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Izzone campout unites fans with players
Students tossed footballs and roasted hot dogs over bonfires among the multicolored rows of tents, which filled Munn field Friday night.
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ASMSU rallies for higher ed funding
State Rep. Mark Meadows, D-East Lansing, understands the value of a good education. In his district, the biggest employer is MSU, the biggest taxpayer is the Michigan Education Association and a majority of the population is MSU students. “Higher education, higher priority,” Meadows said.
MICHIGAN
Summit focuses on sustainability, community
Citizens concerned about the future of Michigan’s environment and economy came together this weekend in a two-day summit aimed at making MSU and Michigan a little more green. The first Greater Capital Area Sustainability Summit was a series of meetings, presentations and speakers brought together during a two-day period in hopes of addressing the issues Michigan’s urban areas face and discussing potential solutions in terms of green energy and community involvement.
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Students rally at Capitol for higher ed
About 40 students from Michigan’s public universities gathered Friday at the Capitol to push state legislators to make higher education funding a top priority in the next two years.
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Students enjoy annual Izzone Campout
Students camped out at Munn Field on Friday night in hopes of earning lower bowl seating for the 2010-11 men’s basketball season.
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ASMSU discusses E.L. medical marijuana ordinances
ASMSU members voted Thursday to support the East Lansing City Council’s most openly proposed ordinance to regulate medical marijuana in the city.
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Students participate in multicultural dance
Skirts twirled, music filled the air and bodies swayed Thursday evening as the Abbot Hall cafeteria was transformed into a multicultural dance floor. Groups including the Breakdance Club and the Ballroom Dance Club performed and taught students dances ranging from the hustle to the rumba. “(The dance will) bring people together of different backgrounds,” said interdisciplinary studies in social science and community relations junior Devin Evans, an intercultural aide at Snyder and Phillips halls.
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Class council to host charity football bowl
The Senior Class Council is hosting its 13th Annual Green and White Charity Bowl from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Nov. 7 at Munn Field.
FOOTBALL
Students, Spartan fans to travel to Illinois for game
Without a home football game to celebrate, many MSU students are headed home for the weekend. But for Adam Nelligan, home is only a 25-minute drive from Northwestern’s Ryan Field, where he will spend his Saturday afternoon in the stands cheering on the Spartans.
MICHIGAN
Local nurses speak out about understaffing
Local nurses made their concerns about understaffing at Lansing’s Sparrow Hospital clear by filing an official report citing instances of unsafe staffing conditions. Members of the Professional Employees Council of Sparrow Hospital, or PECSH, submitted “Misplaced Priorities: The Deteriorating Condition of Safe Patient Care at Sparrow Hospital,” to the Michigan Department of Community Health on Thursday morning.
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Sweep updates E.L. sex offender information
There are 900 registered sex offenders in Ingham County. And police don’t know where 31 of them are. These are the results of recent sex offender sweeps through the tri-county area of Ingham, Eaton and Clinton counties.
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Amtrak ridership increases from 2009
The total number of riders at the East Lansing Amtrak station, 1240 S. Harrison Road, increased about 15 percent from fiscal year 2009 to fiscal year 2010, said Lori Mullins, East Lansing’s community development analyst.
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Habitat for Humanity provides graduate student with home
Habitat for Humanity didn’t just give Anna Malavisi a home. It gave Malavisi — who came to East Lansing from Bolivia several years ago — a family. And on Wednesday, Malavisi, a philosophy graduate student at MSU, was surrounded by both. The dedication ceremony for the home Malavisi and her three daughters will inhabit took place in the kitchen of the near-complete house.
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Students embrace positive body image
This week, women are celebrating events encouraging positive body image, including the second annual Roll Out of Bed Campaign on Tuesday, the National Organization for Women’s Love Your Body Day on Wednesday and Delta Delta Delta’s Fat Talk Free Week. MSU Respecting and Understanding Body Image, or RUBI, organized the events on campus.
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Open forum held to discuss university sustainability
The Office of Campus Sustainability held an open forum on energy conservation Wednesday in the Agriculture Hall atrium as part of a nationwide Campus Sustainability Day. About 25 students and community members attended.
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FBI co-hosts safety, security conference
Administrators, FBI agents and community officials gathered Wednesday to discuss various issues of security, safety and protection of information in a university setting at the MSU-FBI Academic Alliance Conference in the Union.
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E.L. fall leaf collection continues
The city of East Lansing is offering fall bulk leaf collection, which started Monday. Leaves will be picked up on the city’s east side this week as well as the weeks of Nov.
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City holds energy efficiency class
The city of East Lansing partnered with the Greater Lansing Housing Coalition and Hometown Housing Partnership to hold East Lansing’s first Homeowner Education and Resource Organization, or HERO, class. The class was held at Michigan Energy Options, 405 Grove St., to give local residents the opportunity to learn about their home’s energy systems and use, said Amy Schlusler-Owens, a community development specialist with the city of East Lansing. “It’s essential to educate homeowners not only on energy efficiency, but also on the way that they can minimize their overhead costs for home ownership,” she said. One of eight registered families and residents attended.
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Center celebrates 50 years
The African Studies Center celebrated its 50th anniversary and the grand opening of a new exhibition Tuesday night at the International Center.
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MSU Parking Services to receive six new vehicles
Because the trucks are used often, Parking Services leases a new set of trucks every five years, MSU police Deputy Chief Mike Rice said.