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Gone viral

Whether it's an explicit video or a civil rights movement, social media has become a key tool in connecting people across campus as well as the globe. 

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ASMSU voices concerns in Big Ten Students Conference, sets sights on D.C.

ASMSU’s bill to create a Big Ten committee to provide feedback for President Obama’s proposed federal college rating system passed at the conference. Student government members from Iowa, Minnesota, Maryland, MSU and Ohio State will make up the committee and will work to provide a framework for rating colleges based on student needs in the conference.

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Packed buses prove frustrating for students

This overcrowding can cause students to be late to class because the buses won’t pick up passengers once they reach a certain capacity. No preference freshman Rachel Beck, who lives in Brody Neighborhood, shared the frustrations that come along with living on the outermost edges of campus when the buses are full. “Everyone starts crowding around ... and it just drives by us,” Beckmtg said. “It happens up to four times in a row sometimes, so I’ve been late to almost every single class this semester.”

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MLK march and conference highlights progress left to be made

As many as 350 people marched and congregated at Beaumont Tower. The march featured special guest Henry James Thomas, who was one of the original Freedom Riders in 1961. “I’m so happy that you don’t have to fight those battles now, but the ones I’ve told you about, you have to fight them,” Thomas  said. “We’ve come a long way, but as the good doctor said, ‘not quite enough.’”