spa Cartouche Face & Body, 300 N. Clippert St., in Lansing, Hicks said people usually are happy to see her, and it’s rewarding to see clients with chronic pain issues reap the benefits of a massage.

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Freshmen 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 on his new frontier.

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Years of schooling teaches students repetition

College is the result of inertia. The ball of education began rolling in preschool or kindergarten when we didn’t have a choice. Then it propelled us through four years of high school. With no other forces pushing against us, we simply keep rolling.

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Word on the street

Graduation is just around the corner, and it’s the only thing some seniors seem to think about. As much as someone tries to avoid senioritis, they eventually will catch the dreaded virus — maybe even sooner than they think. Early symptoms include procrastination and having the urge to do nothing.

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Yellow wall color encourages concentration

The student Zach Jarou, physiology senior The crib Cedar Village The State News Is your room here similar to your room at your parents’ house? Zach Jarou My room at home is kind of bare since I took a lot of my stuff, so when I go home it’s kind of an empty feeling. I’ve got a more homey feeling here in my room, and took more liberties to design it than I did at my house.

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Senioritis slump

The end is near. Not in the catastrophic, end of the world sense. But for thousands of students at MSU, the end of a collegiate career is quickly approaching. It is now less than eight weeks away. All the time spent throughout the past four (or more) years has led up to this. It’s a time for seniors to tick off each passing day and, for some, to do the minimum amount of work required to cross the finish line.

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College site rivals Facebook

Facebook.com is great for showing your friends photos from last night’s wild party. It’s great for having your friends listed in a Rolodex-type list. But Zach Suchin and Jason Schutzbank, co-founders of online college networking site Collegetonight.com, or College Tonight, have different goals when it comes to networking.

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Aromatherapy can help decrease stress

Instead of popping pills the next time you’re stressed, achy or simply worn out, try using a different approach to treat your ailments. Enter aromatherapy. Mostly used for medicinal purposes in Europe, this stress-buster is becoming increasingly popular in the U.S. It uses the scents of natural oils on the skin or in the air to rejuvenate and replenish people both mentally and physically.

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SN style

Zaneta Patterson, an advertising junior, dresses in clothes that represent both her religion, and her innate sense of style.

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Building success

When Eric Thomas began his freshman year at Oakwood University in Alabama, college life was foreign territory. Being a first-generation college student, he didn’t know the codes, the language or the rules that come with transitioning into university life.

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Freshmen 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 her perspective on her new frontier.