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MICHIGAN

Former East Lansing School Board president enters House race

Susan Schmidt, a Democrat and East Lansing resident, officially announced her registration as a candidate for the 69th District seat for the state House of Representatives on Tuesday morning. A former president of the East Lansing School Board and instructor at Lansing Community College, Schmidt made the announcement at 9:30 a.m.

MSU

Graduates prep for LSAT exam

For graduate student Lissa Oshei, studying for the LSAT was not something she took lightly. Oshei, originally from Buffalo, N.Y., said she earned her undergraduate degree at the University of Puget Sound in Washington before coming to MSU and took an eight-week prep course to prepare for the exam. She said she received an OK score on the LSAT and decided to attend MSU College of Law after the school extended her a scholarship offer. To help students prepare for the LSAT, Kyle Clifton, vice chair for Finance and Operations at ASMSU, said ASMSU offers assessments and practice exams, as well as weekly in-class preparation. “Last fall and spring semester, over 70 students took advantage of our test prep courses,” he said.

MSU

Friends, coworkers remember Dorothy Gonzales

Jesse Gonzales always will remember his friend, former MSU Trustee Dorothy Gonzales, as larger than life. “She wasn’t very large in a physical sense, but she was very big in terms of what she wanted to do,” Jesse Gonzales said.

MICHIGAN

A dog day afternoon

MSU alumnus Taylor Bond, left, and biomedical laboratory operations junior Melissa Rust play with dogs Otis and Remmington Sunday afternoon outside a home on M.A.C.

MSU

ASMSU elects new leadership

Closing up a year of rebuilding and transitioning, ASMSU’s General Assembly elected its new leadership for the 2012-13 academic year Thursday night at its last meeting of the semester.

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MSU

MSU celebrates anniversary of Morrill Act

It’s not every day MSU pedestrians are greeted by Abraham Lincoln and Justin Morrill on the sidewalk, but on Thursday afternoon, passersby near the rock on Farm Lane were able to experience history in a new way.

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MICHIGAN

Bust a move

Communication sophomore Rachel Bonello leaves Spartan Dance Center every Wednesday with a smile. Bonello teaches a group of 8 and 9 year olds competitive hip-hop at the center, located at 3498 Lake Lansing Road.