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MSU focuses on search for officials

In early 2012, MSU officials will focus on the search for a new vice president for research and graduate studies before turning their attention to filling the positions of vice president for university relations and vice president for student affairs and services, university spokesman Kent Cassella said.

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Medical students grow mustaches for charity during 'Movember'

Christopher Cooley was told countless times to shave off his mustache last month. He said a barber even told him it looked terrible, and he needed to get rid of it. Although the second-year medical student was tempted to shave it off at times, he kept his mustache through November because it was a symbol of his commitment to spreading awareness about men’s health.

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MSU pledges to reduce energy 20 percent by 2020

MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon joined President Barack Obama, former President Bill Clinton and others Friday in Washington, D.C., to launch the Better Buildings Challenge, aimed to promote energy efficiency in buildings across the country.

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BSA works to study 5,000 hours

During the eight days prior to finals week, the Black Student Alliance, or BSA, and other black student organizations are hosting the first MSU Study-in in an effort to combat the low retention and graduation rates of students within the MSU black community.

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Grad. students unite to promote social justice

Sitting in class during his first year of law school at MSU, Jonathan Litt wanted to collaborate with professionals in the field to discuss the issues he was studying in his text books, but he felt he had no outlet to help him connect.

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Local hero and with national legacy honored

Malcolm X is best known as a political and religious figure, but it was his connection to Michigan and Greater Lansing that motivated MSU’s African American and African Studies program to host an event examining the significance of his experience in the area.

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Humanities and STEM fields both important at MSU

Sean Fitzpatrick, a freshman in the Residential College in the Arts and Humanities, or RCAH, said he chose his major because it allows him to put his interests and talents to use. “During (an RCAH) presentation, I was amazed by how much it seemed like it would fit,” Fitzpatrick said.