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Board of Trustees candidates talk goals

As the November election approaches, here is a look at the candidates competing for two spots on the MSU Board of Trustees. The board decides on numerous issues, such as budget, tuition, faculty appointments and construction project approvals.

MICHIGAN

East Lansing unable to fund carousel alone

In the midst of Tuesday’s East Lansing City Council work session items, one bullet point on this week’s agenda stuck out among the others: the discussion regarding submitting a proposal to the MSU Museum to lease the nearly century-old Crystal carousel within the city.

MSU

Duck Days promotes safe holiday drinking

There are a few things Count Duckula and the Bride of Quackenstein want you to know before having a few drinks this Halloween weekend.

MICHIGAN

Dept. head, colleagues remember professor

If chemistry professor Gregory Baker’s colleagues had to choose one word to describe him, they would pick integrity. “Greg was a person who you could always trust, and he was somebody (who) you’d always know … was being honest with you,” said chemistry professor Gary Blanchard, one of Baker’s colleagues.

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Event encourages positive body image

Clad merely in his blue boxer briefs, white socks and bright blue sneakers, hospitality business junior Blair Pitcairn stood proud — owning himself — in South Case Hall’s lobby on Monday afternoon.