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REVOLUTIONARY MUSIC PROGRAM MAY BE ON ITS LAST NOTE
By Nyssa Rabinowitz
In these tough economic times, everyone must make sacrifices; this includes universities such as MSU. But making sacrifices and losing your entire degree program are two very different things, and it is a difference that music therapy students understand all too well.
WELCOME TO MSU, WHERE IT'S ALWAYS A RIOT!
By Lane Blackmer
East Lansing approves riot do's and don't's after last year's Cedar Fest.
WHY DO WE SMOKE THEM WHEN WE KNOW THEY KILL US?
By Nick Mordowanec
About 47 million Americans indulge in the activity of smoking, with a larger percentage of users actually being adolescents. Statistics have even shown that the average age of first tobacco use in the United States is 13. This begs the question why, when we know it's killing us?
GUILTY ONES WAKE UP COMMUNITY FOR SPRING AWAKENING
By Sofia DeLeon
Megan Brophy is guilty. She’s guilty of carrying hundreds of fliers to all of her classes, of mass emailing her entire contact list and of secretly putting fliers under dorm room doors.
IT'S (NOT) IN THE CARDS: HOW TO WOO YOUR DATE WITHOUT TURNING TO HALLMARK
By Lane Blackmer
It's Valentine's Day - so what should you do for your beau? Ban the Hallmark Cards and try something a little different this time around.
TYLER OAKLEY: YOUTUBE EXTRAORDINAIRE
By Elizabeth Dobson
Tyler Oakley, a communications sophomore, does not think of himself as anything special. In fact, he is rather modest, despite being a student, hall mentor, and – not to mention – famous on YouTube.
ING MAG PUBLISHES COPYRIGHTED SPARTAN EDGE STORY: Spartan Edge investigation finds holes in ING's editorial system
By Spartan Edge staff
An MSU magazine ran a story from Spartan Edge last week, and the publisher is denying any wrongdoing in reprinting the pictures and story word for word.
COLLEGE IN EXCHANGE FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE: President Barack Obama provides incentive for giving to the community.
By Shirley Bolden
President Barack Obama plans to ask all college students to perform 100 hours of community service.
SADD: Student group discusses staying sober while driving at MSU
By Nick Mordowanec
Drinking and driving has actually decreased over the last 20 years due to groups like SADD and MADD spreading the word about its harm.
WOULD YOU SWIM IN THE RED CEDAR?: Facts and myths about the river
By Jake Kanclerz
The famous subject of the first line of the MSU fight song has suffered from the common notion that it is not a safe or clean body of water, a belief held by a good part of the student body here at Michigan State.
SAYING GOODBYE TO AN ICON: Morrill Hall has a long history at MSU
By James Andersen
With its red sandstone and pressed brick exterior, Morrill Hall is impossible to miss when traveling through campus. But it might be easily be cast away in thought as being old and run-down.
WHEN HALLOWEEN IN CROSSES THE LINE: Police officers share their funny Halloween stories
By Shirley Bolden
Any big night for Michigan State students is usually a big night for the East Lansing Police Department…and Halloween is a very big night.
GERM PONG: Do you know where that ping pong ball has been?
By Robert McElwee
The ping pong ball which drops into the cup you must drink has possibly rolled in dirt, across an unfinished basement floor, under someone’s foot, or into the household pet’s dish.
ASHES TO ASHES, DIPLOMA TO DIPLOMA: Keeping up an engagement while hitting the books
By Alisha Green
According to statistics from the US Census Bureau, the marriage age for men and women has been rising steadily since the 1960s, but some college students still get engaged or married while in school.
OBAMARAMA: Celebrity status of change
By Brittany Shammas and Jordan Travis
Presidential candidate Barack Obama lived up to what McCain's campaign has labeled his movie star reputation when an estimated 20,000 people attended his rally at Michigan State University on Thursday.
LET-TUCE EAT WELL: E. coli outbreak traced to Detroit veggie supplier
By Laura Fosmire
After several weeks of investigation, public health officials and MSU health officials have determined the cause of the recent E. coli epidemic as a brand of lettuce.
SHOULD WE DITCH THE CARS?: Imagine if MSU were car-free
By Brittney Moody
Rumor has it Michigan State University plans to promote walking and biking a whole new way, by making the campus car-free.
SO, WHAT IS THIS CITY CENTER II THING?: Changing the face of Grand River
By Alisha Green and Lane Blackmer
The corner of Grand River and Abbot could look very different in the future.
THE MCWHIRTER SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM: From the field to the classroom
By Alisha Green
Despite experience as a foreign correspondent, bureau chief and writer for Time magazine for over 30 years, Bill McWhirter considers quitting at the end of every school year, fearing he will not be able to make the next semester as good as the one he just finished.
WHO GETS THE BIG BUCKS AT M$U?: Where our money goes
By Amanda Peterka
Dug out from a book in the reference section at the library, we scoured through pages and pages of English and language professors making barely enough to get by to find the professors who actually do make money at this school.
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