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Dance-a-thon spreads African awareness

As an eighth grader, Alex Hill’s pastor taught him about Ugandan culture and lifestyle, including how to play African drum rhythms and the country’s lack of drinking water and medical supplies.

MICHIGAN

MSU honors World AIDS Day

For Domonique Baul, the numbers don’t illustrate the problem. People aren’t likely to grasp the devastating toll AIDS takes on society unless they move beyond statistics and feel the emotional toll AIDS takes on individuals carrying the disease and families who have lost loved ones, the telecommunication junior said.

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Tour gives students glimpse into local IT job market

Kevin Healey didn’t know of all of the different places to find jobs in Information Technology. But after visiting four Lansing companies as part of a tour sponsored by the Capital Area IT Council Friday, the telecommunication senior felt a boost of confidence in landing a job after college.

NEWS

Springing for spruces

Holt residents Penny Downer and Bernard Dabney have been going to the same Christmas tree lot since the 1980s. It comes as no surprise, then, that tree salesman John Schneider noticed the pair immediately after they stepped out of their vehicle.

MSU

Simon addresses tuition increase

MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon told a class of about 200 students Thursday that a lack of state funding explained the university’s tuition hike that confused some students and angered others.

MICHIGAN

Former E.L. mayor set to travel world

Somewhere during his hike up Tanzania’s Mount Kilimanjaro, his trek through Peru’s Machu Picchu or his half-marathon jog through Antarctica, Sam Singh said he hopes he will quench his thirst for new culture.

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Police Brief 11/29/07

A brown leather wallet containing $302 and various forms of identification was stolen from a student’s jacket left at IM Sports-West on Monday night, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.