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International Experience

He’s soft spoken, studious and usually finds his seat in the front row of his giant freshman lectures. Unless you really made the effort, there’s a good chance you’d never even learn Jiajun Zhou’s name.

MICHIGAN

Punk rope at Hannah Community Center

The East Lansing Department of Parks, Recreation and Arts will introduce a new workout craze to the city Wednesday, Sept. 9 with a free Punk Rope sampler class from 7-8 p.m. at the Hannah Community Center, 819 Abbot Road.

MSU

Chem building greenest at MSU

Four years of planning paid off in August when the Chemistry Building addition was awarded with the LEED silver level certification, making it the greenest building on campus.

FEATURES

Local man uses music to combat disease

In euchre, when you are dealt the “ace-no-face” hand, you have the option of throwing it back, picking up the remaining cards and giving yourself a second chance. However, as Lee Abramson, who writes music under the name Ace Noface can attest, real life is a little bit different.

FOOTBALL

Detroit bowl game changes sponsor

Are you ready for some “Pizza! Pizza!”? Officials for the Midwest’s only postseason college football bowl game are announcing Tuesday that Little Caesars Pizza will be the title sponsor for the former Motor City Bowl.

VOLLEYBALL

Long road ahead for undefeated Spartans

Long road trips can be difficult and overbearing, but as the No. 20 MSU volleyball team stares down a monthlong stretch of games away from Jenison Field House, head coach Cathy George is optimistic her team will develop a good road routine in time for the tough Big Ten Conference schedule ahead.

COMMENTARY

Shortened Welcome Week disservice to students

My first Thanksgiving as a college student holds many lessons for me. Finding that getting home actually costs money and learning that the dreaded “freshman 15” might not be from a college diet but the gorging of home-cooked meals — after months of subpar cafeteria food — and discovering the value of a mom willing to do laundry for free are just some of those lessons.

COMMENTARY

Respect needed for true dialogue

As an opinion writer, I see it as partly my duty to stay on top of the latest controversies, both local and national. All the “hot gossip,” so to speak. So, for my first column of the year, I wanted to write on something big and topical: health care reform. Thrilling, I know.