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MSU play to debut tonight at Wharton
MSU’s Department of Theatre will perform its first show of “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” at 7:30 p.m. today at Wharton Center’s Pasant Theatre.
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Company to offer new holiday lights
The Lansing Board of Water and Light will exchange old strands of incandescent holiday lights for new strands of LED holiday lights Thursday.
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M.A.C. avenue to be new home for taxis
Taxi cabs now will be parked on M.A.C. Avenue starting today.
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E.L. city council to appoint mayor
The East Lansing City Council will appoint a new mayor and mayor pro tem at its 7:30 p.m. meeting at City Hall, 410 Abbot Road.
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Ticket prices for U2 announced
After ticket prices were announced Monday for U2’s June 30 Spartan Stadium concert, students said they expect the “lower priced” event to be a hit.
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Forensics course recreates human faces
A pair of green eyes stared blankly at Jane Wankmiller as the anthropology doctoral student aimed her camera at the black man’s face. Flashes of light from her camera momentarily illuminated the lifeless eyes, but they did not blink. She examined the face one last time before she tugged one of the ears, watching as it peeled away from the skull she spent the past eight weeks transforming into a facial reconstruction of a deceased person.
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Iraqi child nearing end of surgeries for facial scars
A 12-year-old Iraqi boy is looking forward to taking off the hats he always wears after a series of reconstructive surgeries provided free of charge by an MSU surgeon, which are progressing on schedule and slated for completion by the end of January.
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U2 tickets on sale next Monday
Tickets for U2’s June 30 concert at Spartan Stadium are slated to go on sale at 10 a.m. Nov. 23, a release from promoter Live Nation said.
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Trade representative to visit MSU
Senior Counselor to the U.S. Trade Representative Peter Cowhey will speak during the annual Quello Lecture on Nov. 19 at MSU.
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MSU graduates might have edge in Mich. job market
Although studies show Michigan might continue to drown in economic disaster for decades, MSU graduates might have easier access to life boats.
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Cultures shared at MSU's 25th annual Global Fest
Communication senior Musherf Alamri said he doesn’t get many opportunities to share his culture with others at MSU.
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MSU students experience taste of Africa
African musicians provided rhythmic backdrop with their drums as women danced in full traditional clothes and men in costumes made their way around stage in 3-foot-tall stilts.
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Speaker proposes slowing climate change through energy efficiency
In an effort to shed light on the growing concern and research for climate change, the Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station is holding a yearlong distinguished lecture series called Bioeconomy and Climate Change.
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Granholm works to bring Promise back to students
Gov. Jennifer Granholm announced Thursday during a conference call she will visit MSU next Wednesday as part of her efforts to bring back the Michigan Promise Scholarship.
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ROTC members honor, remember veterans
The names of those who have graduated from MSU and died in battle are listed on the walls of the MSU Alumni Chapel, which became a gathering place for hundreds who honored veterans Thursday.
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Burns to speak at MSU in December
Filmmaker Ken Burns will visit MSU in December as part of the College of Arts and Letters Signature Lecture Series.
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Orchestra hosts high school students
Select students from Michigan high schools will join the MSU Symphony Orchestra at 8 p.m. Saturday at Wharton Center.
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MSU researchers to help create Mich. ethanol site
One of Michigan’s first ethanol facilities is set to be created with the help of a group of MSU researchers.
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Animal rights group dicusses MSU's practices
A national organization is calling on MSU officials to consider alternatives to how the university teaches its veterinary students.
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ASMSU members consider potential department cuts
Almost two weeks after proposals to discontinue dozens of MSU departments and programs were announced by MSU officials, ASMSU’s Academic Assembly took the matter into consideration Tuesday at its general assembly meeting.