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Report shows rise in average student debt

Two weeks after President Barack Obama announced his administration’s plans to provide relief to debt-ridden college graduates, a new report issued by the Institute for College Access and Success shows graduating seniors in 2010 continued to leave college with a rising amount of debt.

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Detroit youths mentored at MSU

Growing up in a single-parent home in Detroit hasn’t been easy for 12-year-old Destin Murry. As a middle school student in the Detroit Public Schools system, Murry is one of 25-30 children in MSU’s My Brother’s Keeper program.

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Phi Gamma Delta competes to donate books to Africa

MSU’s chapter of Phi Gamma Delta fraternity was the first student group out of approximately 1,002 competing groups across the country to donate 100 books to Books for Africa, the world’s largest shipper of donated books to the African continent through the Course Hero Knowledge Drive.

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Kirk Cousins, Cru tackle Christian cause

For weeks, MSU students have been asked repeatedly if they agree with senior quarterback Kirk Cousins. Thursday at the Auditorium, Cousins made his pitch, telling a packed crowd about his faith as a Christian.

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RHA aims to help E.L. community

MSU’s Division of Residential and Hospitality Services and Department of Intercollegiate Athletics are cosponsoring the fifth annual Help Tackle Hunger Food Drive.

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Studio crawl connects students, community

Advertising senior Mark Stuenkel made his way around Old Town Lansing Thursday afternoon with a notebook and copies of his résumé as he visited different creative companies during the fourth annual Mid-Michigan Creative Alliance Studio Crawl.

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RHA changes location of elections

Representatives in the Residence Halls Association, or RHA, General Assembly passed a bill to retire Van Hoosen Hall as the traditional location to hold RHA presidential elections at its weekly meeting.

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College of Law hosts swearing-in event

Hundreds of hours and thousands of dollars later, graduates from the MSU College of Law were able to celebrate passing the bar exam and beginning of their careers as lawyers after passing the bar exam by being sworn in by 30th Circuit Court Judge Rosemarie Aquilina on Wednesday evening.

Julia Nagy ·
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Opinions mixed on tray-less dining halls

Universities across the U.S. are taking away trays in their dining halls to cut down on costs and food waste, and MSU is working to cut down on trays step by step at some campus cafeterias.