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Community fundraising event to benefit American Cancer Society

Julie Baker
February 15, 2007

MSU's greek community will work together to raise money for the American Cancer Society during a Relay For Life event this weekend. The greeks are aim to beat the $152,000 in donations they raised last year, which contributed to MSU's third-place standing among college and university donors nationwide. Being home to not one, but two student-organized Relay For Life fundraising events sets MSU apart — it's the only college or university with more than one. "MSU is a pacesetter in the fight against cancer," said Kate Follet, American Cancer Society community development director for the Lansing area. "There is a motivated student body that realizes something needs to be done." A combined total of $235,000 was raised last year during the Greek Week's relay and MSU's second student-organized relay event. The Relay for Life of Michigan State University-General event will take place April 20-21. This weekend's event serves as the kickoff to the Greek Week celebration at MSU. Relay For Life is a nonprofit, fundraising event whose proceeds benefit the American Cancer Society.

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MSU office to link business, science

Sarah Harbison
February 14, 2007

For MSU researchers, entrepreneurial endeavors may not be as far from their grasp as before. The Office of Intellectual Property has been revamped into MSU Technologies, an office designed to facilitate the development of researchers' patents and discoveries into licensed products for the marketplace. MSU President Lou Anna K.

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Celebrating Charles Darwin

Julie Baker
February 12, 2007

Birthday cake and hominoid fossils meant one thing to the MSU Museum: It was time to celebrate Charles Darwin's birthday. Darwin Discovery Day, hosted by the MSU Museum for the second time ever on Sunday, was part of an international celebration of the impact Darwin's theory of evolution has had on science. The annual event is held around the world on or near Darwin's birthday, Feb.

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New chair elected to serve on ASMSU

Joey Nowak
February 12, 2007

Nigel Scarlett, who became the new ASMSU vice chairperson for external affairs early Friday morning, said he plans to focus his time on advocacy and spreading the word about MSU's undergraduate student government. "When students come to MSU, they don't really know about ASMSU," Scarlett said.

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American Indian tribes compete on campus

Tara Thoel
February 9, 2007

Members of American Indian tribes from across the country are coming to Jenison Field House to compete against one another in traditional dancing, drumming and singing. The North American Indigenous Student Organization, or NAISO, is hosting the 24th annual MSU Pow-Wow of Love this weekend. "We love to have students of every background — it's not only fun, but it's educational," said Allie Sturk, a NAISO member and ASMSU's director of racial, ethnic and progressive student affairs. Any kind of event that advocates diversity and culture is important, she said, especially after the passing of Proposal 2, which banned affirmative action in the state. Don Lyons, another NAISO member, said many people's only knowledge of American Indian culture is connected to casinos. He said the powwow can serve as an introduction to tribes with rich histories and traditions. "Student have no idea that American Indians are still here," he said. The powwow dancing, drumming and singing ceremonies have traditional significance and purpose, said NAISO fundraising chairman Jeff Gargoshian. "We believe that the creator gave us this way of life," he said. Some ceremonies, for example, are done when "a feather drops," Gargoshian said.

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ASMSU to discuss Prop. 2, election in meeting today

Joey Nowak
February 8, 2007

At tonight's ASMSU Student Assembly meeting, the assembly will discuss the state's affirmative action ban with MSU administrators and elect its new vice chairperson for external affairs. ASMSU is MSU's undergraduate student government. Vice President for Student Affairs and Services Lee June and Director of the Office for Affirmative Action, Compliance and Monitoring Paulette Granberry Russell will attend the meeting at ASMSU's request to discuss the effects of Proposal 2 on the university. "It's a great idea," said Allie Sturk, director of racial, ethnic and progressive student affairs for ASMSU.

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Career fair features nontraditional jobs

Julie Baker
February 7, 2007

For some students, the opportunity to solve the world's problems beats the allure of a typical 9-to-5 white-collar job. During the MSU Call to Serve Fair, such students will have a chance to explore their career options with nonprofit organizations and government and public service programs.

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MSU celebrates Black History Month

Tara Thoel
February 7, 2007

The former president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, the Rev. Joseph Lowery, will speak about "Weapons of Mass Deception" on Thursday. Civil rights activists such as Lowery risked their lives, fortunes and families to better society, said Pat Grauer, a spokeswoman for the College of Osteopathic Medicine. Lowery, who co-founded the SCLC with Martin Luther King Jr., was the first recipient of Boston University's Martin Luther King Award and delivered eulogies at Rosa Parks' and Coretta Scott King's funerals. "It really says a lot about the way the civil right community holds him in esteem," Grauer said.

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Elections aim to fill 32 open ASMSU seats

Joey Nowak
February 6, 2007

This spring's ASMSU elections give students a chance to represent their colleges and fill more than 30 vacant seats. Any undergraduate can vie for a seat on ASMSU's assembly to represent his or her college for the one-year term.

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Association to present views on war

Tara Thoel
February 6, 2007

The Muslim Students' Association will hold a discussion today about the situation in Iraq. At the meeting, speakers will present the perspectives of the Muslim world, President Bush and the anti-troop increase.

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Bike clinic offers tune-up tips

By James Andersen For The State News Tim Potter has a simple piece of advice to all bike riders on campus: "Always keep your (bike) chain lubed." Potter, the marketing and sales coordinator for the MSU Bikes Service Center, put on a basic bicycle tune-up clinic Saturday. The session is the first in a spring series.

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Green Week offers chance for collaboration

By Julie Baker The State News For one MSU student and an MSU alumnus, the gloom and doom predictions of global warming offer more than bad news — they offer a challenge. The MSU Bio Diesel Project will be producing fuel using products commonly found in the kitchen during a demonstration at 7:30 p.m.

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Hall of fame honors MSU female journalism staff

Tara Thoel
February 5, 2007

It was the 1974 football season, the first year women were allowed in the press box at Notre Dame stadium. Then-reporter Sue Carter was sent to cover the game against MSU for a small Lansing radio station. But she wasn't allowed into the locker room. "I had brought a male friend with me, and I gave him my tape recorder and a list of questions and sent him in," said Carter, now an MSU journalism professor. Women have made strides for equality in journalism since then. This year, four women — including Carter and Cheryl Pell, another School of Journalism faculty member — and one man will be inducted into the Michigan Journalism Hall of Fame. "Great progress has been made, but even greater progress is to come," Carter said.

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Life-changing experience

Sean Ely
February 2, 2007

Visiting beautiful Sydney, Australia, or lovely London could do more for students than provide pictures for a photo album. A Study Abroad Fair, put on by the MSU Office of Study Abroad on Thursday, allowed students to view more than 100 exhibits and decide which location was best for a semester or summer of eventful off-campus learning. Last school year, 2,787 students went abroad through MSU programs, office spokeswoman, Cheryl Benner said.

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Detroit's Archer to speak on campus

Tara Thoel
February 1, 2007

Former Detroit Mayor and Michigan Supreme Court Justice Dennis Archer speaks today on "Civil Rights and the Law." The lecture, sponsored by the MSU College of Osteopathic Medicine, is the first of four to be presented at 5 p.m.