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Wells Hall Starbucks proves successful
The Starbucks location at Wells Hall has been brewing up a storm with the MSU community since its opening in September 2011, officials said.
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MSU Museum prepares for its Chocolate Party Benefit
Visitors to Kellogg Center on Sunday will be treated with chocolates of all shapes and sizes during the 23rd annual MSU Museum Chocolate Party Benefit.
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UAB plans masquerade ball
Students who want to waltz into a fairy tale will have the chance to dance the night away at a masquerade ball Saturday night.
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Muslim American cultural event to be held Friday
A group of Muslim scholars and writers will meet on campus Friday for the annual Muslim Studies Program Conference, a symposium focusing on Muslim American cultural expression.
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Tower Guard accepting applications for Shamrock 5K Run-Walk-Roll
The MSU Tower Guard will be hosting a 5-kilometer run on St. Patrick’s Day to raise funds for people with disabilities. The 12th Annual Shamrock 5K Run-Walk-Roll will begin at 11 a.m.
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Face Time: Kelcey Gapske
On Wednesday night, the Residence Halls Association, or RHA, elected social work junior and current RHA Vice President Kelcey Gapske as the new president for the 2012-13 year. Gapske will spend the next several weeks transitioning into her new role before officially taking office April 11.
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Students learn about African affairs, empowering women
From the minute Peggy Blackford arrived in Africa more than 10 years ago, she began to see the influence MSU had on the continent. “I met many people there … who had studied (at MSU), and I began to understand the prestige of the program here in African studies,” she said.
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Amber's ambition
Apparel and textile design senior Amber Bembnister has been busy this month. The peer-elected student director of the second annual ATD Fashion Show has been working closely with fellow students and faculty advisers to make sure the production goes off without a hitch.
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Gradhacker blog gains popularity
A blog created last year by MSU graduate students about the ups and downs of graduate student life recently has partnered with news publication Inside Higher Education. The blog, GradHacker.org, officially began publishing on the Inside Higher Education website in December 2011 and now averages between 3,000-4,000 unique hits per day, said graduate student and GradHacker co-editor Katy Meyers.
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East Neighborhood hosts soul food dinner
Red, green and black decorations, jazz music and the smell of soul food greeted members of the MSU community during East Neighborhood’s Soul Food Extravaganza! on Thursday evening. The event, hosted by East Neighborhood and Culinary Services, was held at Akers Hall cafeteria and helped celebrate Black History Month.
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Individual rights advocacy group speaks at MSU
Nearly four years after fighting the university to address policy issues that landed her in front of the Student-Faculty Judiciary Board, former ASMSU Association Director Kara Spencer once again discussed MSU policy issues on campus, along with the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, or FIRE.
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Ash Wednesday observed by students
This year, instead of giving up the usual temptations for Lent — candy, sweets and pop — interior design junior Amanda Devera is striving for more. “They’re my weakness,” she said. “But I think this year, I decided to not give something up … and (instead) go to church more.”
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Emergency plan aims to keep students safe from pandemics
From severe weather to disease outbreaks, MSU’s emergency operations plan is an evolving set of procedures officials are using to react to life-threatening situations.
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Students present for multicultural heroes competition
For the past three weeks, finance freshman Erin Lasenby has spent about three to five hours a day with her friends.
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Bill passes to strip some graduate students of right to unionize
State senators quickly pushed through a bill Wednesday that would strip some graduate student employees of the right to bargain for pay and other benefits through labor unions. The bill, which first was introduced in the Senate last week, would prohibit graduate research assistants from forming unions, which are designed to protect the rights of student workers.
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Alumnus runs 73 marathons, inspires runners on campus
Today, Steve Coffman, 64, who earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from MSU in 1969 and 1976 respectively, has run in 73 marathons and is preparing for his 74th in April, this year’s Boston Marathon. It will be Coffman’s 35th consecutive Boston Marathon.
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Student group protests war with walkout
When Israeli soldiers came to campus Tuesday, a struggle overseas was brought to East Lansing after a group of student activists protested the Israeli and Palestinian conflict. As an Emerson Fellow for StandWithUs, a program that aims to educate students across the globe about Israeli affairs, political theory and constitutional democracy senior Raffi Appel invited special guests to campus to share their side of the Israeli and Palestinian conflict.student group protests war with walkout
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Lawsuit against MSU College of Law moves forward
A lawsuit claiming the MSU College of Law discriminated against a 61-year-old job applicant is moving forward after a federal court ruling Friday. The suit, which first was filed July 28, 2011, by Nicholas Spaeth, claimed the MSU College of Law and five other law schools discriminated against him because of his age when they reviewed job applicants.
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Study abroad participation sees gender disparity
When international relations junior Sam Kilberg spent 10 weeks studying abroad in China last summer, he said he made lifelong friends and completed his entire third-level Chinese language requirements. “I had the trip of a lifetime,” Kilberg said.
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MSUFCU hosts Professional Prep Dinner
Special education sophomore Cheryl Graff stopped by the Union on Tuesday to pick up etiquette tips that could help make or break a lunch or dinner meeting during her future career.