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WEB-ONLY: Graduate students discuss reconstruction changes

Rebecca Mcnulty
February 19, 2004

Professors, teaching assistants and members the Graduate Employees Union who work in the College of Arts & Letters filled Room 111 of Berkey Hall Wednesday night to discuss how the restructuring of the university will affect them. "We are here to discuss possible solutions to this problem, and how we are going to fight these budget cuts, rather than absorb them," said GEU president Scott Henkel. Philosophy, history and religious studies will be moved to the College of Social Science, which will be renamed as College of Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences.

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'U' political groups discuss ASMSU code

Discussion and the pursuit of possible legal action regarding ASMSU's election code continued Tuesday night, a day after the MSU College Democrats and the MSU College Republicans met in a lengthy special meeting. The two political groups were concerned that the MSU undergraduate student government's code limited free speech. Under the code, candidates from different colleges can't appear on the same flier or handout and requires organizations to gain permission from candidates before endorsing them. Members of ASMSU's Steering Committee, which passed the election code, reworked three sections of the bill with six members of the College Democrats and Republicans.

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RHA perks extended off campus

Joseph Clark
February 18, 2004

A new program from the Residence Halls Association is hoping that off-campus students will partake in programs and events that, as of now, only those living in dorms can enjoy. RHA has begun to offer membership to students not living in residence halls.

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Council reviews campus dynamics

Meghan Gilbert
February 18, 2004

The Faculty Council heard presentations about campus sustainablity and a procedure to replace a retiring faculty member during its Tuesday meeting. Terry Link, director of the Office of Campus Sustainablity and chairperson of the University Committee for a Sustainable Campus, provided a slide presentation with information to supplement the Campus Sustainability Report. Sustainability is the interdependence of living organisms and communities over time, stated the report, which was compiled in September 2003. The report viewed the campus on a timeline from 1990 to 2001 and concentrated on social, economic and environmental factors. "We want to use money and resources in ways that benefit us both today and tomorrow," Link said. Many figures and tables are available in the report, ranging from average SAT scores to electricity consumed on campus.

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Bike clinics to promote alternative transport

The first of three public bicycle clinics hosted by the MSU Bike Project will take place at 6 p.m. Wednesday in the ballroom of Demonstration Hall. The clinics will feature bike mechanics who will be offering minor repairs, adjustments to bikes and advice for major repairs.

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Program aids minority students in science

Elizabeth Piet
February 18, 2004

Magan Butler-Coleman's list of possible medical schools is getting longer, and she gets excited when she starts to talk about her future. "I want to be a doctor - I want to be the light in someone's life," she said.

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Impact wins broadcast award

Rebecca Mcnulty
February 17, 2004

Like music to its ears, MSU's college radio station, WDBM (88.9-FM) was named College Station of the Year by Broadcast Music Inc. and the Michigan Association of Broadcasters.

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Campaigning policies change

Members of MSU's College Democrats and College Republicans issued a joint statement Monday requesting that ASMSU, MSU's undergraduate student government, re-evaluate its new election code. But ASMSU's new code was finalized Friday. Last year, almost 40 candidates were disqualified from ASMSU elections when the two college groups released unapproved candidate endorsements in fliers, postcards and e-mails.

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Real life replaces books in 'U' professor's class

Adrienne Broaddus
February 17, 2004

Morris Thomas sets aside grim textbooks when lecturing. Instead, the visiting geography professor opens a world of personal experiences to make class more realistic and interesting. In a room with 150 students or more, Thomas turns his class sessions into a hands-on learning experience by allowing students to see firsthand things he talks about and by rewarding them with suckers when they volunteer or answer trivia questions correctly. Dressed in a white and navy blue polo shirt with matching suspenders, Thomas wheels himself into a room full of chattering students.

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Striving for sisterhood

Steve Eder
February 17, 2004

As the struggle for civil rights stirred the nation in 1954, 17 black undergraduates at MSU pioneered a sisterhood and carved out their place in the university's culture for years to come.