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1st week blitz welcomes students back

Lauren Phillips  and  Erica Pluff
August 30, 2004

Activities such as Meijer's Midnight Madness shopping spree, the Spartan Spirit pep rally and U-Fest pushed students out of their rooms and into the community during Welcome Week. Last week, MSU and local businesses united to help students become acquainted with campus and its surrounding area. "It's good getting out and having something to do," elementary education freshman Jenny Hurst said. At Spartan Stadium on Thursday, the Spartan Spirit pep rally worked to rev up the crowd.

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Games promote nutrition, raise doubts

Maddie Trier
August 17, 2004

Kari Pierce has her doubts about an attempt by MSU Extension to promote nutrition through computer programs. The Lansing mother and Extension participant said that while learning about nutrition is important, MSU's new computer game, the "Fantastic Food Challenge", might not work as well as expected.

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Party members strive to get student vote

Carl Lindquist
August 17, 2004

Even if MSU legally satisfies federal legislation requiring every student to have access to voter registration materials, both Republicans and Democrats want to see more done at the university level to get students involved in the upcoming election.

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Chevy Tahoes possible replacement for 'U' police squad's Ford vehicles

MSU police officers might be sporting new rides next year if a possible deal to replace their current squad cars with Chevy Tahoes is worked out. The current fleet of 13 marked Ford Crown Victorias, have leases that expire at the end of the year, would be replaced by the larger sport utility vehicles when they become available.

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'U' safeguards against risk

MSU police will conduct its second phase of emergency preparedness Wednesday morning during a full-scale mock disaster exercise on campus. About a dozen officials know exactly where the drill will take place - so responders such as MSU police, East Lansing Fire Department, the Office of Radiation, Chemical and Biological Safety and other local units will be able to test readiness. "We want to test our preparedness, response function and our ability to recover from whatever may happen so we can make sure we have the proper planning procedures," MSU police Lt.

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Debate documentary to air Sept. 1

Agnes Soriano
August 16, 2004

Based on the premise that a sport is defined as any type of intense competition, the College Sports Television cable network created a one-hour long documentary based on the 58th National Debate Tournament, which MSU won earlier this year. With CNN news anchor Aaron Brown as the host, the film premieres on Sept.

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Enrollment down in business program

Mike Townshend
August 10, 2004

Enrollment in MSU's Executive Masters of Business Administration program has gone down over the last five years, while many of the nation's schools have seen steady enrollment, university officials said. MSU saw a drop of almost five students per year on average in its EMBA program. And nationwide, more than three-fourths of responding Masters of Business Administration programs reported a decline in applications, according to a recent Graduate Management Admission Council survey, although MSU's figures have remained relatively steady. Also, 25 percent less students took the GMAT test for admission into business school than in 2002. "Given that the number of people who've taken the GMAT is down, there is a smaller pool of students," said John Delaney, associate dean for MBA Programs with the Eli Broad Graduate School of Management. This limited number of candidates means universities in the top 10 of national business programs can syphon away students from MSU, he said.

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Chemistry demos might suffer

Rebecca Mcnulty
August 10, 2004

Students taking chemistry classes this fall won't get to see as many demonstrations as their predecessors, because chemistry demonstrator Sheldon Knoespel will no longer be experimenting. Knoespel, who was in the position for 14 years, was responsible for doing all the demonstrations in different chemistry classes that emphasized what was being taught in the classroom.

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Professor named to lead agricultural society

Agnes Soriano
August 10, 2004

With farming converting into a type of corporate business from its past image of family driven manual labor, agriculture graduates with an economics and engineering background are farther ahead career-wise, MSU College of Agriculture officials say. Otto Loewer, a 1980 MSU alumnus, recently became the president-elect for the American Society for Agricultural Engineers, due in part to his dual background in those subjects.

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'U' institutes program on American Indian law

Elizabeth Piet
August 10, 2004

A new American Indian Law Program will begin this fall at MSU, teaching students about indigenous law, policy and practice. When the two classes start they will be the beginning of the only formal American Indian law program in Michigan and the most comprehensive in the Midwest. "It's an entire area of law that people just aren't aware of," said Donald Laverdure, a professor and director of the program.

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McPherson awarded for work in Iraq

Elizabeth Piet
August 9, 2004

MSU President M. Peter McPherson has received an award from the U.S. Department of Treasury for his efforts last summer to help rebuild Iraq's struggling economy. McPherson took a 130-day unpaid leave of absence from the university to serve as the financial coordinator in Iraq for the Office of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance.

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'U' wasting time on net

Carl Lindquist
August 9, 2004

Just try to balance a full load of human biology course work with the time requirements of a starting position on the MSU baseball team. As imaginable, goof-off time was scarce for Charlie Braun, shortstop and second baseman for the 2003-04 Spartans. "I didn't have the luxury of free time," he said.

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Study: Americans' poor diets lead to osteoporosis

Agnes Soriano
August 3, 2004

College students sitting down to eat in the cafeteria or going out to dinner at a restaurant on Grand River Avenue have several beverage choices, from soft drinks to milk. What many fail to realize is how that simple decision could make all the difference in avoiding developing osteoporosis, local and campus health officials say.

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'U' numbers up for women MBA students

Elizabeth Piet
August 2, 2004

Though she grew up in Thailand and earned her undergraduate degree there, MSU graduate student Nuch Benjarpornbanyat, decided to move to the United States and earn her master's degree from the Eli Broad College of Business. "It has become one of the wonderful experiences in my life," she said.

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'U' students win step show contest

Agnes Soriano
July 29, 2004

As part of a combined team of several Michigan chapters of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, MSU students landed first place at the 2004 Grand Conclave March Down biannual step-show competition Saturday in St.

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'U', federal agency to promote food temps

Mike Townshend
July 27, 2004

MSU and the U.S. Department of Agriculture have partnered in a joint public health education campaign, directed at stemming food-borne illnesses in the United States. The campaign, which focuses on the use of thermometers when cooking meat, will be launched Wednesday on a trial basis in Ingham, Kent and Washtenaw counties.

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Welcome Week to host Mraz concert

Agnes Soriano
July 27, 2004

Nestled in-between the speeches introducing freshmen to their respective majors and a massive pep rally reinforcing the importance of being a Spartan is a major headlining musical act hitting campus during Welcome Week. ASMSU recently added a concert to the onslaught of Welcome Week 2004 activities, featuring Jason Mraz at 9 p.m.