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MSU fraternity, racing club host promotional car show
Car guys and fraternity brothers combined their horsepower Saturday to host the first MSU Racing Club Spring Car Show.
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Graduating seniors recognized for involvement within MSU LBGT community
Psychology senior LaShonda Windham was a sophomore in college when she first began to identify as an LBGT individual. And she couldn’t have done it without MSU’s lesbian, bisexual, gay and transgender community.
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Plant research team receives $4.1M grant
MSU’s Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology has received a $4.1 million grant from the National Science Foundation, according to an MSU release.
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MSU hosts event discussing dangers of texting while driving
Amanda Umscheid sent her sister a text on May 16, 2009, and never got a return response. She soon found out from a family member that her sister had been involved in a fatal accident caused by texting while driving.
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MSU to host undergraduate linguistics conference
No matter what language students speak, a weekend conference at MSU is aiming to bring them all together.
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ASMSU General Assembly approves 2011-2012 budget
ASMSU’s General Assembly voted 20-1 to approve the 2011-2012 fiscal year budget Thursday night, which totals a little more than $1.49 million.
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MSU Cookie Club holds baking competition
Derek Tisler knows about cookies. On Thursday, Tisler put his cookie knowledge to the test and entered his batch of cookies in the MSU Cookie Club’s cookie baking competition in the basement of Mason Hall.
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MSU student groups promote openness with Sextival
It was a student dressed up as a pack of birth control that made studio art senior Sammy Brooks stop by the rock on Farm Lane on Thursday afternoon.
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E.L. honors community members with Crystal Awards
Residents of East Lansing gathered together to honor four recipients of community awards at the city’s 24th Crystal Awards reception on Thursday night.
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Greek houses hold car wash for Make-A-Wish Foundation
Numerous students and community members made a stop from their daily routines at the Chi Omega sorority house, 229 Burcham Drive, Thursday afternoon to have their cars washed for a good cause.
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Teacher swap offers global experience
Sophia Cheng was born in Mexico, but her tongue might be German.
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MSU hosts social networking workshop for students, professionals
Students who cringe at the thought of tweeting might need to rethink the way they view social media to remain competitive in the job market, journalism professor Karl Gude said.
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MSU Fencing Club places sixth in national tournament
Following a recent tournament success, the MSU Fencing Club hopes to build on its strengths in the coming years.
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MSU awarded grants for being green
The deputy secretary for the Department of Agriculture visited campus Wednesday morning to honor MSU for being one of the greenest of the green research institutions in the country.
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MSU Police to train students, faculty for emergency events
Preparing faculty and staff to think in a survival mindset, the MSU police presented a pilot training program for active shooter and hostage situations Wednesday in the Main Library.
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Smithsonian offers internship opportunity, job to student
When art history and visual culture senior Meghan Burke received a call that she would be interning at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., she was both shocked and relieved.
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Humphrey Fellows finish program in E.L.
For Rinchen Lhazom and Munkhsoyol Baatarjav, an opportunity to experience the U.S. in a professional setting included community participation on both a university and city level.
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MSU students, faculty represent sustainability with fashion exhibit
Anna Motz always has been infatuated with fashion and design. It wasn’t until she stumbled upon an apparel class at MSU that she decided to switch her major from business to a double major in apparel and textile design and interior design.
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MSU trustees approve plan for new source of energy
Likely not to be hitting the fan — but powering it — a new waste-based energy source is drawing the attention of MSU officials to see if it can prove to be financially viable.
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MSU professor to debut piano piece
Derek Polischuk, an MSU assistant professor of piano and director of piano pedagogy, will perform at 8 p.m. Friday at the Music Building Auditorium.