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Making noise
Dereck Perkins has spent the past 15 years helping others do something he loves: make noise.
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Muslim students celebrate end of fasting for Ramadan
Kinesiology senior Faraz Anjum had fasted for Ramadan before, but this year was different.
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Bricks from former MSC smokestack on sale at surplus store
Bricks from the former MSC smokestack have been on sale at the MSU Surplus Store since last weekend, and about 150 are already off the shelves.
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Union Deli opens on campus, gives students more options
Students craving soup and sandwiches on campus now can get their fix at the newly opened Union Deli in the Union food court.
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MSU greek organizations recruit new members at Greek Fall Welcome
Freshman Camaryn Self came to MSU from Chicago this fall without knowing many people from her hometown on campus.
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Min Jung Kim named deputy director of Broad Art Museum
Min Jung Kim has been named the deputy director of the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum, MSU announced today. Kim has served as managing director of exhibitions and programming at the Global Cultural Asset Management Group.
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New film explores physics, celebrates MSU collaboration
Physics has been an integral part of Brad Schoenrock’s life since the beginning of his college experience.
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Sparty joins Capital One competition
For the first time in the 10 year history of the Capital One Mascot Challenge, MSU’s mascot Sparty has been chosen as one of 16 mascots battling head-to-head for the crown of National Mascot Of the Year through online voting.
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Good will prompts students to help fill bus
To help families in need start the school year on the right foot, students and faculty are working to collect enough school supplies, hygiene products and non-perishable food items to fill a school bus.
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A flood of freshmen
MSU is welcoming about 7,800 freshmen to campus this fall — the largest incoming class to date — but some residence halls are experiencing close quarters while handling the influx of students on campus.
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Emmons Hall reopens for 2011-12
Living in newly-renovated Emmons Hall was the first choice for sophomores Carlyn Kellner and Rebecca Taylor this year.
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ASMSU looks to rectify problems from 2010-11
ASMSU representatives started the year off at a Sunday meeting with a vote to pass a newly-revised budget after calculation errors prompted the group to take a closer look at its numbers.
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Sparticipation introduces freshmen to MSU
Both of Chris Dye’s hands were stuffed with free recruiting information and incentives as he wandered from table to table Tuesday afternoon at Munn Field during this year’s Sparticipation.
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LBGT Resource Center welcomes incoming freshmen
When international relations sophomore Dylan Evans came to MSU a year ago, he was worried about finding friends and getting comfortable on campus.
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Libyan students uncertain of future amidst violent unrest
Libyan students living and studying at MSU continue to follow fighting among rebel forces and militia loyal to longtime Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi, amid intensified violence and reassurances from Gadhafi’s son that the eccentric leader still controls the country.
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MSU campus prepares for move-in rush
With the lazy days of summer coming to a close, campus is starting to get busier as the university prepares for the return of students to the area. In the fall, MSU will boast the largest freshman class in the university’s history, expecting to introduce about 7,800 new students to the banks of the Red Cedar.
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Japanese researchers come to MSU after earthquake
When a 9.0-magnitude earthquake rocked the Miyagi Prefecture in Japan in March, Masaru Nakata didn’t feel a thing.
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Behaviorist hired by MSU vet hospital
Amanda Rigterink has always had an interest in behavior when it comes to animals and a passion to share her knowledge with others. Rigterink, MSU’s first veterinary behavior resident, started seeing exclusively behavior cases at the MSU Veterinary Teaching Hospital, or VTH, in June. “My overall goal with the behavior service is to enhance the human/animal bond and to teach students about behavior,” she said. Chairperson of the Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences Charles DeCamp said having an animal behaviorist resident is significant.
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Student finalist in contest to meet Warren Buffett
When marketing junior Shannon McGreal-Miller heard she was one of 10 finalists in a contest to meet billionaire industrialist Warren Buffett, she was ecstatic.
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Undergraduates awarded for research presentations
Six MSU undergraduate students have received top honors for research presented through the school’s Spring University Undergraduate Research and Arts Forum during this past school year.