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MSU student wins contest, awaits trip to Super Bowl

Kelly House

January 23, 2008

In one year, Jared Knoodle will have been to more major sporting events than many fans get to attend in a lifetime. Knoodle, a turfgrass management senior, attended the Major League Baseball All-Star Game in San Francisco in July. As winner of the sixth annual Toro Super Bowl Sports Turf Training Program, he’s packing his bags for his next destination – Super Bowl XLII in Glendale, Ariz.

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Kellogg Center readies to host career fairs

Stephanie Goldberg

January 23, 2008

MSU is welcoming more than 160 businesses and organizations this week as the Kellogg Center hosts back-to-back career fairs. About 110 companies attended the Supply Chain Management Career Fair on Wednesday, said Hans Kraemer, a supply chain management senior who helped coordinate the event.

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UAB hosting swing, salsa lessons

Kelly House

January 23, 2008

The University Activities Board and MSU will host the second annual Super Swing N’ Salsa Spectacular Saturday in the Union.

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Award-winning actor Heath Ledger found dead in N.Y.

From staff and wire reports

January 22, 2008

Heath Ledger was found dead Tuesday at a downtown Manhattan apartment, naked in bed with sleeping pills nearby, police said.

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While other states rise, Mich. remains stagnant in higher education funding

Julie Baker

January 22, 2008

In a global fight for talent, Michael Boulus wonders why Michigan is so far behind the country and the rest of the world.

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MSU Trustees vote for $11M in Cyclotron enhancements

Mike Blasky

January 22, 2008

If MSU plans to stay competitive in the world of nuclear physics, its facilities will have to expand, MSU Provost Kim Wilcox said.

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Student sexually assaulted on campus

Nicquel Terry

January 22, 2008

MSU police are searching for a suspect in a sexual assault that occurred sometime between 11:50 p.m. Friday and 12:10 a.m. Saturday at the north entrance of IM Sports-West.

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Development could eliminate rentals

Brian McVicar

January 22, 2008

A redevelopment project slated to begin in late spring or early summer could eliminate a significant portion of rental housing along the 300 and 400 blocks of Evergreen Avenue.

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Mich. Senate considers bill to boost clean energy use

Zack Colman

January 22, 2008

A Senate bill introduced by Sen. Patty Birkholz, R-Saugatuck Township, would require the state’s energy output to be comprised of 3 percent renewable energy by 2009, 10 percent by 2010, 20 percent by 2020 and 25 percent by 2025.

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Simon scheduled for Q&A with RHA

Heather Guenther

January 22, 2008

MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon will meet with Residence Halls Association, or RHA, general assembly members today to discuss student concerns on campus.

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Consolidation of school set to begin in February

Mike Blasky

January 22, 2008

Departments within the School of Planning, Design & Construction will call a single building home when the school moves all operations to Human Ecology Building in September.

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Women's center expands

Jeff Kanan

January 22, 2008

Board members and contributing partners of the Women’s Center of Greater Lansing met Tuesday to begin a renovation that will triple the floor space between the organization’s two buildings.

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Holiday celebrates environment

Stephanie Goldberg

January 22, 2008

Students celebrated the new year of trees Tuesday night at Hillel Jewish Student Center by eating traditional dried fruits, planting flowers and parsley and promoting environmental awareness.

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Local experts weigh in after FDA approves food from animal clones

Crystal O'Reilly

January 22, 2008

Dolly the sheep’s grandchildren might be in for trouble after food products from cloned animals were deemed safe to eat last week, but local experts don’t expect to see cloned products on store shelves anytime soon.

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Pfizer gives MSU, state universities at least $1.25M in extra equipment

Kelly House

January 22, 2008

Health care and pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Inc. announced plans Tuesday to donate $6.5 million in surplus equipment to Michigan’s research universities, including MSU.

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MSU Board of Trustees OKs $13.3M step to go 'green'

Mike Blasky

January 21, 2008

Sociology senior Skye Black’s presentation to the MSU Board of Trustees more than a year ago, which revealed MSU was last in the Big Ten in recycling, struck a nerve with Trustee Joel Ferguson.

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Grant offers students $4,000 to teach in high-need schools

Julie Baker

January 21, 2008

Teacher education students who plan to work in high-need schools after graduation could receive up to $4,000 a year for participating in the Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education Grant Program, or TEACH.

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Program will offer students chance to learn, live with ASL

Julie Baker

January 21, 2008

MSU is taking American Sign Language, or ASL, out of the classroom and into the community. Beginning in the fall, students will be able to participate in a residential hall program where ASL is the primary mode of communication.

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Video surveillance to aid Cotter case

Nicquel Terry

January 21, 2008

Police are reviewing video surveillance from businesses and eateries near Chesterton, Ind., in search of information regarding Rylan Cotter’s whereabouts before her death.

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Worth the trip

Julie Baker

January 21, 2008

The experience outweighs the cost. At least that’s Andrew Goldberg’s philosophy as he prepares to study abroad for a semester at the American University of Rome.