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Humans of East Lansing

“I’m 26. I’m married with two kids. And I’m a retired underwater welder. ... I’ve worked in the Gulf and up and down the coast. I even worked for NASA. ... I left underwater welding because it’s very dangerous. There’s a short life expectancy. I came back to school because I wanted something better for my kids and my family.”

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"Hair" performers shed clothes to educate viewers

On Friday night, students in the MSU Theatre Department production of Hair presented the finished product of their four months of preparation to an eager audience. Perhaps the most shocking— and most moving— moment of the show, which has a myriad of mature and controversial themes, occurred when the cast stripped down completely in an act of protest that closes out the first act.

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Humans of East Lansing

“I was in the Army Reserve in college. I spent my service in California in Monterey Bay, and California is my favorite state. There’s a highway that stretches from San Diego to Los Angeles, to San Francisco and into Seattle and up to Canada. Highway 1. It’s just beautiful scenery driving up the coast.”

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A guide to sex in the dorms

One extra-long tall squeaky bunk bed located inside of an 11-by-11 concrete rectangle, lit by a single large fluorescent light, on the same floor as hundreds of others — welcome to the pleasures, thrills and torments of dorm sex.

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LGBT resource guidelines for students

MSU LBGT Resource Center MSU LBGT Resource Center, located in 302 Student Services, East Lansing, Michigan 48824 The Lesbian, Bisexual, Gay and Transgender Resource Center leads and collaborates on university-wide initiatives that prepare students to thrive in our diverse world, and enhances the campus climate and support services for students marginalized by their sexuality or gender identity.