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Free local concert series set to start this Friday
Every Friday night at 7 p.m. from now until Labor Day, there will be a free concert at the Lake Lansing Band Shell.
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Southfield-resident appears on Ellen Degeneres Show
Last Tuesday, Southfield Mich., resident Hope Sovran, 15, appeared on the Ellen DeGeneres show, just a few months after undergoing a bone marrow transplant.
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City council grants Woody's Oasis special permit for liquor license
East Lansing City Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to approve a special use permit for Woody’s Oasis, 1050 Trowbridge Road, which would allow for the restaurant to obtain a Class C liquor license.
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Sixth MSU IT Conference held at Union
When the first MSU IT Conference was held five years ago, it was with people like MSU health information technologist Wajahat Syed in mind.
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Golf outing gives back to scholarship funds
Jerry Halm graduated from MSU in 1960, but has come back every year for the last twenty to take part in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources Golfing for Scholarships.
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Students clean dorms to get ready for next fall
When students arrive at MSU for the fall semester, many expect to see the dorms in a stain-free, disinfected state with freshly painted walls and new light bulbs. Craig Czajkowski helps to make sure it happens.
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City council approves emergency replacement managers
In accordance with the city charter, East Lansing City Council approved an emergency succession plan for City Manager George Lahanas during its May 21 work session. Lahanas was asked to choose five potential replacements in the event of an act of war on the city, or if he becomes incapacitated, goes on vacation or is otherwise unable to perform his duties as city manager. He submitted his plan before the meeting, and it was approved unanimously as written. “We have a pretty deep bench of people who could run the operation, certainly during a short period,” he said.
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Progress continues on new Spartan Stadium scoreboards
Workers stand on an aerial lift on May 31 at the north end of Spartan Stadium as the new scoreboards are being installed.
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Antsy for apples
Biochemistry and molecular biology/biotechnology senior Rosie Jaremba picks crab apples on Monday near the Plant Science Greenhouses on Wilson Road.
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MSU professor strives to find cure for flu
As an international student from Malaysia, biochemistry and molecular biology junior Liyana Aziz was not used to the cold Michigan winter as a freshman.
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Space anomaly to occur today
For the last time until 2117, the transit of Venus will occur at approximately 5:04 p.m. today. During this rare phenomenon, Venus covers 1/32 of the sun and can be seen by the naked eye — or preferably with protective eyewear due to the sun’s damaging rays — in good conditions.
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Adopt-A-Fest works to find stray animals local homes
Jessica Reiss always has had a soft spot for special needs animals, and when she spotted a one-eyed cat laying in a cage waiting to be adopted on Sunday afternoon, it was love at first sight.
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Fundraiser gets spiced up with chili cook-off
Thousands of area residents descended on Lansing’s Adado Riverfront Park Saturday afternoon for the 17th annual Board of Water and Light, or BWL, Chili Cook-off.
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MSU Student hits virtual jackpot in stock challenge
For MBA student Scott Gordon, taking risks paid off to the tune of $867,000 — if only it were real. Gordon was the winner of the first MBA Stock Market Challenge, which ended April 27, after three months of trading. Competitors were given $100,000 in virtual money and 12 weeks on the stock market through the website investopedia.com. Gordon said he did it because there was no risk. “You always want to see what you could do if you had money,” he said. Gordon said his strategy was a bit more risky than everybody else’s because he used option trading, where you have the right to buy the stock at a predetermined price at a later time, even if the price goes up. He targeted big companies like Apple and Qualcomm and invested with them if he knew they were going to have a financially productive day. With option trading, Gordon said you either win or lose, and he didn’t always win. “At some point, I was down $70,000,” he said.
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Spartan, 'Gumby' voice actor Beals remembered
Dick Beals was a Spartan through and through. When Homecoming came around, he left Hollywood behind for the autumn air of East Lansing each year.
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Project Pride promotes recycling
Janet Ashton filled her car at least three times with everything from used furniture, wood, Styrofoam, paper to be shredded and scrap metal she had been saving for a year to donate in the annual Project Pride recycling event. On Saturday, East Lansing residents brought all types of reusable or recyclable items to the Abbott Center, 1400-1500 Abbot Road.
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Mich. families rally at Capitol for immigrant rights
When Cayla Roberts’ father told her she was worth less than a sack of potatoes as a child, she never expected to one day become a high school and college graduate, an active volunteer in her community and wife surrounded by a new family who loves and respects her as one of their own.
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Hitting all the right notes
Woodchips flew as master builder Brian Taylor sawed off part of the sound board of a piano.
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State budget deadline quickly approaches
Michigan lawmakers continue to push forward on passing the state’s budget for the next fiscal year, hoping to reach a self-declared June 1 deadline. Conference committees formed to flesh out details of the budget have come to agreement on most of the 17 state agencies included, but details have yet to be worked out on higher education and school aid funding. Gov.