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New app developed by MSU student could take back sent messages
Too often, people send text messages they regret and wish the messages could be taken back.
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MSU Police investigating separate assault and battery complaints
The MSU Police Department is currently investigating two separate assault and battery complaints involving a man throwing an unknown substance on women in the Spartan Village area, according to a statement released Friday.
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Landlords and student activists lobbying for change of E.L. housing ordinance
A nearly two decade old East Lansing city ordinance has landlords and student advocates lobbying for change. Ordinance 900, introduced in 1997, forbids landlords from making structural changes to student oriented rental housing, according to documentation from the city government.
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Life-size Leonardo DiCaprio cardboard cutout stolen from the Union
According to reports, a white male subject wearing a bright green hooded sweatshirt stole a life-size Leonardo DiCaprio cardboard cutout. The subject then reportedly ran out of the Union into a vehicle, which ran over a victim’s foot.
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Students create app to get cars home after night out
Driver on Tap, an app originated in the Lansing/East Lansing area and created by MSU students has been picking up a lot steam in its first year of operation.
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Students celebrate 4/20 despite marijuana laws
For some, April 20 is just another day, but to others, it’s a day of celebration.
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Engineering approval needed before Abbot Manor repairs
Following further inspection of the closed Abbot Manor building on April 8, the city deemed WestPac, the owning company, needed a plan from an architect or engineer sealed by with the State of Michigan Seal before repairs to the building could be made.
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Breaking down room and board increase for 2016-17 academic year
On-campus students will see yet another increase of room and board rates for the2016-2017 academic school year. But this time, it is the lowest number in at least 18 years.
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For one MSU student, letters and numbers are colors
We walk through life seeing the world in a way that most take for granted. Objects appear as they do and we just assume that's the norm.
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MSU student uses her business to start scholarship for international students
With the funds raised through her online store, sociology junior Kady Cox established her own scholarship for students in Belize.
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Park District buildings to be demolished by end of 2016
The City of East Lansing and representatives from WGR Finance LLC met Wednesday at a hearing at the Hannah Community Center to discuss the future of the City Center II, or the Park District buildings
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One more Detroit resident sentenced in 2015 assault of MSU student in Spartan Village
Detroit resident Brittani Barber-Gribble was sentenced Wednesday for her role in the violent assault of Ryah Kelly in a Spartan Village parking lot last year.
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Members of community discuss issues at Honor's College 'Sharper Focus/Wider Lens' events
On Monday, members of the MSU and East Lansing community came together for a discussion and question and answer session as part of the Honors College "Sharper Focus/Wider Lens" event series.
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Graduate students host forum on barriers faced by immigrants
A small group of graduate students studying social work hosted an event Monday to discuss the barriers immigrants face in education upon their arrival to the United States.
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MSU police arrest man in connection with East McDonel Hall armed robbery
MSU police arrested a man on April 15 for an armed robbery which occurred the day before at East McDonel Hall, according to a statement. Tyrese Dajon-Rayshawn King, 18, is facing two charges of armed robbery, one count of home invasion in the first degree and one felony firearm charge.
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Transgender student, classmates allege professor routinely ignored gender identity
In a letter to The State News, Elliott discussed a situation in one of his classes where a professor refused to call him by his approved name.
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The State News hosts Glow Run 5K to benefit The Listening Ear
While the sun set over campus, runners were lacing up for the Glow Run 5k put on by The State News. Students and members of the community gathered at the rock on Farm Lane on Sunday for running and fun in the dark. The race will benefit The Listening Ear, a 24-hour crisis hotline in Lansing.
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Bikes and trash discovered during Red Cedar River cleanup
On Sunday, the MSU Fisheries and Wildlife club hosted its Red Cedar River cleanup.
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MSU Science Festival explains 'art of coffee'
Cara Nader said she’s been making coffee professionally since she was 18. Now, she runs a third-wave coffee shop in Lansing, specializing in bringing “high-quality coffee to the residents, students, and tourists of Lansing Michigan," she said.
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In wake of death of suicidal student, mental health resources on campus highlighted
With the MSU community still reeling from the recent suicide of Patrick Kegan Cochrane, mental health expert Victor Schwartz of the NYU School of Medicine weighed in on the current state of mental health on college campuses around the country.