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Housing rates raised for the fall
The MSU Board of Trustees unanimously approved a proposal in June to raise housing rates across the board by 6 percent starting this fall.
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Campus store offers discount prices
Buying computer hardware and software can leave your pocketbook pretty bare, but there's an outlet on campus to help ease the pain. To help students who need to bargain shop, the MSU Computer Store, located in the Computer Center next to the Administration Building, offers hardware and software at discounted prices for MSU students and faculty and staff members. Allan Evans, Computer Store sales associate and electrical engineering junior, said everything the store sells is new. "We have Dell, Apple, Compaq, IBM, Gateway and Toshiba" as far as computers go, he said, adding the store carries both desktop and laptop computers. Since 2001, incoming freshmen are required to have an Internet-ready computer, able to connect to MSU's Ethernet.
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ASMSU seats open, students endorsed
Empty seats in ASMSU's conference room will be a theme this fall, despite the reinstatement of 10 representatives to MSU's undergraduate student government.
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Study: students study less but receive better grades
According to a study, high school seniors are slacking on homework time but still pulling off high grades - a sign that grade inflation might be taking over.
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'U' classes offer more than work
Sailing the fresh waters of Michigan or curling up with "The Lord of the Rings" doesn't have to just be a hobby anymore. There are several old and new classes available at MSU allowing students to enjoy their hobbies in a classroom atmosphere. But some of these classes are filling up quickly such as Criminal Justice 210, Introduction to Forensic Science with Jay Siegel. "It's open to anyone who can get in," said Siegel, director of MSU's Forensic Science Program.
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Prof. helps China reserves
When Jack Liu travels to China, he is fighting to save the country's depleting forests and wildlife.
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'U' offers students work opportunities
Imagine getting paid to watch basketball games, travel with the team and witness every practice. That's the kind of work general management senior Justin Squires gets to enjoy as a manager for MSU's men's basketball team.
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E-mail system flawed, not yet ready for users
Upgrading to MSU's new e-mail system won't be a possibility for students coming to the university this fall.The e-mail home base, mail.msu.edu, officially launched in March.
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Orchid study may improve flower's appeal
Wake up and smell the orchids. That's the idea a team of MSU researchers have been working on in an attempt to get people more interested in growing and buying the flower.
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Bike impoundment policy disputed
A meeting between three students and MSU Department of Police and Public Safety about the bike impoundment policy has left the issue unresolved and the students unsatisfied. Anthropology graduate student Angela Jancius, her husband Daniel Sturm and genetics graduate student Paolo Struffi met with MSU police Deputy Chief Mike Rice on Thursday to discuss ways MSU police's bike impoundment tactics could be improved. "He observed everything with a cost-benefit analysis," Jancius said about Rice.
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'U' professors refuse obligation to use books
Reviewing textbooks is an easy way for professors to find course material and make some extra money on the side, MSU officials say. The university does not deal with North West Publishing, which has recently been criticized for its policy of contractually obligating professors to make the reviewed textbook mandatory for their classes.
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News briefs
Researchers work to fight wind, soil erosion Researchers at MSU are working on a lower intensity tillage system which will help to maintain a crop's nutrients and combat wind and soil erosion. When liquid manure is placed on fields, the substance slides through wormholes and other permeable surfaces.
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News briefs
Funding decrease for universities set as law The state of higher education is officially law as of Tuesday when Gov.
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Online classes expand, get positive feedback
When students start classes in a couple weeks they will be able to access more online classes than ever before.There are 131 online classes scheduled for the fall semester - an increase from 117 during fall semester 2002.University officials say the increase comes from students wanting flexibility in their scheduling, as well as colleges wanting to expand their resources.
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'U' excluded in Mich. nursing scholarships
When the Michigan Department of Consumer & Industry Services released a list of nursing school scholarship recipients last week, one of the state's largest programs was left out - MSU. Institutions across the state, including Lansing Community College, received a total of $50,000 under a program established in 2000 to combat the state's nursing shortage dilemma.
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Alumnus, 88, remembered for school spirit
Herman King, a retired MSU administrator and alumnus died Sunday at the age of 88. "He liked everything about MSU," his wife, Alice King, remembered.
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Officials: Internet accounts secure, despite U-M hacker
MSU computer experts say students shouldn't worry about their school account being hacked into, despite an University of Michigan student recently being charged with hacking into student and faculty member accounts. U-M graduate student Ning Ma hacked into the accounts to obtain credit card numbers, final exams and send phony e-mails, some with the intent of receiving sexual favors from students.
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Debaters tune skills at 'U'
Alex Amemone traveled thousands of miles from her Tucson, Ariz., home to MSU's campus just to win an argument.The 16-year-old is one of about 300 high schoolers who had to adjust to life in the dorms during the 13th annual Spartan Debate Institute."I finally learned how to do my own laundry," Amemone said.
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'U' attend anti-terror fellowship
Fort Wayne, Ind. - Between "be safe" and "have a good trip," Laura McCoy had another special request for her son, biochemistry junior Andrew McCoy, as he took off for Israel. "Have an Israeli beer for me," she said as he walked through the security gates at Fort Wayne International Airport on Saturday. Andrew McCoy and international relations senior Daniel Grimm joined 48 other students from across the nation as part of two-week anti-terrorism fellowship in Tel Aviv, Israel.
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Grower's Day will show research, trial gardens
Grower's Day will be hosted on Tuesday at MSU's Plant and Soil Sciences Building greenhouse. Visitors will learn about MSU's research involving bedding plants and perennials and go on a tour of the trial gardens.