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Officials break ground on new HopCat East Lansing
The shovels were for the renovation. The hops were for beer.
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Proposed bill will raise Mich. minimum wage by 2016
State lawmakers introduced a bill last week to raise Michigan’s minimum wage from $7.40 to $10 by 2016.
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Surfers take advantage of flood, surf Red Cedar River
It’s hard not to stop, watch and take photos when you see someone surfing on MSU’s campus.
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Briggs students present at research forum
A buzz of biology, chemistry and the environment began to fill Holmes Hall Monday afternoon as the first day of the Lyman Briggs College Research Symposium took full swing.
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Lansing casino battle continues
The Sault St. Marie Tribe of the Chippewa Indians has been given a little less than a month to proceed with an appeal of a federal ruling blocking the attempt to build a casino in Lansing.
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Followers angered by MSU trustee's Boston tweet
MSU Trustee Mitch Lyons faced some criticism Friday evening when he turned to his personal Twitter account to express his disgust by recommending punishments for the second Boston Marathon bombing suspect, which included removing “his limbs without anesthesia so he can rot in prison.”
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Rain, rain go away: Red Cedar highest since 2001
Brought on by the wettest month in the history of April in the Lansing area, the flooding of the Red Cedar River reached 7.69 feet this weekend, the highest level since February 2001.
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Community members remember Boston through Lansing Marathon
Less than a week after the tragic events at the Boston Marathon, Lansing hosted the nation’s first marathon since the incident, but not without mention of the events and an increased security for the event, according to race officials.
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Mardi Gras drag show draws hundreds
Eleven professional drag kings and queens strutted their stuff down Bourbon Street at the Official MSU Drag Show on Friday in the International Center. With a Mardi Gras theme, the Crossroads Food Court was transformed with green, purple and yellow decorations, such as feather boas hanging from the ceiling, spotlights and a stage.
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Funds raised to support library
The East Lansing Public Library hosted its second-annual Books, Bites and Bids Library Fundraiser on Friday. About 350 East Lansing community members attended and thousands of dollars were raised.
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Spartans relay for cancer fund
For Department of Psychiatry professor James Hillard, it was obvious how important events such as Friday night’s Relay For Life of Michigan State University were in his battle against cancer.
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Cyclotron founding father remembered
Though best known as the reason MSU will be home to the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, or FRIB, to friends and family, Henry Blosser was a gardener.
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Red Cedar flooding reaches more than 7 feet
?As of 2:45 p.m., the flooding of the Red Cedar River has reached 7.69 feet, the highest since February 2001, said Jim Maczko, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Grand Rapids.
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Update: Weekend damage to Sparty statue totaled $300
The beloved Sparty statue’s cleaning following this weekend’s unwelcome paint job in University of Michigan colors cost nearly $300. The statue itself is valued $10,000.
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Enough evidence against McCowan for murder trial
Nutritional sciences senior Andrew Singler texted a series of profane messages to Okemos resident Connor McCowan the night he reportedly drove to Singler’s apartment and stabbed him until he fell bleeding onto the floor, Feb.
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New laws, legislation change 4/20 holiday
Weed, pot or reefer — whatever you call it, marijuana will be under the spotlight this coming weekend. As the annual and unofficial “marijuana holiday” draws near, some marijuana users could be lighting up as usual, while others could be under tighter regulations. Saturday marks the infamous 4/20, a day many celebrate by smoking marijuana.
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Making the best of it
Media and information junior Elliot Zirulnik could have let his disorders define him. Instead, he has embraced his autism and essential tremor by making the best of it.
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ASMSU in jeopardy of losing student tax funding
ASMSU, MSU’s undergraduate student government, faces the risk of losing student tax funding after deciding to decline passing a bill to turn the group into an official university department and transfer funds to the university financial system at the general assembly meeting Thursday night.
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MSU’s Journalism Hall of Fame pick disputed
To the dismay of the nonprofit Anti-Defamation League, publisher and editor-in-chief of The Arab American News, Osama Siblani will be inducted into the Michigan Journalism Hall of Fame on Sunday.
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RECESS alternative career fair postponed to next fall
The alternative career fair, RECESS, and electronic music show, featuring Kaskade, originally scheduled to take place Friday will be postponed because of inclement weather.