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Shakespeare workshop comes to MSU

Jason Pearson

November 1, 2010

Like some high school students, Mason High School senior Myah VanWormer said understanding the works of William Shakespeare often is difficult. However, that hasn’t stopped her from participating in the Shakespeare Immersion Project held this week at MSU. The Shakespeare Immersion Project, put on by the Stratford Shakespeare Festival, located in Stratford, Ontario, selected 24 students from area high schools to participate in a weeklong Shakespeare workshop, said Edward Daranyi, resident teaching artist for the festival.

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Snyder visits E.L. on last day of campaign

Emily Wilkins

November 1, 2010

On Monday afternoon, Fran Dean sat in the lobby of her retirement home and listened to Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Snyder speak to the assembled crowd.

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E.L. community celebrates Day of the Dead

Summer Ballentine

November 1, 2010

Papel picados — traditional decorations of colorful paper cut into different designs — brightened a local church where students and community members gathered in celebration of Dia de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead.

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Halloween weekend crime down in E.L.

Emily Wilkins

November 1, 2010

Although East Lansing was a safer city this Halloween compared to last year, two accounts of criminal sexual conduct and one armed robbery were reported on MSU’s campus.

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Annual MSU tuition hikes follow nationwide trend

Andrew Krietz

November 1, 2010

Tuition increased by an average of $555 since last year at public four-year colleges, on track with the trend of the past decade and hitting students where it counts — the checkbook.

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Student awareness, interest in Peace Corps increases at MSU

Summer Ballentine

November 1, 2010

Since the organization’s founding, student interest and international demand has helped the number of MSU Peace Corps volunteers increase throughout the years. About 86 MSU alumni currently serve overseas with Peace Corps.

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Council to discuss health care issues

Megan Durisin

November 1, 2010

The Council of Graduate Students, or COGS, is expected to make recommendations about graduate student health care at its Wednesday night meeting.

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Council meeting moved to Wednesday

Alanna Thiede

November 1, 2010

The East Lansing City Council meeting normally scheduled on Tuesdays will take place Wednesday to accommodate an increased use of City Hall during Election Day.

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RHA hosts race to raise funds for Habitat for Humanity

Megan Durisin

October 31, 2010

The thermometer was just reaching 50 degrees Saturday morning as Nathaniel Ellsworth broke through the red ribbon at the finish line to win the Spartan Sprint. About 25 racers participated in the 5K race sponsored by the Residence Halls Association, or RHA.

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E.L. Farmer's Market ends second year

Alanna Thiede

October 31, 2010

The East Lansing Farmer’s Market is harvesting the success of a growing interest in the market, which ended its second season Sunday.

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Students to benefit from financial aid adjustments

Andrew Krietz

October 31, 2010

President Barack Obama’s administration officials released a set of guidelines Thursday to strengthen aid eligibility — including an academic progress baseline and providing an easier Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA.

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FRAG Center to close after 7 years of business

Alanna Thiede

October 31, 2010

The combination of improved computers and a weak economy has led to FRAG Center closing its doors in the coming weeks after almost seven years in East Lansing.

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Locals, alumni climb stadium to support lung association, health

Emily Wilkins

October 31, 2010

As Anne Bibik climbed the bleacher stairs of Spartan Stadium, she thought of her mother, Jo, who died three years ago from lung disease.

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MSU receives grade for college sustainability, improves from '10

Megan Durisin

October 31, 2010

MSU is making grades by going green, earning a B in the College Sustainability Report Card 2011 rankings released last week by the Sustainable Endowments Institute.

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Grandson of Malcolm X visits MSU

Summer Ballentine

October 28, 2010

Malcolm Shabazz, the grandson of civil rights activist Malcolm X, greeted students and community members with the traditional Islamic welcome “As-Salamu Alaykum,” Thursday evening at the International Center.

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General Motors plant to add 600 new jobs

Megan Durisin

October 28, 2010

The assembly lines at General Motors Co.’s Lansing Grand River Assembly plant, 510 Olds Ave., in Lansing, came to a halt Thursday morning as employees learned that “Lansing” and “luxury” soon will be two words linked together in the auto industry.

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Trustee Nugent let go from job

Andrew Krietz

October 28, 2010

MSU Trustee Donald Nugent was fired earlier this week from the company he founded about four decades ago.

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Council approves funding for highway construction

Alanna Thiede

October 28, 2010

East Lansing City Council approved a construction agreement for the Michigan Department of Transportation, or MDOT, to add a lane to the northbound lane of U.S.-127 between the Grand River Avenue and Lake Lansing Road ramps.

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Theater students, faculty host Haunted Aud

Jason Pearson

October 28, 2010

Being a theater major, senior Lauren LoGrasso spends much of her time in the Auditorium and she still gets freaked out when she’s there by herself at night. An alleged haunting in the Auditorium makes the Auditorium and Fairchild Theatre a natural fit for the Haunted Aud, a haunted house event produced by MSU theater students and faculty, theater senior Mikayla Bouchard said. The Haunted Aud is in its second year on campus and the group plans to hold the event annually, Bouchard said.

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Greek community hosts Safe Halloween

Josh Sidorowicz

October 28, 2010

Since it first began a decade ago, Veronica Will and her family have ventured from Durand, Mich., to attend the annual Safe Halloween event in East Lansing.