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Programs provide long-term education

Meghan Gilbert
March 15, 2004

Sounds of a Gregorian chant filled a Kellogg Center classroom Thursday night as an MSU Evening College class began a lecture on the beginning of classical scores. About 20 people listened to MSU Community Musical School Lecturer Patricia Nultemeier during her "Music Appreciation for the Classics" course as she warned her musically inclined students their interests might change as they move into medieval, renaissance and contemporary songs. "Your hunger for the great classics will grow," she told the class. Some students enrolled in the MSU Evening College course because they said they felt an appreciation for classical arts is considered the mark of an educated person.

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Organization to offer 'U' health classes

Elizabeth Piet
March 15, 2004

Healthy U will be offering several free programs in March for faculty and staff. · "Pilates," Thursdays, 12:10-12:50 p.m., Parlor C, Union. · "Yoga Movements and Relaxation," Fridays, 12:10-12:50 p.m., Gold Room B, Union. · "Gym on the Go," Mondays, 12:10-12:50 p.m., Parlor C, Union. Other upcoming events include: · Register for the "10K-A-Day" healthy walking program or "10K-A-Day Million Step Program," until April 5.

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Group director voted as association president

Joseph Clark
March 15, 2004

Van Hoosen Hall was the site for a changing of the guard in the Residence Halls Association. RHA General Assembly members elected political science and pre-law sophomore Ernest Drake as the association's new president on Friday.

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MIDDAY UPDATE: ASMSU sponsors Battle of the Bands

At their last meeting before spring break on March 4, ASMSU's Student Assembly set plans for its annual Battle of the Bands in motion by approving more than $3,000 for the event. The Battle of the Bands is a promotional event for ASMSU's upcoming general elections March 24.

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ACLU assists group with election issues

MSU College Democrats and MSU College Republicans confirmed Sunday that American Civil Liberties Union will represent them to voice their concerns with ASMSU's election code. The groups say parts of the code restrict free speech, such as a provision that prohibits promoting candidates from different colleges on the same piece of campaign material. If any changes to the code are accepted by MSU's student government, they would go into effect for the 2005 elections.

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Study says move hurts Lansing

Health Management Associates, a medical consulting firm, told area leaders last week that moving MSU's College of Human Medicine might have damaging effects on Mid-Michigan's health care without reaping financial benefits for MSU, news reports said. The firm was hired by a committee working to keep the college in the Lansing area. In January, officials from both MSU and Grand Rapids said they were having discussions about the school's possible expansion or relocation into that area.

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'U' officials block known form of virus

Meghan Gilbert
March 5, 2004

False e-mails claiming to be from the "msu.edu team" have been blocked from entering faculty, staff and student inboxes. The MSU Computer Center, now known as Academic Computing and Network Services, has blocked the known sending addresses at a rate of one per second.

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Students spend breaks giving aid to communities in, out of U.S.

Students looking for a change of pace for spring break this year are volunteering their time to help in communities throughout North America. The MSU Center for Service-Learning and Civic Engagement is involved with the Alternative Spring Break program that will take about 330 student volunteers to 17 different locations from Pennsylvania to Puerto Rico.

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WEB ONLY: Memorial service set for 'Can Man'

Sarah Mcevilly
March 5, 2004

A memorial service will take place later this month for Ernst Lucas, known to many members of the MSU community as Ernie the Can Man. Lucas died in January at the age of 68. The memorial is being planned by his brothers, Jack Lucas of West Hartford, Conn., and Alexander Lucas of Rochester, Minn.

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ASMSU criticizes BAMN

For the first time in at least four years, an ASMSU chairperson had to break a deadlocked vote Tuesday night. Chairperson Jared English broke the tie to pass an Academic Assembly bill that stated MSU's undergraduate student government condemned the actions taken by the Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action & Integration and Fight for Equality By Any Means Necessary, or BAMN, at a MSU College Republicans meeting last week. Barbara Grutter, plaintiff in the University of Michigan Law School admissions case, spoke at the meeting while BAMN members countered her views.

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WEB ONLY: State News designer wins awards

Melissa Domsic
March 4, 2004

Journalism junior Nick Mrozowski received two awards for his design work in The State News from the Society for News Design. The society, an international professional organization, gives out awards each year for excellence in newspaper design.

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Student government supports Granholm pact

ASMSU's Academic Assembly caught up on old business and internal housekeeping at its last meeting before spring break. MSU's undergraduate student government voted on a set of bills introduced Feb.

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State News staffers win awards

After spending the past year shooting photographs across the nation, Megan Spelman was named College Photographer of the Year by the Michigan Press Photographers Association last weekend. This was Spelman's second year receiving the award.

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WEB ONLY: Students nominated for national Truman Scholarship

Two MSU students recently received nominations for the nationally competitive Truman Scholarship. Animal science senior Annora Sheehan and Randy Neice, a political theory and constitutional democracy and international relations senior, earned their nominations after a MSU faculty committee reviewed their applications. Although neither is a finalist for the national award, a $26,000 grant, the university's nomination still is an honor, they said. "It certainly has opened up a lot of doors, just the process of being a nominee," Sheehan said. She found out that she was a nominee on Dec.

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McPherson, students discuss work in Iraq at campus session

Amy Bartner
March 4, 2004

There was little standing room in a tiny conference room Wednesday as MSU President M. Peter McPherson led a public discussion about his six-month stint in Iraq. The discussion, "Reflections of Iraq Experience," was part of the Noontime Conversation Series, sponsored by Student Life.