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More than protecting our flag

For those in the color and honor guard at the Veterans of Foreign Wars, or VFW, Post 701, participating in parades and raising flags is just a small part of what they do.

MSU

Meat Judging Team re-emerges, tests MSU students

Jill Gulick has loved pigs since she started raising them for fairs as a child. This passion for pork led the animal science junior straight to the pursuit of a career in swine genetics in addition to a role on MSU’s Meat Judging Team.

MICHIGAN

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.

MSU

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.