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MSU

COGS looks to handle cuts, grad health care

MSU’s graduate student government will continue to address cuts to about 20 graduate programs and specializations, as well as health care issues affecting graduate and professional students this semester, officials said.

MICHIGAN

ELPD turn to 1940s design for new duds

A new year marks a new look for the East Lansing Police Department. Effective Jan. 1, officers with the department began sporting new uniforms, trading the usual light blue outfits for new dark blue slacks and shirts made from microfibers.

MSU

MSU grad new director of alumni group

When Scott Westerman arrived to Michigan from New Mexico about two weeks ago, the frigid temperatures made him feel at home. Westerman, who graduated from MSU in 1978 with a bachelor’s degree in telecommunication, left New Mexico and a vice president position with Comcast Corp. to become MSU’s new associate vice president for alumni relations and the executive director of the MSU Alumni Association. He replaced the association’s interim executive director, Stella Cash, this semester.

MICHIGAN

Greek probation comes to an end

Less than two months after the alcohol-related deaths of two MSU fraternity members prompted the greek community to prohibit houses from hosting parties of any kind, the self-imposed social probation has ended.

MSU

MSU looks to the future with expansion

In the coming months, MSU will navigate difficult waters as it makes decisions regarding the fate of dozens of academic programs and specializations. For Christoph Benning, however, a much brighter future is on the horizon.