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Few meetings missed by board of trustees
Since 2008, no member has missed more than three meetings, but some members said not being present loses a voice in the board’s decision-making.
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Faculty salaries proposed to increase
A proposal from the University Committee on Faculty Affairs to increase faculty salaries and incentives for the 2012-13 academic year is making its way through academic governance to help MSU faculty regain their former position among those of fellow Big Ten institutions.
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RHA changes process to appoint director position
The Residence Halls Association, or RHA, passed a bill to amend its bylaws to allow nominations for one of its executive board positions at the group’s meeting Wednesday night.
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Holocaust survivors share stories at MSU Hillel
Today marks Holocaust Remembrance Day — a day to remember the genocide that took the life of more than 6 million Jews in Europe.
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5K Walk/Run for Higher Education to be held Saturday
Funds from the event will be used to create a scholarship for MSU students that are in financial need.
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Input solicited for plan to take away campus parking
A plan to take away parking spots in the center of campus has received mixed input from the MSU community.
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Facebook’s Groups for Schools bonds together MSU students
Facebook took another step in students’ lives with its new Groups for Schools service, providing a consolidated place to mix school life and social life.
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Sorority holds charity fashion show
The Alpha Omicron Pi sorority will hold the Catwalk for a Cure fashion show and silent auction this weekend to benefit arthritis research.
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Students embrace outdoors at Spartan Garden Party
People of all ages came out to the 4-H Children’s Garden Wednesday afternoon to have a unique learning experience and to enjoy the sunny 65-degree weather during the Spartan Garden Party.
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MSU ice cream treat debuts
For many, rising temperatures in summer months are accompanied by rising cravings for ice cream and other ways to beat the heat. To relieve that craving, a new ice cream cookie sandwich developed by MSU students is hitting shelves across campus this month.
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Students march to battle sexual violence
At 13 years old, Kari Edington woke up one morning and decided she didn’t want to take the domestic sexual abuse she was experiencing anymore. She fled to Madison, Wis., where she came across a Take Back the Night march and realized she was not alone.
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ASMSU voter turnout still below Big Ten rivals
The ASMSU representative elections held last week showed an increased voter turnout from last year with an 8.8 percent voter turnout among all undergraduates, more than double the turnout the group got in last year’s elections. About 2.8 percent of undergraduates participated in last year’s elections, according to past State News stories.
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Students braid, bake challah bread to connect with part of Jewish culture
After years of watching her mother make challah bread each week, retailing senior Morgan Fox figured out what special ingredient made the bread so tasty.
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Raymar Morgan speaks about his Israel experience
Some of the best memories of Raymar Morgan’s life came during his time at MSU. After playing basketball overseas for the past two years, he came back to the campus where he spent four years on the MSU men’s basketball team and speak to Jewish students about his time in Israel. Morgan spoke to students at the RCAH Theatre in Snyder and Phillips halls on Monday night. The Israel on Campus Coalition and MSU Hillel organized the event.
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Working in the name of Love
Human biology senior Margaret Love takes a break after swimming laps Monday at IM Sports-West. Love and her sister, second-year law student Elizabeth Love, work out four times a week together and swim every Monday.
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New plant sciences building opens
Wind advisories on Monday did not stop kinesiology junior Max Golec from strolling through the courtyard and gardens behind the new Molecular Plant Sciences Building, which officially opened Friday.
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Students struggle as medical schools remain picky about admittance
After taking the Medical College Admission Test three times and applying to seven different medical schools during the past few years, first-year medical student Paul Mulvey found the MSU College of Osteopathic Medicine was his only option.
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Trustees approve plan to build anaerobic digester
Each day, about 180 cows produce waste at the MSU Dairy Teaching and Research Center, and in the winter, it is not uncommon for that waste to pile up. Workers at the center try to haul all of the waste out to the fields, but sometimes that trip is difficult to make in the winter months, leaving the center with a mess too big to manage, said Bob Kreft, farm manager at the center.
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Upcoming finals week brings stress
Remi Hahn isn’t worried about final exams. The interior design sophomore said although he has two exams and a presentation to complete before he can relax for summer break, he isn’t concerned with getting good grades.
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Runners splashed with paint to benefit charity
To Samuel Atangana, running a 5K while being sprayed with paint sounded like a silly idea at first. But as he got sprayed at the first paint station on Sunday afternoon, the run turned out to be a lot more fun. The physiology junior was one of more than 350 people to participate in the first Spartan Splatter on Sunday to help raise money for the MSU chapter of the international organization Engineers Without Borders — a group that does a variety of engineering projects to help a community in El Salvador with sanitation problems.