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Current State #835 | September 20, 2016

Today on Current State: MSU senior Elise Conklin discusses winning a Student Academy Award for a documentary about the Flint water crisis; Lansing Board of Education president Peter Spadafore; MSU vice president for university advancement Bob Groves; and MSU corporate chef Kurt Kwiatkowski talks about modern-day tailgating. Our guest host is Scott Westerman of the MSU Alumni Association.

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