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FUZE contest draws students

Sean Ely
January 25, 2007

For some MSU advertising majors, the curvaceous and brightly colored FUZE Beverage bottles they're used to seeing behind the glass at Sparty's Convenience Stores could mean more than just quenching their thirst. The company rolled out its FUZE college ad campaign this week, offering students at more than 10 of the top advertising schools in the country a chance to design the beverage's next national marketing blitz. Instructor David Regan's advertising campaigns class was introduced to the competition Tuesday.

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True love of chemistry, not money, motivates engineers

Sarah Harbison
January 24, 2007

While they both came to MSU to further their careers, Ilsoon Lee and Troy Hendricks said the university gave them so much more — their families. Lee, a native of South Korea, came to MSU in 2002 and met his future wife while working in the same lab group. "Most foreign students, they are staying in the lab until evening," Lee said.

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Center to hold speech on El Salvador

Tara Thoel
January 24, 2007

Brandt Peterson, an assistant professor in the anthropology department, will speak on Profiling the Indians: Regulation, Recognition and Rights in Neoliberal El Salvador. The presentation starts at 3 p.m.

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For the love of the game

Cash Kruth
January 23, 2007

Many students believe their athletic careers came to an end when the final buzzer sounded in their high school gymnasium. And while the number of student athletes who participate in NCAA Division I athletics is lower than the number who compete at the high school level, there are options available to the average college student. There is a cost to be paid, however, both in time commitment and financially, in order to stay active in the sport you love. Premedical and kinesiology junior Jessica Berg understands the dilemma in wanting to play a nonvarsity sport. "I've always played hockey, and it's always been a part of my life, and I've always wanted to continue with it.

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Acting dean named to science college

Sarah Harbison
January 23, 2007

The College of Natural Science now has an acting dean to fill the shoes of George Leroi, who is retiring after leading the college for more than 12 years. During its Friday meeting, the MSU Board of Trustees named Estelle McGroarty to the position.

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Colleges require cough vaccination for students

Brendan Bouffard
January 23, 2007

It's not a pleasant sight. When infants are infected with pertussis, they can cough so much they make a whooping sound as they gasp for air. MSU officials want to keep students from contracting the illness commonly known as whooping cough by requiring immunizations for those training to work in health-care settings. The vaccination will be required for all students in the College of Human Medicine, the College of Osteopathic Medicine, the College of Nursing and students in the Medical Technology Program. "Health care professionals have a much higher likelihood of being exposed to infectious diseases," University Physician Beth Alexander said.

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Spectacular Sparty

He's got an oversized head and bulging muscles. He swaggers around in a dashing green Greek costume, dropping into one-handed pushups without a second thought and busting out wacky dance routines. Oh, and he wins national collegiate mascot championships. Sparty regained the title of the Universal Cheer Association's No.

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Peace Corps finds help from MSU

Cash Kruth
January 19, 2007

MSU was the ninth-largest producer of Peace Corps volunteers in 2006, as 71 alumni currently serve as volunteers. Since 1961 — when the Peace Corps was created — 2,057 MSU alumni have served as volunteers.

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From class to computer

Sarah Harbison
January 18, 2007

In Fennville, Mich., three teenagers are learning a language not many high schools offer — Mandarin Chinese. So far, Sam Robinson, Michael Martin and Nicholas VanTil can introduce themselves and their families, and describe their bedrooms in the dialect. Though their traditional high school is in a small city just south of Holland, they take an online course taught by professors from the MSU Confucius Institute through Michigan Virtual High School. The course is designed to be studied five days a week, with four days of self study.

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Restored roar

Cash Kruth
January 18, 2007

The Old English D took over Breslin Center on Wednesday afternoon, as Tigers fans young and old came to catch a glimpse of their favorite team. While the crowd anxiously waited to hear from the players, MSU President Lou Anna K.

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MSU geological sciences professor researches samples from planet Mars

Sarah Harbison
January 17, 2007

A self-described "'60s geek school kid," Michael Velbel has been interested in the space program since he was young. So much so, that in 1972, his father took him to the launch of the Apollo 17 spacecraft at the Kennedy Space Center. At the time, Velbel — now an MSU geological sciences professor — was unaware of his future in geology.

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Boyogueno, MSU graduate student, dies after stroke

Joey Nowak
January 17, 2007

Fourth-year MSU doctoral student and Spanish department teaching assistant Simplice Boyogueno died Thursday after suffering from a stroke in December. Boyogueno, a native of Cameroon, was working on a dissertation about Africans and Afro-Caribbeans in Spain through literature and film.

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Resolutions create fitness craze

Colleen Maxwell
January 16, 2007

One day makes a difference. Ask the owner of any local fitness gym. After Jan. 1, New Year's resolutions begin, and memberships and attendance at gyms peak significantly. Randy Gregg, owner of Atlas Gym in East Lansing, said that in the first 10 days of the month, about 400 new members joined the facility.

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Former MSU prof dies; cared about university

Cash Kruth
January 16, 2007

Whether it was taking portraits of friends in his self-made basement studio, under the hood of an old 1929 Model A pickup truck or biking his way from Lansing to the Mackinac Bridge, Arnold Werner always seemed to have something on his plate. "He was a man with a million hobbies," Sarah Werner said of her father, whose work was on display at the East Lansing Public Library during June 2005.

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MSU horticulture group helps clean up New Orleans City Park

Joey Nowak
January 12, 2007

Sixteen months after New Orleans was devastated by Hurricane Katrina, a group of MSU horticulture students and faculty made what they thought was going to be a small difference. For some, it turned out to be much more. In August, MSU horticulture Professor Art Cameron returned to campus after a national horticulture meeting in New Orleans. His description of disaster and sadness inspired more than 40 students and faculty to make the trip to New Orleans in December to lend a hand to a city in need. The group spent about a week collecting and sorting the hundreds of pots that had scattered everywhere and cleaning up a greenhouse at New Orleans City Park that was under more than 10 feet of standing saltwater. Students also helped clear brush and wood, install benches and fixed greenhouse fans.

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MSU philosophy, accounting rank No. 1 in scholar index

Sarah Harbison
January 12, 2007

Faculty from MSU's accounting and philosophy departments produced more publications, were cited in more journals and received more funding and awards than the same departments at 353 other large research universities. Both programs were ranked first by the Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index, which categorized large and small universities across the country based on data from 2005.