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Program helps seniors with late job search

Ed Ronco
April 25, 2001

Seniors still searching for jobs will have another option next month.Spartan Sendoff, a new program sponsored by the Career Services and Placement Career Development Center, is designed to help students who have not started a job search but are graduating in May or August.“Students are so busy with finals and graduation that career searches can sometimes be on the back burners,” said Linda Gross, assistant director of the Career Services and Placement Career Development Center.

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College appoints new dean

Nicole Jacques
April 25, 2001

Jeff Armstrong is a big fan of MSU, but he’s looking forward to more than football games when he takes his new position on campus this fall.Armstrong, head of the Department of Animal Sciences at Purdue University, has been appointed dean of MSU’s College of Agriculture and Natural Resources.Armstrong said he enjoys watching college sports, but he’s inspired to take charge of a college that has plenty of its own successes.“From a professional perspective, I’m excited about working with the many diverse departments in the college and learning so much about the state of Michigan,” he said.The university’s Board of Trustees approved Armstrong’s appointment at its meeting Friday.

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U Lead medical director to take over as acting dean

Rachel Wright
April 25, 2001

MSU’s College of Osteopathic Medicine will salute another dean this summer as its current leader takes a three-month sabbatical. The MSU Board of Trustees recently approved Dr. William Strampel to serve as acting dean of the college beginning May 14. “I am looking forward to working with him,” said Colleen Kniffen, assistant to the dean.

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Program offers tours to experience cultures

Tyler Sipe
April 25, 2001

A few MSU staff and faculty members took it upon themselves Tuesday to spend their lunch in the Kresge Art Museum, taking in original art pieces by undergraduate students. The self-guided tour was held for free in a program called Sharing Art and Cultural Events on Campus, sponsored by the Women’s Resource Center.

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Jeans drive helps boost self-respect

Sarah M. Emery
April 25, 2001

People were tearing off their blue jeans and saying goodbye to their clothes Tuesday afternoon at the rock on Farm Lane. As part of National Size Acceptance Day, members of the campus groups Respecting and Understanding Body Image and Greek Life joined together for the Great Jeans Giveaway.

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Guest to ring bells in Beaumont Tower

Juliana Keeping
April 24, 2001

The haunting bell sounds filling the heart of campus from noon to 12:30 p.m. today will stem from the musical talents of guest carillonneur Jeffrey Bossin. A carillonneur plays the carillon, which resembles an organ.

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State improves in math

Nicole Jacques
April 24, 2001

Although there may still be future problems to solve, educational leaders considered variables that have made Michigan measure up in math education on Monday.More than 150 professors, teachers and researchers from across the state attended The Complete Equation: The Michigan Mathematics Success Story, a convocation held at the Kellogg Center to celebrate a decade of K-12 math education improvement.Participants reflected on recent math reports including the Third International Mathematics and Science Study-Repeat, or TIMSS-R - a study allowing states and school districts to see how their math and science programs rank globally.Michigan eighth-graders performed best among the 13 states th make the nation more competitive internationally.

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Study focuses on patients

Cutler Fetherston
April 24, 2001

To doctors at the MSU Clinical Center, multiple sclerosis research isn’t all about tests and trials - it’s about the patients. Dr. Eric Eggenberger, an MSU associate professor of neurology and opthalmology, has worked throughout his career to find and use new treatments for the disease, but also to make it easier for those afflicted by MS. “Multiple sclerosis is a very common disease,” Eggenberger said.

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ASMSU rejects proposal for editorial control of yearbook

Steve Bossi
April 24, 2001

Although another endeavor to get editorial control of the Red Cedar Log yearbook failed Thursday, Bryan Newland was not discouraged. Instead, the North American Indian Student Organization representative said he is pleased with the extensive discussion on the issue. Newland and Black Student Alliance representative Crystal Price introduced a bill that would have granted editorial power of the Red Cedar Log to the ASMSU Student Assembly.

