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Students celebrate UAE’s national day
When looking around the Erickson Hall Kiva Friday night, traditional winter apparel staples such as boots, scarves and jeans were a rare sight.
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Winter Glow holiday festival helps local, small businesses
East Lansing rang in December with its annual Winter Glow festival, transforming downtown with carriage rides, ice sculpting and other Christmas-themed events.
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MSU OCAT hosts event to alert students to leadership roles, jobs
Ashley Walds thinks all students — regardless of their nationality, major or lifestyle — should be leaders on and off campus.
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Gov. Rick Snyder to address MSU graduates at commencement
At this year’s fall commencement ceremonies, Gov. Rick Snyder is scheduled to address graduating students, according to an MSU press release.
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Survey shows higher education needs to evolve to compete
With cuts in state funding for higher education during the last decade, some universities across the country are feeling the strain as they try to keep their programs competitive with less financial support. But even after restructuring budgets and increasing tuition, some people question if their degrees are worth the higher price. In a survey released Monday by Northeastern University, about 83 percent of participants said higher education institutions need to evolve to stay competitive in the global market.
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A family of fixers
Brothers Trevor and Calvin Badgley can trace their roots to a repairing shop at 304 S. Cippert St., in Lansing.
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Officials vote against health exchange
A state House committee struck down a bill to create a state-based online marketplace to compare health care options Thursday, abandoning efforts to meet the requirements of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
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Impact 89FM struggles with receiving tax money
Impact 89FM might be at the beginning of the end when it comes to its frozen student-tax revenue.
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Note-sharing sites fall under legal grey area for students
For accounting sophomore Tyler Lynch, karma has been the key to his success at MSU.
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Conversion therapy harmful, upsetting to LBGT community
Joshua Gronlund has never felt pressured to “convert.”
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Applying early key to landing summer internships
As classes wrap up and finals are quickly approaching, some students also are facing stress from another source — their search for summer jobs and internships.
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Michigan Attorney General appeals affirmative action decision to U.S. Supreme Court
Attorney General Bill Schuette filed a request with the U.S. Supreme Court Thursday to re-examine an appeals court’s override of a statewide ban on using affirmative action in university admissions.
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D'Annunzio's bill passes in House
After months of deliberation, Brandon D’Annunzio’s law passed the House of Representatives unanimously Thursday and is one step closer to becoming a law.
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MSU space balloon lifts off, goal to observe weather patterns
On Thursday afternoon, an MSU professor and students sent a weather balloon into space at the Detroit/Pontiac, Mich. Weather Forecast Office in White Lake, Mich., that contained five high-definition cameras and a GPS unit in hopes to make a documentary of a behind-the-scenes look at the process of sending a weather balloon into space.
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Palestine requests 'nonmember state status' in United Nations
After a turbulent month, Fred Goldberg is back to his old grind.
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Snyder gives hope for energy proposal
Just three weeks after Michiganians voted down a proposal to etch renewable energy requirements in the Michigan Constitution, Gov. Rick Snyder maintained the importance of resetting energy standard goals, but said this time, it should be under the oversight of the legislature.
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MSU sees decrease in testing for HIV
Although HIV often can seem like a topic easier to avoid than to address, the issue specifically is something college-aged students should start becoming more aware of, according to a recent study.
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Despite rumors, Facebook owns user rights
For the past week, Facebook has been buzzing with posts about users’ rights to their comments and photos, as some people have posted statuses stating Facebook does not have the right to use their private property.
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‘Fight Club’ executive speaks to students
The first rule of Fight Club: You do not talk about Fight Club.
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‘Teen Mom’ stars to speak on campus
Catelynn and Tyler from MTV’s “16 and Pregnant” and “Teen Mom” reality TV shows will be visiting campus on Thursday.