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An unexpected homecoming

For the first four months back in his parents’ house, Tyler Smith didn’t unpack. Boxes filled with pictures of old high school girlfriends and pieces of clothing worn once at MSU theme parties — ugly Christmas sweaters and snow pants from Goodwill — cluttered the room.

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Painting at the zoo

More than a dozen people were crowded in an octagonal room stuffy with the smell of paint fumes Saturday at Potter Park Zoo, 1301 S. Pennsylvania Ave., in Lansing.

MICHIGAN

Students urged to complete 2010 Census

Ten questions could equal big bucks for the city of East Lansing. City officials and a student group are urging the MSU community to fill out the 2010 U.S. Census, which will be 10 questions long instead of the 53 questions from the last census in 2000.

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'Frankenstein' appeals to younger crowd

Based on the Oscar-nominated 1974 cult film “Young Frankenstein” starring Gene Wilder, “The New Mel Brooks Musical YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN” will hit the stage of Wharton Center’s Cobb Great Hall beginning tonight at 7:30 p.m. and run through Sunday.