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Telling tales from Study Abroad
Preveterinary medicine sophomore Kendall Simon performed her first surgery in central Mexico
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Students register to vote on campus
It’s that time of year again – election season. With November just around the corner, everyone from campus officials to Rock the Vote campaigners are registering students to vote.
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.
NEWS
Investigation pushes back Scarlett trial
More investigation was deemed necessary Wednesday in the aggravated assault case against Nigel Scarlett, ASMSU Student Assembly vice chairperson for external affairs.
NEWS
Republicans criticize Granholm's promise to veto new budget bill
Senate Majority Leader Michael Bishop, R-Rochester, lashed out at Democrats on Wednesday for publicly rejecting a temporary continuation of the state’s current budget.
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Emergency phones inspected
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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Innovations: Researchers study isotopes with new machines
Growing up in Germany, Michael Thoennessen did not always plan on becoming a physicist.
MICHIGAN
E.L. creates emerging leader plan
For the past few years, East Lansing officials have been searching for ways to raise student involvement in city government. They hope a new program will help them achieve that goal.
MICHIGAN
Dorms promote voter registration
Campus organizations and city representatives are giving students a chance to exercise their voices in a voter registration drive from 5-7 p.m. today.
NEWS
MSU Business school falls to 18th
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
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.
MICHIGAN
Commission vote on Hagadorn Road construction does not override previous vote
Editor’s note: An inaccurate version of this story was published Monday night. This is a corrected version of the article, which notes the commission’s vote does not reverse a previous decision made by the commission.
MICHIGAN
Fla. student tasered while questioning U.S. senator
A University of Florida student with a history of taping his own practical jokes was Tasered on Monday by campus police and arrested after repeatedly trying to ask U.S. Sen. John Kerry questions during a campus forum.
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Police briefs 09/19/07
Five $20 bills were taken from a bowl in a North Hubbard Hall dorm room Monday by an acquaintance of the resident, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
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Dining dilemma
Since her freshman year, political theory and constitutional democracy junior Raynika Brown has worked in Brody Hall’s cafeterias and never had a problem with her job. Until this year. MSU’s Housing and Food Services has made a few changes to the dining halls across campus. As a result, student cafeteria employees say they are understaffed and are struggling to adjust to the new dining hall schedules.
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Student covers auto show abroad
When Eric Tingwall landed in Germany on Sept. 10, he didn’t realize it would only be a matter of hours before his work was published in an online car magazine. But the mechanical engineering and journalism senior’s 500-word essay won him the opportunity to do so.
MICHIGAN
Budget shortfall affects promised payments for MSU
Due to a $1.7 billion shortfall, MSU may not receive the $26.6 million funding promised by the state in October.
MICHIGAN
Vending vandals hit 2 more campus areas
The arrest of a Lansing man last week doesn’t appear to have stopped the recent flurry of vending machine vandalizations on campus.
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MSU library receives Pulitzer Prize winner's literary archive
They almost didn’t make it, but David Cooper and Peter Berg survived a vehicle malfunction and safely brought Pulitzer Prize award winner Robert Coles’ literary archive to East Lansing.
NEWS
Transportation Commission votes against Hagadorn conversion
After months of deliberation and stockpiles of public input, the East Lansing Transportation Commission voted against the proposed conversion of Hagadorn Road from four lanes to a three-lane cross section with designated bike lanes between Grand River Avenue and Haslett Road.