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Voting can bring issues for some minorities
Election day for the East Lansing City Council has arrived and MSU faculty, students and community members will be heading to the polls.
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Student-created app to monitor electricity use
MSU students are developing Carbon Cash, a web and smartphone app that will help monitor how much electricity university buildings are using. The hope is for fellow students to download the app and compete with one ?another to save energy. The program will allow them to earn points and redeem rewards for being the most conservative energy users.
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Impact 89FM hosts viewing party for YouTube Music Awards
As part of their aim to expand MSU students’ music experience, Impact 89FM hosted a live-streaming event of the first YouTube Music Awards on Sunday. The event started with Impact 89FM showing their best YouTube videos, showing local bands and artists, hosting a short trivia and giving out prizes.
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MSU donor dies at 99
Former Michigan State College, now MSU, alumna and Wharton Center founding member Betty Price died Oct. 20.
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International students practice interview skills
The job interview process often is nerve-wracking for anyone, but five students experienced something even more stressful this past Friday when they a public interview in front of an audience of students and job recruiters. The event was organized by MSU’s China Entrepreneur Network Organization, or CEN, and was modeled after the Chinese reality show, “Only You”, where contestants compete for jobs in a televised interview where recruiters publicly hire or deny contestants.
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IM fields closed for tailgating Saturday
Munn field and other intramural fields will be closed for parking before the Spartans face off against the University of Michigan on Saturday because of the heavy rains East Lansing experienced throughout the day Thursday, MSU police announced Thursday.
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MSU to install artificial turf at Munn Field
A new artificial turf field in the southeast corner of Munn Field will be available for use by the Spartan Marching Band and others starting next August. Artificial turf is much more durable than grass and the field will serve the band, classes, intramural sports, club sports and intercollegiate sports.
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Engineering students create voting joystick
MSU engineering students are helping to develop a joystick that could make it easier for disabled people to cast votes. The joystick will create a force feedback, giving voters the opportunity to feel the movement as they go through the ballot.
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East Lansing adds moped parking spots to three downtown ramps
The city of East Lansing is accommodating for the growing trend of moped use by designating free moped parking slots in downtown parking structures. The three parking structures with new moped parking slots include the Division Street Parking Structure on 430 Albert Ave., Grove Street Parking Structure on 330 Grove St.
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Ann Arbor boy creates biking event from Michigan Stadium to Spartan Stadium to raise money, awareness for ALS
While the Spartan and Wolverine football teams will be waking up and mentally preparing for the big game Saturday, a group of 15 bikers will hit the road on from Michigan Stadium to Spartan Stadium to raise awareness and funds toward amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS. 13-year-old Ann Arbor native Sam Sugerman, along with his close friends and family, ventured on an six hour, 65-mile excursion sponsored by Ann Arbor Active Against ALS, also referred to as A2A3, last year on the day of the Michigan-Michigan State football game.
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Dispute over TA pay with MSU officials dragging on
Going through a year and a half of arbitration to receive about a week’s worth of pay, is unacceptable to the MSU Graduate Employees Union, or GEU.
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Racist Halloween costumes gain community attention
A viral social media posting showing two college-aged Florida men dressed as Trayvon Martin and his killer, George Zimmerman, has sparked a conversation about how race is portrayed in Halloween costumes. Costumes representing offensive stereotypes of ethnic groups such as American Indians or Mexicans might be found on the streets of East Lansing Thursday night, creating the question among students and faculty of when costumes are no longer fun and simply offensive.
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New MSU organization offers networking opportunity for medical students
Medical students can make their voices heard through the Joy Initiative, a new series of focus dinners where medical students can network and discuss their studies with peers and administrators. The program began as a research project in April of 2012 with psychiatry resident Miko Rose.
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ASMSU bill calls for new higher-ed fund
ASMSU’s policy committee recently passed a bill calling for the state Legislature to pass a resolution related to an increase on the Michigan Sales Tax, with the goal of creating a post-secondary education fund.
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U-M pres. to speak at MSU fall graduation
With a football showdown looming between MSU and the University of Michigan, it was announced on Tuesday that U-M President Mary Sue Coleman will become a Spartan — sort of — when she receives an honorary doctorate of laws degree at a December commencement.
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MSU reacts to Saudi Arabian driving protests
An American 16-year-old’s right of passage has become a battle cry in Saudi Arabia as women demand the right to drive a car — a movement that’s captured the attention of people worldwide, including at MSU. Videos and pictures of the protest have circulated through Saudi women’s tactics of driving and then tweeting or posting Youtube videos of their unlawful actions.
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Office of Campus Sustainability releases report highlighting university's efforts
The MSU Office of Campus Sustainability released a report highlighting the sustainability efforts made by students, faculty and researchers so far this year. The report evaluated both on-campus and global research, as well as academic and community outreach programs. The report stated MSU has experienced a 17 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions since 2010, 60 percent increase in recycling on campus since 2008 and 43 percent decrease in materials sent to landfills since 2008.
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Growing green
Green roofs on MSU’s campus might be hidden from sight to the average passerby, but they are gaining ground in the eyes of horticulture professors and students alike.
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Earthquake in Japan draws attention on campus
Mother Nature struck Japan again this past weekend, this time with a 7.1-magnitude earthquake rumbling the Pacific Ocean about 200 miles from the coast of Fukushima, Japan — a situation that caught the attention of MSU students and experts. Around 2:10 a.m.
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Possible next dean of ISP talks future, ideas
L. Van Crowder, one of the three finalists for the International Studies and Programs, or ISP, dean position discussed his goals and plans for the department during a presentation on campus Monday. Crowder, senior director of education, health and community development in the Millennium Challenge Corporation, which is part of the U.S. State Department, discussed the importance of exploring the many international options offered through MSU and other potential future programs.