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MICHIGAN

Airbnb has a large market in East Lansing

 Airbnb is especially popular in East Lansing due to its low amount of hotel options available in comparison to other major college town cities, Watkins said. On the Airbnb site, an extensive number of listings in East Lansing advertise their proximity to Spartan Stadium and the campus in general.  

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Column: Don't worry, MSU men's basketball will be fine

On Tuesday night, MSU fell to Duke 88-81 in basketball. With Duke being #1 in the country, that doesn’t seem like a bad loss, until you remember MSU was a close #2. The Spartans hung tough for about 75 percent of the game but faltered in the end, letting up a slew of Grayson Allen three-pointers and ultimately falling by seven points.

MSU

Searching campus for all-gender bathrooms

MSU’s campus is home to 545 buildings. Of those, only 77 buildings have all-gender, private restrooms. Only 57 all-gender restrooms are wheelchair accessible. This can make life complicated for transgender, non-binary or disabled students.

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Life of an RA

For those who still own a flip phone, looking to be a part-time babysitter, holding down the dorms and aiding to college students beck and call, being a resident assistant is the job for you.

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MSU helps take pandas off endangered species list

Over the past decade, efforts have been made to restore the revered pandas establishment in the wild. It had become an endangered species, and by 2003, MSU launched a reintroduction program for pandas through the China Center for Research and Conservation of the Giant Panda in the Wolong Nature Reserve.