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On-campus parking tickets increase

Rachel Wright
April 23, 2001

Students dodging parking enforcers now have one more reason to not park illegally - it’ll cost them even more. The MSU Board of Trustees voted unanimously at its meeting Friday to accept the All University Traffic Committee’s recommendations to increase citations on campus. The rates will add $5 to existing fines for spaces with meters or faculty privileges.

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Fraternity teeters up, down for charity

Jeremy W. Steele
April 23, 2001

The well-trodden grass under a green and white tent pitched on Demonstration field was getting muddy by Saturday afternoon.But the rain that rolled over campus that morning wasn’t the challenge for the members of the Beta Sigma chapter of Phi Sigma Pi, who were constantly bobbing up and down from 3 p.m.

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U clubs unite, put on Slavic festivities

Ed Ronco
April 23, 2001

Sergey Nesterenko found a little taste of home Saturday afternoon.The horticulture graduate student from Siberia was among the nearly 60 people who attended the MSU Slavic Festival, sponsored by the Russian, Polish and Ukrainian clubs.Nesternko, who has left behind family in Siberia to study at MSU, said being away from home is a difficult thing to do, whether you’re from another country or even another state.“I think for everybody, it’s really difficult,” he said.Alyona Yasnogorodsky, an international relations freshman and secretary of the Russian Club, said the organization and others like it offer comfort to people away from their native countries.“They get to see that they’re not alone in the community,” she said.Yasnogorodsky moved to the United States from Russia when she was 12.

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Race raises money for Safe Place

Rachel Wright
April 23, 2001

Rain did not wash away the hopes of raising money for MSU Safe Place on Sunday.The sixth annual “Race for the Place,” an outdoor event at Spartan Stadium benefiting MSU Safe Place, raised $18,000.“The event went really well - well, except for the rain,” MSU Safe Place Director Holly Rosen said.

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March empowers women

Sarah M. Emery
April 23, 2001

Women blocked off Linden Street on Friday night, and made sure no one would be allowed to get through, in an effort to create a place where they would feel safe.“We have the power, we have the right to take back the night,” about 100 women chanted as they walked through the streets of East Lansing for the Take Back The Night March, as part of Sexual Assault Awareness Month.The march started at Beaumont Tower and ended at East Lansing City Hall, 410 Abbott Road.Event coordinator Tamika Payne led the women with a megaphone, shouting their message for everyone to hear.“I am so amazed by the risks everyone is taking tonight to make sure our demands are heard,” the human biology senior said.

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Group sponsors body painting contest

Tyler Sipe
April 23, 2001

Members of the student club Aspire did not let rain and the lack of participants diminish their fun with a body painting contest Sunday.Although art history senior Mike Martin said the low turnout was disappointing, it gave club members got a chance to paint each other.“Body painting gave me a chance to just let loose,” the Aspire member said.

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Teams race for cancer research

Robin Dangelo
April 23, 2001

The cheers resonating throughout Jenison Field House on Friday afternoon were for the students and community members of all ages who walked the opening lap of the Relay For Life to the tune “I Will Survive.”Wearing bright yellow shirts that read, “Had it.

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Kids Fest educates, entertains area kids

Ed Ronco
April 23, 2001

You don’t usually see clowns in Demonstration Hall.But on Friday, the building that hosts MSU’s military science department played host to clowns, balloons, popcorn, games and 84 area third- and fourth-grade students as Phi Iota Alpha Fraternidad Inc. presented its first Kids Fest with the help of other student organizations.“This is our way of giving back to the community,” said marketing junior Claudio Juarez, a member of the Latino greek organization.

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Event awards outstanding diversity

Sheena Harrison
April 20, 2001

Various MSU students, faculty, staff and departments were commended for their commitment to multiculturalism Thursday afternoon.Nearly 300 people filled the Kellogg Center Auditorium for the All-University Excellence in Diversity awards convocation.