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MSU

East Lansing relaxes on Memorial Day

Bright sun beating down and 92 degrees of heat can make for a beautiful day on a beautiful campus this Memorial Day. And although the student population on campus dwindles in the summer, the population of students who stay for Memorial Day can be miniscule in comparison — and that’s just how the students who stay like it.

MICHIGAN

Coolin' off

Dawn Garcia, 13, from Lansing, spins with her younger brother Ramón Garcia, 1, while playing in the sprinkler Monday at Lake Lansing.

NEWS

Hollis meets with media after being named top AD

It’s been an eventful year for Mark Hollis. In the past 12 months, MSU’s Athletic Director has orchestrated the first ever game played on an aircraft carrier, watched as the football team played in the inaugural Big Ten Championship game and as the men’s basketball team win the regular season Big Ten title before winning the Big Ten Tournament.

NEWS

Michigan police buckle down with Click It or Ticket campaign

Packaging senior Adam Weiner thanks his seat belt for keeping him from a trip to the hospital. When his two-door car was rear-ended four years ago in the parking lot of his favorite yogurt shop, the sturdy piece of fabric saved him from launching across the steering wheel clear into the dashboard. “If it had not been for the seat belt, I could’ve gotten a concussion easily,” he said. After that incident, Weiner fully realized the importance of buckling up, and he isn’t the only one.