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Residents, students look forward to planned E.L. ice rink

Stephen Olschanski
January 27, 2016

On cold winter mornings, afternoons, evenings, whichever pleased the local East Lansing kids that day, a hodge podge of kids could be found on flooded and frozen fields in local parks. The local gathering holes, the multiple ice skating rinks found in East Lansing, provided a way to make friends, memories and teach lessons. Some speculate East Lansing city officials were responsible for creating the fun while others speculate it was the East Lansing Fire Department. Nonetheless, whoever spawned the slick rinks ultimately halted it too. But now after a long hiatus, an East Lansing ice rink is back, in a new form and coming to Valley Court Park.

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Under perceived anonymity, threats online take on many forms

Rachel Fradette  and  Alexea Hankin
January 26, 2016

A year ago, former MSU student Matthew Mullen posted a threat to the anonymous app, Yik Yak. Two hours later, MSU police was knocking on his door in East Akers Hall to arrest him on charges of terrorism.ch Law enforcement's role in regulating new, anonymous sites and services on college campuses have come into question. Twitter, Facebook and Instagram — the dominant leaders of social media — have opened up new waves of receiving information in today's world. Internet users' interests in going online with a mask have birthed new, anonymous apps from Whisper to Yik Yak. While usually innocent in nature, these underground apps have in recent years become the vehicle of threats to groups large and small.

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MSU college helps start public health initiative in Flint

Ian Wendrow
January 24, 2016

Among the frenzy to assign blame for the ongoing Flint water crisis, it’s easy to forget that residents of the city are the hardest hit. Among those residents, the most vulnerable are young children and infants that have consumed lead contaminated water from the Flint River.

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Liberate MSU stages protest during game against Maryland

Josh Bender
January 23, 2016

Students from the National Student Activist Party affiliated Liberate MSU movement protested at the MSU vs. Maryland Men's Basketball game. The protest centered on Liberate MSU’s list of demands previously presented to the MSU administration. However the protest was also more general in focus. 

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LGBT groups hosting "The Come Out" at the Avenue Cafe

Deja Green
January 22, 2016

Humans Uniting for an Equal Society, or HUES, Lansing Association for Human Rights, or LAHR, and the Alliance of Queer and Ally Students at Michigan State is hosting “The Come Out” tomorrow at The Avenue Cafe, 2021 E Michigan Ave., in Lansing beginning at 7 p.m. on Jan. 22.

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Campus group floods social media with #SpartansAllIn

Rachel Fradette
January 21, 2016

The hashtag #SpartansAllIn has started to appear in social media feeds and will continue to do so as certain MSU students vocalize their faith for all to hear. Members of MSU Campus Crusade for Christ, or CRU, looks for new ways every academic year to proclaim the group's message to fellow students.

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IAH course curriculums to change, enhance diversity awareness

Deja Green
January 21, 2016

Director of the Center for Integrative Studies in the Arts and Humanities Kirk Kidwell said there are conversations about updating and revising curriculum to enhance awareness of diversity. “We have been having conversations about identifying courses more focuses on diversity and inclusion,”Kidwell said.

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HopCat to throw all day party for anniversary

Stephen Olschanski
January 21, 2016

Free crack fries and an all day party is how HopCat in East Lansing plans to spend the eighth anniversary of the first HopCat. The brewpub, famous for its multitude of beers and fries, turns eight years old Jan. 23 and is welcoming beer lovers and people everywhere to come join in the celebration at its seven locations throughout Michigan.

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Social skills learned in class vital to career success

Josh Bender
January 20, 2016

Every MSU student knows that academic success is vital to professional success, but as the working world continually evolves it may be the social skills you develop inside and often outside the classroom that land you a job. Career fields blending traditional technical skills with social skills will see the most growth according to Harvard Graduate School of Education professor Dr. David Deming, who visited MSU to speak on his recent study “The Growing Importance of Social Skills in the Labor Market.” Deming’s assertion is backed up by federal Bureau of Labor projections.