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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.

MICHIGAN

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.

MICHIGAN

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.

MICHIGAN

Community reacts to Red Cedar closing

As Katrina Brooks waited outside Red Cedar Elementary School Tuesday to pick up her kids, she couldn’t help but wonder whether or not her children would have the same number of opportunities at their new school next year.

MSU

‘Tis the season

Well, here we are again. We are back to being cold, pumping hot beverages through our veins and screaming at our friends to “shut the (insert expletive here) door” before the cold air seeps into the room.

MICHIGAN

Pell Grants face possible cuts after current year

The federal Pell Grant program, a source of student funding for about 9.4 million students nationwide, is safe from falling over the fiscal cliff — for now. As President Barack Obama and leaders in Congress continue to negotiate how to address the year-end fiscal cliff — a $500 billion combination of scheduled tax increases and mandatory spending cuts that take effect in January — they will be forced to find a quick solution or risk plunging the nation back into a recession.