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MSU

Students split on interfaith dating

For many students, religion has joined “bad breath” and “no sense of style” on a mental list of relationship deal breakers. Marisa Saltzman, a social work graduate student, polled 100 Jewish students this semester to sample how interfaith dating is viewed by the MSU community.

MSU

New group unites comic book fans

Balloon swords, seltzer guns and throwing flowers aren’t typical elements of a comic book. But in a quest to create something new, two MSU students and a group of comic book fans have been meeting weekly to create a comic book group that brings these elements to the page.

MSU

Class debuts exhibit for students

Students in associate horticulture professor Norm Lownds’ “Learning in Museums” class typically spend their semester creating an exhibit geared toward middle school students or younger audiences. But this year, they decided to create something new — a museum exhibit designed for the college crowd.

MICHIGAN

Market slump could impact E.L. urban housing

Urban housing isn’t selling quickly in East Lansing. Since construction began on West Village in January 2007, a development that includes condos and townhomes, only 21 of the development’s 46 units have sold, said Jamerson Ries, of Abood Properties.

NEWS

Police Brief 04/22/08

Police arrested a streaker at about 8:30 p.m. Saturday at the Sparty’s Spring Party concert, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said. The suspect, a 19-year-old male student from Clinton Township, was chased by an officer who observed the naked man run past him on the field outside Demonstration Hall.

MSU

Medical move-in

While attending the groundbreaking of the building that will bear his name, Peter Secchia appeared casual, almost like an observer. It was his $10 million lead gift that jump-started the fundraising for MSU’s medical school in Grand Rapids, but he deflected attention to the groundbreaking ceremony for the center on Monday.

MICHIGAN

State gas prices reach record high

Gasoline prices hit a record high in the state of Michigan this week when the statewide average price reached $3.52 per gallon, 74 cents higher than the price at the same time last year.