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LBGTA hosts resource fair
The MSU Alliance of Lesbian-Bi-Gay-Transgendered and Straight Ally Students-sponsored welcome reception and resource fair will be at 5:30 p.m.
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Fraternities to recruit new members
New additions to MSU’s greek system will be selected throughout this month. Annual recruitment for MSU fraternities and sororities begins with the Men’s Recruitment Open House from 5-8 p.m.
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DCL sponsors free lecture about terrorism future eventsThe MSU-Detroit College of Law Journal of International Law is sponsoring “The War on Terrorism: A Year in Review and an Eye Toward the Future” from 6-9 p.m.
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Lansing firm provides free legal services
Lansing - Free legal advice can be heard flowing out of a small office in a local courthouse while people wait in the hall to enter the room with a handful of papers. Two desks, two computers and at least one attorney is the basic hardware that makes up the free Legal Assistance Center called Access To Justice, located in the Veterans Memorial Courthouse, 313 W.
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Jackson to get piece of WTC for memorial
An 8-foot, 2-ton steel beam from one of New York’s fallen World Trade Center towers will serve as a permanent memorial in Jackson starting Sunday. State Sen.
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ASMSU may revise operation code
ASMSU’s Academic Assembly will do something the group has never done before - appoint a committee to revise its Code of Operations.The assembly passed a bill last week creating the Academic Assembly Code Revision Committee, a five-person group that will meet as often as twice a week.Adam Raezler, who introduced the bill, said recurring problems with the code’s language spawned the idea.“Over the summer, (Academic Assembly Chairperson) Matt Clayson and (Vice Chairperson of Internal Affairs) Caleb Marker and I had been communicating, and we started to notice that it’s not real clear here and it contradicts itself over here,” said Raezler, the North American Indian Student Organization and James Madison representative for ASMSU.
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Scholarship could aid low-income families
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jennifer Granholm unveiled a scholarship program she’ll try to implement if elected governor. Granholm, the state’s attorney general running against Lt.
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House hopefuls rely on U
Entering Jason Miller’s East Lansing apartment, college student nostalgia is everywhere. But instead of a poster of John Belushi hammering a bottle of whiskey, his walls are adorned with maps. Yes, maps.
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U research may help horse riders
Horse lovers and riders alike may be able to change the way their animals move because of research done by MSU veterinary and engineering students. Researchers have found the muscle activity and movements of the rider have a direct effect on the horse because sudden movements cause the horse to have jerky reactions.
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Drunken defense no longer accepted
Defendants no longer have the right to use drunkenness as an excuse for committing a crime, under a law enacted this week by state lawmakers. The law prohibits those on trial from using voluntary intoxication as a defense in murder, child abuse, breaking and entering, armed robbery and assault and battery cases.
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RHA official resigns after six months for health reasons
Health concerns have forced a top Residence Halls Association official to resign - leaving the position of external vice president vacant.Communication sophomore Emily Edick held the position of external vice president since March 2002.
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Planetarium to host event about fall sky
Abrams Planetarium is holding “Celestial Preview: Autumn Skies.” The show is open to the public and will take place Sept.
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Event teaches kids about solar system
Abrams Planetarium is inviting families with children between preschool and second-grade to the show “Sol and Company.” “It’s a fun event that includes songs, a sing-along, as well as narration for character voices,” planetarium Director David Batch said. Batch said the show will teach the basics of the solar system that children and their parents can both follow with interest. The show is at 2:30 p.m.
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Exhibition tour to discuss cartoons Curator April Kingsley will lead a free tour of the exhibition “Art in the ‘Toon Age,”’ at noon Wednesday at Kresge Art Museum. Emily Buckler Free walking horse show for students The Michigan Charity Walking Horse Show will take place from 8 a.m.
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ASMSU to release free voter information guide
About one month before election day, students will have the option of skimming through yet another book full of information - but this one won’t set your pocketbook back any further. MSU’s undergraduate government, ASMSU, has been working to release a voter guide aimed at informing students and area residents on the candidates running for statewide office Nov.
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Dance supports sorority
Calling themselves “The Brody Boyz,” five students busted a move on the Union Ballroom floor Friday. One phrase summed up their purpose for attending the event. To “dance ’til you can’t dance no more,” computer engineering freshman Kenny Morgan said. Morgan and his friends had the opportunity to have fun while supporting MSU’s chapter of the Zeta Sigma Chi multicultural sorority. The sorority hosted a dance from 9 p.m.
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U professor of service program awarded grant
Michigan Campus Compact awarded MSU geography Professor Assefa Mehretu the 24th Venture Grant Cycle for his Interdisciplinary Studies in Social Science Service-Learning Project.The grant is worth $2,500, and will benefit over 500 students this semester in the program.Mehretu, director of the Center for Integrative Studies in Social Studies, plans to use the grant to integrate service-learning into his courses and curriculum.“We try to translate what they learn in class and use it in the community to work with area schools,” Mehretu said.He said this is the second time the department has won this award.“(The grant) is very critical to our program,” he said.