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MSU investment group visits NYC to mingle on Wall Street
Rubbing shoulders with Wall Street's finest are 16 members of MSU's Student Investment Association, or SIA.
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MTV cast member to address black issues
The Black Student Alliance, or BSA, is presenting a program to address the importance of Black History Month at 6 p.m.
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Simon asked to aid Lansing commission
MSU President Lou Anna Simon is working to increase MSU's presence locally and nationally. In response to budget cuts and a reduced population in schools, Lansing Mayor Tony Benavides appointed Simon and another co-chairperson to create the Special Commission on Schools and Neighborhoods. Benavides appointed Simon during his 2005 State of the City address Monday. The group will be composed of Lansing-area leaders and administrators from local schools.
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Speaker series addresses United States, Israel relations
When MSU President Lou Anna Simon introduced former U.S. Ambassador to Israel Dennis Ross at Kellogg Center Monday, it was one of two firsts. It was the first time Simon introduced a speaker as president of the university, and Ross was the first speaker in the "Conversations on U.S.-Israel Relations" series. His visit kicked off the series of speakers sponsored by the Hillel Jewish Student Center and the Greater Lansing Jewish Welfare Federation.
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Students to participate in robotics competition
Okemos High School senior George Karagoulis said he's fortunate because he already knows what he wants to do with his life - he wants to be an engineer. Which is why Karagoulis, 18, is excited to be a member of Team 1504-Spartan Robotics, an engineering-inspired club that is gearing up to build a 120-pound robot capable of moving 9-pound weights to a designated goal. "It's a major undertaking," Karagoulis said of the group challenge.
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ASMSU officials focus on budget concerns
ASMSU's programming and funding boards received additional money this year, some student government officials are concerned about the two committees' financial stability. In past years, both undergraduate student government boards used up their budgets before the end of the spring semester. In fact, in 2004, the groups spent their entire funds before March and requested an additional $10,000 from the Student Assembly because they ran out of money. To ensure that student groups have money to hold events, and to give to student organizations in 2005, the boards have been given about $30,000 more, and officials say they are confident they won't run out of money. The programming board funds specific student events on campus, and the funding board provides money to registered student organizations. On the programming board, about 20 students represent various campus groups or organizations, such as the University Activities Board.
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Profs discuss tsunami issues, implications
MSU faculty from multiple areas of study discussed the Dec. 26 tsunami and its impact at an educational forum on Tuesday. At the event, students and the general public asked questions, and faculty addressed misconceptions concerning the disaster.
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Changes to writing, integrated studies programs suggested
The task forces on Integrated Studies, writing and quantitative literacy presented Academic Council with their final reports at Tuesday's meeting. The task forces were created to make recommendations to improve programs in the three areas. "MSU is already strong in all these areas, but we have to keep moving forward," acting Provost John Hudzik said. Jim Porter, chairman of the Writing Task Force committee, outlined the committee's findings and recommendations about the Tier I and Tier II writing programs. In the Tier I program, the task force committee recommended extending the writing requirement from one semester to a year-long course.
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Physicist teaches origami
Laser physicist turned origami master Robert J. Lang taught the basics of the ancient paper-folding art to a crowd on Tuesday night in the Main Library. The group learned to make a duck out of a single piece of paper. "For a beginner workshop, you have to start with something simple," Lang said.
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Ban lifted on aid for Israel study
MSU students who want to study abroad in Israel just got a big break from the university. Kathleen Fairfax, director of the Office of Study Abroad, said MSU officials decided on Monday to lift the ban on students applying for financial aid to study in Israel. In October 2000, all MSU-sponsored study abroad trips to Israel were suspended after several security warnings from the U.S.
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Simon to deliver speech to E.L. business leaders
MSU President Lou Anna Simon will speak to area businesswomen tonight during one of her first speeches since becoming president Jan.
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MSU alumnus returns as head of dept. in med school
After a 26-year absence, Barbara Conley, a graduate of the MSU College of Human Medicine and a Michigan native, is returning to teach. On Feb.
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ASMSU prepares for elections, strives to attract new members
With ASMSU elections nearly two months away, student government officials are preparing election blueprints, geared at getting more students prepared to vote. A three-phase election plan outlines three possible ways of informing students of the March election - sending out fliers, advertising on the student government's Web site and printing advertisements. The marketing and publicity plan, created by Joanna Lankerd, ASMSU's constituent activism director, was introduced to the Student Assembly last week. Last year, only 4.7 percent of undergraduate students voted in the student government election.
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Graduates stage protest via motorcade
With horns blaring and streamers waving in the frigid air, a caravan of cars wove their way - slowly - through campus Monday morning. But some say the noise was unheard by those they were trying to reach. The cars carried Graduate Employees Union members protesting the administration's proposal to take parking rights out of the new GEU contract during a negotiating session. "Right now, we can park south of the river, but what they're proposing is to strike any mention of parking rights from the contract," GEU President Deborah Wilson said.
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Schools vie to top organ donations
Patrick Pruitt knows the value of organ donations. Pruitt, a psychology senior, got a corneal transplant in 1990 to restore his sight. "As a child of six, I lost the ability to read - to play with my toys," Pruitt said.
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Chocolate party will benefit MSU Museum
The 16th annual MSU Museum Chocolate Party Benefit will be held from 1:30-3:30 p.m on Feb. 27 at the Kellogg Center.
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Registration due for Aquaculture meeting
The Michigan Aquaculture Association's annual meeting will be held Feb. 10-11, at the Clarion Hotel and Conference Center, 3600 Dunckel Road in Lansing.
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Sparty named national champ
Sparty on, MSU. For the second year in a row, Sparty is the number one mascot in the country. After his 2004 national championship, Sparty began working on his next routine to bring to the 2005 Universal Cheer Association/Universal Dance Association College Nationals in Orlando, Fla.
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Vegas night successful, hits jackpot
By Blake SchmidtSpecial for The State News It was John Krcatovich's first time gambling.
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Certain MSU e-mail won't forward to AOL
The mail some students try to forward from their MSU e-mail accounts may not always reach their America Online inbox, a Computer Center official said. AOL uses an anti-spam device to block unsolicited commercial e-mail.