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MICHIGAN

Tony Lucca draws hundreds to Lansing festival

Tony Lucca put on a show Friday night that got some audience members’ panties in a bunch — until they took them off and threw them at him. “(The event was) a tent full of drunkards (and) people having the time of their life for a night,” Lucca said with a smile.

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MSU

Seminar on using hip hop in education entertains, informs

Born and raised in the Bronx of New York City, Intikana has taken to embracing and sharing his Borikén, or Puerto Rico, heritage through hip-hop to fellow educators and youth all over the world. Intikana lead a workshop and also performed at the Urban Literacies Institute for Transformative Teaching Conference, which came to MSU for the first time this week.

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MSU reflects on 40th anniversary of Title IX

When Paulette Granberry Russell was in high school, she wanted to try pole vaulting but got turned away. “I remember going to the coach and expressing that was something I wanted to do, and the response at the time was ‘girls don’t pole vault,’” said Russell, director of the Office for Inclusion and Intercultural Initiatives.

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Program trains teachers for high-need areas

Rochell Mahaley received her Bachelor of Science in animal science at MSU and a master’s from the veterinary medical school at MSU. And now she’s back for more. Mahaley is one of 11 students involved in the second cohort of W.K. Kellogg Foundation Woodrow Wilson Teaching Fellows at MSU.

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Hockey player's story inspires

One of the first rules of hockey Sara Sherman had to learn is how to play “heads-up” hockey. You can’t focus on the puck you’re handling. You have to keep looking forward. That rule became essential to Sherman’s life in February 2010 when a traumatic brain injury changed everything. And now, through living a “heads-up” lifestyle, she has become a member of the 2012 MSU Homecoming court.

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International students choosing to stay

In the fall and spring semesters, Zhewei Jin, an international student from China, is a minority in many of her classes. But this summer, she and eleven other international students in her WRA 115 course are the majority, only noticing one student not from East Asia in her class and fewer American students on campus, the accounting freshman said.

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Travelers take technology on vacation

Vacations are meant to be a time to relax and get away from the stress of daily life, but a recent study by an MSU professor and two graduate students conducted using survey data from 2005 to 2007 found travelers are using technology and staying in touch with people back home while on vacation more than ever.

MICHIGAN

Red Cross ends strike

The American Red Cross strike in Michigan and Ohio came to an end Tuesday, according to the Office and Professional Employees International Union press release.