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4-Hs 100th birthday celebrated at U

Jacquelyne Froeber
June 20, 2002

Kayaking, roller hockey, climbing and repelling.They may not be the first things that come to mind when people think of 4-H, but that’s what nearly 3,000 students and chaperones are doing on campus to celebrate the agricultural organization’s 100th birthday.The students will spend until Friday in Akers, Holmes and Hubbard halls for 4-H Exploration Days, an annual youth conference.“Kids and chaperones come from all over the state,” said Judy Ratkof, conference coordinator for Michigan 4-H Youth Development, which is based at MSU.

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Alumnus earns debate internship in D.C.

Kurt Ludke
June 20, 2002

Leadership on MSU’s debate team helped a 2002 graduate become the first person from the university - and only the sixth ever - to land a prestigious Washington, D.C., internship at a nonprofit think tank.Austin Carson, who graduated with a degree in international relations, begins the yearlong William J.

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Professor brings cases, experience to U

Katie Byrne
June 19, 2002

The “hands-on” philosophy of MSU’s forensic anthropology program brings prominent cases and serious students to the university. Anthropology Professor Norman Sauer’s current investigation at the campus lab could reopen a 7-year-old missing person case.

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SN approves $2.16M budget for 2002-2003

The State News Board of Directors approved a $2.16 million budget for the newspaper for the 2002-2003 fiscal year.About $80,000 of that budget is covered by a $1 increase in student taxes approved in March, State News General Manager Marty Sprigg said.

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McPherson leads hunger coalition

Amy Bartner
June 17, 2002

Industrialized nations should fight hunger in Africa through increased aid and efforts to develop agriculture on the continent, according to a report by a coalition of African and U.S.

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Panda research project involves U

Amy Bartner
June 17, 2002

An MSU professor left for China on Friday as part of a six-month research project to study a 27-year-old panda reservation. The panda project, headed by fisheries and wildlife Associate Professor Jianguo “Jack” Liu, began in 1998 to study how humans impact the environment of panda bears. Researchers hope the information can be applied to areas in the United States to prevent the extinction of plant and animal species. “We’re just trying to use this species as an example with how humans impact wildlife,” Liu said.

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Job search easier for bilingual students

Jacquelyne Froeber
June 13, 2002

Criminal justice students may want to be able to ask, “Usted hablas Ingles?”Experts say bilingual officers are in demand in many metropolitan areas .“There is a need for officers to work with different cultures,” said Edmund McGarrell, director of the School of Criminal Justice.

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City works for prettier yards

Kurt Ludke
June 12, 2002

Margarita Lara won a free month of rent Tuesday night for planting free flowers and grass seed. The fisheries and wildlife graduate student entered a raffle for the University Apartments Council of Residents’ beautification project. “It was a really good opportunity because I like flowers,” she said. The council, made up of residents from all three on-campus apartment communities, offered the free rent as an incentive to increase participation in the activity.

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U official heads to California

Amy Bartner
June 10, 2002

Former MSU President Jonathan Snyder is the reason Donald Straney came to MSU.“He cast a long shadow on the family,” said Straney, a zoology professor and assistant to the provost for faculty development.

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Four hopefuls vie for school board seats

After a difficult budget year and the threatened closure of a school, four East Lansing school-board hopefuls look to fill the board’s two vacant seats.William Donohue, Daphne O’Regan, Randy Bell and Brett Gillespie all look forward to possibly joining the board when the district needs them most.All of the candidates have children who attend schools in the district, except for Gillespie, who has brothers in the district.“I want to ask questions and increase communication,” said Gillespie, a recent East Lansing High School graduate.

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High-tech machine aids disease diagnosis

Tara May
June 5, 2002

The search to predict heart attacks could stop at MSU.The computed tomography scanner in the Department of Radiology at the MSU Clinical Center has been running since January to help diagnose diseases before symptoms even occur.MSU is doing three main types of screening - heart, colon and lungs.Scanner section chief Kelly Ludema said the machine itself is fairly common, but it’s the research at MSU that makes it unique.“Part of our research is the prospective studies on patients who are asymptomatic and see how well machines like these do prevent deaths and prevent heart attacks.”The scanners usually cost about $1 million, Ludema said.

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Amendment could direct funds for scholarship to health care

Katie Byrne
June 3, 2002

A proposed constitutional amendment to dedicate tobacco settlement money to health care puts the future of the Michigan Merit Award Scholarship program in jeopardy. The Citizens for a Healthy Michigan Coalition introduced the Healthy Michigan Amendment in March. The proposed amendment would dedicate 90 percent of funds from the nationwide tobacco lawsuit settlement of 1998 to health care.

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Proposed fees may stop online radio

Ben Landes
June 3, 2002

MSU’s WDBM (88.9 FM) may have a problem it can’t fix.The online radio station, The Fix.org, is offline pending a proposed regulation to charge fees for playing music online.Librarian of Congress James H.

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Derailed train quiets campus

Tara May
May 29, 2002

South campus is experiencing fewer trains traveling after the chaos in Potterville on Tuesday.The derailment of a Grand Trunk train in Potterville just after midnight Monday had the tracks crossing Harrison Road quiet because of cancellations on the rails.Amtrak canceled two trains for Tuesday and Wednesday traveling between Chicago and Toronto because of work on the tracks, spokesman Howard Riefs said.The derailment has not affected operation of CSX Corp.

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Police: Click it for holiday

Tara May
May 23, 2002

Police will be watching Michigan residents to ensure they are wearing their seat belts this holiday weekend.“If you don’t want a ticket, wear your seat belts,” MSU police Sgt.

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Web site to aid food poisoning reporting

Katie Byrne
May 22, 2002

MSU’s National Food Safety and Toxicology Center is leading state agencies in implementing the nation’s first Web site for reporting food poisoning.The site will allow people to go online, answer a 15-minute questionnaire about foods they’ve consumed in the last 48 hours and view postings from other citizens.Veterinary epidemiology Professor Paul Bartlett is heading the project.

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10 graduate students win fellowships from foundation

Amy Bartner
May 22, 2002

Ten MSU students were each awarded fellowships from the National Science Foundation of $21,500 for three years of graduate studies plus $10,500 for their tuition in March.These fellowships mean different things to each student who won.“It means I don’t have to waitress and TA,” said zoology graduate student and fellowship recipient Meghan Duffy.