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State Legislature takes spring recess
The Michigan Legislature is on recess for the next two weeks.
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MSU professors create veterinary training application
Professors from MSU have been working since February to create applications for iPhones, iPods and iPads to gather useful information and make it readily available for not only students, but practicing veterinarians.
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Students team up to bring comedian to MSU
A large group of dancing MSU students with props, costumes, music and a film crew overtook the Union on Friday afternoon to practice and film a video to vie for an appearance by the host of “Tosh.0.”
Krystle Wagner, Summer Ballentine
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MSU students prep pampered cows for Spartan Spectacular
With a can of hair spray and a brush in hand, animal science sophomore Lauren Bush styled hair for a different kind of runway.
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Board picks new editor, ad manager
On Friday, The State News Board of Directors appointed managing editor and English junior Kate Jacobson editor-in-chief and appointed English and advertising junior Colleen Curran interim advertising manager.
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Student Group remodels local school
When the elementary students of Sheridan Road Elementary School walk into their classrooms today, they’ll have new murals, bookshelves and brightly colored walls awaiting them — thanks to the work of about 150 volunteers Saturday from MSU and the Lansing community.
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Prices, tickets announced for upcoming Mike Posner concert
Tickets for ASMSU’s spring concert, featuring Mike Posner, go on sale at 10 a.m. Monday.
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Performance to celebrate lent
The University Chorale, one of the College of Music’s choral ensembles, will partner with the Lansing Symphony Orchestra for a performance to celebrate the season of Lent.
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Event celebrates international poetry
Last Friday, art history and visual culture junior Ellen Meeuwsen recited a poem for an audience of about 60 people.
Alethia Kasben
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Students participate in MSU-focused scavenger hunt
About 60 students wandered Friday through MSU’s campus to take pictures of some of campus’ most treasured places.
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Hip-hop and its elements discussed at forum
Student organizations, local disc jockeys and emcees came together Saturday to discuss the expressive nature of hip-hop at the Hip-hop Forum in Bessey Hall.
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ASMSU passes resolution to support medical amnesty
ASMSU’s Student Assembly passed a resolution Thursday to support a bill in the State Legislature regarding medical amnesty. ASMSU is MSU’s undergraduate student government. The bill would establish legal safeguards for underage students who consume too much alcohol and, as a result, seek medical attention. ASMSU has been trying to push the bill through the State Legislature for three years.
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Students rally for higher education funding
Students representing public universities from across Michigan gathered to voice their frustration with the state of higher education funding Thursday at the Capitol building, 100 N. Capitol Ave., in Lansing.
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Women’s health fair held in Union
The MSU Women’s Resource Center, or WRC, hosted the sixth annual MSU Women’s Health Fair on Thursday in the Union to educate women and increase knowledge about personal health.
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Liebler sworn in as chief of police
Police officers, firefighters, city officials and members of the East Lansing and MSU communities filled the seats and lined the walls of Courtroom 2 in East Lansing’s 54-B District Court Thursday afternoon to witness the formal swearing-in of Juli Liebler as East Lansing’s new police chief.
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Model UN connects college, high schools
This weekend, about 500 high schoolers from multiple states will come to MSU for one main purpose: saving the world through compromise.
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MSU ROTC cadets to join others in off-campus training exercises
This weekend, 140 cadets in MSU’s ROTC program will train outside the classroom at Fort Custer in Battle Creek, Mich., to conduct drills on problem solving, land navigation and weapons training before taking on larger tasks. The training event, called the Michigan Cluster Field Exercise, will take place alongside more than 600 cadets attending universities including Central Michigan University, Western Michigan University and the University of Michigan, said Bill Lukaskiewicz, a retired lieutenant colonel who is an instructor with ROTC.
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Conference to showcase student research
When it comes to research happening on campus, doctoral student Christina Campbell knows all about the research being done in the psychology department.
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Kosher options adds variety to meals
Adding to the variety of dining options, students have yet another choice. On March 21, a new kosher option was made available at Wilson Hall, said Samuel Appel, president of the Jewish Student Union.
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RHA members elect vice president for upcoming academic year
Members of RHA, the Residence Halls Association, elected Kelcey Gapske to serve as vice president for the 2011-2012 academic year.