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Keeping heating bills low

With cold weather comes another seasonal depressant — costly electric bills. As fall sets in and jackets become essential, many people crank up the heat to stay warm in their homes.

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Bridesmaids more like assistants

While the bride’s head spins, focused on making her wedding day “perfect,” there’s a crew of people attempting to keep her sane throughout the entire process — her bridesmaids.

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Enrolled & engaged

The MSU fight song isn’t the only music in the air this fall. Wedding bells are ringing for some MSU students as they plan their big days in the midst of classes, jobs and other college responsibilities.

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Coney Island: The story

Coney Island is a staple of Americana. With its amusement parks, boardwalk and legendary hot dogs, the legacy of Coney Island remains a permanent fixture today.

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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 their perspective on their new frontier.

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Hello, my name is Luke Venechuk

Five bright, 11-inch-tall red spikes molded with Elmer’s glue and hairspray stretch across the center fold of packaging sophomore Luke Venechuk’s head.

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Inked ambition

The sun pours in through the large windows, cascading over the richly hued walls and bouncing off of the wooden floor. The tools of the medium are visible: Bottles of bold-colored inks and machines, sketches hanging on the walls — it is every bit the artist’s habitat.

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Right tattoo, artist can be hard to choose

“THAT’S NOT A TATTOO ON YOUR BACK, IS IT?” Normally, I would have responded with “Hell yeah, isn’t it sweet?” But in this case, the curious question didn’t come from a friend or admirer. Instead, it came from my own mother.

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Cancer misconceptions

From talking too much on a cell phone to sleeping in a bra every night, there are many myths surrounding what causes cancer. Some of the popular ideas of what sparks the disease are incorrect, and researchers say there is little evidence that they’d ever cause cancer in the future.

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Fight plan

Out of the intense calm of a gym in Lansing, a green light switches on from a box in the corner. Coming in over the music, a loud beep sounds and it is time to get to work.