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Body found Wednesday near south campus identified
The missing body MSU police found April 13 on the south side of campus has been identified as missing French senior Patrick Kegan Cochrane.
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MSU honors National Poetry Month with Spring Poetry Festival
The month of April is National Poetry Month, and MSU is recognizing the month through the Spring Poetry Festival.
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MSU police report two instances of theft and an assault
MSU police are reporting two incidents of larceny and an incident of felonious assault which all occurred within the past week.
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MSU professor wins global water research award, strives to help Flint
On March 22, 2016, MSU professor and water microbiologist Joan Rose was awarded the 2016 Stockholm Water Prize, an honor known globally for water research.
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Gigi's Cupcakes opens shop in East Lansing
Near South Neighborhood, the latest location of a nationwide franchise with a unique back-story opened its doors. Gigi’s Cupcakes opened on Trowbridge Road across from Fresh Thyme Farmer’s Market and MSU’s South Neighborhood in East Lansing.ch Gigi’s is a national baking franchise that began in 2008 “just off music row,” in Nashville, Tenn.
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East Lansing budget to decrease by 8 percent during 2017 fiscal year
The East Lansing City Council and the directors of multiple East Lansing city departments met on Tuesday for a special budget work session to review the city’s 2017 budget.
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Checking in on students' New Year's resolutions
As spring blooms through the stubborn Michigan cold and April enters its midway point, there is one thing that by now, many students have forgotten — their New Year’s resolution. According to the University of Scranton, 24 percent of people do not finish their New Year’s resolution. Now, four months into the year, The State News took to the streets of MSU to ask Spartans how they’re holding up with their own New Year’s resolutions. Ly said he felt his resolution was pretty common — working out and getting in shape.
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MSUPD discovers body on south campus
MSU Police announced via a statement that this morning the department discovered a body on the south side of campus.
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Courts offer amnesty program for those with outstanding warrants for not paying fines and costs
The 54A, 54B and 55th District Courts are currently offering a way to help local residents clean up their criminal records by the end of April.
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President Simon announces the end of coal use at T. B. Simon Power Plant
MSU's T. B. Simon Power Plant has burned its last lump of coal. MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon said the plant is no longer running on coal, a goal of MSU's Energy Transition Plan started back in 2012, during a live stream panel on Tuesday.
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Students feel misled by East Lansing housing rental company CRMC
Some current and former lessees of 243 Center St., believe they were misled by the property’s ownership, CRMC.
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Archery brings two friends and competitors together
Recently, neuroscience senior Erin Formiller and human biology senior Katie Glover took up their bows and arrows and shot together for one of the last times of this semester.
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Spartan Film Festival showcases student talent
Student film talent shined bright on April 9 at the annual Spartan Film Festival.
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MSU police boasts its own crime analyst, servicing multiple departments
The Michigan State Police Department is the only local department with its own crime analyst who helps detectives investigate a myriad of crimes through an expertise in research and crime trends.
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Submerged Sparty's cart, acid spill and power outages all in one week
It all began with a golf cart. A famous golf cart, driven by the mascot of the university.
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Year of prepping comes to fruition for MSU steel bridge team
For the last year, MSU's steel bridge team has spent the last year designing, construction and perfecting a large steel bridge that could hold as much as 2000 ppunds for a competition as part of the annual American Society of Civil Engineers conference.
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MSU police report assault near IM Sports Circle in East Lansing
MSU police are reporting an assault near IM Sports Circle, on the river trail behind the building between 12 a.m. and 1 a.m. early Sunday morning.
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MSU student still missing, has social media posts hinting at suicide
The Michigan State University Police Department is currently asking for the public's help in locating a missing MSU student named Patrick Kegan Cochrane, who was reported missing early this morning.
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Take Back the Night raises awareness for domestic and sexual abuse survivors
T-shirts that told the anonymous stories of sexual and domestic abuse survivors lined the main lobby of the MSU Union Thursday, March 7th, as part of The Clothesline Project, brought to MSU by a larger event: Take Back the Night.
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Civil and human rights highlighted by community at RCAH PeaceJam
On Wednesday, the Residential College in the Arts and Humanities hosted a PeaceJam Jam as part of Wednesday Night Live.