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Local nurses speak out about understaffing

Lauren Gibbons
October 21, 2010

Local nurses made their concerns about understaffing at Lansing’s Sparrow Hospital clear by filing an official report citing instances of unsafe staffing conditions. Members of the Professional Employees Council of Sparrow Hospital, or PECSH, submitted “Misplaced Priorities: The Deteriorating Condition of Safe Patient Care at Sparrow Hospital,” to the Michigan Department of Community Health on Thursday morning.

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Amtrak ridership increases from 2009

Alanna Thiede
October 20, 2010

The total number of riders at the East Lansing Amtrak station, 1240 S. Harrison Road, increased about 15 percent from fiscal year 2009 to fiscal year 2010, said Lori Mullins, East Lansing’s community development analyst.

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Habitat for Humanity provides graduate student with home

Emily Wilkins
October 20, 2010

Habitat for Humanity didn’t just give Anna Malavisi a home. It gave Malavisi — who came to East Lansing from Bolivia several years ago — a family. And on Wednesday, Malavisi, a philosophy graduate student at MSU, was surrounded by both. The dedication ceremony for the home Malavisi and her three daughters will inhabit took place in the kitchen of the near-complete house.

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Students embrace positive body image

Summer Ballentine
October 20, 2010

This week, women are celebrating events encouraging positive body image, including the second annual Roll Out of Bed Campaign on Tuesday, the National Organization for Women’s Love Your Body Day on Wednesday and Delta Delta Delta’s Fat Talk Free Week. MSU Respecting and Understanding Body Image, or RUBI, organized the events on campus.

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FBI co-hosts safety, security conference

Lauren McKown
October 20, 2010

Administrators, FBI agents and community officials gathered Wednesday to discuss various issues of security, safety and protection of information in a university setting at the MSU-FBI Academic Alliance Conference in the Union.

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City holds energy efficiency class

Alanna Thiede
October 20, 2010

The city of East Lansing partnered with the Greater Lansing Housing Coalition and Hometown Housing Partnership to hold East Lansing’s first Homeowner Education and Resource Organization, or HERO, class. The class was held at Michigan Energy Options, 405 Grove St., to give local residents the opportunity to learn about their home’s energy systems and use, said Amy Schlusler-Owens, a community development specialist with the city of East Lansing. “It’s essential to educate homeowners not only on energy efficiency, but also on the way that they can minimize their overhead costs for home ownership,” she said. One of eight registered families and residents attended.

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Alumna inducted to Women's Hall of Fame

Lauren Gibbons
October 19, 2010

Mary Aikey has spent an entire lifetime fighting for causes she believed in. In one night, she was given recognition for it all. Aikey, a former executive director of Greater Lansing’s Young Women’s Christian Association, or YWCA, and an MSU alumna, was one of 10 women inducted into the Michigan Women’s Hall of Fame by the Michigan Women’s Historical Center.

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Community members speak at international student reception

Summer Ballentine
October 19, 2010

A world map speckled with pins representing MSU international students’ home countries welcomed students and community members to the Union Ballroom on Tuesday night. More than 100 international students gathered and met with community leaders for the 7th Annual Reception for International Students and Scholars.

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Academic Council discusses SIRS

Lauren McKown
October 19, 2010

College and program anniversaries, participation in online Student Instructional Rating System, or SIRS, forms and the overall changing face of the university were major topics discussed at Tuesday’s Academic Council meeting.

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Council establishes $125K endowment

Megan Durisin
October 18, 2010

Graduate and professional student leaders might soon be rewarded with more than just glowing résumés during their time at MSU. The Council of Graduate Students, or COGS, has established a $125,000 endowment to benefit graduate students who show leadership in their departments and communities. The group set up an investment account several years ago and last year’s executive board searched for a use for the funds that had built up, COGS President Stefan Fletcher said. In partnership with the graduate school, COGS unanimously voted to donate $125,000 from the fund to set up the new endowment.

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Breslin Center management sees some restructuring

Lauren McKown
October 18, 2010

A restructuring and refocusing related to management of Breslin Center recently was announced by the Division of Residential and Hospitality Services. The changes, effective immediately, include management of programming, ticketing and marketing by Wharton Center staff for live entertainment events, according to a statement by Wharton Center released Friday.