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RHA elects Daddow to executive board

Carrie Hoover
March 24, 2003

Kristin Daddow will be stepping up to the Residence Halls Association executive board as external vice president in the fall. Daddow said she would fulfill the position's requirements as a communicator and coordinator within and outside of the organization, putting her employment and education skills to work. Elections lasted the majority of the meeting Wednesday at Holden Hall, which ran for six hours. The three other candidates included Director for Treasuries and Allocations Julie Hughes, and general assembly members Erik Green and Courtney Smith.

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Sorority to present show at Fairchild

Zeta Sigma Chi sorority presents "Multicultural Xtravaganza III" at 7 p.m. March 28 in the Fairchild Theatre. The multicultural sorority's "Xtravaganza" celebrates aspects of different cultures represented at MSU. The celebration features performers from the MSU community and the Lansing area.

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Program helps retain migrant students at 'U'

While being away from her family was initially stressful, education freshman Gloria Melina Monita says with the help of the College Assistant Migrant Program, she is building a sound educational background. "Being a part of CAMP has been great because coming to MSU by myself, I don't think I would have known all the resources that MSU has," she said.

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Match Day reveals students' futures

Kendra Snyder
March 21, 2003

Screams and giggles could be heard from outside of a conference room in the University Club, 3435 Forest Road, on Thursday, as about 18 MSU medical students learned where they will train for the next three years.

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ASMSU members to vote on revised code Tuesday

Members of ASMSU's Academic Assembly will vote on whether to approve revisions to the assembly's Code of Operations Tuesday.Since January, members of MSU's undergraduate student government's Code Committee have reviewed and revised the document.The code sets rules for ASMSU officials and stipulates how Academic Assembly should be run.The Code Committee's revisions, including a change in the fall, are the first in several years.The Policy Committee also reviewed the recommended changes and assembly members had the chance to voice their opinions during the last meeting on March 11.One issue that brought heated debate centered around how many absences should be allotted for members.

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Supporters give couple hand in move

Amy Bartner
March 20, 2003

More than 70 people crowded into the Mason Hall lobby Wednesday to show their support for graduate student domestic partners Rebecca Linz and Carolyn O'Laughlin by helping them move out of their residence.O'Laughlin, the former Mason Hall assistant hall director, resigned Monday after fighting for more than six months to change MSU's policy, which does not allow domestic partners to live together in on-campus housing.

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Baby boomers need more doctors

Kendra Snyder
March 20, 2003

In less than a decade, the first of the baby boomer generation will turn 65, increasing the demand of doctors to care for them - some who are future physicians in MSU's medical schools.

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Protesters to assist couple's dorm move

Supporters of domestic partner benefits for same-sex student couples plan to gather today to help graduate student domestic partners Rebecca Linz and Carolyn O'Laughlin move out of their residence hall quarters.O'Laughlin resigned from her position as assistant residence hall director Monday after supervisors said her partner was not allowed to live with her.

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'U' voting is made easy by Internet

ASMSU is urging students to vote in today's election. Here's a look at what's on the ballot and how to make your voice heard. How to vote ASMSU Student Assembly Chairperson Matt Weingarden said the one-day voting process will be quick for students. "It's going to be like boom, boom, boom, excitement, excitement, excitement," he said. The voting process begins at 7 a.m.

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Group plans skip day to protest

Members of Students Protecting And Representing Education met Friday to discuss plans to sponsor an unauthorized "skip day" for students in protest of possible cuts to higher education.SPARE was formed to combat possible university cuts and tuition increases because of potential reductions in state appropriations to higher education.

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Faculty, students: Biology courses need dissection options

Amy Bartner
March 18, 2003

Students performing live dissections on animals in base-level science courses should be given alternatives, some MSU faculty and students say. In light of a case brought up at the University of Illinois-Champaign when a student's grade was penalized after refusing to dissect a live frog, the first policy protecting religious and ethical beliefs at a large university could be implemented in April. "I know of high schools where students that have conscientious objections to dissecting frogs are offered alternatives," said Tom Tomlinson, an MSU professor and director for the Center of Ethics and Humanities in the Life Sciences Building.

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Patients' musical abilities to be showcased at therapy recital

The fifth annual MSU Music Therapy Recital will be held at 4 p.m. Friday at the Music Auditorium. The recital will highlight the musical abilities of children and adults diagnosed with autism, traumatic brain injuries, mental illness and other physical and mental impairments.

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Alumnus returns to cheer on veterinary hospital

Amy Bartner
March 18, 2003

When Patrick LeBlanc first attended MSU as a student, he was a cheerleader.Now he's back at MSU, cheering for the College of Veterinary Medicine's Veterinary Teaching Hospital.More than 20 years after his days in green and white, LeBlanc was named the new director of the hospital.LeBlanc received his veterinary degree from MSU in 1982 and became a member of the faculty in 1986.But he left the university in 1994 to run a manufacturing business.