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Group's goal to make MSU post its spending
A new student group, Students for Prosperity, wants to see for themselves where tuition dollars and other money given to MSU is being used.
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Group rings in 'Year of the Rat'
Wendy Yuen saw break dancing, Taekwondo and step dancing at the Lunar New Year Show on Saturday, and couldn’t pick a performance she liked the most.
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ASMSU meeting in review
ASMSU’s Student Assembly allocated $300,000 to fund three concerts later this semester during its meeting Feb. 7.
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Latin Xplosion hits campus
Pink and red rose petals covered the floor and the words “love” and “amor” shone under the lights at the 11th annual Latin Xplosion on Friday.
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Inventors' Day accepting proposals
Students interested in the renewable energy and biofuel industry in Michigan can present their research and invention proposals to field experts at Biofuel Inventors’ Day.
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Author to speak on self-image
Author Jessica Weiner, dubbed America’s “Queen of Self-Esteem,” will speak at 8 p.m. Tuesday at Wharton Center.
MICHIGAN
Election draws student activism
With people between 18 and 29 years old representing 21 percent of the voting population, voters within the age range of MSU students are making their votes count with increased political activism.
NEWS
Windchill advisory in effect today
A windchill advisory is in effect for the Lansing area until noon today. This morning, the windchill was predicted to be near minus 24 degrees. According to the National Weather Service of Grand Rapids, wind gusts could reach about 30 miles per hour today.
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Student found dead in Spartan Village
A 29-year-old MSU student was found dead at about 6:30 p.m. Wednesday in his Spartan Village apartment.
NEWS
Leaving a digital footprint
Your friends aren’t the only ones looking at your Facebook.com profile. Employers are beginning to use the site, and others like it, as a way to screen job candidates.
MSU
Speaker discusses sex, gender
Claudia Gonzalez learned Thursday to understand and interact with people who identify outside of binary genders from someone who has lived the life firsthand.
MICHIGAN
Winter brings pothole problem
Students with cars on campus can expect to hit plenty of bumps in the road this coming year as a result of widespread potholes.
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Debate team sets sights on nationals
Winning makes Abby Schirmer feel like all her hard work has paid off. The international relations senior got that feeling last weekend when the MSU debate team took home top honors in the Owen L. Coon “Big Ten” Debate Championships held at Northwestern University.
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Granholm's budget plan would boost MSU funding by $9.75M
A proposed 2.7 percent increase in MSU’s state funding is a good sign for the future of higher education, MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon said.
MICHIGAN
Romney suspends campaign
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney’s decision to suspend his presidential campaign Thursday left some MSU students disappointed about his early exit.
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Federal court reviews Proposal 2
A federal judge is reviewing the constitutionality of Proposal 2 after hearing arguments Wednesday in a U.S. District Court in Detroit.
MICHIGAN
Spartans sound off on results of Super Tuesday
Despite Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., emerging as the Republican presidential front-runner on Super Tuesday, the national election picture is still murky because of a deadlocked Democratic race, MSU community members said Wednesday.
MICHIGAN
Lansing area transforms into winter wonderland
With snow falling fast and continuously Wednesday, even students were beginning to accumulate the wet, puffy flakes.
NEWS
Stolen tickets sold online, confiscated from student
Two Will Ferrell comedy show tickets were stolen from Breslin Center and sold to a student Friday at an unnamed East Lansing location, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
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MSU officials ban Shafer, begin hiring process to fill former duties
MSU officials have banned Richard Shafer, assistant director of Student Life, from contacting students for the remainder of the semester amid an investigation to determine if he violated university policy.