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Pulitzer winner to speak about AIDS tonight
Tina Rosenberg, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author and foreign policy editorial writer for The New York Times, will speak at 7:30 p.m.
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Center raises money through 5K event
More than 150 people on feet and wheels braved the cold air Saturday morning to compete in the Tower Guard Shamrock 5K Run, Walk and Roll.
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Natl radio broadcasts from U
Greg Olsen made sure to get a front-row seat for National Public Radio’s “Talk of the Nation: Science Friday.”The show, hosted by NPR science correspondent Ira Flatow, broadcasted live Friday afternoon from the new Biomedical and Physical Sciences Building.The show featured area experts on automotive technologies and MSU engineering, food science and packaging professors.But as the crowd of about 150 people listened to Flatow and guests discuss automotive innovations and food science improvements, Olsen, a telecommunication junior, kept his eyes on the engineers working the various consoles and dials.“It was great to see what they do,” he said.Olsen, a regular listener of NPR, said he was able to learn things on two levels by attending the broadcast - science and radio broadcasting.“I always learn something, that’s the great thing,” he said.Combining two areas of interest is how Flatow got his start in science journalism.In the late 1960s, he entered the State University of New York at Buffalo, planning to become an engineer.“I went into college and I stumbled upon a campus radio station,” he said.
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Postponed talk by journalist rescheduled
After postponing her visit to campus because of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, Laurie Garrett, the only journalist to have won the Pulitzer, Peabody and Polk awards, will lecture in the Wharton Center’s Pasant Theatre. The event, “Betrayal of Trust: The Collapse of Global Public Health” will begin at 4:30 p.m.
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RHA fills board spot
The Residence Halls Association is one step closer to filling next year’s executive board. The association elected John Sturk, the North American Indian Student Organization’s representative, to the internal vice president position for 2002-03. At Wednesday night’s election, Sturk calmly strolled about a room in Wilson Hall, outlining his goals to improve diversity and understanding of parliamentary procedure within the association.
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U professors featured on science radio show
Janice Harte is hoping her voice stays in mint condition today. The assistant professor of food science, who is recovering from a case of laryngitis, is one of four MSU experts to be prominently featured on a National Public Radio broadcast originating from MSU. “Talk of the Nation: Science Friday,” hosted by veteran science correspondent Ira Flatow, will go live from the Biomedical and Physical Sciences Building at 2 p.m. Harte said she’s excited to be on the program. “It’s quite an honor,” she said.
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Muslim association celebrates culture, religion at dinner
The Muslim Students’ Association is sponsoring its Unity Eid Dinner at 7 p.m. today in the Union Ballroom.
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Conference on human rights, traditions in Asia to begin Saturday
The Asian Studies Center is sponsoring “Human Rights in Asia: Traditions and Trajectories,” from 9 a.m.
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Tower Guard 5K run, walk, roll for disability center opens Saturday
The second annual Tower Guard Shamrock 5K Run, Walk and Roll will be on campus Saturday morning. Registration begins at 8 a.m.
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Science fiction project open to undergrad researchers, lit-lovers
Lovers of science fiction can be part of a campus research group that provides opportunities for leadership, research and college credit.
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Energy Awareness Week reminds U to conserve
Next week, cars without gasoline and machines powered by wind instead of electricity will become the norm at MSU. Beginning Monday, the Office of Campus Sustainability and MSU’s chapter of the Public Relations Student Society of America will host Energy Awareness Week. Students, faculty and staff will have the chance to check out the future, including solar-powered cars and the newest in computer technology. “This is one way we can highlight some of the things we are suggesting,”said Brenda Wrigley, assistant professor of public relations and public relations society adviser.
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U irked by hall damage rule
Min Cho doesn’t smoke, but he might have to pay $100 for the nearly 50 cigarette burns that cover the blue carpet of the fourth floor study lounge in West McDonel Hall.“I realize that I have responsibility because I live here, even though I don’t smoke, but $100 is just too much to pay,” the computer science freshman said.Floor residents received a notice that they each would have to pay $100 - about $4,000 total - to replace the carpeting.The common-area damages clause of the residence hall handbook states that residents all will be held equally financially responsible for destruction to their floor, unless someone comes forward and confesses to the damage.
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GEU steps up plans to secure contract
With fewer than two months remaining in the semester, graduate employee unions throughout the state are changing their battle plans. “I think members are getting frustrated that we don’t have a contract,” said Jessica Goodkind, MSU’s Graduate Employees Union president.
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Commission on election expresses voting worry
Although the All University Election Commission recommended for this week’s universitywide elections to be postponed, the five-member student group didn’t have the final decision.Lee June, vice president for student affairs, approved the recommendation Wednesday.ASMSU elections have been delayed until Tuesday after members of the election commission called into question language on the ballot and technical malfunctions with computer voting.The University Apartments’ Council of Residents election has also been postponed, but it is not related to the election commission’s recommendations.A $1 tax referendum for The State News tax will continue as scheduled.
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Online problems postpone election
Changes in the universitywide student elections ballot already are being made by MSU’s Computer Center, Student Life officials said Wednesday.ASMSU representative elections, constitutional changes and a $3 tax increase referendum all were recommended to be postponed Tuesday night by the All University Election Commission.
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NPR journalist visits campus for science lecture
Ira Flatow, a veteran science correspondent for National Public Radio, will broadcast his weekly “Talk of the Nation: Science Friday” show from the new Biomedical and Physical Science Building this week. This week’s show will deal with the food industry and alternative fuel technologies in the automotive industry. “Whenever we go on the road, we try to pick up local issues,” Flatow said. Flatow is visiting MSU this week as part of the McPherson Professorship. “I’ve never had a warmer welcome anywhere else,” he said.
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Campus briefs
MSU Museum talk details digital art With a storage of artwork moving from dusty galleries to memory chips, MSU Museum officials are addressing the preservation of digital artwork.
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Student government supports U building recycling center
ASMSU officials might support the university building its own recycling facility on or close to campus. At the undergraduate student government’s Academic Assembly meeting on Tuesday night, a report compiled by Steve Lovelace, the assembly’s internal vice chairperson, said a new facility would be the best option.
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RHA looking for new leadership as elections continue
Elections for the Residence Halls Association’s executive board will continue tonight at the general assembly meeting. President-elect Tim Liss could be joined by Case Hall Rep.
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Baby steps help improve health and overall wellness
Every day Emily Eshenroder tries to walk a little bit farther.The 2001 MSU graduate parks farther away in the grocery store parking lot and walks around her office a few times a day.