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Committees to present report on liberal arts college

Rebecca Mcnulty
November 23, 2004

The liberal arts committees have completed their work, but MSU's Academic Governance system is not yet comfortable voting on the options. The Executive Committee of Academic Council met Monday to discuss whether the Committee on College Reorganization and the New Residential College Program Planning Committee reports will be ready for today's Academic Council meeting. Jon Sticklen, chairman of the executive committee, said the group wants to wait to address the new liberal arts college.

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Transgender students, allies observe Day of Remembrance

Sonia Khaleel
November 22, 2004

Walls covered with pictures of those murdered due to transgender prejudice surrounded about 15 students last week in Bessey Hall as they discussed violence against the transgender community. The discussion was in honor of the 6th annual Transgender Day of Remembrance on Saturday.

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Sports facilities seek funding from ASMSU

Here's the request before ASMSU: $50,000 from its budget to expand IM Sports-West. MSU's undergraduate student government is still considering funding part of the $5.6 million renovation of weight-lifting and exercise facilities at the IM building.

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Global Festival promotes cultural understanding

Sonia Khaleel
November 22, 2004

Volunteers handed out multicolored passports as Global Festival participants made their way through the door of the Union into the international smorgasbord. Global Festival 2004 on Sunday was the culmination of International Education Week.

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Comedy group entertains with improv missions

Daniel Thai Special for The State News With the "Mission Impossible" theme blaring through the speakers, five men wearing nondescript white shirts, black pants, black ties and sunglasses introduced themselves as agents Puma, Reactor, Nighthawk, Slingshot and Cavalry. These were members of Mission IMPROVable, a nationally touring improvisational group from Chicago that performed two shows Saturday at the International Center. Mission IMPROVable, which performed for the seventh consecutive semester at MSU Saturday night, puts on more than 200 shows a year and has a solid fan base, University Activities Board representative and community relations senior Emily Money said. "We had to book them in September to make sure we got them," she said.

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Authors discuss 9-11 coverage

Maddie Trier
November 19, 2004

As they watched the television coverage of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, Mary Carouba and Susan Hagen noticed one thing - women were not included. "We reverted back to the language of the '60s," Carouba said.

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Kennedy speaks on environment, Bush

Margaret Harding
November 19, 2004

After admitting entrapment in "airplane purgatory," Robert F. Kennedy Jr. arrived 10 minutes late to sign copies of his book in the MSU College of Law lobby before hurrying off to give a lecture at Wharton Center on Thursday. Kennedy, a well-known environmental lawyer, spoke to a full auditorium about the United States' environmental destiny in conjunction with the publication of his new book, "Crimes Against Nature: How George W.

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Student faces prison for tampering with plant research

A student thief who squashed a $20,000 research study earlier this semester now faces 10 years in prison or thousands of dollars in fines for stealing tomatoes from MSU's Department of Plant Pathology. The ruined yearly research on plant disease management means serious setbacks for both university officials and Michigan farmers, MSU officials said. The 32-year-old male student arrested this week is scheduled to be arraigned Monday in Ingham County's 55th District Court, MSU police Sgt.

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Safe Place celebrates 10th anniversary

Maddie Trier
November 18, 2004

Ten years ago, victims of domestic violence only had the End Violent Encounters shelter in Lansing to go to for safety, but that changed when MSU first lady Joanne McPherson helped create MSU Safe Place. The MSU community shelter is celebrating 10 years of expansion, outreach and intervention.

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Major marathon held today in Bessey Hall

Sonia Khaleel
November 18, 2004

A Marathon of Majors will be held from 5-7 p.m. today on the first floor of Bessey Hall. Academic advisers from about 15 MSU colleges will be available to assist students in exploring majors, meeting major and college requirements, exploring internship and career information, transferring credits, studying abroad and tutoring options. Other groups, including the MSU Counseling Center and the Writing Center will also provide information. "Usually, students have to go from college to college to gather information about the colleges, but with this event, they're able to do that in one night," said Rosemarie Handley, advising coordinator for the Undergraduate University Division.

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'U' program offers global perspective

Sonia Khaleel
November 17, 2004

International Education Week is a time when students can explore other cultures by tasting, saying or seeing things they've never tried before. During its fifth annual celebration, this year's International Education Week is complete with dancing, music, language classes, food, film, lectures and other educational activities.

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ASMSU addresses fair labor practices

ASMSU joined part of an ongoing battle between students and administration officials Thursday when it passed a bill calling for MSU to join the Worker Rights Consortium, a nonprofit international group that monitors labor practices. MSU's undergraduate student government requested the MSU Board of Trustees to allocate one percent of its profit from licensed apparel, up to $50,000, which is required to join the consortium. The WRC would report on factory conditions overseas where some MSU apparel is manufactured to ensure fair labor practices. Nine of the 11 Big Ten universities belong to the WRC, including 120 other colleges and universities across the country. Lauren Olson, a representative for the College of Natural Science, introduced the bill to Student Assembly and said petitioning ASMSU to join the WRC was one of the major reasons she became a representative. "We should be perpetuating the idea of fair labor as we go into the real world," she said.

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Bioethics discussion to focus on social, medical intersex issues

Maddie Trier
November 16, 2004

The issue of medical and social treatment of intersex individuals will be addressed today during a discussion hosted by the Undergraduate Bioethics Society. Intersex individuals are people with a wide variety of physical abnormalities that cause the genitals to differ from the "normal" conception of male or female anatomy, said Alice Dreger, a Lyman Briggs associate professor. "We like to increase awareness about some of the ethical issues concerned with reproductive health in this society," said Annika Storey, chairwoman of the society and a physiology senior. Dreger will lead the discussion, "Gender, Sex and Ethics," at 7:30 p.m.

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Poetry kicks off heritage celebration

Sonia Khaleel  and  Darrell Hughes
November 16, 2004

A poetry collective called Batey Urbano excitedly warmed up in a back room of the Erickson Kiva before several Latino and Chicano urban poets hit the stage to perform poetry with a purpose. "Is-La Mind," or "Ease The Mind," showcased the Batey Urbano poets as part of Puerto Rican Culture Week, put on by the Puerto Rican Student Alliance this week. "Our performances are a collaboration of our culture and hip-hop," Chicagoan group member Jiovani Vargas said. Batey Urbano is an outlet for people to express themselves, Vargas said.

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McPherson to speak at Penn State Friday

Jaclyn Roeschke
November 15, 2004

MSU President M. Peter McPherson will speak about Africa's agriculture production and rural income on Friday at Penn State University. The speech, entitled, "Progress Can Be Achieved in Africa," is part of Penn State's lunchtime speaker series. McPherson said the presentation will give him an opportunity to give back to the university. "Penn State is our sister university because they came into existence around the same time MSU did," McPherson said, adding Penn State's President Graham Spaniard asked him to give the speech about a year ago.