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MSU reaches out through music

Lansing resident Aaron Wade, 14, normally plays jazz on his saxophone. But when an MSU student musical group opened its show Tuesday in Lansing with a piece by classical composer Pierre Max Dubois, he was fine with it.

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Former grad to talk narratives

David Blight, an MSU graduate and professor of American history at Yale University, will speak at 8 p.m. tonight in Kellogg Center’s Big Ten Room C in a lecture titled Slaves No More: Newly Discovered Slave Narratives and the Legacies of Emancipation.

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GEU holds grade-in demonstration

Brian Watkins sat on the floor of Administration Building’s lobby Tuesday balancing a laptop on his legs, a textbook on his stomach and a stack of quizzes to be graded by his side. But Watkins was doing more than grading — he was demonstrating. And he wasn’t alone.

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Women recognize achievement

Some women spend so much time acknowledging other females’ accomplishments that they forget to recognize one of the most important women in their lives — themselves, Sarah Siewert said.

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Police Brief 03/18/08

About $580 worth of textbooks and padlocks were stolen from MSU-Detroit College of Law Building sometime between 6:30 p.m. March 4 and 7:30 a.m. March 10, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.

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MSU student wins contest, hits road to Final Four

Even if the MSU men’s basketball team doesn’t make it to San Antonio for this year’s Final Four, one Spartan will be representing the Green and White April 5-7. Steven Book was chosen last week as one of four winners of the Coke Zero Ultimate Dream Job contest, which means he’ll be spending the next three weeks watching every NCAA Tournament game and writing a blog on his experiences from San Antonio.

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MSU trustee recalls friendship with Clintons

MSU Trustee Faylene Owen doesn’t remember every “get well” phone call she’s received, but she said one in particular stood out. Owen had hurt her ankle while attending a fundraising event for former President Bill Clinton’s 1996 presidential campaign, she said. It was serious enough that she was taken to the hospital.

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Music mixes past with present

With a surfboard-sized slab of wood in her lap, strumming chords with a bamboo stick in one hand and patting strings with the other, Jin Hi Kim used an ancient instrument to teach students about Korean culture Monday.

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Graduate student's contract review

With a May 15 contract expiration date looming, the Graduate Employees Union and MSU began the bargaining process last week for their next three-year contract. Having started negotiations last week and entering another round Monday, the union has presented the university with a list of items they would like to see addressed or added to the contract.

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Preschool reaches milestone

The sound of mandolins, pianos and playground equipment filled the East Lansing MSU Child Development Laboratory on Saturday as more than 300 current and former students and staff celebrated the school’s 80th anniversary.

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ASMSU bill would continue paying official charged with sexual assault

An ASMSU official who was charged with third-degree sexual assault Wednesday could continue planning a quarter-million-dollar concert if a bill is approved by Student Assembly. ASMSU’s policy committee passed a bill Thursday that would allow Nigel Scarlett, Student Assembly vice chairperson for external affairs, to continue planning the iVote concert, which has been re-scheduled for next fall.

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MSU students register as potential bone marrow donors

Every day in the U.S., more than 6,000 patients who need a bone marrow transplant cannot find a potential donor. For patients who suffer from diseases such as leukemia and lymphoma, finding a donor can mean the difference between life and death.