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MSU

Students split on interfaith dating

For many students, religion has joined “bad breath” and “no sense of style” on a mental list of relationship deal breakers. Marisa Saltzman, a social work graduate student, polled 100 Jewish students this semester to sample how interfaith dating is viewed by the MSU community.

MSU

New group unites comic book fans

Balloon swords, seltzer guns and throwing flowers aren’t typical elements of a comic book. But in a quest to create something new, two MSU students and a group of comic book fans have been meeting weekly to create a comic book group that brings these elements to the page.

COMMENTARY

Goals vary for pope, Dalai Lama

For the past two weeks, the attention of American media has been largely focused on religion, spirituality and philosophy as the country hosted two of the world’s most revered spiritual leaders: the pope and the Dalai Lama. I think their experiences here illustrate how great of a distance exists between their worlds.