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MSU

MSU's annual Global Festival showcases cultures of the world

Student cultural clubs from all over campus and the Lansing community gathered at the MSU Union for MSU's  2015 Community Volunteers for International Programs’ Global Festival. The festival featured live performances and demonstrations by over twenty different groups with members from Thailand, Africa, Iran and many more. The event also featured street food, a gift shop selling cultural goods and booths where MSU clubs shared their culture with students and the community. “It’s really imperative that we have things like this because it’s a great place for domestic students to learn about all the different cultures on campus” comparative cultures & politics junior and community outreach and programming intern for MSU’s Office for International Students and Scholars Sohela Suri said.

MSU

From Playboy Bunny to MSU professor

Penny Gardner, MSU writing, rhetoric, and American studies professor, former Playboy Bunny, now lesbian feminist and activist says she is flying to the finish line instead of walking.

MICHIGAN

Local police respond to activist input on concerns of police brutality, accountability

Current events have not been kind to police departments across the country. Even in East Lansing, police have not escaped the ire of activists on either side of Grand River Avenue. Because police are often viewed as a homogeneous group rather than an amalgamation of different departments with varying levels of funding and training, the lines have sometimes become blurred.