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WEB ONLY: Chicano Unity Dinner speaker stresses overcoming racism

Andrew Hickner Special for The State News About 50 community members gathered at the first Chicano Unity Dinner and created a sense of family in the Union on Friday. The event was sponsored by the Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan. The dinner featured keynote speaker Dr. Jose Angel Gutierrez, a longtime Chicano activist and co-founder of the La Raza Unida political party. Gutierrez stressed his ties to the Lansing community, greeting several old family friends present at the dinner.

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Activities Board to host cast from MTV

Joseph Clark
February 27, 2004

The University Activities Board will be putting on two events this weekend as a part of the MTV Reality Weekend. "Sex in the Real World," featuring Ace and Mallory from the Paris season, is at 7:30 p.m.

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Store aims to login

While selling merchandise through existing vendors works for some, the MSU Surplus Store is looking to expand its business and find its own selling home on the Web. The store, located at 1344 S.

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RHA passes bills, internal VP resigns

Joseph Clark
February 27, 2004

Wednesday night was a busy one in the basement of Wilson Hall. The Residence Halls Association's General Assembly passed four bills, nominated members for positions on next year's Executive Board and heard major announcements from two current executives. The first was a resignation from Internal Vice President Tom Edwards.

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Council approves academic changes

Meghan Gilbert
February 26, 2004

New masters and doctorate programs in the Department of Community, Agriculture, Recreation and Resource Studies were approved by Academic Council at its Tuesday meeting and now will undergo state review. The programs are part of the integration of the departments of Agriculture and Natural Resources Education and Communication Systems, Resource Development and Park, Recreation and Tourism Resources. Richard Paulsen, the department's associate chairman, said alignment of the programs played off of their academic similarities. "What we're looking at is drawing upon some major themes in the state and looking at where they overlap and meeting the challenges of the state in the future," he said. The graduate degree programs are the first to be developed, with undergraduate academics still being worked out.

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ASMSU warns Ithaca about ordinance

After ASMSU's struggle last semester with a modified party noise ordinance in East Lansing, student leaders are urging city council members in Ithaca, N.Y., to avoid adopting a similar policy. At its Student Assembly meeting on Thursday, MSU's undergraduate student government voted to send a letter to the Ithaca City Council saying that the East Lansing ordinance approved in the fall was harmful to student-community relations. The East Lansing City Council approved issuing up to $1,000 fines and a possible three days in jail for hosts of the gatherings with party indicators.

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Event stresses spring break safety

With spring break right around the corner and students flocking to warmer climates for some sand and sun, campus groups are hosting fairs to raise awareness about having fun while still being safe. Jodi Roberto Hancock, educational program coordinator for the Women's Resource Center, organized the event that took place Tuesday in the Shaw Hall cafeteria and will continue through the next two weeks at other locations. Representatives from the MSU Department of Police and Public Safety, Olin Health Center's Health Education Services, the American Cancer Society at MSU, the Sexual Assault Crisis and Safety Education Program, and Self Defense for Women passed out fliers about issues such as general safety, alcohol, skin cancer and sexual assault. The police department had pamphlets containing laws from three popular spring-break locales - Texas, Florida and Mexico -along with four sets of "beer goggles," which have specialized lenses to simulate different levels of intoxication. English sophomore Katie Derthick demonstrated a pair of the goggles.

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Powwow to run despite budget

Elizabeth Piet
February 25, 2004

The committee for the 21st annual Pow-wow of Love will have to search harder this year for money because of a decreased amount of funding from ASMSU, MSU's undergraduate student government. The North American Indigenous Student Organization, which is in charge of the powwow, requested $32,000 from ASMSU at its Jan.

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Meeting provides forum for campus planners, council to discuss accessibility issues

Elizabeth Piet
February 25, 2004

Administrators joined students in the Union on Monday to discuss accessibility issues at a Council for Students with Disabilities meeting. Barry Latoszewski, manager of construction, maintenance and interior design for Housing and Food Services, brought a list of previous campus concerns made by the council and officials' responses to requests for Braille signs, accessibility in bathrooms, automatic doors, elevators and accessible parking. "There's a lot of things about accessibility that we probably aren't handling as well as we should," Latoszewski said, adding that the problem is "neither easy, nor is it cheap" to solve. During the meeting, students and faculty brought up snow removal and the possibility of more heated sidewalks such as those in front of Berkey Hall and IM Sports-Circle. "I wish I had the money to put more in.

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Copying most-used service of ASMSU

Rob Schneider's "makin' copies" skit from "Saturday Night Live" easily could be re-enacted in 307 Student Services. The copy machine in ASMSU's business office of MSU's undergraduate student government's most widely used service. Last academic year, more than 11,000 copies were made each month, said Deb Gleason, an ASMSU business office employee.

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African Studies to talk about cacao, coffee

MSU's African Studies Center is hosting a speaker as part of the Brown Bag Series at noon Thursday in 201 International Center. Mathieu Ngouajio, assistant professor and MSU Extension vegetable specialist in the Department of Horticulture, will discuss the impact of the lower currency on agricultural production in Cameroon.

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Brightest & best

Jo Muse once struggled to land a job in The State News' Advertising Department. Now, after 30 years and national campaigns for Nike, Coca-Cola and Universal Pictures, Muse will be recognized as a "Leader of the Year" in the advertising industry. A Detroit native, Muse began his career as a student at MSU, where he had a stint at the student-run paper. "It was a tough gig to get.

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Gripe & moan

Sonia Khaleel
February 24, 2004

John Revitte said he thinks he's a real people person, and he's putting his talent to good use as MSU's new faculty grievance official. The labor and industrial relations professor will try to resolve professional differences in his position.