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Students, faculty return to Michigan State campus after shooting

Michigan State University students and faculty have returned to the East Lansing campus, one week after a gunman killed three students and injured five others.

By Associated Press

Feb. 20, 2023

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State Rep. Brenda Carter, D-Pontiac, left, and State Sen. Rosemary Bayer, D-Keego Harbor, join hands during a news conference to call for gun reform, Monday, Feb. 20, in Lansing, Mich. Michigan State University students and faculty returned to the East Lansing campus Monday as the university resumed normal operations one week after a gunman shot and killed three students and injured five others.
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Attendees observe a moment of silence for the victims of gun violence during a news conference to call for gun reform, Monday, Feb. 20, in Lansing, Mich. Michigan State University students and faculty returned to the East Lansing campus Monday as the university resumed normal operations one week after a gunman shot and killed three students and injured five others.
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March for Our Lives cofounder David Hogg speaks during a news conference to call for gun reform, Monday, Feb. 20, in Lansing, Mich.
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Sue Dodde, a mother from Conklin at right, embraces a student with a "free hug from a mom" as campus opens back up for the first day of classes on Monday, Feb. 20, at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Mich., one week after three students were killed and five others injured during a mass shooting at the university.
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Hundreds of flowers and other keepsakes lay beside The Rock, a popular MSU landmark, as campus opens back up for the first day of classes on Monday, Feb. 20, at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Mich., one week after three students were killed and five others injured during a mass shooting at the university.
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A Michigan State student walks past Berkey Hall on his way to class as campus opens back up for the first day of classes on Monday, Feb. 20, at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Mich., one week after three students were killed and five others injured during a mass shooting at the university.
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Flowers are displayed on the door handles of Berkey Hall while keeping the doors closed as campus opens back up for the first day of classes on Monday, Feb. 20, at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Mich., one week after three students were killed and five others injured during a mass shooting at the university.
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Culley Herbert, an MSU freshman from Grand Rapids, walks a quiet campus early on Monday, Feb. 20, at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Mich., as classes begin one week after three students were killed and five others injured during a mass shooting at the university. "I'd always go to the Union to study, I'd be walking back 10 to 11 at night and not think twice about it," Herbert said. "But now, you know, sometimes, I gotta just keep that in the back of my mind."
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Charlie Shenk, a Michigan State sophomore from Cleveland, prays outside of Berkey Hall as campus opens back up for the first day of classes on Monday, Feb. 20, at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Mich., one week after three students were killed and five others injured during a mass shooting at the university.
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Hundreds of flowers and other keepsakes lay beside The Rock, a popular MSU landmark, as campus opens back up for the first day of classes on Monday, Feb. 20, at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Mich., one week after three students were killed and five others injured during a mass shooting at the university.
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Eder Lopez, a 20-year-old MSU sophomore studying psychology, walks to his first class as the sun rises on the first day campus opens back up on Monday, Feb. 20, at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Mich., one week after three students were killed and five others injured during a mass shooting at the university.
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Words to "MSU Shadows," the school's alma mater song, are handwritten in chalk along the side walk as campus opens back up for the first day of classes on Monday, Feb. 20, at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Mich., one week after three students were killed and five others injured during a mass shooting at the university.
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Michigan State international students Dheeraj Thota, left, and Chirag Bhansari, both freshman studying computer science, found a single rose on their walk to class as campus opens back up for the first day of classes on Monday, Feb. 20, at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Mich. Michigan State University is set to return to classes Monday, with officials saying they hope a return to familiarity may help the community heal.
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Hundreds of flowers overflow from the base of the Spartan Statue as campus opens back up for the first day of classes on Monday, Feb. 20, at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Mich.,one week after three students were killed and five others injured during a mass shooting at the university.
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Hundreds of flowers overflow from the base of the Spartan Statue as campus opens back up for the first day of classes on Monday, Feb. 20, at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Mich.,one week after three students were killed and five others injured during a mass shooting at the university.
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A significantly smaller amount of students traverse campus as it opens back up for the first day of classes on Monday, Feb. 20, at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Mich., one week after three students were killed and five others injured during a mass shooting at the university.
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Cora Fuller, a 19-year-old Michigan State sophomore from Macomb, smiles as she receives a "free mom hug" from Sue Dodde, a mother from Conklin, as campus opens back up for the first day of classes on Monday, Feb. 20, at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Mich., one week after three students were killed and five others injured during a mass shooting at the university.
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Abby Langell, a Michigan State graduate student studying social work, embraces a friend near The Rock as campus opens back up for the first day of classes on Monday, Feb. 20, at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Mich., one week after three students were killed and five others injured during a mass shooting at the university.
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Khai Mahnke, a mother from Rochester, embraces a student with a "free hug from a mom" as campus opens back up for the first day of classes on Monday, Feb. 20, at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Mich., one week after three students were killed and five others injured during a mass shooting at the university.

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