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MSU

MSU study reveals Facebook beneficial

According to a team of researchers in MSU’s telecommunication, information studies and media department, those students without pages of Facebook friends might be at a disadvantage compared to those who have them.

MSU

ASMSU makes voter registration No. 1 concern

ASMSU’s Director of Government Affairs Matt Patton said one of the undergraduate student government’s top priorities this year is registering students to vote. ASMSU will be working to register students on a rolling basis.

MSU

Blood challenge saves lives

After receiving a blood transfusion that helped save her life in 2006, Katie Welch knew she wanted to give back. Welch suffered a congenital defect for which the cure involved a series of surgeries where she received blood from donors.

MSU

MSU law student friendly, outgoing

Whether he was studying with a group of friends from law school or dishing out friendly trash talk on the basketball court, second-year law graduate student Paulo Michael Pinto constantly displayed a grin that could put anyone at ease.

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Students protest YAF speaker

About 50 students rallied outside the Veterinary Medical Center Friday night to protest Nick Griffin, chairman of the British National Party, at a speaking engagement sponsored by MSU’s Young Americans for Freedom.

MICHIGAN

Masked man robs nightclub

For the third time this week, police are investigating a robbery involving a suspect wearing a mask from the movie “Scream.” Lansing police Lt. Bruce Ferguson said a suspect entered the Deja Vu nightclub, 1000 W. Jolly Road, in Lansing, at about 11:45 p.m. Tuesday and robbed the club at gunpoint, making off with an undisclosed amount of money.

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MSU hosts forum on stem cell research issues

A host of MSU students gathered in the Wilson Hall auditorium Thursday at a forum to discuss the issues behind stem cell research. A panel of representatives from several student organizations sat in front of an audience and debated the pros and cons of the research.

MICHIGAN

Mich. has until Nov. 1 to enact state budget

Legislators have little more than a week to get a budget enacted before a Nov. 1 deadline if Michigan is expected solve its budget crisis. Michigan still faces about $440 million in cuts since the last continuation budget was signed Oct. 1. So far, no bills enacting any cuts have been introduced.