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MSU

ASMSU passes grief absence bill

ASMSU representatives passed a bill that would recommend changes to the university’s excused absence policy at its biweekly committee meetings Thursday night in Student Services.

MICHIGAN

Stores benefit from trick-or-treaters

When elementary education junior Megan Sexton and media and communication technology senior Erin Southers went to grab a bite to eat on Grand River Avenue on Thursday night, they didn’t expect to see superheroes, monsters and princesses.

MICHIGAN

MSU to host cancer society 5k walk

This weekend, Lansing will play host to American Cancer Society’s annual Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk. Registration will begin at 9:30 a.m., and the walk will begin at 11 a.m. on Saturday at the Capitol.

MSU

Public universities lose funding, raise tuition

French and journalism junior Marisol Dorantes already has taken out about $3,000 in student loans so far this year, and with the cost of tuition rising by the year at MSU, she said it’s a practice she will have to keep doing.

MSU

Library buys speedy book printer

MSU is the first location in the U.S. to install the newest version of a powerful book publishing machine that can print a full book in less than the time it takes to walk to class.

COMMENTARY

Of Two Minds

I swear, this column wasn’t even going to be about race. Not because I dislike being black or anything like that; let’s be honest, being black is pretty awesome. It’s more because I don’t want to be become the guy who points out every single example of social and racial inequality until he’s homeless, jobless and gibbering on about how the system kept him down.