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Gas prices may rise
While Shawn Patterson wasn’t heading home for Thanksgiving until today, the mechanical engineering senior made a trip to the gas station a day early.
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Event honors Transgender victims of violent crimes
More than 300 names are remembered at the Transgender Day of Remembrance candlelight vigil, according to Uri Donnett, chairperson of TransAction.
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E.L. Police grow handlebar mustaches, beards until Dec. 4 to celebrate centennial
After East Lansing police Chief Tom Wibert suspended a department policy restricting male officers from growing beards or goatees, Sgt. Andy Bouck researched police officer mustaches from 1907 — the year East Lansing officially became a city.
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MSU looks to new options for e-mail
Many students don’t trust the reliability of MSU’s e-mail system, mail.msu.edu. But these criticisms are nothing new to the four-person administrative team in charge of MSU’s webmail.
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Attempted vehicle theft hits campus
MSU police are investigating an attempted carjacking that occurred near Kedzie Hall between 4:30 and 5:10 p.m. Thursday.
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Book buybacks affected by requests of instructors
While students may have difficulty turning in homework and papers on time, professors face a similar challenge every year in submitting paperwork of their own in the form of textbook requests.
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Students share cultures at Global Festival
Before Nicole Namy became a co-director for this year’s Global Festival, she participated as an undergraduate with an MSU Arab student organization to showcase her culture.
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Halls decked early in Lansing
Visitors to the Michigan Historical Museum, 702 W. Kalamazoo St., walked into an unexpected winter wonderland Saturday afternoon.
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Students protest bank's funding of coal-fired power plants
MSU student environmentalists brought a message to the streets of East Lansing on Friday: No new coal-fired power plants.
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Groups gather at Capitol to support troops, protest war
The antiwar movement was alive Sunday in Lansing as more than 50 protesters gathered at the state Capitol to urge the government to bring troops home and improve veteran services.
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Recycling facility proposed for 2008
Fisheries and wildlife freshman Dan Myers has three large boxes of newspapers and plastic bottles sitting in his dorm room that he wants to recycle.
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Proposal 2: A year later
Some say it brought multicultural groups on campus together. Some say it has had little impact on how MSU recruits faculty and students. Some say it made diversity efforts on campus more collaborative and inclusive for everyone. Some say it poses a real threat to maintaining a multicultural university.
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Mich. primary to be determined by court decision
The fate of the state’s new primary date continues to hang in the balance as the Michigan Court of Appeals met Thursday to hear whether circumstances surrounding the primary dare are unconstitutional.
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Holiday ball to be held Saturday
The Michigan Historical Center Foundation will ring in the holidays with the 2007 Jingle Ball at 7 p.m. Saturday at the Michigan Historical Museum, located inside the Michigan Library and Historical Center, 702 W. Kalamazoo St., in Lansing.
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Drag show benefits AIDS group
Makeup, lipstick, pantyhose and women’s undergarments cover his masculine frame, but Matt Watters said people shouldn’t feel threatened by his appearance.
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FTC investigates fairness of Facebook Ads platform
Facebook.com is cooperating with an investigation by the Federal Trade Commission regarding concerns the social network’s latest advertising scheme violates the privacy of its users.
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Coalition advocates renewable energy plan to Legislature for a greener future
Renewable energy advocates gathered at the state Capitol on Thursday with a clear message for the legislature: Michigan’s future comes in green.
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E. L. Planning Commission supports Albert parking proposal
A proposal to add 45 spaces to the 76-space parking lot on the southwest corner of Albert Avenue and Bailey Street was unanimously supported by the East Lansing Planning Commission during their meeting Wednesday night.
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Back on track
Mark Buckley has been in the railroad industry for 15 years — he remembers when trains took a back seat to automobiles and airplanes, and now sees them rising to the forefront.
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Study suggests improvement in job outlook for graduates
Students worried about the shortage of jobs in a tight economy now have some encouraging data, according to an annual MSU survey.