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Students balance family, academics
The night graduate student Susanna Joy’s daughter broke her arm at the beginning of this semester, she knew she would be late for class.
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MSU data shows summer enrollment increasing steadily every year
Tackling economics online wasn’t the best experience for chemical engineering senior Austin Kennedy, but he’s now closer to graduation in four years thanks to taking the summer course.
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Anemia patient to see ellen DeGeneres
Yesterday, Southfield, Mich., resident Hope Sovran’s wish came true when she received a phone call from Ellen DeGeneres.
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ASMSU aims to extend Main Library hours
Students who want to hit the books on the weekend soon could utilize extended hours in the Main Library if members of ASMSU’s Academic Assembly have their way.
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College of Agriculture and Natural Resources prepares for 97th ANR Week
When most students desert campus next week for spring break, many seeking sunshine and sandy beaches, members of the agriculture industry will be sprawling across MSU’s campus.
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Resident mentors to see changes to program
Jason Warner has referred to resident mentors as RAs since he first arrived at MSU simply because he was more familiar with the term. Soon, however, the sophomore in the landscape and nursery management program who lives on campus won’t have to worry about this accidental misnaming — resident mentors officially will be renamed resident assistants in the near future.
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More representatives nominated for RHA vice president position
Five students have been nominated for the vice presidential position for next year’s session of the Residence Halls Association, or RHA, following a period of nominations at RHA’s Wednesday night meeting.
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MSU innovations help save race car drivers in crashes
When race car drivers crash on the track, such as at Monday’s Daytona 500, a neck device innovated by MSU researchers is helping some stay safe from harm. The HANS neck device is one of many examples showing MSU’s success at bringing bright ideas to fruition, business professor Roger Calantone said.
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Political parties not playing a role in ASMSU elections, unlike at U-M
When Shreya Singh decided she wanted to run for president of the Central Student Government at the University of Michigan, she realized she had different ideas than the two main political parties.
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Students use various E.L. delivery services
When marketing freshman Mia Jefferson came to MSU in fall 2011, she heard rumors from students that the laundry room in her building would damage her clothes, and she did not look forward to spending hours doing laundry.
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Nubian skeletons reveal secrets of ancient times
“From the banks of the Nile to the banks of the Red Cedar.” That’s how Todd Fenton, an associate professor of anthropology at MSU, describes his current project, in which he and students working in his Giltner Hall lab are observing medieval Nubian skeletons, which four MSU graduate students helped excavate from Africa, on loan from the British Museum.
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President Simon addresses decreasing graduation time
MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon stressed the importance of reducing students’ time to graduate at Tuesday’s University Council meeting.
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Phi Sigma Pi hosts panel discussion to address bullying concerns, solutions
In 2002, East Lansing resident Kevin Epling dealt with a tragedy few can dream of: his son’s choice to take his own life. Epling discussed bullying, which led to his son Matt’s mental distress and eventual suicide, in a panel discussion Monday evening in the Engineering Building. The event was hosted by the national coed honors fraternity Phi Sigma Pi.
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Students take care of business during spring break
After spending a week relaxing and lying on a Florida beach during her spring break two years ago, Erica Swoish felt like she got nothing out of her vacation. So last year, when the communication junior heard about a program that would help her explore a number of businesses in her future career field, she jumped at the chance.
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Japanese doll collection on display
Five large wooden crates filled with more than 70 traditional Japanese dolls all neatly packed up arrived at MSU last Wednesday after visiting the Dominican Republic as part of a worldwide tour.
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New candidates compete for trustee positions
Two additional candidates are vying for seats on the MSU Board of Trustees in this year’s election. Democrat Brian Mosallam, a financial adviser for Dearborn-based AXA Advisors, and Republican Jeff Sakwa, a real estate broker from Farmington Hills, Mich., are joining current trustees Joel Ferguson and Melanie Foster in the race for trustee seats.
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Students plan trips to Mexico despite warning
The State Department warning was issued Feb. 8 because of drug-related crimes and kidnappings targeted at Americans, but popular destinations including Cancun and Playa del Carmen are not part of the advisory.
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New online summer course teaches zombie survival
This summer, zombies are coming to terrorize MSU. As a component of Glenn Stutzky’s new online course beginning this summer, “Surviving the Coming Zombie Apocalypse: Catastrophe & Human Behavior,” students will be divided into survivor groups where they have to solve problems and perform activities related to a hypothetical zombie invasion.
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FRIB funding controversial among legislators
Since the federal proposal to cut funding to $22 million from the original $55 million in committed funding for the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, or FRIB, earlier this month, several legislative voices are crying out to show continued support for the project.
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John Mayer to perform at Wharton Center in April
Wharton Center officials announced John Mayer is coming to campus on April 10. Tickets go on sale Friday.