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Student faces prison for tampering with plant research

A student thief who squashed a $20,000 research study earlier this semester now faces 10 years in prison or thousands of dollars in fines for stealing tomatoes from MSU's Department of Plant Pathology. The ruined yearly research on plant disease management means serious setbacks for both university officials and Michigan farmers, MSU officials said. The 32-year-old male student arrested this week is scheduled to be arraigned Monday in Ingham County's 55th District Court, MSU police Sgt.

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Safe Place celebrates 10th anniversary

Maddie Trier
November 18, 2004

Ten years ago, victims of domestic violence only had the End Violent Encounters shelter in Lansing to go to for safety, but that changed when MSU first lady Joanne McPherson helped create MSU Safe Place. The MSU community shelter is celebrating 10 years of expansion, outreach and intervention.

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Major marathon held today in Bessey Hall

Sonia Khaleel
November 18, 2004

A Marathon of Majors will be held from 5-7 p.m. today on the first floor of Bessey Hall. Academic advisers from about 15 MSU colleges will be available to assist students in exploring majors, meeting major and college requirements, exploring internship and career information, transferring credits, studying abroad and tutoring options. Other groups, including the MSU Counseling Center and the Writing Center will also provide information. "Usually, students have to go from college to college to gather information about the colleges, but with this event, they're able to do that in one night," said Rosemarie Handley, advising coordinator for the Undergraduate University Division.

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'U' program offers global perspective

Sonia Khaleel
November 17, 2004

International Education Week is a time when students can explore other cultures by tasting, saying or seeing things they've never tried before. During its fifth annual celebration, this year's International Education Week is complete with dancing, music, language classes, food, film, lectures and other educational activities.

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ASMSU addresses fair labor practices

ASMSU joined part of an ongoing battle between students and administration officials Thursday when it passed a bill calling for MSU to join the Worker Rights Consortium, a nonprofit international group that monitors labor practices. MSU's undergraduate student government requested the MSU Board of Trustees to allocate one percent of its profit from licensed apparel, up to $50,000, which is required to join the consortium. The WRC would report on factory conditions overseas where some MSU apparel is manufactured to ensure fair labor practices. Nine of the 11 Big Ten universities belong to the WRC, including 120 other colleges and universities across the country. Lauren Olson, a representative for the College of Natural Science, introduced the bill to Student Assembly and said petitioning ASMSU to join the WRC was one of the major reasons she became a representative. "We should be perpetuating the idea of fair labor as we go into the real world," she said.

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Bioethics discussion to focus on social, medical intersex issues

Maddie Trier
November 16, 2004

The issue of medical and social treatment of intersex individuals will be addressed today during a discussion hosted by the Undergraduate Bioethics Society. Intersex individuals are people with a wide variety of physical abnormalities that cause the genitals to differ from the "normal" conception of male or female anatomy, said Alice Dreger, a Lyman Briggs associate professor. "We like to increase awareness about some of the ethical issues concerned with reproductive health in this society," said Annika Storey, chairwoman of the society and a physiology senior. Dreger will lead the discussion, "Gender, Sex and Ethics," at 7:30 p.m.

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Poetry kicks off heritage celebration

Sonia Khaleel  and  Darrell Hughes
November 16, 2004

A poetry collective called Batey Urbano excitedly warmed up in a back room of the Erickson Kiva before several Latino and Chicano urban poets hit the stage to perform poetry with a purpose. "Is-La Mind," or "Ease The Mind," showcased the Batey Urbano poets as part of Puerto Rican Culture Week, put on by the Puerto Rican Student Alliance this week. "Our performances are a collaboration of our culture and hip-hop," Chicagoan group member Jiovani Vargas said. Batey Urbano is an outlet for people to express themselves, Vargas said.

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McPherson to speak at Penn State Friday

Jaclyn Roeschke
November 15, 2004

MSU President M. Peter McPherson will speak about Africa's agriculture production and rural income on Friday at Penn State University. The speech, entitled, "Progress Can Be Achieved in Africa," is part of Penn State's lunchtime speaker series. McPherson said the presentation will give him an opportunity to give back to the university. "Penn State is our sister university because they came into existence around the same time MSU did," McPherson said, adding Penn State's President Graham Spaniard asked him to give the speech about a year ago.

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Women's conference focuses on leadership

Samona Combs
November 15, 2004

Women on MSU's campus have gone from protesting in the streets to using the support of successful women to gain powerful positions. The second annual MSU Women Students Leadership Conference allowed those in attendance to spend Sunday afternoon equipping themselves with the tools necessary to become successful in a male-dominated society.

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LON-CAPA software wins Sloan award

Margaret Harding
November 15, 2004

Award-winning online software is now being recognized after MSU's online teaching and learning software system, the LearningOnline Network Computer-Assisted Personalized Approach, or LON-CAPA, won an award from the Sloan Foundation. The system will also be the first American program introduced into the German-based CampusSource software exchange, which helps educational institutions create the infrastructure necessary for new media in teaching. "This is very nice, but not the greatest thing since sliced bread because we are one of five schools awarded," said Gerd Kortemeyer, LON-CAPA director and an assistant professor in the Lyman Briggs School.

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ASMSU uses extra funds to study student opinion

To determine changes in how student taxpayer money is used and the effectiveness of its internal structure, ASMSU allocated almost $7,000 on Thursday to gather student opinion. Student reactions will be gathered through a survey of undergraduates for its Constitutional Convention Committee, which will review ASMSU's constitution and might propose changes such as combining the two assemblies into a unicameral body.

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Trustees OK vet center, stadium work

Jaclyn Roeschke
November 15, 2004

In addition to approving contracts for MSU President M. Peter McPherson and President-designate Lou Anna Simon on Friday, the MSU Board of Trustees also approved a $3.6 million agreement to construct a new veterinary medicine center. The board took a contract with Fryling Construction Company to begin work on the $3.6 million Matilda R.

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Olin offers class on importance of health

Maddie Trier
November 12, 2004

About 25 students ranging from human biology to computer science majors, gathered at Olin Health Center to learn about the Health Advocates on Thursday night. "It sounds really interesting and it's so good what they do.