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$3.5M grant to aid MSU farming

Brian McVicar
September 23, 2007

With the help of a $3.5 million grant, MSU is hoping to expand the market for environmentally friendly food grown on Michigan farms. The grant, awarded by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, will help the university establish a facility where researchers will study the effects of cows grazing on pastures rather than on corn. The center, located at the Kellogg Biological Station, will also help establish markets for products produced from the pasture-grazing animals.

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Calif. college offers students YouTube class

Craig Trudell
September 23, 2007

With film of a baby laughing hysterically or a bawling fan blubbering about Britney Spears, videos on YouTube.com tend to lure students away from their studies. For a class at a private, liberal arts college in California, students’ entire grade depends on posting, watching or commenting on such videos.

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Islamic school observes Ramadan

Julie Baker
September 23, 2007

Ramadan at the Greater Lansing Islamic School, 920 S. Harrison Road, means double recess time for sixth-grader Mohamed Hassan and his friends to play soccer and swing on the swings. Since he is fasting — like many other Muslims during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan — he doesn’t need his lunch hour.

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Graduates flee state as Mich. jobs disappear

Craig Trudell
September 23, 2007

A week after Ana Almonte graduated with a civil engineering degree in May, she left the state for a job with an engineering firm in Florida. “There’s just not too many opportunities in Michigan right now because of the economy,” said Almonte, who began working with CH2M Hill, an engineering and construction management company in Orlando.

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MSU names new media director

Joey Nowak
September 23, 2007

During the time he spent at the United States Military Academy at West Point, Kent Cassella was known for being on the cutting edge of media communications. Cassella was named MSU’s director of media communications last week, a position that has been vacant since January. He worked at West Point from 2002-07 as chief of media relations and public information, then as director of public relations.

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Fasting shows sign of faith

Julie Baker
September 20, 2007

Samantha Dresser, a psychology senior, sees fasting on the Jewish holiday Yom Kippur as a cleansing tradition. For 25 hours beginning tonight at sundown, she will abstain from eating and drinking in order to finish out the Jewish High Holiday season, which began last week with Rosh Hashanah – the Jewish new year.

NEWS

Police briefs 09/20/07

Police are investigating a series of explicit and threatening telephone calls and text messages received by an Abbott Hall resident Monday, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.

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Emergency phones inspected

Sean Ely
September 19, 2007

If someone is leaving the library, gym or even a party at night, they may — or may not — notice a number of bright green lights throughout campus. There are more than 140 emergency phones gleaming a bright green color when fully functional.

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MSU Business school falls to 18th

Tara Thoel
September 19, 2007

For Sumit Ray and J.D. Leichtman, a ranking is nothing more than a number. Both second-year master’s business students were surprised that MSU’s MBA program dropped in rankings for The Wall Street Journal/Harris Interactive Business School Survey.

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Finding funding

Joey Nowak
September 19, 2007

When former MSU President M. Peter McPherson and current MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon came up with the idea of a major fundraising campaign eight years ago, the economy was more accommodating to higher education. Now, the funds couldn’t come at a better time, with state provisions at a premium and the need for more research, projects and programs every year.