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Live blog: College Dems. and Repubs. comment on presidential debate

Follow along live with Daniel Eggerding, the president of the MSU College Democrats, Michael Sandoval, the Chief of Staff of the MSU College Democrats, Justin Gould, the vice chair of the MSU College Republicans and Noelle Cohn, the secretary of MSU College Republicans during the second presidential debate for the 2016 election season. 

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New mixed-use building will be built where former Taco Bell sat vacant

By August 2017, a new building will be shining on Grand River Avenue. The 565 Building, operated by Cron Management, LLC, started demolition and construction last week on a new mixed-use building project. The building will be on the same lot as the old Taco Bell building and will be five stories, director of planning, building and development Tim Dempsey said.

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Live updates: Sen. Bernie Sanders at MSU's Adams Field

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) will hold a rally for Hillary Clinton at Adams Field on Thursday. The event starts at 2:45 p.m., stay with The State News for updates throughout the event.  According to Hillary Clinton's website, the rally will last until 4 p.m. The last time Sanders was on campus, he was a presidential candidate.

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Main Library opens new gaming rooms

Anyone who walks into the Main Library might notice changes to rooms previously meant for reading and studying — gaming rooms opened last month. In March, MSU Libraries was given an estimated 17,000 electronic games. Each game must be catalogued and processed — something that has proven difficult.

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Hubbard Dining Hall to close, transition to special events dining hall

After Oct. 6, Hubbard Dining Hall will be switching over to special events only dining. After “The Edge” at Akers Hall was opened, Hubbard Hall didn’t see as many students as it used to. “Once we opened Akers—brand new, bigger operation, air conditioned—of the over a thousand residents in Hubbard, we feed less than 200 each meal in Hubbard; they all go to Akers,” Matt McKune, associate director for residential dining, said. The dining hall in Hubbard was one of three in East Neighborhood.