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Common Ground Music Festival begins today
The Common Ground Music Festival 2015 is set to kickoff today, after a last minute hiccup in the lineup.
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MSU's gardens among best in the U.S.
MSU's W.J. Beal Botanical Garden and Hidden Lake Gardens have both been ranked by Best Colleges Online among the "50 Most Amazing University Botanical Gardens and Arboretums in the U.S." The rankings and ratings for each garden were assessed on a points system which awarded gardens for not only having a wide and manicured variety of plant species, but also for categories such as previous awards won, conservation and education, having a connected university degree program and 'Wow' factors. "I was certainly pleased and excited when I found out," Curator of the W.
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Trowbridge Road to close one lane starting next week
Begining the Monday after Independence Day Weekend, MSU Infrastructure Planning and Facilities will shut down one of the westbound lanes of Trowbridge Road at the intersection of Chestnut Road.
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Northbound US-127 exit to Trowbridge reopened after semi-truck accident
The northbound US-127 exit to Trowbridge Road is reopened after officials closed it because of an accident involving a semi-truck, according to an Ingham County advisory.
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Abbot Road construction scheduled to end in August
Construction on Abbot Road, between Burcham Drive and Saginaw Street, began Sunday, June 28 and is scheduled to finish mid August.
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Tobacco-free policy more educational than punitive
With the Board of Trustees decision last week to institute a new tobacco-free policy at MSU, a few aspects of the policy have yet to be ironed out before it is eventually implemented August of 2016. However, MSU spokesperson Jason Cody said the policy will be geared toward education rather than be punitive in nature.
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MSU Police warn community of phone scammers
MSU Police are alerting community members of East Lansing of a potential telephone scam. According to a press release from the MSU Police, several East Lansing community members have reported callers claiming to be police officers and telling people they have a warrant out for their arrest for tax evasion with the FBI and IRS.
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MSU Grand Rapids Research Center begins construction
Ground was broken Wednesday on the construction of MSU's new Grand Rapids Research Center. The building is an $88.1 million, six-story, 162,800-square-foot facility that will include research program spaces and five core labs that will benefit the MSU College of Human medicine scientists and researchers. "We envision the MSU research building and Grand Rapids Innovation Park to be a gateway to the Medical Mile and a magnet attracting business in life sciences and growth in the biotechnology sectors," MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon told MSU Today. The new research facility will be located on the corner in Monroe Avenue in downtown Grand Rapids and is expected to be completed and opened late 2017. When it opens, it is expected to support 260 members of the MSU College of Human Medicine's scientific research teams.
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VIDEO: GrandRiver Coffee Cafe closes its doors to student dismay
After hearing about the cafe closing, students spoke in appreciation of what GrandRiver Coffee Cafe has brought to them in the past few years. For many students, GrandRiver Coffee Cafe has been a favorite place to study and hangout with friends.
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MSU Board of Trustees approve increased tuition and smoking ban
The Trustees raised tuition by 2.7 percent for in-state lower division students, or roughly $12 per credit hour, and 2.7 percent for upper division students. Though the Trustees lamented the tuition raise, with many blaming the declining state support for higher education. “These always difficult decisions, balancing acts," President Lou Anna K.
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MSU Board of Trustees meets to discuss tuition hike, smoking ban
Two major votes will be taken by the MSU Board of Trustees at their June 17 meeting that will effect students for years to come.
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Failure, success and changes: university life proves a source of anxiety for many
Homework, work, classes, relationships — college students have a lot going on in their lives. With so much to do, many students often feel anxious and stressed, and as a result, anxiety disorders tend to form.
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Lawmakers, university officials discuss unifying campus sexual assault prevention statewide
On June 8, the Snyder administration announced a $500,000 proposal for the 2016 fiscal year budget to go toward preventing sexual assault on college and university campuses.
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MSU Engineering advisor to receive national award
After nearly 20 years of "dedicated service to the nation’s community of academic advisors," has earned Dan King.
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Women's Resource Center finds new interim director
The MSU Women's Resource Center has seen a new interim director who began her tenure early in the summer semester. Lydia Weiss took over from Jayne Schuiteman, who has taken a position as the Senior Institutional Equity Investigator at MSU,
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Activists from multiple Michigan universities converge at MSU
Looking at strengthening bonds between campus groups and strategizing for the next few years, the MSPN picked MSU to hold its state-wide event, organizing to better fight the injustices they so strongly advocate against.
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Students weigh benefits of online summer courses
Although MSU is more relaxed in the summer, there are still professors teaching on campus and students doing homework and going to class. “One of the biggest differences with the summer course is it’s only seven weeks, opposed to 15 weeks in the other semesters, so everything is rushed,” doctoral student Julie Bell said.
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Wharton Center for Performing Arts hires new Director of Operations and Administration
Beginning in early July, the Wharton Center for Performing Arts will see a new leader.
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Machinery fire in Biochemistry building extinguished
A fire in the Biochemistry building was reported shortly before 8 a.m. Wednesday, causing a brief road closure of Wilson Road between Farm Lane and Bogue Street, according to an MSU police tweet.
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Week in Review: May 29
This week's top stories, brought to you in one minute or less. Click to read more about the Engineering Library project petition, campus bike impoundment, the retrial of alumnus Meng Long Li and Brandon McLittle's guilty plea.