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High aspirations

Aaron Snyder
April 12, 2012

For comparative cultures and politics freshman Tommy Kladis, there’s more to school than hitting the books and studying day in and day out. Kladis has a passion for writing his own lyrics to express his thoughts through rapping. “What I’ve learned from James Madison (College) is you should do what you can to change the world, and I feel I could be the most effective influencing the world through music,” Kladis said.

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Students commemorate building with graffiti

Darcie Moran
April 12, 2012

Looking up at the words she had written across a wall in Morrill Hall, Melissa Downing could not help but feel nostalgic. Morrill Hall is scheduled to be torn down in March 2013, and the English Department hosted A Literary Graffiti Project on Thursday to celebrate National Poetry Month and the department’s place in Morrill Hall.

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Student organ donation recipients reflect on life during Donate Life month

Rebecca Ryan
April 12, 2012

When Sarah McPharlin was 11 years old, she almost died. After catching an autoimmune virus that caused her body to attack her heart, she was hospitalized and eventually placed on the organ donation wait list — she needed a new heart. After 38 days on the list, the kinesiology senior underwent a heart transplant. Although McPharlin realizes how lucky she was to have her life saved by organ donation, many others still are waiting for that chance.

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MSU's third annual Science University event starts Friday

Stephen Brooks
April 12, 2012

This weekend, MSU’s campus will be invaded by curious visitors and students of years past for the College of Natural Science’s third annual Science University event. Beginning Friday, about 140 alumni, faculty, staff, students and visitors are expected to make their way to MSU to attend an awards program for the college, tours of campus buildings and courses and presentations about the latest scientific happenings at MSU, Elizabeth Wheeler, College of Natural Science alumni relations coordinator, said in an email.

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Jamnesty 2012 brings music, awareness to MSU

Kellie Rowe
April 12, 2012

Born in Somalia, biomedical laboratory operations junior Salman Muridi holds the country close to his heart. But that’s not the only reason he cares about the famine currently affecting Somalians nationwide. “It’s not just the fact that that’s my homeland, it’s the fact that people are dying and nobody (is) doing anything about it,” he said.

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Students protest energy transition plan

Rebecca Ryan
April 11, 2012

A giant 18-foot-tall inflatable hand holding an inhaler swayed in the wind next to the rock on Farm Lane on Wednesday afternoon while members of MSU Beyond Coal rallied against the Energy Transition Plan by singing songs, sharing stories and holding up 10-foot-tall wooden sunflowers.

Derek Blalock ·
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MSU Police, SADD talk drunken driving

Derek Blalock
April 11, 2012

Family community services junior Nikki Noel believes drinking and driving is one of the most preventable causes of death, yet in 2010 there were more than 600 DUIs given out by the East Lansing Police Department — an increase of nearly 200 from 2009. Noel is a member of Spartans Against Drunk Driving, or SADD, and Wednesday they joined MSU Police near the rock on Farm Lane to help raise awareness of the consequences of drunken driving.

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Event highlights MSU innovation

Stephen Brooks
April 11, 2012

MSU innovations might be infiltrating the consumer market more quickly once a new Spartan Innovations LLC initiative announced Wednesday is up and running. The creation of a technology transfer enterprise called Spartan Innovations was unveiled at Wednesday’s second annual MSU Innovation Celebration at the Union, which also displayed numerous technologies and innovations made by MSU student and faculty inventors.

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MSU Police awarded Green Certification

Lauren Gibbons
April 11, 2012

After undertaking extensive renovations and taking steps toward efficiency by updating office practices, the MSU Police Department is being honored for going green. The department recently was awarded a Green Certification, an initiative forwarded by MSU’s Office of Campus Sustainability meant to honor campus units that have attempted to reduce their environmental footprint, Office of Campus Sustainability Project Coordinator Lauren Olson said.

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COGS pushes for monetary support for renovations

Rachel Jackson
April 11, 2012

MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon reiterated her support for renovating Chittenden Hall to the representatives of the Council of Graduate Students, or COGS, Wednesday during the group’s last full council meeting of the year outside the building.

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Students take their shoes off for cause

Rebecca Ryan
April 10, 2012

On her way out the door Wednesday to meet some friends at the rock on Farm Lane, advertising freshman Steph Benson bundled up for the chilly day, putting on her coat and mittens. But as she met the other students, they all had left an item of clothing behind — their shoes. Despite cold weather, about seven students met at the rock on Wednesday for a barefoot walk hosted by the MSU campus club for TOMS Shoes. The walk was part of a worldwide One Day Without Shoes movement on Tuesday in which people ditched their shoes to spread awareness about TOMS Shoes, an organization that donates a pair of shoes to a child in need each time a pair of shoes is sold.

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Locals encourage fair trade

Darcie Moran
April 10, 2012

With fair trade goods and programs lining a room in the International Center, local fair trade enthusiasts and curious students had their eyes glued to Jeff Goldman, the executive director of the Fair Trade Resource Network, as he spoke during the MSU Students for Fair Trade Club’s Fair Trade Bash on Tuesday at the International Center. Goldman read one of his favorite quotes about fair trade by Gisele Fleurant, director of the Committee for Haitian Artisans, during the event.

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Facetime: Stefan Fletcher

Rachel Jackson
April 10, 2012

Last month, members of the Council of Graduate Students, or COGS, elected Stefan Fletcher, who has been the COGS president for the past two years, to another term for 2012-13 after waiving a constitutional clause limiting executive board members to two terms. Fletcher and the other newly elected executive board members have spent the past few weeks transitioning before kicking off their new roles at the April full council meeting, which will be held at 5:30 p.m.