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Multiple fires reported by ELPD pertaining to basketball wins
From early Saturday morning to late Sunday night, at least six fires were started in the city, East Lansing police Lt.
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NOT an April Fools' Day prank: You can play Pac-Man on Google Maps
Google normally has a creative interactive on their homepage complimenting most holidays — but not today on April Fools' Day.
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Maker of Pure Michigan road trip map reflects on viral success
During the week, PhD candidate Randy Olsen studies computer science in Professor Chris Adami’s lab.
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Obama's student Aid Bill of Rights could make education more affordable
President Barack Obama has recently taken action to make higher education more affordable across the nation. One of the steps Obama took included a Student Aid Bill of Rights that includes four rights for students, which were outlined in a press release
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MSU predicted as Final Four winner — by puppies
Last night on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,” Fallon had seven guests predict who would win the NCAA Final Four Championship game in Indianapolis. Those guests?
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Alumnus invents suction cup phone case
Graduating from MSU in 1998, Carl Winans took what he learned at MSU and applied it.
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Reintroduced bill could help students refinance loans
“(The Act) allows folks to save some money on student loans, that put some money on their pockets, which is good for them, for the family,” U.S Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., said. “(It is) also good for the economy because if they are not paying higher interest of student debt they are probably spending it on other things important to their families, which is good for the Michigan economy.”
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Arraignments begins for students arrested in weekend revelry
Facing two misdemeanor charges of disorderly conduct and one minor in possession of alcohol charge, 19-year-old Dylan Carl Donell was arraigned in 54B District Court on Tuesday in connection with the revelry in Cedar Village after MSU's victory over Oklahoma in the Sweet Sixteen.
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Unnecessary burden?
A lack of funding from the state is pushing universities to raise tuition costs, only adding to the massive debts some students face. A bill introduced by state Sen. Curtis Hertel Jr. might alleviate the burden.
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Students raise money for African HIV-positive orphans
Hope Project, a recent MSU student group founded in November 2014, organized the event to raise money to build a secondary school for HIV-positive orphans being taken care of by HOPE Village Children’s Home, run by its parent group, Hope Endeavors. The organization’s name is sometimes stylized as H.O.P.E., which is an acronym for “Helping Orphans, Prospering Everyone.”
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MSU Ombudsman: Policy doesn't protect students who leave class if professor is 15 minutes late
While students tend to believe they can leave a class if a professor is more than 15 minutes late, the MSU ombudsman denies the existence of this policy.
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First student arraigned in connection to Cedar Village revelry
The first individual arrested in relation to the weekend disturbances in Cedar Village after the MSU men's basketball victories in their Sweet Sixteen and Elite Eight victories, was arraigned on Tuesday, according to an East Lansing Police Department statement. Dylan Carl Bonell, a 19-year-old from Plymouth, MI, is charged with two misdemeanor disorderly conduct charges and one minor in possession of alcohol charge.
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MSU police Twitter blows up over bagel tweet
MSU police Cpt. Kelly Roudebush was sitting at home, surfing social media following the Spartan's Elite Eight win, when she noticed something curious: bagels flying through the air at Cedar Village. Seeking to make sense of the absurdity, Roudebush took to the department's Twitter account and posed the question "Guys, what's with the bagels?"
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Student organizations educate peers about different cultures
MSU is home to an abundance of religions, ethnicities and cultures. Some students are doing all they can to promote their customs.
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MSU seeks to expand other portions of international enrollment
Admissions Associate Director of Office of Admissions Patricia Croom said that MSU is working to recruit more international students from regions less represented on campus, such as South America and Scandinavia.
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Intercultural aides seek to close gaps between cultures
Though they all agree that their job is to help and encourage students, these ICAs experience a range of challenges in their jobs.
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Dining halls offer many cultural and religion-friendly food stations
When one thinks of culture, many things come to mind -- music, sports, clothes -- but also food. For Michigan State, a university with over 7,000 international students, one place where this comes into play is the cafeterias. From Brody Complex to Akers Hall, many things have been done to appeal to different cultures across campus.
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Muslim students find time to pray in hectic college life
Before the sun rises, international relations junior Mohammed Rathur wakes up to pray. As a Muslim, he prays five times a day, throughout the day.
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Founding Director of Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum dies
Michael Rush, the founding director of the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum, passed away March 27 after a two-year battle with pancreatic cancer, an MSU statement said.
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Those arrested in Cedar Village basketball celebration will face charges, possible expulsion from MSU
DTN Management Co. will possibly evict any of those arrested if they are found to reside in DTN-owned apartments.