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If you wake up and see your sidewalk clean after the hard-partying weekend, you should thank a Community Relations Coalition intern.On Sunday, members of the Community Relations Coalition, an alliance between East Lansing residents, MSU students and volunteers, started their day cleaning the city’s sidewalks.Communication junior Christina Briones woke up early on Sunday to start collecting the trash that others left throughout the weekend.“I think it’s kind of refreshing to see students cleaning instead of workers,” said Briones, who volunteered with other members of Alpha Phi.Community Relations Coalition Intern Griffin Goble said the residents appreciate the effort of students volunteering their time to beautify the city.“Usually there is tons and tons of trash down the streets after tailgating,” Goble said.Goble, a supply chain management junior, is one of the 10 interns who organize events like the cleanup and serve as liaisons between students and permanent residents within the Bailey, Red Cedar and Oakwood neighborhoods.Goble said participating in the cleanups is a way to help the community and neighbors of MSU.“It’s really important because these people live here full-time, a lot of them have kids,” Goble said.
