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Wharton Center held special training for sensory-friendly performance

Wharton Center staff have been taking strides to be a more inclusive environment and sensory-friendly performances are their latest project. The Wharton Center will host a sensory-friendly performance at 2 p.m. on Oct. 22, put together through a partnership with the MSU Department of Theatre. It will tell the life story of “Temple” Grandin, an autistic woman who fights for those on the autistic spectrum.

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Former ASMSU VP calls for president to resign

Following the perceived mishandling, former Vice President for Internal Administration Jason Porter said he had enough and chose to resign from the organization. Porter, who resigned on Oct. 13, said after the managing of the CRU incident and the censoring of minority students he and other members of the Office of the President called for ASMSU President Lorenzo Santavicca's resignation.

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Study finds MSU lost money in bank deals

$2.7 billion. That’s the number of dollars scholastic institutions like MSU have lost at the hands of big banking, according to a recent study published by The Roosevelt Institute. In a study conducted between 19 public and private universities ranging from Harvard to the University of Michigan, The Roosevelt Institute found MSU only contributed to about 4 percent of this $2.7 billion total.

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What you can buy with ASMSU's payrolls

The Associated Students of Michigan State University, or ASMSU, collects $18 from every student each semester as part of tuition. With a predicted enrollment of 94,621 for the 2016-2017 fiscal year, that leaves ASMSU with over $1.5 million to spend within their organization.