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MSU seeks organ donors on web

Shauna Sly is not a registered organ donor, but the special education and deaf education sophomore said that could change. A team of MSU researchers are turning to social media, such as Facebook and Twitter, to attract more student organ donors.

MSU

Students gather for Relay for Life kick off

Symone Ayers lost five family members to cancer and cites her grandmother, a survivor, as her major source of inspiration. Kelly Knupfer lost her uncle to brain cancer and aspires to work for the American Cancer Society after graduation. Chelsea Lewis watched some of her closest friends fight cancer, and now she fights for them.

MSU

An unexpected homecoming

For the first four months back in his parents’ house, Tyler Smith didn’t unpack. Boxes filled with pictures of old high school girlfriends and pieces of clothing worn once at MSU theme parties — ugly Christmas sweaters and snow pants from Goodwill — cluttered the room.

MICHIGAN

Painting at the zoo

More than a dozen people were crowded in an octagonal room stuffy with the smell of paint fumes Saturday at Potter Park Zoo, 1301 S. Pennsylvania Ave., in Lansing.