Tuesday, July 2, 2024

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How MSU Crushes Twitter account got its start

About two years ago, a couple of women wanted to find a way to anonymously compliment someone they saw on campus. Since its creation in March of 2013, the MSU Crushes Twitter page has become an avenue to thank people for doing nice deeds on campus or proposing to athletes. 

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Debunking common myths and rumors on campus

New students, especially freshmen, have been told a lot of information about MSU in the past few days. While most of it is true, there are still a few rumors that have been passed down among students and some of them just seem too good to be true.

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VIDEO: Violin and Piano duo rock MSU's Botanical Garden

Michigan State's W.J. Beal Botanical Garden hosted its third concert of the summer on Friday, Aug 7, when Oleg and Natalia Bezuglova performed a their duet at lunchtime.  The Bezuglova's are both graduate students here at MSU and their performance is exactly what organizers of the event had in mind when setting up the Music in the Garden program.  "This is exactly what we were shooting for on this sort of event," Botanical Technician Pete Murray said.

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VIDEO: University Stores aim to service students on campus

Rotating carousels, maneuvering forklifts, boxes stacked to the ceiling—this is the scenery of MSU’s University Stores, located at 166 Service Rd. Aside from the large warehouse, University stores also has a small shop in front where apparel, office supplies, batteries, etc. is sold.

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MSU alumnus develops an 'Uber for lawn care' app

Launched May 11 by MSU alumnus Skye Durrant and Brandon Bertrang, LawnGuru focuses on providing a new way to order lawn care services. What makes it similar to Uber is that LawnGuru is an app that allows customers to sign up to get their lawn cut and also offers different functions that improve customer’s lawn care experience.

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Campus abuzz in the summer with youth outreach programs

MSU’s campus is packed throughout the academic year with more than 40,000 students, but during the summer MSU is host to a younger generation of possible Spartans. This summer alone more than 200 groups and 50,000 people will participate in programs ranging from fashion design to video game design, MSU spokesperson Jason Cody said via email. With thousands of children participating in MSU’s camps, the campus can still seem just as crowded as students see it during the academic year.