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Mugabe degree debate

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe is, in his own words, a “Hitler of the time.” “This Hitler has only one objective: justice for his own people, sovereignty for his people, recognition of the independence of his people and their right to their resources,” Mugabe said in a 2003 speech at the state funeral of one of his cabinet ministers.

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Political pupil

Pancake House waitresses wearing maroon T-shirts – the color of choice for the restaurant’s carpeting, tables and booths – float around the dining room, taking orders and delivering food.

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MSU Coffee Club gets insider tour

It was like a trip to Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory, but with coffee. That’s how members of the MSU Coffee Club described the group’s Monday tour of the roasting plant at Paramount Coffee Company, 130 N.

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Police: woman reports being drugged, sexually assualted

MSU police are seeking a suspect in a sexual assault reported on campus Sunday morning. A 21-year-old woman with no university affiliation told police she believes an acquaintance drugged her at a Lansing bar, took her to an unknown MSU residence hall and sexually assaulted her sometime between 4:15 and 8 a.m. Sunday, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.

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Police investigate student death, await autopsy results

A 22-year-old finance senior from Shelby Township died Sunday evening at Lansing’s Sparrow Hospital after his parents had him taken off life support. Robert Atherton was taken to the hospital when he stopped breathing at a friend’s apartment early Saturday morning.

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Law school may try in-house counseling

Going through law school can be a stressful experience for a student, and Connell Alsup knows it. That is why Alsup, the associate dean for student affairs with the MSU College of Law, is working with the school to start an in-house counseling center for law students.

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Powwow celebrates Ojibwe

Nichole Shepherd has danced to heal people in need ever since the idea came to her in a dream 10 years ago. “I had a dream about it, and if you dream about it, you’re supposed to do it,” said Shepherd, an English doctoral student enrolled in an Ojibwe language course. Shepherd performed the women’s jingle dress dance, a healing dance, during the seventh annual Ojibwe Language Pow Wow in Snyder-Phillips Hall Auditorium on Saturday.