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Walk raises funds for cancer

Specks of pink and white flooded the front lawn of the state Capitol on Saturday as 3,000 participants gathered for the American Cancer Society’s Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk.

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Crosswalk safety

Whether she’s tardy for class or trying to get somewhere fast, zoology junior Marilyn Smith has been known to throw caution to the wind when traversing campus crosswalks.

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Great Lakes water a factor in '08 race?

The Great Lakes were at the center of a debate on water use this weekend as environmentalists criticized Democratic presidential candidate and New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson for suggesting that Great Lakes states could help quench some Southwestern states’ thirst for water.

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Beef returns, gives students more options

Burgers were back on students’ plates this weekend as a campus-wide ban on ground beef came to a close, MSU officials said. The beef was banned at all campus cafeterias on Oct. 6 at the request of ground beef supplier J&B Meats, which was testing for E. coli.

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Students help clean weekend mess

Local students and permanent residents joined together early Sunday to help clean up East Lansing. The Spartan Football Cleanup, sponsored by the Community Relations Coalition, or CRC, united residents to help clear the aftermath of Homecoming weekend.

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Sculpture celebrates E.L.'s 100th

The agitating noises of construction traveled from the West Village redevelopment to Valley Court Park at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, but during this 2007 East Lansing Centennial Celebration, the sounds were symbolic.