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Non-traditional dating methods provide offbeat avenue to love
It’s as easy as swiping right or swiping left. Or is it?
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Graduation rates on the rise for MSU
Since many college students do not complete their coursework in four years, tracking graduation rates at MSU can be difficult for administration.
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Colony of bees placed in Bailey Urban Farm, to be used for educational purposes
A new colony of bees have been placed in Brody Neighborhood.
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College of Engineering experiencing growing pains
With the increase in enrollment for the College of Engineering, students are finding it hard to utilize college resources such as computer labs with so many students vying for lab time.
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Featuring dances, a fashion show and concert, Cultural Vogue has become diverse celebration
What began as a fashion show has now developed into a mix of fashion, dance and music as a celebration of the unity between Asian and American cultural identities.
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Dance Marathon for charity raises more than $30,000
MSU Dance Marathon, the largest student organization on campus, hosted the sixth annual Dance Marathon which raised more than $30,000 for The Cassie Hines Shoes Center and the Sparrow Children’s Center.
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In his spare time, student produces MSU-themed raps
By Katie Winkler Kwinkler@statenews.com Prior to the men’s basketball teams appearance in Indianapolis for the Final Four, students created videos to hype up the fans and honor the team’s achievements.
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Spartans vs. Zombies inspires glee in participants
“The fear you put in the resistance members' eyes... all of a sudden... they get swarmed and surrounded by a bunch of zombies and they’re just on their heels... that’s really the best thing.”
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Psychological conditions, not just weight, affect eating disorders
As an 8-year-old girl, Jane was encouraged by her father to go outside and play, not for fun, but with the goal of maintaining a healthy weight.
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Take Back the Night met with indifference after tumultuous year
It’s worth saying that the weather wasn’t great. And this year’s march didn’t have the draw of a speaker like MSU alumna and sexual assault survivor Gretchen Whitmer — who spoke last year — for clout, but it still seemed like the fervor that had once been felt for the issue was fading from MSU.
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Popular accounting professor to retire after 15 years of teaching
Accounting professor Charles Bokemeier is described as "passionate" by his colleagues and influenced many of his students.
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Powdered alcohol might not debut in Michigan under new bill
Powdered alcohol has raised some concerns among legislators, who have taken action in blocking the product from hitting shelves in Michigan.
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Arabic Poetry Night offers venue for cultural literature
Arabic Poetry night allowed students the chance to read and write poetry specific to arab culture.
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Two honors college students receive Goldwater Scholarship
Two Honors College students received the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship for their work with STEM-related research.
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MSU announces plan to end use of coal in power plant
MSU will eliminate coal burning at the T.B. Simon Power Plant south of campus by the end of 2016 in an effort to reduce carbon emissions.
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Completing the cycle
It's a continuous cycle. The Student Organic Farm plants crops that are harvested for the MSU dining halls. Then the waste from those meals is composted and used as fertilizer for the next batch of crops.
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ASMSU elections underway with less than half of seats competed for
Of the 34 total seats that can be filled by college representatives in ASMSU’s general assembly, currently there are only 15 candidates running for a college representative position.
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Black transgender activists host panel discussion, hope to inspire compassion
CeCe McDonald accompanied other black transgender panelists speaking to the transgender community at MSU Monday evening in the RCAH theatre.
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Steering Committee begins dialogue on undocumented student concerns
“Dr. Maurer, does your medical school consider applications from undocumented students," was the question posed to Assistant Dean of Admissions for the College of Human Medicine at a routine college admissions talk in 2013 at the University of California-Riverside. The question took him by surprise and he was present at the Steering Committee meeting Tuesday afternoon to begin a dialogue about this issue at an institutional level.
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Plea deal offered in alleged karaoke bar attack
Meng Long Li received an offer to reduce his charge to a one-year misdemeanor of aggravated assault. The charge makes Li's case so the maximum punishment is jail for a maximum one-year sentence, as opposed to the 10-year felony he is currently facing.