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'Meyer's Comet' put on Friday by GLSO

The Greater Lansing Symphony Orchestra presents "Meyer's Comet," 8 p.m. Friday in Wharton Center's Cobb Great Hall, featuring guest conductor Daniel Meyer. The program will feature Herrmann's Vertigo Suite, composed in 1958 for the film "Vertigo", as well as Shostakovich's Violincello Concerto No.

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Debauchery defined Vegas trip

Last week was my first trip to Las Vegas. Of course I had some idea what to expect — you'd have to be living under a rock to not know about the city of neon dreams.

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Five favorites

The State News presents five things going on in the world of pop culture that might make your life a little bit better. 1.

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Guitar-buying 101

Looking to start a band, but you're low on cash? Want to lead a sing-a-long in your dorm room, but your wallet's looking thin?

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Author J.L. King to visit campus tonight

J.L. King, the author of "On the Down Low: A Journey into the Lives of 'Straight' Black Men who Sleep with Men" will be paying a visit to campus tonight. "On the Down Low" digs into the underground phenomenon of men who cheat on their significant others with other men, but do not consider themselves to be gay or bisexual.

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'Good Night' documents risky journalism

George Clooney captures the second wave of the "Red Scare" in high contrast black-and-white film. "Good Night, and Good Luck" documents the years between 1953 and 1958 when celebrity journalist and television personality Edward R.

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Emotional 'North Country' will leave audiences crying

"North Country" could make a lumberjack without tear ducts cry. It could quite possibly compel a straight-faced poker player to giggle and provoke a hardened criminal to clap his hands. The film is solid across the board — plot, dialogue, cinematography, soundtrack, acting and direction.

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'Dreamer' puts Russell on top

LL Cool J once said "Don't call it a comeback/ I been here for years/ Rockin' my peers and putting suckas in fear." But Kurt Russell's new movie "Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story" is definitively a comeback tale. The film was released nationally today and chronicles the fall and rise of a racing horse.

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Original flick brings humor to race issues

If the racial tension in "Crash" and the musical humor in "Little Shop of Horrors" would have ever become intimate, they would've produced the film baby "Hairspray." The hair is big — hence the name — and the teenagers are rebellious in this salute to teen dance TV shows.