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No more color-coded wristbands in Izzone lower bowl
The color-coded wristbands for lower-bowl Izzone members at men’s home basketball games are no longer in effect.
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Association to award 14 distinguished alumni
Recipients of 2007 MSU Alumni Association awards range from former NASA employees to former MSU Trustees members and multi-million dollar philanthropists. Fourteen individuals and organizations are expected to receive awards Thursday at the Kellogg Center commemorating them for their work with the university.
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Pro-choice minister to discuss abortion
Religion and abortion — two topics typically thought of as polar opposites — will come together for a lecture today given by a minister with the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice, a national pro-choice organization.
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Stabenow visits ISS class
Students in an ISS class were treated to a first-hand discussion with U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., on financial aid and rising health care and tuition costs and her position on the war in Iraq.
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Views differ on proposed reduction of student voice
As MSU takes the next steps in restructuring the Academic Governance system to increase faculty voice, students may see a decrease in theirs.
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Innovations: Veterinarian studies animal genetic diseases
It was her love of horses as a child that left Susan Ewart knowing what she wanted to do in life — become a veterinarian.
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Adjunct physics professor at MSU wins Nobel Prize
This year’s Nobel Prize for physics winners Albert Fert and Peter Grunberg’s research could potentially allow for more songs on an MP3 player or more memory on a laptop.
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Vegetarians at a loss in campus cafeterias
Cafeterias across campus continue to increase the variety of food during meals to better accommodate vegetarians. However, some students living in the dorms find it difficult to practice vegetarianism in the healthiest way, even with the updates.
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Hollis to talk football policy with ASMSU
Athletics Director Designate Mark Hollis was asked to attend ASMSU’s Thursday Student Assembly meeting to clear up football student section policy misconceptions.
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Honoring native culture
When he lived at home, criminal justice freshman Garrett Faulk said he and his family only occasionally talked about their Iroquois roots.
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Seniors get internship experience in course
Finding an internship can be tough, sometimes seemingly impossible in the competitive, increasingly global economy.
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ASMSU bill proposes addition of event coordinator to staff
ASMSU officials said they realize many students have no idea what events they do and do not sponsor.
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New Facebook tool helps MSU students connect to classmates
As Matt Lempke labored through Calculus II problems earlier this semester, he found himself stuck. Lempke, a chemical engineering freshman, logged onto Facebook.com and used the “Courses” application on the Web site to find a classmate for help.
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Fair highlights living options
More than 1,000 students poured into the Union from noon-4 p.m. on Thursday to search for information about the various housing opportunities on and off campus.
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Arab culture celebrated
With offerings of free cheese, meat and spinach pies, as well as printed T-shirts at the rock on Farm Lane on Thursday, the Arab Cultural Society, or ACS, hoped to make their presence known on campus.
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MSU career fair opens doors
In a matter of hours after Randee Bierlein shook hands with job recruiters at a campus job fair last October, the then-MSU senior answered the call she was waiting for.
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Columbia professor to speak at Kapur Endowed Lecture
Western modernity, traditional India and globalization — the themes which once interested Mahatma Ghandi — also have been the subjects of interest for Akeel Bilgrami.
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MSU alumni named leaders of new osteopathic medical sites
The College of Osteopathic Medicine has appointed two of its alumni to leadership positions for the college’s expansion into southeast Michigan.
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Professional attire shows seriousness, respect at career fairs, interviews
Lisa Rabideau bought a new suit last weekend in anticipation of Wednesday’s Career Gallery.
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MSU professor involved in eating-disorder research
When Kelly Klump worked as a peer counselor for her high school, she frequently worked with girls with eating disorders — many of whom were her friends.