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RHA Web site returns

Campus residents won’t have to look any farther than their computer screen to see what their Residence Halls Association representatives are working on. RHA’s Web site is operating again after its server crashed during winter break.

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Businesses weigh pros, cons of filing taxes online, by hand

As April 15 nears, businesses as well as individuals are examining the options they have for filing their tax returns.For businesses, the questions often outweigh the normal individual decision of a computer program or filing by hand.Larger businesses are required to file electronically, oftentimes prepared by a professional accountant, Internal Revenue Service spokeswoman Sarah Wreford said.“If you send in a paper return, we have to hire individuals to input the data,” she said.

MSU

Picket held to quicken GEU negotiations

After picketing for five hours, Jessica Goodkind and her sign needed a break.Both of them looked tired.Goodkind, president of MSU’s Graduate Employees Union, had been marching since 7:30 a.m.

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U hosts civil rights leader

Although Dorothy Cotton is not as well known as some of her male counterparts, George Rowan can’t wait to hear the civil rights leader speak on campus today.

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Children learn history hands-on at museum

Lansing - Gumdrops and toilet paper rolls were some of the materials used to teach children about black inventors at the Impression 5 Science Center’s second African American Celebration on Tuesday. In addition to its regular exhibits, the center, 200 Museum Drive in Lansing, had hands-on activities which focused on six black scientists and their inventions.

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Grant partners law agencies in pursuing felons

The Ingham County prosecutors office received a $120,000 grant from the federal government to begin Project Safe Neighborhoods. The three-year grant is part of a program aimed at getting criminals with gun violations off the street. The grant makes it possible for federal, local and state government agencies to work together to prosecute felons. John Cipriani will be working as both an Ingham County prosecutor and a special U.S.

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V-Week celebration begins with art, awareness

The cast of “The Vagina Monologues” transformed from actors to artists with paintbrushes, chalk and markers to draw vaginas. ASMSU Women’s Council sponsored the event to kick off V-Week, the week of the play’s opening at the Auditorium’s Fairchild Theatre.

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ASMSU assemblies find increase in applications

Monday marked ASMSU’s election application deadline, and the collected number of applications for the undergraduate student government are up slightly from last year.ASMSUofficials tallied about 23 Student Assembly applicants and 15 Academic Assembly applicants at the 5 p.m.

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Rogers tours hospitals

Lansing - Local health care professionals received a boost and a promise for helpful changes in the health care system when U.S.