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Where's the wiener?
No other wienie in history has spread as many miles of smiles as the infamous “Lamborwienie” – the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile.
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MSU student wins contest, awaits trip to Super Bowl
In one year, Jared Knoodle will have been to more major sporting events than many fans get to attend in a lifetime. Knoodle, a turfgrass management senior, attended the Major League Baseball All-Star Game in San Francisco in July. As winner of the sixth annual Toro Super Bowl Sports Turf Training Program, he’s packing his bags for his next destination – Super Bowl XLII in Glendale, Ariz.
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Kellogg Center readies to host career fairs
MSU is welcoming more than 160 businesses and organizations this week as the Kellogg Center hosts back-to-back career fairs. About 110 companies attended the Supply Chain Management Career Fair on Wednesday, said Hans Kraemer, a supply chain management senior who helped coordinate the event.
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UAB hosting swing, salsa lessons
The University Activities Board and MSU will host the second annual Super Swing N’ Salsa Spectacular Saturday in the Union.
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Simon scheduled for Q&A with RHA
MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon will meet with Residence Halls Association, or RHA, general assembly members today to discuss student concerns on campus.
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Consolidation of school set to begin in February
Departments within the School of Planning, Design & Construction will call a single building home when the school moves all operations to Human Ecology Building in September.
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Holiday celebrates environment
Students celebrated the new year of trees Tuesday night at Hillel Jewish Student Center by eating traditional dried fruits, planting flowers and parsley and promoting environmental awareness.
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Pfizer gives MSU, state universities at least $1.25M in extra equipment
Health care and pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Inc. announced plans Tuesday to donate $6.5 million in surplus equipment to Michigan’s research universities, including MSU.
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Students march to support civil rights
More than 40 years ago, Martin Luther King Jr. inspired about 250,000 people to march for freedom in Washington, D.C. On Monday, more than 200 people met at the Union to carry on the tradition.
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MSU given $1.3M for culinary lab updates
The School of Hospitality Business’ efforts to fund a revitalized Culinary Business Learning Lab were aided by a $1.3 million grant from The J. Willard and Alice S. Marriott Foundation, the school announced Friday.
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Seminar to teach home ownership
The MSU College of Law Rental Housing Clinic will host a seminar Feb. 11 to educate renters on home ownership.
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ASMSU to unveil rebuilt Web site
Minutes from past ASMSU meetings and up-to-date contact information for representatives will be a click away for students when ASMSU launches a new Web site this semester.
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Fraudulent e-mails attempt to access personal information from students
MSU’s e-mail system was victim to a phishing attack Monday as hundreds of users received fraudulent e-mails requesting personal information.
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Eatery brings Ethiopia to city
Altaye Tadesse opened Altu’s Ethiopian Cuisine 11 years ago with hopes of integrating ethnic food into the diets of Lansing area residents.
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Women given different tips for losing weight
An MSU professor’s constant battle with her weight led her to take a closer look at the ways magazines approach weight loss differently based on the race of their readers.
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American Sign Language residential option to begin next fall
Beginning next fall, MSU students will have the opportunity to participate in an American Sign Language living/learning option.
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Board approves $13.3 million recycling center
The MSU Board of Trustees voted to proceed on a $13.3 million recycling center and surplus store at its meeting Friday.
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MSU opens new nursing program
Kristin Twiss was inspired by the operating room. As a registered nurse for five and a half years, Twiss has worked throughout the hospital, but it was observing nurse anesthetists at work that gave her the passion to pursue the position.
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Surviving an audition
For the second year in a row, the “Survivor” search came to Lansing on Thursday in hopes of finding contestants for the latest installment of the reality TV show.
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MSU graduate assistant union requests wage increase
For Alicia Bray, raising a child is hard enough. Trying to raise a child on a university stipend is harder.