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Religious expression is always a possibility on a college campus

Cameron Macko
July 13, 2015

If you've never seen the glorious piece of art that is the film "God's Not Dead" then you, my friend, need to. But not if you are looking for any sort of realistic depiction of religion on campus or a reasoned defense of God in front of a largely secular higher education system. If you don't know anything about the movie, it's premise is that an atheist college professor threatens to fail a Christian student for not writing "God is Dead" on a sheet of paper for a philosophy course, unless he proves God's existence in front of the entire class.

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Where to worship on campus

Cameron Macko
July 13, 2015

Though organized religion may be declining among millennials, for students and community members who still want to sit in a pew during their holy day to worship God or engage in community life with like-minded individuals, the East Lansing area boasts a number of different houses of worship for those of many different faiths. 

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MSU celebrates students from around the world

Yuanzhe Zhuang
July 10, 2015

MSU embraces and accept diversity internationally on campus. There are students from more than 130 countries on campus.  Here you can learn different cultural values and manners by making friends with international students; taste foods from different countries in the resident halls; and try to learn another languages through courses or your international friends.  For international students, if you are worried about your immigration status, your official paper work, such as I-20, passports and so on.

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La Bodega to close Friday

Jake Allen
July 10, 2015

After seven years of business La Bodega, a clothing and retail store located at 619 E. Grand River Ave., will close its doors for the last time at 6 p.m. Friday, store owner Leif Elias said.

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Andrew Singler Memorial Cup supports scholarship fund

Cameron Macko
July 9, 2015

More than two years after MSU student Andrew Singler was stabbed to death at his apartment by Okemos resident Connor McCowan, for which McCowan was sentenced to 20 to 60 years, the family plans to remember Singler’s life at the second annual Andrew Singler Memorial Cup in Ann Arbor.

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Six-story apartment complex plans move forward

Jake Allen
July 8, 2015

At their July 7 meeting, the East Lansing City Council approved site plans and special-use permits for a six-story mixed-use building on the corner of Grand River and Spartan avenues and a Lake Trust Credit Union on West Lake Lansing Road, near Meijer.

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Call for Spartan Virtual Choir celebrates 100th anniversary of Fight Song

Ryan Squanda
July 8, 2015

MSU is celebrating its fight song's 100th anniversary in 2015 by inviting those in the MSU community to send videos of themselves singing the song to create the first-ever Spartan Virtual Choir. A video published on July 1 asked viewers to record a video of themselves singing along to the song and upload the recording to www.msu.edu/fightsong.  MSU's fight song was composed by cheerleader and civil engineering major Francis Irving Lankey at Michigan Agricultural College in 1915 and most of the words were written by Lankey's friend and fellow MAC student Arthur L.

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Abrams Planetarium to host show with animals Saturday

Yuanzhe Zhuang
July 7, 2015

The Abrams Planetarium is bringing the constellations to life this weekend. At 2:30 p.m. on Saturday the planetarium is offering a free, special show called 'Star Safari' that pairs learning about the constellations with meeting their small animal counterparts brought from the Potter Park Zoo.

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Joshua Davis replaces Meghan Trainor as Common Ground opening headliner

Jordan Holley
July 6, 2015

Meghan Trainor, scheduled as the opening headliner for Common Ground Music Festival on Tuesday July 7, will not perform due to continued treatment of hemorrhaging on her vocal chords. Joshua Davis (The Voice finalist and MSU alumnus) has been added to the lineup, which also includes Misterwives, Be a Miller, Skizzy Mars, Life of Dillion, and more.

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MSU's gardens among best in the U.S.

Ryan Squanda
July 3, 2015

MSU's W.J. Beal Botanical Garden and Hidden Lake Gardens have both been ranked by Best Colleges Online among the "50 Most Amazing University Botanical Gardens and Arboretums in the U.S." The rankings and ratings for each garden were assessed on a points system which awarded gardens for not only having a wide and manicured variety of plant species, but also for categories such as previous awards won, conservation and education, having a connected university degree program and 'Wow' factors. "I was certainly pleased and excited when I found out," Curator of the W.