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Eco, ASMSU discuss tax for 'green energy'

Amy Bartner  and  Patrick Walters
November 15, 2002

An MSU environmental group hopes to set new trends for the university by exploring the possibility of renewable energy - through a proposed student tax.Eco met with ASMSU's Student Assembly on Thursday night to gain support for a preliminary plan to implement a $5 per semester tax to fund either wind turbines or a solar panel system, which are both environmentally friendly sources of energy.ASMSU is MSU's undergraduate student government."Renewables are not only smarter, they're cheaper," said Mitch Petz, a finance junior and Eco member.

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Museum to open new Jewish exhibit

The MSU Museum's Heritage Gallery will open a new exhibit at 2 p.m. Sunday. The exhibit will host the exhibits "Varian Fry - Assignment: Rescue, 1940-1941" and "Uneasy Years: Michigan Jewry During The Depression and War." Fry's work deals with relief efforts to help Jewish refugees who were threatened by the Nazis in 1940. "Uneasy Years" looks at efforts of Jewish people living in Michigan to fight anti-Semitism and contribute to the American war effort.

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Group celebrates Puerto Rican Culture Week

Tara May
November 15, 2002

With dancing, dominoes, poetry and pig roasts, the Puerto Rican Student Association is planning to celebrate its heritage next week.Puerto Rican Culture Week kicks off today with a dance in the International Center from 10 p.m.

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Study: 'U' backs hurt

Although some think aching back problems are unusual, statistics show it is more common than expected. According to a recent survey, about 46 percent of MSU students say they have experienced back pain.

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Law students sworn in at DCL

Of the 113 MSU-Detroit College of Law graduates who passed the Michigan Bar Examination last July, 44 were sworn in at the college Wednesday night."This is the official part when you actually make a commitment to be an attorney," said Michele Ekblad before swearing in.

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RHA binds accounts to manage money

Antonio Planas
November 14, 2002

An executive board member of the Residence Halls Association has reduced the number of accounts in the budget in order to make money management easier.Bryson Jacques, comptroller for RHA, decreased the organization's seven accounts to two last week.

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'U' to celebrate week of international education

Brian Charlton
November 14, 2002

MSU will celebrate International Education Week starting Saturday. The event is in its third year and is sponsored by the dean's office of International Studies and Programs. Jay Rodman, special projects coordinator for international studies and programs, said this year MSU has more events and higher profile speakers than the last three years. "It's very exciting," Rodman said.

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Group begins marrow drive

Amy Bartner
November 13, 2002

A student organization hopes to register 100 students to donate bone marrow for cancer patients in two bone marrow drives. Asian Pacific American Student Organization (APASO), group affiliates Hapa Asian Pacific Alliance, alpha Kappa Delta Phi and Shaw Hall racial ethnic aides held the first of two drives to register students on a bone-marrow donation list. The first drive was held Tuesday, and a second drive will be held from 11 a.m.

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State News elects new editor

Emily Buckler
November 13, 2002

As a freshman, State News rookie reporter Kevin Hardy would run back and forth from the newsroom in order to make his deadline - literally."It was a pair of Nikes that got me to and from the city council meetings," he said.

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Olin selected to offer 20 minute HIV test

MSU students can receive their HIV test results faster if Olin Health Center agrees to be a pilot site for a new method of testing.Olin Health Center was asked by the Michigan Department of Community Health to participate in a testing program that would provide results in 20 minutes before it is approved for state use.

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Board to discuss grant funds, bike safety

Kristofer Karol
November 12, 2002

MSU's Board of Trustees will discuss Friday ways to strengthen the College of Education via a $5 million grant awarded earlier this semester and review recent findings of the Red Cedar Greenway Master Plan study.The university was one of four institutions to receive the grant from the Carnegie Corp.

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Miss Michigan discusses leadership

Benita Mehta
November 12, 2002

In front of a small, attentive crowd Monday, the winner of the 2002 Miss Michigan pageant discussed leadership in Conrad Hall.Erin Michelle Moss made her first appearance at MSU, and it all came about with the help of one of her good friends."I'm a friend of Erin's who also competed with her in pageants when we were younger," said Angela Corsi, Panhellenic Council vice president of external relations.