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…On Campus MSU Hillel Is Growing East Lansing — Michigan State University Hillel is expanding its two-story, 10,000- square-foot Lester and Jewell Morris Hillel Jewish Student Center on Charles Street to accommodate an ever-increasing Jewish student population on campus. Building began in September to add 2,500 square feet of space. It will enlarge the first floor dining room and meat kitch- en. The second floor expansion includes building on...…
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