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Critic offers six tips for movie-watching success
I’m sure, depending on how observant you are, there have been many noticeable changes since students migrated to parts unknown in May.
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Wharton brings big Broadway to U
Broadway is making a little stop on the MSU campus this year to provide students with an amazing lineup of original and legendary shows.Wharton Center is celebrating its 20th anniversary season and will host six Broadway shows and musicals from September to April.“Basically, we’re bringing back the best of the best for our 20th anniversary - and then adding to it,” public relations manager Bob Hoffman said.
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Gaming provides needed escape
Everyone remembers their first time. The fumbling fingers, the nervous sweat and the way you can barely blink as you watch every move that’s happening in front of you, trying to keep up and make a good showing.
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Opening planned for mall
Developers of the Lansing area’s newest mall, Eastwood Towne Center, will try to capture the interest of MSU students through a spirited campaign.Spartan spirit, that is.Eastwood Towne Center, a mall that has been 15 years in the making, will complete the trifecta of Lansing-area shopping malls starting Sept.
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Local groups add to areas drama scene
Though there are several attractions already on campus, Greater Lansing rounds out the theater selection. Lansing is home to three theaters and theater groups that continually produce a diversity of performances. BoarsHead Theater, 425 S.
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Union offers myriad of activities, services
Students in search of entertainment, a quick bite or just a place to study need look no further than the Union.The six-floor building that opened in 1925 is a mecca for student activity on campus.
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Under the costume: Life as Sparty takes dedication
He belongs on one of those “The Perfect Man” T-shirts that are being sold everywhere these days - he’s tall, he’s funny, he’s quiet and he’s the most popular guy on campus. He also wears a skirt made of car vinyl and a new $13,000 suit.
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Expect good food, credit card debt at E.L.s Cos
A new restaurant in East Lansing offers deli fare at not-so-deli prices. Cos
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A Ways Away balances music, academics
Even with hectic college schedules, student musicians still find the time to rock out, often starting bands with friends and playing the local party or club scene.A Ways Away was formed by MSU students when they began playing together two years ago and gave birth to a five-member indie rock band with its own passionate sound for fans of all ages.“We usually play for teens 15 and up,” singer, songwriter, guitarist and keyboard player Dan Kostrzewa said.
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Gardens help U relax, learn
More than 12-and-a-half acres of gardens on campus provide MSU students and the community with a place to learn and enjoy plants.The Horticultural Demonstration Gardens and the W.J.
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Exhibit explores packaging history worldwide, locally
The switching of beverages from glass to plastic containers might not seem like a big deal to you.
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Campus Center brings U together with fun
There’s a place on campus where students can play laser tag, jump on Velcro walls, have bungee races, make wax replicas of their hands and see newly released movies.
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Big, small cinemas provide U options
For students worn out by studying, partying or working, movie theaters are a great place to unwind and catch the latest blockbuster. The Lansing area has several options for moviegoers. Celebration Cinema, 200 Edgewood Blvd.
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Being an American at heart, foreigner on paper aint easy
Being yourself can be pretty tough these days. It’s hard when all you want is to just be - but certain things stop you from doing that.There’s nothing I want more than to lie my head down at night and know that in a year or so I won’t have to leave a place I love, am comfortable with and that’s a part of me.
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Farming frontier
The scenery changes south of campus.High-rise dormitories and herds of people give way to rolling green rows of crops and massive mooing cows.The senses are relieved from car exhaust fumes and pervaded with scents of fresh grass and cow manure.The tiny one-way turns of campus and traffic circles straighten out and turn into long stretches of rural roads that wind through MSU’s 5,000 acres of farmland.But the roads find their way back to central campus.The research conducted at the expansive farms south of central campus ekes its way back into classrooms, into computers, into the minds and departments of the people at MSU.Mark Collins manages one of the many farms at MSU - the Hancock Turfgrass Research Center, which grows, cultivates and researches thousands of types of grass.“We work to find the ones that fit Michigan best,” Collins said.“We work with grass to give athletes safer playing conditions - and make healthy grass for homeowners that’s more aesthetically pleasing.”The new grass in Spartan Stadium that now graces the footsteps of quarterback Jeff Smoker cost more than $2.5 million and took 18 months of work, Collins said.Workers plant the grass during the fall, since it thrives in cooler temperatures, but researchers work year-round.The turf management farm, with small greens and neatly mowed fields that require daily upkeep, doesn’t look like most of MSU’s farms.The dairy and sheep farms south of campus seem more like the farms students might be used to seeing.
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A different sort of fore
The hole, a benign par 3 according to the much-graffitied sign, taunts mercilessly.The fairway - an 8-foot clearing before the trees start in earnest - curves slightly to the right before dropping off sharply, the red flag atop the basket barely visible from the tee.A distinctive “ching!” rings out from what constitutes the green as a disc lands hard in the metal basket.
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U no longer provides phones
The roaring ring from the once-familiar, university-issued manila phones won’t be echoing down dorm halls this fall.Instead, students will have to provide their own telecommunication device.Increased cell-phone use among students has led to a decrease in the use of university-provided long-distance services.
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Technology opens doors for disabled
Technology allowing learners to glide through computer programs with the wink of an eye is just one of many devices available to students with disabilities at MSU.Both the Resource Center for Persons with Disabilities and the Artificial Language Laboratory have been working for more than 20 years to provide software and devices to students with mental and physical disabilities to help them communicate with others.“With the help of technology, you can get a job and have a normal life,” said Stephen Blosser, Assistive Technology Center coordinator.
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Wanna roll? Belly-dancing surges in area
What’s the sexiest part of the human body? Well, according to the latest trend in the entertainment industry, it’s the tummy. As pop starlets such as Britney Spears continue to flaunt their sexy midriffs, many are looking for a way to accentuate it. A popular solution appears to be belly-dancing, the ancient Middle Eastern form of dance.
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U offers help for students
Questions about hardware status, Ethernet capability or insufficient gigabytes? You may want to head to the Computer Store, 305 Computer Center, where all these questions and more are brought up and answered.