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ASMSU updates, clarifies financial bylaws

Alison Barker
March 19, 2002

ASMSU adopted a 22-page set of financial bylaws last week, updating the three-page document created in 1992.The new bylaws alleviate some procedural problems, but do not specify money distribution guidelines.With $12,500 remaining for the undergraduate student government for spring semester, finance committee Chairperson Andy Schepers said the old financial bylaws needed to be revamped because they were too vague and didn’t give the organization enough direction about how money should be spent.

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U passes SN tax increase, continues other elections

Michelle Matthews
March 19, 2002

MSU students will pay an additional dollar for The State News beginning in the fall. When the votes from last week’s election were tallied, 501 students voted in favor of the increase, 418 opposed it and six students abstained from voting during the 2002 student tax referendum. The increase upped the tax from $4 to $5 per semester and is the first increase in 13 years.

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Lithuanian ambassador to the U.S. to visit DCL students

Chad Previch
March 18, 2002

The Lithuanian ambassador to the United States will be at MSU-Detroit College of Law today to talk to students throughout the day. Vygaudas Usackas will conduct a European Union class tonight and meet with members from MSU International Studies and Programs and James Madison College. Like the students he will be talking with, Usackas pursued a law degree as a college student. He studied law at Vilnius University in Lietuva, earning his degree in May 1990.

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Natl radio broadcasts from U

Ed Ronco
March 18, 2002

Greg Olsen made sure to get a front-row seat for National Public Radio’s “Talk of the Nation: Science Friday.”The show, hosted by NPR science correspondent Ira Flatow, broadcasted live Friday afternoon from the new Biomedical and Physical Sciences Building.The show featured area experts on automotive technologies and MSU engineering, food science and packaging professors.But as the crowd of about 150 people listened to Flatow and guests discuss automotive innovations and food science improvements, Olsen, a telecommunication junior, kept his eyes on the engineers working the various consoles and dials.“It was great to see what they do,” he said.Olsen, a regular listener of NPR, said he was able to learn things on two levels by attending the broadcast - science and radio broadcasting.“I always learn something, that’s the great thing,” he said.Combining two areas of interest is how Flatow got his start in science journalism.In the late 1960s, he entered the State University of New York at Buffalo, planning to become an engineer.“I went into college and I stumbled upon a campus radio station,” he said.

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Postponed talk by journalist rescheduled

Megan Frye
March 18, 2002

After postponing her visit to campus because of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, Laurie Garrett, the only journalist to have won the Pulitzer, Peabody and Polk awards, will lecture in the Wharton Center’s Pasant Theatre. The event, “Betrayal of Trust: The Collapse of Global Public Health” will begin at 4:30 p.m.

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RHA fills board spot

Casey Mcnenly
March 15, 2002

The Residence Halls Association is one step closer to filling next year’s executive board. The association elected John Sturk, the North American Indian Student Organization’s representative, to the internal vice president position for 2002-03. At Wednesday night’s election, Sturk calmly strolled about a room in Wilson Hall, outlining his goals to improve diversity and understanding of parliamentary procedure within the association.

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U professors featured on science radio show

Ed Ronco
March 15, 2002

Janice Harte is hoping her voice stays in mint condition today. The assistant professor of food science, who is recovering from a case of laryngitis, is one of four MSU experts to be prominently featured on a National Public Radio broadcast originating from MSU. “Talk of the Nation: Science Friday,” hosted by veteran science correspondent Ira Flatow, will go live from the Biomedical and Physical Sciences Building at 2 p.m. Harte said she’s excited to be on the program. “It’s quite an honor,” she said.

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Energy Awareness Week reminds U to conserve

Chad Previch
March 15, 2002

Next week, cars without gasoline and machines powered by wind instead of electricity will become the norm at MSU. Beginning Monday, the Office of Campus Sustainability and MSU’s chapter of the Public Relations Student Society of America will host Energy Awareness Week. Students, faculty and staff will have the chance to check out the future, including solar-powered cars and the newest in computer technology. “This is one way we can highlight some of the things we are suggesting,”said Brenda Wrigley, assistant professor of public relations and public relations society adviser.

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U irked by hall damage rule

Tara May
March 14, 2002

Min Cho doesn’t smoke, but he might have to pay $100 for the nearly 50 cigarette burns that cover the blue carpet of the fourth floor study lounge in West McDonel Hall.“I realize that I have responsibility because I live here, even though I don’t smoke, but $100 is just too much to pay,” the computer science freshman said.Floor residents received a notice that they each would have to pay $100 - about $4,000 total - to replace the carpeting.The common-area damages clause of the residence hall handbook states that residents all will be held equally financially responsible for destruction to their floor, unless someone comes forward and confesses to the damage.

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GEU steps up plans to secure contract

Chad Previch
March 14, 2002

With fewer than two months remaining in the semester, graduate employee unions throughout the state are changing their battle plans. “I think members are getting frustrated that we don’t have a contract,” said Jessica Goodkind, MSU’s Graduate Employees Union president.