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A bug's life
Once a month, children and MSU students gather around the Department of Entomology’s collection manager Gary Parsons and listen to him describe the ins and outs of insects.
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Murder ballad workshop introduces new perspective for poetry enthusiasts
As Valentine’s Day approaches some are off penning lovers soft serenades and some others, murder ballads.
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Murder ballad workshop introduces new perspective to
As Valentine’s Day approaches some are off penning lovers soft serenades and some others, murder ballads. On Monday, students and residents created and performed gruesome tunes at the Valentine’s Murder Ballad Workshop, held by the Center for Poetry of the Residential College in the Arts and Humanities, or RCAH. The center hosts poetry workshops for the romantic holiday most every year, RCAH professor and center director Anita Skeen said.
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Local restaurants prepare for Valentine's day crowds
With couples finalizing their Valentine’s Day plans this week, local restaurants are preparing for the Valentine’s dinner rush on Friday evening.
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Student uses band, music to learn culture
Luyi Han can read Mandarin Chinese, English and music — but he has found the latter more easily understood across continental lines.
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Clothing stolen from Abbot Hall laundry
A student had more than $100 worth of clothing stolen from the Abbot Hall laundry room between 10 p.m.
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Pretrials to begin for students arrested in civil disturbance
Many of those arrested following the Big Ten championship win in December 2013 are set to appear in court Monday for their pretrial conferences. Fifteen people, 12 of whom were students, were arrested after MSU beat Ohio State in the game.
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Alumna returns to E.L. with White House reporting pool
Quickly rushing out of Air Force One as it landed in Lansing on Friday afternoon, Associated Press White House reporter Nedra Pickler hopped into a small bus headed straight to the Mary Anne McPhail Equine Performance Center. The MSU alumna was on her way to cover President Barack Obama’s speech and his signing of the farm bill. Pickler is a national White House reporter for the Associated Press and often travels with the president as he visits different parts of the U.S. “Air Force One has a cabin for the press, although it’s pretty small,” she said.
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Hello, Mr. President
Following an address that covered agriculture and the economy, President Barack Obama signed the farm bill into law Friday afternoon on MSU’s campus. MSU students, faculty and alumni rubbed shoulders with local elected officials and other dignitaries in the tightly-packed Mary Anne McPhail Equine Performance Center. Veterinary student Chelsea Render spent 15 months in Washington, D.C.
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Student group returns with new chapter, new initiative
The Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers might have struggled to keep a presence at MSU in past semesters, but this semester has started out stronger than ever thanks to a student’s initiative.
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MSU Museum celebrates Darwin Day with animal exhibits for kids
The MSU Museum kicked off Darwin Week by hosting an interactive event on Sunday afternoon. Darwin Discovery Day was meant to celebrate Charles Darwin’s birthday coming up on Feb.
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Snow, cold weather creates issues for student drivers
Local auto repair shops are thriving this winter due to treacherous road conditions.
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Student garners recognition for oil spill research
An MSU graduate student recently was honored for his research regarding the containment of oil spills.
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Men, women dash in dress for heart disease awareness
At a women’s convention, a man sprinting down the center aisle in a sparkling red dress might seem a peculiar sight.
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Lil Sibs Weekend brings kids to explore campus
Lil Sibs Weekend is an opportunity for eager little siblings to visit their Spartan idols.
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Obama signs farm bill in East Lansing
President Obama, after an address to political dignitaries, the media and MSU community members, signed signed the farm bill into law Friday afternoon on MSU’s campus. In front of a backdrop of artifacts from pastoral America, including a tractor and hay bales, his remarks before the signing highlighted agriculture’s importance to the economy, and emphasized the ways in which the legislation would benefit farmers throughout the country.
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President Obama, Air Force One lands in Lansing
Air Force One touched down at Capital Region International Airport around 12 p.m. today. President Obama disembarked with a wave, alongside Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., an MSU alumna and the chairwoman of the Senate Agriculture Committee.
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ASMSU Chief of Staff Kiran Samra elected as president
ASMSU, MSU’s undergraduate student government, elected Kiran Samra as its new president on Thursday evening.
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MSU community ready to welcome President Obama
Like Willy Wonka’s golden tickets, only in phone call and email form, a few select students have received invitations to see President Barack Obama sign the new farm bill into law Friday afternoon on campus. Excitement was universal among all those who received invitations.
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Prison escape brings recent budget cuts into question
The issue of security remains up for discussion within state government following the escape of convicted murderer Michael David Elliot from the Ionia Correctional Facility this past week.