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MSU, Lansing on track for high speed internet

Isabella Shaya
July 12, 2012

Through the Greater Lansing University Community Next Innovation Project, or Gig.U, MSU and Greater Lansing are on track to having a one-gigabit-per-second Internet connection available to all students and community members. The local Gig.U initiative is part of the national University Community Next Generation Innovation Project, working to connect communities around universities with the students and school. The project was first introduced in February by the Greater Lansing Gig.U coalition, which includes the Lansing Economic Area Partnership, the Prima Civitas Foundation, or PCF, 325 E.

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Possible 20th-century boiler room discovered

Rebecca Ryan
July 11, 2012

Tuesday morning, Campus Archeologist and graduate student Katy Meyers shoveled the West Circle construction site, searching for clues about a discovered wall belonging to a structure lost in time. A week earlier, MSU Physical Plant Geographic Information Systems analyst Nick Voss found a wall below the ground next to Morrill Hall, and archeologists were called to check the scene.

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Iranian MSU student denied visa

Kellie Rowe
July 11, 2012

When Faramarz Vafaee heard his friend was leaving to go back to Iran to visit his ailing mother, he never thought his friend wouldn’t be able to make it back to MSU. After spending more than two years at MSU working on his doctorate in mechanical engineering, Saleh Rezaei Ravesh was denied re-entrance into the U.S. But his friends at MSU are fighting back.

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Bailey Hall's hoop house will give Brody green eats

Rebecca Ryan
July 11, 2012

Brody Square has found a way to put some of its food waste to good use. With renovations taking place in Brody Complex Neighborhood, food waste from Brody Square has been turned into compost used in a new hoop house, a rounded greenhouse where plants are grown in the ground, that’s being built on the south side of Bailey Hall.

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MSU packaging school study shows packages affect purchases

Zach Smith
July 10, 2012

A recent study from the MSU School of Packaging shows that consumers are more likely to purchase packages that have a long shelf life, are easy to open and are made from bio-based products. Georgios Koutsimanis, a doctoral student and graduate assistant, said the report asked people around the country what type of packages they would be inclined to purchase. “We couldn’t find anything like it,” Koutsimanis said.

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University discontinuing email services for alumni in August

Darcie Moran
July 9, 2012

Hope has officially been lost for alumni who wish to keep their @msu.edu email account. MSU has stopped looking into alternatives to completely deleting email accounts for alumni who have not registered for classes in over two years, university spokesman Kent Cassella said in an email Monday.

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Jobs more available during summer months

Lilly Keyes
July 9, 2012

Student employment steadily increases by about 500 to 1,000 students each academic year, according to a recent report done by Anna Barner, student employment coordinator in the MSU Human Resources Department. “It’s a trend we see every year,” Barner said. “Fall semester is one of our busiest times.”

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Book business slows between semesters

Rebecca Ryan
July 9, 2012

Greg Ballein, born and raised in East Lansing, has been at the Student Book Store, 421 E. Grand River Ave., since he was a teenager working for his father. About 30 years later, he still is at the business, but as an owner and manager, and said he has noticed his business is slower this summer than in the past.

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Summer lovin'

Samantha Radecki
July 9, 2012

Graduate students Sara Jablonski and Mukesh Ray laugh and talk while sitting under the shade of a tree outside of IM Sports-West on Sunday July 8, 2012 afternoon. Jablonski, from Buffalo, N.Y., and Ray, an international student from India, met at MSU this summer and have been dating for about a month.

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MSU ranks among best colleges to work

Darcie Moran
July 1, 2012

In 40 years, a lot of things have changed at MSU. One thing that hasn’t is how Joe Darden feels about his job — he still enjoys it. Happy MSU employees, such as Darden, are just one of the reasons MSU made Business Research Guide’s first annual Top 10 Best Colleges and Universities to Work For list.

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Changes made to teaching certification requirements

Darcie Moran
July 1, 2012

Lindsay Silber is both nervous and excited. As a recent graduate from MSU’s College of Education, she soon will be completing her postgraduate internship through MSU before she is recommended for her provisional teacher certification. She hopes to eventually receive a professional certification — a possibility that has grown more likely with new changes to the teacher certification requirements in Michigan.

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MSU Dairy milks every last drop

Darcie Moran
July 1, 2012

Packaging senior Levi Keepers prefers the MSU Dairy Store to other ice cream stores in East Lansing. He likes the accessibility on campus and the fact that its ice cream and cheese are made by MSU. And if all goes well, Keepers will be able to enjoy MSU dairy products knowing it wasn’t just made at MSU — it comes from MSU cows.

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Race against the heat

Adam Toolin
July 1, 2012

Sara Swanton, of Saginaw, Mich. swims laps at the IM Sports-West outdoor pool on Sunday. With summer temperatures rising, more people are coming to the pool to cool off and get some exercise.

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Grandparents University brings alums, family to MSU

Rebecca Ryan
June 27, 2012

Richard Patterson is staying in the dorms for the first time, but his experience is unlike many others’ because he is with his grandchildren and wife. Back when Patterson was a student at MSU in 1962, he lived off campus, but this week, he got a taste of what life is like for new MSU students.

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Law professor appointed to development advisory board

Zach Smith
June 27, 2012

MSU Law Professor Wenona Singel was sworn in June 12 to the advisory board of the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation after being nominated by President Barack Obama. Singel traveled to Washington, D.C., and was sworn in by United States Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood.

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Kicking it up a notch

Adam Toolin
June 25, 2012

Kimberly Fritzsche, of Owosso, Mich. practices a special technique of Taekwondo at IM West with the MSU Taekwondo Club. The club is part of both USA Taekwondo and the National Collegiate Taekwondo Association and is training for a national championship.

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Board of Trustees discusses funding for campus projects

Rebecca Ryan
June 25, 2012

At the MSU Board of Trustees meeting last Friday, the board did more than raise tuition 3.5 percent for in-state students and 5 percent for out-of-state students. It also addressed funding for student organizations, the establishment of a new research organization, the University Research Organization, and planning and proceeding of construction projects on campus.