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MSU assistant prof hopes to win seat in Mich. Senate
An MSU assistant law professor plans to run for Michigan Senate in 2010.
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MSU professors study different uses of social networking sites
Signing into Facebook during class normally is looked down upon by MSU faculty, but some MSU professors are taking a different approach through research on social networking sites. Nicole Ellison, an assistant professor in the Department of Telecommunication, Information Studies and Media is part of a team using about $500,000 from a National Science Foundation grant to study how people use social networking sites such as Facebook. “The story of students using Facebook in class and not paying attention … (is) one small part of it,” Ellison said.
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College of Arts and Letters host exhibit
Students from the MSU College of Arts and Letters Curatorial Practices class will host a photography exhibition from 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday at Kresge Art Museum.
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Design Day set to be held at the Union
The College of Engineering will hold its Design Day from 8 a.m. to noon Friday at the Union, which will bring MSU and pre-college students together.
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Students affect change with letters
Karin Bashir said students often talk and don’t take action, which is one of the reasons she participated in signing letters Tuesday at Case Hall as part of a week-long write-a-thon.
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Study: widowed people face higher mortality rate
Although the emotional roller coaster ride of marriage might be draining at times, research by an MSU professor suggests it might help people live longer.
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Asian carp might invade Great Lakes
State officials are hoping to fend off some unwelcome visitors with their efforts to keep Asian carp out of the Great Lakes, and MSU professors are stressing the importance of stopping any invasion before it starts.
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MSU senior receives scholarship to study in UK
Jessica Muir spent the past two summers studying abroad, but the physics and astrophysics senior’s next stay overseas will be extended after she received a prestigious scholarship.
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Wharton looks to manage Theater
A potential arrangement between Wharton Center and the city of Traverse City is expected to be finalized at a city meeting tonight, which would send some of the center’s programming to Traverse City, a city official said.
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ASMSU to vote on tax referendum, scholarships
ASMSU will decide Thursday whether to move forward with a proposed tax referendum to fund its Readership Program and a proposal to create two new scholarship opportunities for students.
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Students, faculty gather to show support for deaf education program
When Cathy Leonard first heard about the recommended elimination of MSU’s Deaf Education Teacher Certification program, she did not believe it. Leonard, who is deaf, joined about 100 MSU students, faculty and members of the deaf community at the Administration Building Friday to protest the program’s possible elimination.
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Brown Bag Lecture Series brings racial issues to light
To Javier Pescador, racial biases of Mexicans during the Great Depression era still can be seen today. Pescador, a history professor, gave a lecture Thursday at the MSU Museum Auditorium examining the work of photographer Dorothea Lange and the racial biases her photos show.
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Students voice budget cut concerns
Shouts in protest of the proposed cuts to MSU programs and departments echoed in a lecture hall full of students as it became the venue to voice concerns about recent university discussions to deal with a tight budget.
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Lecture to focus on Mexican culture
The MSU Museum, the Chicano/Latino Studies Program and the Julian Samora Research Institute will co-sponsor a presentation titled American Lenses, Mexican Aliens: Photography of the Mexican Experience in the United States, 1930-1965, from 12:15 p.m.-1:30 p.m. today at the MSU Museum Auditorium.
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Red Cedar Review to host open-mic night
The Red Cedar Review, MSU’s undergraduate-managed literary digest, will host a winter literary interlude open-mic night Friday.
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ASMSU hosts multi-band show at Union
ASMSU’s POP Entertainment will host a rock show featuring local bands Loune, Cloud Magic with Dave Menzo and Black Jack Persia.
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Tickets for comedian on sale Friday
Tickets for comedian Brian Regan’s Feb. 28, performance in Wharton Center’s Cobb Great Hall will go on sale to the general public at 10 a.m. on Friday.
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Christmas musical opens next week
Performances of Irving Berlin’s “White Christmas the Musical” will begin at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in Wharton Center’s Cobb Great Hall as part of the MSU Federal Credit Union Broadway at Wharton Center Series.
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Professor chosen for environmental economics post
As climate change continues to take center stage in domestic and foreign policy discussions, Jinhua Zhao will be taking his expertise in environmental economics to a national setting.
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UAB's Showtyme shows off student talent
Despite a $500 gift card reward on the line, student turnout this week to MSU’s talent competition auditions has been lower than past years, event officials said.