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Students discuss growing up without a father

Jazmyne Cheese never got to say goodbye to her dad before she moved out. Cheese grew up in a divided household. Her parents fought, her dad was accused of cheating with another woman and even though she refers to herself as a daddy’s girl, when the time came, she left with her mother.

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ASMSU to look at low-cost student health care

ASMSU is looking into creating a low-cost student health-care plan in light of possibilities that the university will make health care mandatory for all MSU students in the future. ASMSU is MSU’s undergraduate student government.

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MSU to create scholarship initiative

MSU will announce the Spartan Scholarship Challenge this weekend in hopes of raising millions for students in need of scholarships sparked by an anonymous gift of $10 million to the university in April.

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Caution urged on networking sites

Students who spend countless hours on Facebook staying in touch with friends and keeping up with the latest applications might need to be more cautious in what they click, according to a statement released by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

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Community Music School hosts jam sessions

Sounds of folk melodies radiated through the Residential College in the Arts and Humanities lobby in Snyder Hall on Tuesday night as passers-by applauded a circle of musicians, each contributing to the tunes with their own instrument.

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Native American rights art stolen

A week before an on-campus exhibit aimed at forcing viewers to consider Native American rights was expected to conclude, several pieces of art were stolen, leaving the artist disappointed by what he called a lack of respect.

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MSU joins RosBREED project to create better tasting fruits

For Amy Iezzoni, quality fruit doesn’t start at the grocery store; it starts in a laboratory. Iezzoni, a horticulture professor, will be part of the four-year, $14.4 million grant research project called RosBREED. The project will allow researchers to match favorable traits in strawberries, cherries, peaches and apples to improve the fruits’ quality and create new breeds.

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Students host Arab Awareness Week

Arab students at MSU will attempt to break down some of their culture’s stereotypes this week, during several events dedicated to what might be one of the most misunderstood regions in the world.

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Swine flu affects campus

University officials are almost sure swine flu has arrived at MSU, but it’s impossible to tell how many people have been infected with the virus because it is so common officials don’t test for it.