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MSU ROTC cadets to join others in off-campus training exercises

Alethia Kasben

March 24, 2011

This weekend, 140 cadets in MSU’s ROTC program will train outside the classroom at Fort Custer in Battle Creek, Mich., to conduct drills on problem solving, land navigation and weapons training before taking on larger tasks. The training event, called the Michigan Cluster Field Exercise, will take place alongside more than 600 cadets attending universities including Central Michigan University, Western Michigan University and the University of Michigan, said Bill Lukaskiewicz, a retired lieutenant colonel who is an instructor with ROTC.

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Conference to showcase student research

Laura Fosmire

March 24, 2011

When it comes to research happening on campus, doctoral student Christina Campbell knows all about the research being done in the psychology department.

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Kosher options adds variety to meals

Alethia Kasben

March 24, 2011

Adding to the variety of dining options, students have yet another choice. On March 21, a new kosher option was made available at Wilson Hall, said Samuel Appel, president of the Jewish Student Union.

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RHA members elect vice president for upcoming academic year

Laura Fosmire

March 24, 2011

Members of RHA, the Residence Halls Association, elected Kelcey Gapske to serve as vice president for the 2011-2012 academic year.

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Fraternity hosts hot dog eating contest

Stephen Brooks

March 23, 2011

Wednesday’s cold and rainy weather notwithstanding, the newly opened restaurant What Up Dawg?, 317 M.A.C. Ave., served as the host to Sigma Chi’s Pre-Derby Days Coney Contest.

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The Record Lounge moves to new location

Lauren Gibbons

March 23, 2011

Heather Frarey began dreaming of owning her own record store in high school. After three and a half years of business, her dream will be realized fully as she makes plans to move her store, The Record Lounge, to a main-level location in downtown East Lansing.

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Panel educates about disasters in Japan

Megan Durisin

March 23, 2011

About 50 people packed into Room 303 International Center on Wednesday evening took a moment of silence to remember the more than 9,000 victims of the March 11 earthquake and the following tsunami off the coast of northeastern Japan.

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Students raise money for Cambodian town

Emily Wilkins

March 23, 2011

A few weeks ago, Eda Uong stood before a room of about 30 MSU students and repeated words first spoken to him by a U.S. solider in his home country of Cambodia.

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Four Loko returns to store shelves without caffeine

Zane McMillin

March 23, 2011

Brightly colored camouflage cans are back on Michigan stores’ shelves after a state entity OK’d the restocking of Four Loko and other controversial malt beverages.

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Spring weather might distract students’ work

Summer Ballentine

March 23, 2011

For marketing sophomore Josh Davidson, pushing through the second half of the semester has been difficult, especially with the coming of warmer weather.

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Universities discuss higher education

Laura Fosmire

March 23, 2011

MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon was in Lansing on Wednesday to give her take on the university’s role in the state’s economy before the House higher education appropriations subcommittee.

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RHA elects new president, VP

Laura Fosmire

March 23, 2011

After electing Sarah Pomeroy as president March 2 and Wednesday’s scheduled vice-presidential election, representatives from RHA, the Residence Halls Association, are preparing for the upcoming school year.

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Study: Many students suffer hearing loss

Summer Ballentine

March 22, 2011

Whether she’s walking to class or falling asleep at night, Sharmaine Ingram listens to music “all the time.”

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Study abroad continues in some unstable nations

Emily Wilkins

March 22, 2011

Going to study in a new country can be daunting. Going to study in a country that has a travel warning placed on it by the Department of State is even more so.

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Gender Neutral MSU holds information sessions

Summer Ballentine

March 22, 2011

At an informational meeting on Tuesday, students asked representatives from Gender Neutral MSU for details about the proposed gender-neutral housing option at MSU.

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Students compete to win city’s next bright idea

Lauren Gibbons

March 22, 2011

The entrepreneurial cogs started turning in Allison Manchel’s brain when she and her roommate were driving in East Lansing’s infamous Feb. 2 “snowpocalypse” and was having trouble seeing out her front windshield.

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Medical alliance to be discontinued

Megan Durisin

March 22, 2011

Following an anonymous $100 million gift Western Michigan University announced it received Tuesday to start a medical school, MSU will lose a medical student training partnership it currently has with Kalamazoo hospitals, according to The Grand Rapids Press.

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Center to host meeting on Japan

Megan Durisin

March 22, 2011

The MSU Asian Studies Center will host a community forum on the recent disasters in Japan at 7 p.m. tonight in Room 303 of the International Center.

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Council likely to request Brownfield funding for Ann Street project

Lauren Gibbons

March 21, 2011

A request for a grant to use state money to clear up chemicals on a future redevelopment site is scheduled to be discussed by the East Lansing City Council at its work session at 7 p.m. Tuesday.

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Libertarians protest US involvement in Middle East

Megan Durisin

March 21, 2011

Four thousand seven hundred fifty-eight is a number the Michigan State College Libertarians doesn’t want to see go up — and it’s a number they wish hadn’t gotten so high to begin with.