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New ELPD chief Jeff Murphy reflects on time in East Lansing
He is a family man with two families. The one he goes home to every night and the ones in uniform. For 29 years Jeff Murphy has called the East Lansing Police Department home, and after 29 years of effort and a multitude of jobs within the department he now leads that second family.
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Former professor named to Botanic Garden Conservation International board of directors
Former MSU professor and doctoral student Dr. Gerard T. Donnelly was named to the Botanic Garden Conservation International (BGCI) Board of Directors in late December.
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Under perceived anonymity, threats online take on many forms
A year ago, former MSU student Matthew Mullen posted a threat to the anonymous app, Yik Yak. Two hours later, MSU police was knocking on his door in East Akers Hall to arrest him on charges of terrorism.ch Law enforcement's role in regulating new, anonymous sites and services on college campuses have come into question. Twitter, Facebook and Instagram — the dominant leaders of social media — have opened up new waves of receiving information in today's world. Internet users' interests in going online with a mask have birthed new, anonymous apps from Whisper to Yik Yak. While usually innocent in nature, these underground apps have in recent years become the vehicle of threats to groups large and small.
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MSU's Formula SAE presents racing car at Detroit auto show
Up and down the floor of the Cobo Center, exotic sports cars hailing from Italy, Germany, and England excite attendees of the North American International Auto Show.
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MSU police report assault, thefts on campus
MSU police are reporting an assault on Jan. 21 at about 8:20 p.m.
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Lead-heavy water found in East Lansing school
An elevated lead level reaching 30 parts per billion, twice the federal acceptable level of 15 parts per billion, was found in the water of one faucet in Glencarin Elementary School in East Lansing.
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MSU college helps start public health initiative in Flint
Among the frenzy to assign blame for the ongoing Flint water crisis, it’s easy to forget that residents of the city are the hardest hit. Among those residents, the most vulnerable are young children and infants that have consumed lead contaminated water from the Flint River.
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Volunteer bike project run out of hall basement teaches bike repair
Checking bike tires. Changing bike tires. Adjusting brakes. These are just a few of the things taught in the basement of Demonstration Hall. Demonstration Hall has been the home to the MSU Bike Project 2003.
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Liberate MSU stages protest during game against Maryland
Students from the National Student Activist Party affiliated Liberate MSU movement protested at the MSU vs. Maryland Men's Basketball game. The protest centered on Liberate MSU’s list of demands previously presented to the MSU administration. However the protest was also more general in focus.
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LGBT groups hosting "The Come Out" at the Avenue Cafe
Humans Uniting for an Equal Society, or HUES, Lansing Association for Human Rights, or LAHR, and the Alliance of Queer and Ally Students at Michigan State is hosting “The Come Out” tomorrow at The Avenue Cafe, 2021 E Michigan Ave., in Lansing beginning at 7 p.m. on Jan. 22.
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School of Packaging, Rebounders Club to host annual food drive before basketball game
Before the men's basketball game on Saturday against Maryland, the Rebounder's Club and the MSU School of Packaging will be hosting a food drive and collecting donations.
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Campus group floods social media with #SpartansAllIn
The hashtag #SpartansAllIn has started to appear in social media feeds and will continue to do so as certain MSU students vocalize their faith for all to hear. Members of MSU Campus Crusade for Christ, or CRU, looks for new ways every academic year to proclaim the group's message to fellow students.
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IAH course curriculums to change, enhance diversity awareness
Director of the Center for Integrative Studies in the Arts and Humanities Kirk Kidwell said there are conversations about updating and revising curriculum to enhance awareness of diversity. “We have been having conversations about identifying courses more focuses on diversity and inclusion,”Kidwell said.
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Popular lip balm used by students involved in class action lawsuit
Many MSU students own EOS lip balms and use them on a daily basis, but a recent lawsuit may be changing this.
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HopCat to throw all day party for anniversary
Free crack fries and an all day party is how HopCat in East Lansing plans to spend the eighth anniversary of the first HopCat. The brewpub, famous for its multitude of beers and fries, turns eight years old Jan. 23 and is welcoming beer lovers and people everywhere to come join in the celebration at its seven locations throughout Michigan.
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New "escape room" to come to East Lansing
East Lansing might be one of the next cities to be swept up by an escape game craze as City Council approved a special use permit for the construction of the game room in the basement of 301 M.A.C.
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Social skills learned in class vital to career success
Every MSU student knows that academic success is vital to professional success, but as the working world continually evolves it may be the social skills you develop inside and often outside the classroom that land you a job. Career fields blending traditional technical skills with social skills will see the most growth according to Harvard Graduate School of Education professor Dr. David Deming, who visited MSU to speak on his recent study “The Growing Importance of Social Skills in the Labor Market.” Deming’s assertion is backed up by federal Bureau of Labor projections.
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Bailey Community Center receives low-income housing tax credit from MSHDA
The future of the Bailey Community Center is no longer in limbo as the Capital Area Housing Partnership, or CAHP, received a Low Income Housing Tax Credit funding reservation from the Michigan State Housing Development Authority, or MSHDA, on Jan. 20.