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Breslin center stage

Joey Nowak
March 19, 2009

The madness is coming to East Lansing. Breslin Center will shed its green and white in favor of NCAA blue this weekend as MSU plays host to four teams, hundreds of media members and thousands of screaming fans for the first round of the women’s NCAA Tournament. No stranger to postseason play, Breslin Center was home to MSU’s deep WNIT run last season and the Spartans’ first-round NCAA Tournament win in 2007, making it the third consecutive year East Lansing will play host to a title dream.

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MSU researchers identify business experience needs

Kayla Habermehl
March 19, 2009

A team of MSU researchers have found a way for businesses to address what matters most to consumers. The study identified four parts of a total experience that consumers look for: benefit, convenience, price and environment, said Bonnie Knutson, a professor of hospitality business who led the study.

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Med students find residencies

Jessica Lipowski
March 19, 2009

The room was instantly silent. The envelopes were about to be distributed, each one containing potentially life-changing content. Family and friends grew quiet, having anticipated this day for a long time.

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ASMSU creates new position

Chris Vannini
March 18, 2009

In the hope of reducing the workload of chairperson pro-tempore Brad McDonald, ASMSU’s Academic Assembly created a parliamentarian position Tuesday to take on some of McDonald’s duties.

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MSU celebrates Title VI anniversary

Justin Harris
March 18, 2009

Starting today in Washington, D.C., MSU will lead a national celebratory conference for Title VI, the federal program that helped shift the university’s mission statement from “land-grant” to “world-grant” university during the past 50 years.

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ASMSU creates new position to ease workload of chairperson

Chris Vannini
March 18, 2009

ASMSU’s Academic Assembly created a parliamentarian officer position who will assume the duties of the internal vice chairperson Tuesday. The position was created to decrease the workload of assembly chairperson pro-tempore Brad McDonald, who had taken on the duties of chairperson after Christopher Kulesza resigned from the position Feb. 17.

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MSU to help research media effects on children

Justin Harris
March 17, 2009

MSU researchers, as part of a new partnership with Michigan Children’s Trust Fund, or CTF, will examine the media’s effect on child abuse in today’s society. The CTF — a statewide child abuse prevention foundation — will work with MSU’s Children’s Central, a program that is part of the university’s Department of Advertising, Public Relations and Retailing.

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Police Brief 03/17/09

Kyle Feldscher
March 16, 2009

A 55-year-old female employee at the Shaw Hall cafeteria reported an envelope containing $300 stolen from her purse, which was stored in her office desk, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.

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Study shows conservative states purchase more porn

Brittany Shammas
March 15, 2009

Regions where people have “old-fashioned values” have discovered a way to have some newfound fun. People in states that tend to be politically and socially conservative subscribe to pornography Web sites more frequently than their more liberal counterparts, a Harvard study concluded.

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Court to rule on faculty First Amendment rights

Kayla Habermehl
March 15, 2009

Speaking out could have potentially unwelcome consequences for faculty participating in academic governance. A California case in the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals could define whether faculty speech during governance proceedings is protected under the First Amendment, said Steve Sanders, an attorney with the Mayer Brown law firm in Chicago, who is representing the American Association of University Professors, or AAUP, in the court case.

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Nursing College receives more than $1.1M to fix shortage

Staff Reports
March 9, 2009

The Michigan Nursing Corps is awarding more than $1.1 million in grant funding to the MSU College of Nursing to address a shortage of nurses and nursing faculty, MSU announced today. The grants are meant to increase the number of nursing faculty through financial aid to students in the College of Nursing’s graduate programs, by encouraging them to graduate faster and give back through nursing education.

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RHA supports E.L. City Council riot ordinance

Chris Vannini
March 5, 2009

Members of the Residence Halls Association general assembly showed their support Wednesday for an East Lansing City Council ordinance that would clarify riot conduct, following a presentation by East Lansing police Chief Tom Wibert and Assistant City Attorney Tom Yeadon.