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Election deadline, concert approach

Joey Nowak
February 28, 2007

MSU organizations and the city of East Lansing are baiting students to do community service with the reward of a free concert by a mystery artist. After approximately a year and more than 100 hours of planning, ASMSU, the Residence Halls Association, MSU and the city will sponsor the Volunteer To Rock concert on April 11 at Wharton Center. The concert will be a reward for students who perform 10 hours of community service. "Everyone thinks MSU is a party school but no one realizes that more than 10,000 students do community service and this would be a great way to celebrate community service," said Cynthia Chang, ASMSU's assistant director of governmental affairs for the city.

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New lock system to expand

Megan Ventriss, a preveterinary medicine sophomore living in Emmons Hall, leaned with her weight against the door that leads down to the first-floor living area, waiting patiently for her friend to visit from neighboring Bailey Hall. Ventriss doesn't like the ID card reader Emmons Hall has.

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Lyman Briggs redefines its status

Sarah Harbison
February 28, 2007

The odds seem to be in favor of Lyman Briggs School becoming a college by its 40th anniversary this fall. The proposed change was discussed Tuesday within MSU's Academic Governance at the Executive Committee for Academic Council, or ECAC, meeting.

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WEB EXTRA: City encourages service through reward of concert

Joey Nowak
February 28, 2007

MSU organizations and the city of East Lansing are baiting students to do community service with the reward of a free concert by a mystery artist. After approximately a year and more than 100 hours of planning, ASMSU, the Residence Halls Association, MSU and the city will sponsor the Volunteer To Rock concert on April 11 at Wharton Center. The concert will be a reward for students who perform 10 hours of community service. "Everyone thinks MSU is a party school, but no one realizes that more than 10,000 students do community service and this would be a great way to celebrate community service," Cynthia Chang, ASMSU's assistant director of governmental affairs for the city, said.

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East Village designs go to E.L. City Council

Kristen Daum
February 27, 2007

The East Lansing City Council will get a sneak peek tonight at what a redeveloped East Village might look like. The $350-million East Village project calls for revamping the area bounded by East Grand River Avenue, Bogue Street, Hagadorn Road and the Red Cedar River. Representatives from San Diego-based The Pierce Company Inc. will present the project's preliminary designs during the council's work session at 6 p.m.

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CATA to change bus schedule during break

Sean Ely
February 27, 2007

Lansing's Capital Area Transportation Authority bus service will modify its services to MSU's campus during spring break. From March 5-11, CATA will operate at a base level, with many of the routes students use every day being changed or cut completely. Check CATA's Web site, www.cata.org, for all of the route changes during spring break.

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Speech honors women in physics

Jacob Carpenter
February 27, 2007

The history of the Manhattan Project, a World War II effort to enrich uranium for nuclear weapons, brings to mind such names as Albert Einstein, Robert Oppenheimer and Edward Teller. But beyond those male physicists, one demographic was erased from the history books — the women of the Manhattan Project. Marquette University physics Professor Ruth Howes wants to change that. She will speak about the book she co-authored with physicist Caroline Herzenberg, "Their Day in the Sun: Women of the Manhattan Project," at 11:30 a.m.

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Author to speak today

Jacob Carpenter
February 27, 2007

Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa will speak at 8 p.m. today at Kellogg Center Auditorium. The event is free to MSU students and residents. Vargas Llosa's novels have earned him recognition as one of Latin America's most prominent writers.

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E.L. cleans up its act

Brendan Bouffard
February 27, 2007

East Lansing residents are learning new ways to put their table scraps to use. Educational programs run by Urban Options, 405 Grove St., and Ingham County MSU Extension are spreading the word about composting. With the correct information, residents can improve their soil quality and cut back on the amount of waste sent to landfills.

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Hagadorn Road work to begin Monday

Kristen Daum
February 27, 2007

Beginning Monday, avoid Hagadorn Road near MSU's campus. If you don't, you'll face a detour. Hagadorn Road will be closed from East Grand River Avenue to East Shaw Lane until mid-August, while the Ingham County Road Commission constructs a new bridge across the Red Cedar River. The $2.3 million project involves turning the four-lane, 90-foot bridge into a six-lane, 117-foot bridge by the end of the summer.

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Greek house gets face-lift

Kristen Daum
February 27, 2007

One MSU fraternity house has been sold and another is up for grabs. The MSU chapters of Delta Upsilon and Beta Theta Pi became inactive during the past year, and the chapter houses went vacant as a result.

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Board approves $16M expansion

Kristi Jourdan
February 26, 2007

At its Friday meeting, the MSU Board of Trustees approved a nearly $16 million construction plan to expand the Duffy Daugherty Football Building. Creating more team meeting spaces, updating coaching offices and reconstructing surrounding roads to allow for a new steam system all are included in the plan, which also aims to erect an additional $1 million plaza. If the money is raised, the plaza would boost the original project cost from $14.6 million to $15.6 million.

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ESPN broadcasts at Breslin Center

Sean Ely
February 26, 2007

College GameDay arrived at Breslin Center early Saturday morning knowing exactly why East Lansing was the perfect hot spot. The fans, the atmosphere, the energy. The ESPN broadcast travels from school to school every Saturday of the NCAA men's basketball season.

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Honors College celebrates 50 years

Jacob Carpenter
February 26, 2007

Past and present members of the Honors College rubbed elbows and rekindled memories during the college's 50th anniversary luncheon Saturday in the Union Ballroom. The event highlighted the college's yearlong celebration of five decades of providing a more rigorous academic experience for MSU students. "It's great to be back," said James Pickering, director from 1975 to 1981.

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Learning with age

Jacob Carpenter
February 23, 2007

It's a scene reminiscent of a middle school band classroom. Small groups of flutes, saxophones and trumpets — and even a lone bassoon — rehearsing classics such as "Ode to Joy," "The Music Man" and "Heart and Soul." The difference, though, is that the people behind the instruments aren't adolescents — many of these musicians are old enough to be grandparents. They are members of the MSU Community Music School New Horizons Band, a chapter of a nationwide program that teaches people older than 50 how to play concert band instruments. The East Lansing section of the New Horizons program is taught by Holt resident Patti Kroth with the help of students in the MSU School of Music's Teaching Instrumental Music class. Music education senior Eric Flack said the class helps students see music education from a new point of view. "It's a really different perspective, but it's a ton of fun," he said. Mitch Robinson, who teaches the MSU music class, said he wants his students to immerse themselves in the New wHorizons Band. "It's much more interactive than going to an elementary school," he said.

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WEB EXTRA: Local elementary school holds fundraiser for class trip

Petra Canan
February 23, 2007

An array of red, white and green balloons, paper flowers and handmade signs transformed the Marble Elementary School multipurpose room into the Italian bistro "Ristorante del Marmo" for a special cause. MSU students lent a helping hand to the community serving up hot food at the fourth grade spaghetti dinner at 5:30 p.m.

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Carjacking defense: Wrong man charged

A jury will continue deliberations tomorrow in the Deandre Smith's carjacking trial after spending about four hours sequestered Thursday. Smith, 26, a Detroit resident, is charged with stealing a 2002 green Chevrolet Malibu at gunpoint from an MSU student Oct.