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E.L. set to host holiday event

Students and East Lansing residents can get in the holiday spirit from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Dec. 18 at the East Lansing Hannah Community Center, 819 Abbot Road, during a family friendly holiday event.

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Asian carp might invade Great Lakes

State officials are hoping to fend off some unwelcome visitors with their efforts to keep Asian carp out of the Great Lakes, and MSU professors are stressing the importance of stopping any invasion before it starts.

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Sign of the Times

Assistant professor of fisheries and wildlife Travis Brenden, along with his wife, Tammy Newcomb, enjoy collecting change as much as donating it each holiday season.

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Wharton looks to manage Theater

A potential arrangement between Wharton Center and the city of Traverse City is expected to be finalized at a city meeting tonight, which would send some of the center’s programming to Traverse City, a city official said.

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Web exclusive: Food-inspired artwork benefits food bank

Parents always tell their children not to play with food, but these artists are breaking rules by using food as the inspiration for their artwork. At the “Food for Thought” art exhibition in the East Lansing Technology Innovation Center, 325 E. Grand River Ave., artists explore different mediums to show how food affects everyday life.

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Students, faculty gather to show support for deaf education program

When Cathy Leonard first heard about the recommended elimination of MSU’s Deaf Education Teacher Certification program, she did not believe it. Leonard, who is deaf, joined about 100 MSU students, faculty and members of the deaf community at the Administration Building Friday to protest the program’s possible elimination.

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Brown Bag Lecture Series brings racial issues to light

To Javier Pescador, racial biases of Mexicans during the Great Depression era still can be seen today. Pescador, a history professor, gave a lecture Thursday at the MSU Museum Auditorium examining the work of photographer Dorothea Lange and the racial biases her photos show.