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Lecturer to speak on American Indian culture, sciences
The American Indian Studies Program is sponsoring a slide presentation and lecture as part of its speaker series at 7:30 p.m.
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Jewish student organizations denied ASMSU seat
ASMSU’s Student Assembly voted Thursday against allowing a member from the Council of Jewish Student Organizations.The motion failed by only one vote, but it raised several issues as to what determines an ethnicity from a religion.
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DCL creates, hosts trial competition
On March 17, Shaun Holmes was accused of shooting Lindsey Matthews at Harper’s Restaurant & Brewpub in the city of Red Cedar.
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Asian Americans inform U with weekend events
At their 10th annual conference, members of the Asian Pacific American Student Organization educated and entertained students about the significance of understanding their culture.The event, APA for R.E.A.L.
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Seniors face-off to raise funds
The Spartan and Wolverine football teams won’t be the only groups competing this Saturday.
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Nursing college expands family health services
MSU’s College of Nursing received a grant earlier this month to extend its program to help young parents make smart nutritional decisions for their toddlers and make mealtime a more positive experience.The program, Nutrition Education Aimed at Toddlers, is a collaborative effort by the College of Nursing, MSU Extension and community agencies to develop and evaluate the effectiveness of nutrition education programs tailored to improve the health of Michigan‘s rural families living in poverty.
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Museum hosts educational treat
Children dressed as velociraptors, princesses and their favorite superheroes came to campus not just for candy and fun, but for a little learning experience as well.Hello Halloween made its return to the MSU Museum on Sunday, allowing both adults and children to enjoy festivities such as pumpkin decorating and live bat and snake demonstrations.Carla Keefe, a 9-year-old East Lansing resident, said she enjoyed all the events, but she especially liked seeing the bats and reptiles on display.“I think the bats are really cute,” she said.
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MATRIX backs Internet training program for West Africans
Mark Kornbluh knows the computer technology available at MSU can be an opportunity to educate others around the world.Kornbluh is the director of MATRIX, the Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online, a program in the College of Arts and Letters that is beginning a two-year project to teach West African women about resources available through the Internet.
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Journalists to speak at U
For the first time, the National Association of Hispanic Journalists Region 6 Conference will be held at MSU today and Saturday.The conference, “Journalists in the Midwest: Reporting on the ‘Latinization’ of America’s Heartland,” is designed to stimulate discussion about such issues as race and ethics in the newsroom and why minority journalists are decreasing in representation.
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Summit teaches legislative process
The Michigan Legislative Black Caucus is sponsoring a summit from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday in the House Appropriations Room of the state Capitol to educate the public and provide information about the legislative process.The caucus, which consists of 23 members of the Michigan House of Representatives and Senate, sets up programs to inform minorities about public issues.The summit’s theme is “Empowerment, Evaluation-Engagement-Enlightenment,” and will provide forums on issues such as economic development, health care and election reform.The event was coordinated by caucus members state Rep.
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U revises health policy; prompts students to register history
MSU health officials sent out a universitywide e-mail earlier this month urging all students to register their immunization history with the university. The Office of the University Physician reported that 70 to 80 percent of incoming students have returned their immunization report - but students who haven’t are being asked to do so as soon as possible. The university revised its immunization policy in 1999 to require all incoming undergraduate students to fill out an immunization report.
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Olympics bear fire in Lansing
MSU Professor Sue Carter’s mom is proud of her children. And she acted on that pride when she nominated all three of them to carry the Olympic torch for the Salt Lake City Winter Olympic Games in 2002.
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Cognitive science program receives competitive grant for research, equipment
A National Science Foundation grant began filling the bank to fund MSU Graduate School research, student stipends and new equipment early this month.The foundation’s Integrative Graduate Education and Research Training Grant was officially awarded to the graduate school’s cognitive science program Sept.
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First Amendment lecture comes to U
Félix Gutiérrez, senior vice president of the Freedom Forum, a journalism organization that focuses on First Amendment issues and diversity, has been chosen to speak for the 32nd annual Frederick S.
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Library cookbooks going digital
A recent grant awarded to the MSU Libraries will make it possible to view part of life from the early 19th century online. The $249,783 grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services will be used to fund “Feeding America: The Historic American Cookbooks Project” - a plan to make 75 pre-1923 cookbooks digitally available online. MSU Libraries has more than 6,000 such cookbooks in its Cookery Collection in the Special Collections department. “We are pleased in a number of ways,” said Michael Seadle, the digital service and copyright librarian.
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Distinguished diplomat speaks to U
World renowned diplomat Richard Holbrooke shared his views on the political implications of Sept.
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Office seeks to make study abroad more affordable
MSU officials set a goal to double study abroad enrollment in the next five years, after returning from a conference they hosted in Washington, D.C.
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Black activist to visit campus
Bobby Seale, co-founder of the Black Panther Party, will be speaking at 7 p.m. today in the Erickson Kiva. The Black Panther Party was formed in the 1960s to support black civil rights. Associate Professor Curtis Stokes of James Madison College said Seale was an important figure in the 1960s. “He has been an admired figure among many sectors of the black and progressive community since that time,” he said.
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Search over: Divers locate body
The search for Eric James Blair is over. Family members identified a body pulled from the Red Cedar River about 2 p.m.
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Lecture series features former U.N. ambassador
MSU will celebrate the United Nations’ 56-year anniversary tonight by presenting the first of four World View speakers - Richard Holbrooke. Holbrooke is regarded as one of the most accomplished American diplomats and negotiators of our time and as a former U.N.