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U.S. veterans honored at 19th annual Memorial Day Service

Veterans and their families gathered at Glendale Cemetery, 2500 Mt. Hope Road, in Okemos, to be honored at the 19th annual Memorial Day Service and Vespers Program on Monday. Pre-ceremony bagpipes started the ceremony, along with the Pledge of Allegiance led by a volunteer from the local American Legion Post 269.

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Beautiful Minds

Months of hard work, glue gun scars and after-school practices came to fruition for students across the globe at the 34th annual Odyssey of the Mind World Finals, held at MSU’s campus May 22-25.

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Rules are rules

Many students have decided to stay in East Lansing this summer, whether it’s to take classes or to avoid subleasing their apartment. For those sticking around for the summer, The State News has compiled a list of some of the most common summertime mishaps that can land residents in trouble with law enforcement.

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E.L. City Council to decide on two developers to obtain city land

DTN Management Co. and Lurvey White Ventures were recommended to the East Lansing City Council by the Park District Planning Area Review Team to potentially obtain a slot of vacant downtown land including the former City Center II project area to develop projects. A 14-2 vote at Wednesday’s meeting at City Hall, 410 Abbot Road, eliminated Urban Cultural and Arts District LLC from contention.

MICHIGAN

Updated farm bill passes to senate floor

It’s 9:00 a.m. The sun already is peeking through the pallid gray of last night’s rain as workers start feeding the 190 cows chewing hay and grains with lopsided jaws that swing left to right, right to left.

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MSU student creates hit documentary

It started off with three friends. Throughout the spring semester, former Marine Logan Stark and MSU alumnae Lexi Dakin and Rebecca Zantjer worked diligently on their documentary project, editing video into the early morning, eating pizza rolls and enjoying one another’s company.

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MSU prof proves practice doesn't make perfect

Whether tossing a baseball, flipping through multiplication tables on note cards or plucking cords on a guitar, conventional logic dictates that practice makes perfect, however, new research reveals that there is far more to becoming proficient than simple repetition.