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Local middle school students part of exchange program through MSU

Michael Kransz
August 7, 2013

Middle school students from Lansing and South Korea are swapping cities to understand and respect other cultures. “This program provides a learning experience that books and lectures don’t provide,” Residential College in the Arts and Humanities, or RCAH faculty member Joanna Bosse said. “Learning in a diverse community is an inherently valuable thing. It causes us to examine our values and not take anything for granted.”

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Locals take part in new hybrid golfing event

Tyler Beck
August 5, 2013

With strike pads, golf clubs and birdies in hand, young athletes in the Lansing area are taking up a new sport. Meridian Township Parks and Recreation is hosting their first four BirdieBall events, each one at a different park, with North Meridian Road Park hosting the Meridian Open Championship on Monday.

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City Council to determine winner of Park District project Tuesday

Derek Kim
August 5, 2013

A decision at tomorrow’s East Lansing City Council meeting could revitalize the underused buildings on the west side of downtown. After a summer of deliberation, the city council is set to recommend either DTN Management Co. or Lurvey White Ventures as the private development partner for the Park District project, formerly known as City Center II.

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Whole Foods to open Okemos store in 2015

Derek Kim
August 4, 2013

Whole Foods Market, the eighth-largest food and drug store in the U.S., will open a new location in the East Lansing area in 2015. Founded in Austin, Texas in 1980, with a staff of 19 people, Whole Foods will build its newest Michigan location on East Grand River Avenue, engulfing the space currently home to Velocipede Peddler, 2758 E.

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Local festival features fierce bath tub races

Anya Rath
August 4, 2013

The annual International Bath Tub Races held in Bath, Mich., is much more than a series of tubs on wheels flying down Main Street. For Bath residents, it’s war. The bath tub races, one event out of the many during the Bath Days Festival, was held Saturday, drawing a crowd of 2,000-3,000 spectators. JD Larner, MC for the event and a lifelong Bath resident, said the races, a beloved Bath tradition, began in the early 1980s. There are a few rules as to what a tub used in the race can feature.

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MSU Formula Racing Team offers networking

Tyler Beck
August 4, 2013

Few things get blood pumping like going from zero to 60 miles per hour in less than five seconds. MSU’s Society of Automotive Engineers, or SAE, Formula Racing Team is winding down its successful season and gearing up for next year.

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Recent study shows major increase for prison costs

Holly Baranowski
August 4, 2013

For years, when policymakers were asked how they would protect the public, the answer was to put more people behind bars. Although this policy applied to the entire nation, Michigan saw the effects more than most states. The effect was an explosion in prison populations and, in turn, an explosion in the budget for correctional facilities, MSU economics professor Charles Ballard said.

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MSU adapts to lower high school graduation rates

RJ Wolcott
August 4, 2013

From Friday night football games, to homecoming dances, to simply schmoozing with friends, high school is remembered by most with a certain nostalgic aura. But Michigan might see significantly less students trekking across gymnasiums to receive their diplomas, according to research from the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, or WICHE. The report, Knocking at the College Door, details shifts in graduation rates state by state, placing Michigan in the dwindling product category, saying the state is expected to lose 15 percent or more high school graduates in the near future.

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MSU joins fight to gain more research funding

Katie Abdilla
August 4, 2013

Last week, MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon signed an open letter to Congress and President Barack Obama, taking a stand against federal funding cuts geared toward higher education and their research ventures. Her mission? To end an innovation deficit. To fill a gap between what research does and what it can do.

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MSU researchers debunk game theory

Michael Kransz
August 1, 2013

Two MSU researchers quashed a spin on evolutionary game theory from 2012 that held coercion as a more favorable action than cooperation. “In an evolutionary setting, these zero determinant strategies (those using coercion) will go extinct,” said Christoph Adami, professor of microbiology and molecular genetics.