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Students begin study in Havana
Karen Pawloski said she never dreamed enrolling at MSU would bring her to Cuba.“I wanted to go on a study abroad,” the packaging senior said.
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Red Cedar bleeds green for research
The Red Cedar River ran green Friday as an MSU environmental group continued its study to understand pollution flow in the campus watershed.MSU-WATER, MSU-Watershed Action Through Education and Research, a watershed management initiative comprised of faculty, staff and students from 15 departments across campus, dyed a segment of the Red Cedar green.The research group was conducting a test to monitor how contamination moves through the river.Tom Voice, a civil and environmental engineering professor, said the project hopes to build a mathematical model of the river to find behavior patterns.“As long as you understand the physics of the river, you can predict how a given pollutant will behave when it enters the river,” Voice said.
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U hosts Victory Games
It’s a good thing it didn’t rain Friday. “I go nice and slow when it rains,” Jeannie Striedl said.
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Residents worry about proposed gas line
A proposed gas pipeline to be installed along Interstate 96 in south Lansing has residents and public officials worried about the possibility of the gas leaking into the local groundwater.About 25 people spoke to the Lansing City Council at its Monday meeting about the pipeline, including a large majority of residents and two representatives from the Lansing Board of Water and Light who were opposed to the project.Wolverine Pipe Line Co., 2691 Lake Lansing Road, wants to replace a 65-year-old, 8-inch diameter pipeline with a 12-inch pipeline that would run for about 26 miles along I-96, but residents near the highway are worried about gas contaminating the area’s water supply.Jim Roth, the manager of Lansing’s Planning and Neighborhood Development Department, said the company was originally looking at two different options after the Michigan Public Service Commission denied permission to build the new pipeline in Meridian Township, citing safety concerns.The first plan would have the pipeline run along I-96, but would veer off in a few locations; the second plan would have it run nearly all of the pipeline’s length along the highway.When the company finalized its application to the Michigan Public Service Commission, they chose the plan that stayed along I-96, Roth said.The pipeline would be 4-feet deep for most of its length, Roth said.“I’ve testified in front of the Michigan Public Service Commission,” he said.
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Local police provide tips for vehicle protection
Education senior Valerie Deininger’s black Saturn will not be in her driveway anymore. The car was stolen from her home around 4 a.m.
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New cub bearing it at zoo
Lansing - Tommy Bell ran with excitement from the petting zoo to the display that held Potter Park Zoo’s newest arrival. “I’ve seen a baby bear cub, I’ve seen a baby bear cub, it’s so cute, it’s so cute,” the 8-year-old Haslett resident said. The zoo, 1301 S.
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Legislation to require registry for child care
Dwayne Sortor, a history senior and parent, won’t leave his child with just anyone.“You’re trusting your children to someone,” he said.
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Facility aids safety
“This is a new facility which is supposed to be dedicated to research - Research on materials, pavements, and structures.” said Rigoberto Burgueño, assistant professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and director of the new Civil Infrastructure Laboratory.
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U to begin new project
Leiann Mensinger didn’t set out in her college career to discover if attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder actually occurred in adolescents and adults. “I wouldn’t say at the outset it was at the top of my list,” the clinical social work graduate student said of the ailment.
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Locals to visit China, add sister city
MSU faculty and members of several local Lansing groups will travel to China to exchange research methods and form a sister-city bond.
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Students have mixed feelings about dorms in summer
About 300 students unloaded their clothes, alarm clocks, computers and minifridges from cars, trucks, trailers and minivans this weekend, carrying the items to their new rooms.Mason, Abbot and Owen Graduate halls are the only dorms offering housing for students taking summer classes.No-preference sophomore Alyse Cleaver and her friends on the MSU crew team moved into Abbot Hall on Thursday.Cleaver, who previously lived in Wonders Hall, said moving in without elevators made it difficult.The dorm doesn’t offer elevator service in the three-floor building.Cleaver also had problems with older dorms’ bathrooms.“It’s hard to adjust to the community bathrooms,” she said.But Cleaver’s friend, communication sophomore Lauren Hamel, disagreed, saying the bathrooms are not that bad.
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GEU contract increases pay, benefits
One hundred and eighty-seven members of the Graduate Employees Union voted in favor for the ratification of the first contract developed by the union and the university Tuesday.
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U may use Cheney visit to lure students
MSU officials may use the appearance of Vice President Dick Cheney at graduation as a promotional tactic to entice prospective students. MSU spokesman Terry Denbow said that the university could use Cheney’s visit to promote the university in brochures as well as the alumni magazine.
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Campus briefs
Work continues during summer for ASMSUASMSU officials will be working on issues such as setting tuition and reviewing campus safety guidelines during the summer.Although the newly elected undergraduate student government’s summer hours are half of what they are during the spring and fall semesters, the organization has a summer agenda to prepare for the upcoming 2002-03 academic year.
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After 52 years, alumnus, mentor to retire
When 77-year-old Tom Dutch dropped in at the Evans Scholars house Wednesday, not one resident walked by without saying hello.There was a level of respect for the man who helped bring housing to the former golf caddies that isn’t easily matched anywhere else on campus.It was Dutch’s birthday and one of last times he will visit the house in an official capacity, but he will be missed. He has been a fixture in the house, not only as a mentor and adviser, and every now and then, at the parties the residents hold.More than five decades ago, Dutch, the Housing and Food Services personnel administrator, finished his master’s degree in student personnel at MSU and started his career in the universities placement office.
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Early packing, recycling, donating help stop stress
Although Leslie Madden only is finishing up her first year away from home, she knows how to move. The physiology freshman moved her belongings home last weekend so she wouldn’t have to think about it during finals week. “I kind of wish we had a week after finals to relax and move out our stuff,” Madden said.
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U awaits commencement speaker announcement
Konrad Kulacki doesn’t mind that the speaker for MSU’s May 3 Student Convocation has not yet been announced - he’s not going. “If, in fact, it is Dick Cheney, campus is going to be crazy,” the environmental management senior said.
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Officer grills meals for students
MSU police Officer Khalil Wasson arrived at Yakeley Hall at 5 a.m. Thursday morning in uniform - his apron and chef’s hat. “People wondered how I stayed clean working back there,” he said while cooking on two long charcoal grills outside the residence hall.
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Nursing educational center dedication shows technology, experience
Renee Thelen inserted the suction tube into the neck of José’s lifeless body in front of a crowd of people Wednesday afternoon.“It’s almost like an unconscious patient,” the nursing junior said about the mannequin she was demonstrating on in the new Janice Thompson Granger Nursing Learning Center.
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Policies gives RHA leaders greater authority, review of ethics committee purpose
A policy bill was approved Wednesday by the Residence Halls Association that outlines procedures for the removal of executive board members, taking action on an issue an earlier-formed ethics committee could not.The policy gives the association’s president and internal and external vice presidents the power to remove executives from their office in cases of gross negligence.The bill followed the formation of an ethics committee Feb.