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Student Organic Farm opens for business, rain or shine
Spring is here and the MSU Organic Farm stand is back up and running.
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European students reflect on rise of Donald Trump
The 2016 American presidential race has most certainly gone through its highs and lows. There's been major gaffes, questionable behavior at debates, FBI investigations, and an uproar of angry at their government and willing to take anybody that at least doesn't sound like a politician. It's become a mess of a political event that has made it difficult for analysts to properly say why exactly this election cycle has been so eventful.
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Tinder losing steam on MSU's campus
After exploding in popularity the past couple years, the dating app Tinder might be losing steam on MSU’s campus.
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City Council votes no on Tin Can water pong, darts application
At the last meeting of City Council, council voted 5-0 against an application for an entertainment license brought forward by newly opened bar, Tin Can.
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Student starts his own medical device company
Business preference freshman Bailey Paxton has been traveling the country since the summer before his senior year of high school, courting investors and networking with manufacturers to get his medical device company off the ground.
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RISE hosts its annual Earth Day extravaganza to promote awareness, sustainable living
The Bailey Hall greenhouse was flush with busy volunteers as the Residential Initiative on the Study of the Environment, or RISE, hosted its fourth annual Earth Day extravaganza on Friday.
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East Lansing holds fifth annual Taste of East Lansing
The Community Relations Coalition, or CRC, held its fifth annual Taste of East Lansing event on Saturday, April 23.
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New app developed by MSU student could take back sent messages
Too often, people send text messages they regret and wish the messages could be taken back.
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MSU Police investigating separate assault and battery complaints
The MSU Police Department is currently investigating two separate assault and battery complaints involving a man throwing an unknown substance on women in the Spartan Village area, according to a statement released Friday.
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Landlords and student activists lobbying for change of E.L. housing ordinance
A nearly two decade old East Lansing city ordinance has landlords and student advocates lobbying for change. Ordinance 900, introduced in 1997, forbids landlords from making structural changes to student oriented rental housing, according to documentation from the city government.
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Life-size Leonardo DiCaprio cardboard cutout stolen from the Union
According to reports, a white male subject wearing a bright green hooded sweatshirt stole a life-size Leonardo DiCaprio cardboard cutout. The subject then reportedly ran out of the Union into a vehicle, which ran over a victim’s foot.
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Students create app to get cars home after night out
Driver on Tap, an app originated in the Lansing/East Lansing area and created by MSU students has been picking up a lot steam in its first year of operation.
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Students celebrate 4/20 despite marijuana laws
For some, April 20 is just another day, but to others, it’s a day of celebration.
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Engineering approval needed before Abbot Manor repairs
Following further inspection of the closed Abbot Manor building on April 8, the city deemed WestPac, the owning company, needed a plan from an architect or engineer sealed by with the State of Michigan Seal before repairs to the building could be made.
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Breaking down room and board increase for 2016-17 academic year
On-campus students will see yet another increase of room and board rates for the2016-2017 academic school year. But this time, it is the lowest number in at least 18 years.
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For one MSU student, letters and numbers are colors
We walk through life seeing the world in a way that most take for granted. Objects appear as they do and we just assume that's the norm.
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MSU student uses her business to start scholarship for international students
With the funds raised through her online store, sociology junior Kady Cox established her own scholarship for students in Belize.
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Park District buildings to be demolished by end of 2016
The City of East Lansing and representatives from WGR Finance LLC met Wednesday at a hearing at the Hannah Community Center to discuss the future of the City Center II, or the Park District buildings
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One more Detroit resident sentenced in 2015 assault of MSU student in Spartan Village
Detroit resident Brittani Barber-Gribble was sentenced Wednesday for her role in the violent assault of Ryah Kelly in a Spartan Village parking lot last year.
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Members of community discuss issues at Honor's College 'Sharper Focus/Wider Lens' events
On Monday, members of the MSU and East Lansing community came together for a discussion and question and answer session as part of the Honors College "Sharper Focus/Wider Lens" event series.