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Look good, feel good

With the weather warming up, students might be looking for ways to slim down. However, students should not turn to crash diets that could have negative health impacts.

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Looking the part

This past weekend was a time for Elsa and Anna from "Frozen" to enjoy a meal with Sherlock Holmes. It was an opportunity for Pokémon trainers from across the country to compete in battles, and for Deadpool to draw in crowds for a hip-hop dance party.

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Happy hours

A night out in East Lansing can mean anything from a escape to Ireland to Long Island Iced Teas strong enough to keep customers buzzing all night.It can mean belting out show tunes to a crowded room or munching on salty crack fries that are as addicting as the name implies.

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Faces of East Lansing

A fter a long day of classes, dietetics junior Jacqui Gage spends her afternoons and evenings surrounded by soft music and the soothing scent of burning candles.  But for Gage, this signals the beginning of a work shift.

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Girls walk the runway for Alpha Phi Alpha

By April Jonesajones@statenews.comTHE STATE NEWSnnAmidst loud music and flashing lights, models strutted their stuff the runway for the MSU Alpha Phi Alpha fashion show Saturday night at Eastern High School in Lansing.This year marked the 12th annual fashion show.

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Spartan Voice allows one student to help another

Glistening stars and colored spotlights made MSU'S International Center radiant Saturday night as students sang their hearts out in their solo performances for Spartan Voice.Spartan Voice was a UAB hosted singing contest that students had to try out for beforehand in order to perform.

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Orchesis offers dance classes for all students

A room full of strangers found harmony through dance on Wednesday night at the Orchesis modern dance class.The group, most of whom did not know one another beforehand, massaged each other’s spines before they began stepping, jumping and rolling on the floor.

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Professors create visual poetry book

For Anita Skeen and Laura DeLind, publishing a book was something not on their horizons until their unique work was seen by the public.Their poetry book "The Unauthorized Audubon" is a collection of 22 poems and 22 linocuts of various birds.

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Documentary to showcase daily lives of nine students

Nine students will be featured as the main cast of a documentary that will serve as President Lou Anna K. Simon’s annual President’s Report.The documentary, “Inside out — An In-Depth Look at the Student Experience,” is a 30-minute video of the lives of nine Spartan students and their experiences last semester.

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Benefit concert to be held for MSU alumna Stacy Blakeslee

Stacy Blakeslee’s story has spread through the East Lansing community and beyond, and has continued to inspire people outside of her own family to reach out to help.During December 2013, Stacy was diagnosed with a severe staph infection on her heart that later spread throughout her body and caused aneurysms to form in her brain. When one of the aneurysms burst, Stacy suffered from a stroke that sent her into a semi-responsive state.