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Traditional moves

Shreelina Ghosh, Aloka Kanungo and Manasi Mishra each had a slight smile tugging at their lips as they practiced Saberc Pallavi, an Indian classical Odissi dance, in Mishra’s Okemos home Wednesday as a part of a learning workshop.

NEWS

Council meeting in review

Possible land development and patriotism were among the topics featured at Tuesday night’s East Lansing City Council meeting at City Hall, 410 Abbott Road. The Council’s next gathering will be a work session Sept. 11 at City Hall. Here are four highlights from the meeting…

NEWS

Convicted killer's family wants case to be reopened

When Claude McCollum was convicted of the 2005 murder of a Lansing Community College professor, his family steadfastly maintained his innocence. Now, with the suspect in a series of Lansing murders possibly dating back to 2004 under arrest, McCollum’s family wants his case reopened.

MSU

LBGT hosts resource fair

Under an arch of balloons in every color of the rainbow, Mandi Rabe and Bridget Kelley, both sophomores, sat ready to answer questions and recruit potential members to the People Respecting Individuality of Students, or PRISM, on Tuesday at the MSU Union.

MICHIGAN

Mich. to move up in presidential primary line

Michigan will be one of the first states in the country to hold its presidential primary in 2008 — for now. Gov. Jennifer Granholm signed a bill on Tuesday approving a move to change Michigan’s primary date from Feb. 26 to Jan. 15, placing the vote behind Iowa and New Hampshire’s scheduled primaries.

MICHIGAN

Cholesterol awareness remains low

Pop quiz: Are women aged 18-44 more likely to know how much they weighed in high school or their cholesterol level? If you said cholesterol level, your expectations of society’s health awareness may be too high.

NEWS

Shared ground

When Erin Degroote moved to MSU she became part of a student body of more than 45,000, but she had a smaller community to call her home. The Residential College in the Arts and Humanities freshman is one of about 120 students who will witness the beginning of the major and college housed in the new addition between Snyder and Phillips halls.