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Texting ban set to be revisited
The Michigan Senate passed the final bill Tuesday in a package aimed at banning texting while driving.
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ASMSU looking ahead to summer, fall semesters
As the semester ends, ASMSU’s Academic and Student assemblies already are planning projects for the summer and fall semesters. Academic Assembly held its last official meeting Tuesday night and Student Assembly will finish Thursday.
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House passes retirement bill, Senate approval still needed
The Michigan House of Representatives passed a revamped version of a Senate retirement bill Tuesday that has the potential to create jobs for MSU education students. The original Senate bill, which grants incentives encouraging Michigan public school employees to retire, was passed April 14.
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Healing through hypnosis
In searching for his life purpose, East Lansing resident Robert Ranger began learning about the mind and consciousness.
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NPHC Week acknowledges greeks, religion
On Monday, a panel discussion about the connection between the greek community and religion kicked off the National Pan-Hellenic Council’s Spring NPHC Week — an annual event meant to end the semester and bring attention to the organization. The National Pan-Hellenic Council, or NPHC, is an umbrella organization that includes nine traditionally black fraternities and sororities.
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City Council to discuss Avondale Square bonds
East Lansing City Council will discuss a staff recommendation to secure about $2.3 million in bonds for costs related to the Avondale Square project during its Tuesday work session.
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MSU cheer club attends nationals
The MSU All-Girl competitive cheer club team finished first in the Big Ten and seventh in the nation at the 2010 Nationals competition in Daytona Beach, Fla. The program expanded this season and members attended various competitions nationwide.
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Beloved primate dies at local zoo
A 28-year-old female mandrill — likened to Rafiki in Disney’s “The Lion King” — named Gladys died Wednesday evening at Lansing’s Potter Park Zoo, 1301 S. Pennsylvania Ave. Gladys first arrived at the zoo in 1989 after she was born in Brownsville, Texas, in 1982.
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Students renovate area school
When the Reo Elementary School Rockets come into class Monday, they’ll be writing about something new they see, something “exceptional” — it’s the word of the week. And considering the extent of renovations made by the MSU branch of the Student Michigan Education Association, or SMEA, on Saturday, there will be a wide variety of things from which to choose.
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Sparty party hit by rain
Nearly 2,000 people crossed the threshold of Sparty’s Spring Party 2010 on Saturday at Demonstration Field to participate in giveaways and carnival-like fare. The annual event — now in its ninth year — was sponsored by MSU’s University Activities Board, or UAB, Student Alumni Foundation, or SAF, and ASMSU.
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Candidates line up for board election
The candidate pool for the MSU Board of Trustees continues to grow after an MSU alumnus and local business owner announced his intention to seek one of two spots open during this year’s midterm elections.
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Prof named MSU institute director
MSU professor Wendy Powers was named director of the Institute for Enhancing Michigan’s First Green Industry: Agriculture and Agribusiness.
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Chai Party becomes tradition
What has become an annunal event known as the Chai Party has become an unexpected tradition since it first began in 2006 by several roommates — all MSU students — who wanted to know if it was possible to create a party atmosphere without the drinking. More than 125 people attended this year’s event hosted throughout Friday night.
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Student Assembly elects 2010-11 leaders
The 47th session of ASMSU’s Student Assembly filled its leadership positions Thursday night as assembly members elected Eric Branoff, the vice chairperson for external affairs, formerly as its chairperson.
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Students partner for Haiti
The January earthquake tore Haiti apart, but it brought nine different MSU groups together, Thursday. A talent show called United 4 Haiti Talent Fest took place from 6-10 p.m. at the rock on Farm Lane.
MICHIGAN
Brown's family, Lansing police look for suspect
The family and friends of slain MSU freshman Darren Brown are offering a reward for information regarding his death. Brown and 23-year-old Owen Goodenow were found dead March 25 in their southwest Lansing home, Lansing police Lt.
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Rally combats rising rates of childhood obesity in Mich.
Theresa Viaches’ fifth-grade class at Lewton Elementary School in Lansing has gym class twice a week, and recess never is a guarantee. On Thursday, Viaches’ class attended the Sixth Annual Health Care Rally, an event hosted by the American Medical Student Association, or AMSA, and MSU’s colleges of Human Medicine and Osteopathic Medicine.
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No charges filed against student
East Lansing Fire Marshal Bob Pratt said charges will not be filed against hospitality business junior Brian Weber, one of the 11 students who lived in an East Lansing house that caught fire April 16.
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Former engineering dean dies Monday
Lawrence Wayne Von Tersch, former MSU dean, who founded the MSU Computer Laboratory, died of natural causes Monday.
MICHIGAN
Proposed addition slows bill approval
The Michigan House approved a three-bill package to ban texting while driving Tuesday, but state Rep. Alma Wheeler Smith, D-Salem Township, proposed an additional amendment that suggested using the fines from texting tickets for the state’s general fund.