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MSU dean integrates memes as a form of stress relief for students

Stress barreling down on students and faculty, associate professor Robert LaDuca has found a new way to help relieve stress and help students better connect with their class material. Memes, pictures with texts to invoke a comedic response, help with the stress of college, LaDuca said.  LaDuca believes that people learn better with a laugh on their face and will enjoy life the more they laugh.

MSU

Renovation of Case Hall study lounge has students mixed on updates and look

Renovations completed during the summer in Case Hall have been a blessing and a curse depending on which James Madison College student you talk to. During the summer, Case Hall’s north and south lounges were renovated. Old sofas and armchairs were replaced with modular furniture and large study tables, and murals have replaced what was once exposed brick.

MICHIGAN

Trump campaign opens Lansing office

A campaign office for republican presidential nominee Donald Trump opened in Lansing on Saturday, following a Hillary Clinton campaign office which opened last month. Michigan state director for the Trump campaign Scott Hagerstrom said the office is one of 15 official Trump campaign offices in Michigan, with 16 more on their way.