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MSU

Festival draws crowd, showcases 100 films

Gold stars on the floor led the way to theaters in Wells Hall, showcasing 100 films from around the country during the East Lansing Film Festival. The movies, most of which were independently produced, might not have sounded familiar to students and local residents, but they attracted a crowd. Attendants and volunteers were buzzing about the turnout and the shows.

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Opening new doors

He hadn’t even left home for his freshman year at MSU, but animal science senior Uri Donnett and his family had spent months talking to housing officials over the phone, hoping to resolve a conflict. Donnett, a transgender student assigned to a female floor and female roommate in Brody Hall, said the arrangement would have been uncomfortable.

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Police Brief 03/26/09

A 21-year-old woman and 35-year-old man, both from Lansing, reported a 32-piece knife and block set stolen from their exhibit at the Lansing Home & Garden Show at the Pavilion for Agriculture and Livestock Education, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.

MICHIGAN

Bill aims to end texting while driving

When interdisciplinary studies in social science and international studies senior Elizabeth Kurkowski is driving and there aren’t many other cars on the road, she’ll occasionally send a quick text message to a friend.

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Task force to evaluate Chicano group director

Animosity between the MSU Chicano/Latino Studies program director and students over the director’s performance will be the subject of an investigation by a College of Social Science task force in the coming weeks after students called for her job.

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Police Brief 03/25/09

A 19-year-old female student reported $138.75 of fraudulent charges made on her Spartan Cash account for 16 orders to Menna’s Joint, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.

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Fatal car crash ruled intentional

MSU police completed its investigation of the fatal vehicle crash involving kinesiology sophomore Josh Parks, ruling it an intentional crash, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.