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'Swingers' win annual competition

Jaclyn Roeschke
February 5, 2004

Jumping, jiving and wailing into the spotlight, the MSU State Swing Society has tried its best to create a new niche on campus for music that was popular five decades ago. The group was created in 2000 by members of the Lansing and MSU communities who hoped to "get a group of people together who wanted to have fun while sharing a common interest and dancing to a different type of music," said group co-founder Bryan Grochowski, a 1998 MSU alumnus. Once founded, the group members set their sites on a statewide competition created by a Detroit-based group called All Night Entertainment.

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Ethnic food kicks off Diversity Week

Emily Bingham
February 4, 2004

Advertising graduate student Colleen Norwine was pleasantly surprised on Tuesday afternoon when she stopped by the lobby of the MSU-DCL College of Law building on her way to use the library. Instead of finding students studying or waiting for class to begin, she walked right into the thick of Ethnic Food Day. "I saw the sign, and I love ethnic food," she said.

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Council looks to fill administrator's vacancy

Meghan Gilbert
February 4, 2004

The Executive Committee of Academic Council discussed the policy to fill the vacancy of vice president for research and graduate studies during its Tuesday meeting. Bob Huggett will leave the position on July 1, allowing only months for a replacement to be found.

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Resources Week to be hosted by college

Jaclyn Roeschke
February 4, 2004

The College of Agriculture and Natural Resources will sponsor Agriculture and Natural Resources Week on March 5-13. Educational programs will highlight different plant and animal species, including goats, bats and wildflowers.

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Semester at sea opens student's eyes

Jaclyn Roeschke
February 3, 2004

Going on a safari in Africa, playing soccer with Brazilian tribes and perusing Bangkok's red-light district taught psychology junior Rob Flewelling that life's best lessons are not found in classrooms. Last fall, Flewelling made the world his campus, as he and 600 other college students scaled the globe by ship, traveling to nine different countries.

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Challenge to raise organ donor awareness

Spartans know it takes guts to beat the University of Michigan. But Gift of Life Michigan volunteers want to know which school is willing to give those guts away. The nonprofit organ donation program is sponsoring "No Guts, No Glory," an online drive between the rival universities.

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Mock team readies for next tournament

Returning from the Mid-Missouri Invitational Tournament with a number of successes, including taking fifth place out of 36 teams, the MSU Mock Trial Team is looking to head into the regional tournament at the University of Notre Dame on Feb.

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silver & gold

Dan Gould is not an Olympic skier, but he knows how to think like one. The sports psychologist who helped freestyle skiers get in the zone for the 1998 Olympic Games will join the MSU faculty next fall. "I got to work with some of the best athletes in the world," Gould said.

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Site aims for political balance

Emily Bingham
February 3, 2004

A Web site launched by a student group at the University of Colorado at Boulder followed by proposed legislation are the most recent efforts in a growing trend to keep the personal political views of professors out of the classroom at public universities.

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Study: Textbook extras unneeded

Multimedia CD-ROM textbook supplements can be nice, but new editions of textbooks are generally unnecessary, students say. The comments follow a recent study titled "Ripoff 101: How the Current Practices of the Textbook Industry Drive Up Cost of College Textbooks," which was conducted by the Oregon Student Public Interest Research Group.

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Energy pact to reduce yearly expenses

Emily Bingham
February 3, 2004

A Consumers Energy contract approved by state utility regulators on Thursday could mean good news for MSU energy costs. The Michigan Public Service Commission agreed to a special pact between the energy company, the state, Western Michigan University, the University of Michigan-Flint and MSU.

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Saving face

Steve Eder
February 3, 2004

It takes a lifetime to build a reputation. It takes a thief seconds to steal an identity and destroy a name.

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Dorm evacuated after alarm sounds

In a scene vaguely reminiscent of a building evacuation nearly a week ago, a handful of students gathered outside Hubbard Hall Monday afternoon after a fire alarm went off. But for the second time, it wasn't a fire that brought the residents in contact with the chilly air. Maintenance worker Sean Sullivan said he checked the control panel on the way out of the building. "The alarm panel just says it's a water issue," said Sullivan, a communication junior, citing possibilities such as overflow or a clog.