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Red Cedar River expected to flood, impact sports fields
Flooding is expected this week from the Red Cedar River as all of southern Michigan continues to see heavy rain.
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Labor of Love
While many students now are feeling the stress of the semester, some manage the academic workload in combination of raising a child. For student-parents like Jessica Edwards, that challenge is an everyday reality.
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Emmy winner, author coming to campus for graduation
Emmy Award-winning actor Tim Busfield and best-selling author Richard Ford will be MSU’s spring commencement speakers.
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City council discusses 2014 fiscal year budget plans
The East Lansing City Council and city officials feel good about the future of the city during its budget talks despite an almost $2 million decrease from the previous fiscal year’s budget.
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Students: Couch fire penalties unfair
While police hope to crack down on an array of fires lit this NCAA tournament season in college towns across the country, MSU students are uncertain if harsh punishments are appropriate.
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Restaurants might lose liquor licenses if taxes go unpaid
Several East Lansing restaurants’ liquor licenses are on the line unless owners pay back personal property taxes as part of a plan decided by East Lansing City Council at its Tuesday work session at City Hall, 410 Abbot Road.
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Couch burners will suffer tougher consequences under new arson law
Students might want to think twice before setting a couch on fire as new legislation kicked in, increasing punishments for arson-related crimes.
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MSU groups teach about fair trade
Some might think fair trade is a global issue, but members of the community are working to make it a local affair.
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Couch burnings pose hazards for health, environment
Criminal charges aside, many who burn furniture aren’t aware of the health implications the act can have on themselves or the environment. Couches and other furniture contain a host of harmful materials which produce toxic smoke when burned, civil and environmental engineering professor Venkatesh Kodur said.
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ASMSU makes cutbacks to newspaper distribution
ASMSU, MSU’s undergraduate student government, has decided to cut some of its readership program locations across campus, ASMSU Director of Public Relations Haley Dunnigan confirmed Tuesday evening.
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Word on the street: What do you think of the commencement speakers?
Yesterday, graduating students commented on the announcement of MSU’s spring commencement speakers, Emmy Award-winning actor Tim Busfield, originally from East Lansing, and best-selling author Richard Ford, who is an MSU alumnus.
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Student arraigned in connection with fires set after MSU loss
The East Lansing Police Department has released the name of one of the suspects involved the fires set after MSU’s loss in to Duke in the NCAA Tournament Friday, March 30, according to a press release from the East Lansing Police department.
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The Landshark, Woody's Oasis among E.L. establishments with city back taxes
Several East Lansing restaurants are not being recommended for a liquor license renewal, unless they pay their personal property taxes to the city, according to city documents.
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Emmy-winning actor Busfield, author Ford set to speak at commencement
Actor Tim Busfield and author Richard Ford will be MSU’s May 3 commencement speakers.
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Holocaust survivor speaks to students
As a child in Adolf Hitler’s Germany, Martin Lowenberg was deported to five different concentration camps, lost 28 family members — including his parents and four siblings — and was subject to terror at 5 years old.
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Divisions between governor and House budgets for 2013-14
After Gov. Rick Snyder made his budget recommendations for universities, a state House committee released its version — bigger funding allocations and tighter restrictions to hamper tuition increases.
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Bioenergy program receives $125 million renewal grant
Students and faculty conducting research in the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, or GLBRC will be able to continue research after receiving a $125 million renewal grant for the next five years from the U.S.
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No relief in sight with tight EL budget proposal
The city of East Lansing’s upcoming discussions centered around its tightened budget might have implications on the city’s spending, not only servicing permanent residents, but MSU students as well.
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Face time with Jennifer Ware
Exploring new avenues of journalistic storytelling is the vision Jennifer Ware has for testing Google Glass.
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Everyone goes green with sustainability
For students who attended the U.S. Green Building Council Students Regional Conference this weekend, “Go Green” was more than just a cheer for the university’s colors. The U.S. Green Building Council, or USGBC, student group at MSU hosted more than 60 students and professionals interested in sustainability on campus for the region’s first conference.