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Sorority plans charity 5k run
The 2010 Kappa Delta 5K Run for Child Abuse Prevention Services is planned for 10 a.m. April 17.
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MSU Safe Place in running for grant
MSU Safe Place is in the running for a $25,000 grant and students can vote online to help survivors of domestic violence. The grant, funded through the Pepsi Refresh Project, would support MSU Safe Place in its efforts to help survivors of domestic violence and stalking.
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Greeks focus on local community
The MTV Fundraising Night, which was held Wednesday in the Auditorium, attracted hundreds of fraternity and sorority members and their friends and family to watch teams dance in the competition. The event is part of the greek community’s annual Greek Week.
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Catholic charity to collect items
St. Vincent Catholic Charities, or STVCC, is looking for new or gently used items to help support homeless families in the area.
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Speaker to lecture on Jesus in Islam
Jesus in Islam, the final event of Islam Awareness Month, will take place at 7 p.m. Thursday in the Erickson Hall Kiva.
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MSU center to host event on inequality
MSU’s Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies will hold a two-day event allowing students to examine issues of inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean from April 21-22. The event, which is called Regional Inequality in Times of Globalization, will be held at the International Center.
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Small Animals day set for next week
The MSU College of Agriculture and Natural Resources Student Senate will host Small Animals Day from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. April 17 at the MSU Pavilion for Agriculture and Livestock Education. The event will offer face-painting, a sheep dog demonstration, educational booths by other MSU student organizations and more.
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Tornado warning lowers attendance
Some students, such as human biology and psychology freshman Jessica Jary, missed class Tuesday because of a tornado warning, which lasted from 11:23 a.m. to noon Tuesday according to the National Weather Service.
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Award-winning playwright speaks with MSU students
Suzan-Lori Parks, author of various plays, such as the Pulitzer Prize-winning play “Topdog/Underdog,” came to MSU on Tuesday to discuss her works and career before a crowd of about 300. In 2002, Parks became the first African-American woman to win a Pulitzer Prize in drama for her play.
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MSU student receives photo award
Elizabeth Berens, an advertising junior, received an honorable mention in the University Language Services, or ULS, 2010 scholarship photo contest.
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Poetry festival offers creative experiences
Courtney Hilden spends about four hours of her week with the likes of Ella Wheeler Wilcox, Ann Plato and Frances Harper — a lost generation of female poets of whom most in the world of academia have never heard. Hilden, however, thinks these women still have a story to tell and a part to play. The English senior will give a presentation on her senior thesis this month — a study of 19th century politically active women poets — as a part of the Center for Poetry’s Spring Poetry Festival.
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Event aims to address different forms of oppression
It is similar to a haunted house, except the realities students will face inside the Tunnel of Oppression are far scarier than monsters and ghosts. The Tunnel of Oppression, a performance meant to address various types of oppression found throughout the world, will be performed at 6, 7 and 8 p.m.
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Student judicial board finds former COGS official not guilty
A former MSU student government official is not liable for disruptions last year during the Council of Graduate Students’ executive board election where he produced a report leveling allegations against the group’s then-president, a student judicial board ruled last week.
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Trivia tournament kicks off Geek Week
Trivial Pursuit questions tested the general knowledge and pop culture skills of MSU Honors College members in Eustace-Cole Hall’s upper lounge as the gamers participated in the Geek Week kickoff event Monday night.
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Greek week runs through Sunday
MSU’s annual Greek Week will run Monday through Sunday with events in East Lansing and on campus.
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Food writer to speak next week
Author and food writer Michael Pollan will discuss the challenges facing the American food system with MSU students from 3-4 p.m. Monday in Room C-102 in Wilson Hall. Pollan is the featured speaker at the World View Series presented by Wharton Center. He is the Knight Professor of Journalism at the University of California-Berkeley.
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Melting Moments to seek new location
After 26 years in its 313 E. Grand River Ave. home, Melting Moments’ owner has closed its retail operation to focus on its vending sales. Owner Mark Geovjian said a physical store didn’t make financial sense, adding the place was too large for the small share of company’s business it provided.
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A burrow for donated books
The Book Burrow in the basement of the Downtown Lansing Library started out small when it opened in the 1970s. It slowly expanded and now has more than 2,000 square feet of floor space containing more than 70,000 books.
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Clean Energy Forum to be held Saturday
Focus the Nation, Global Exchange and the Will Steger Foundation will hold the Michigan Clean Energy Forum from 2-3:30 p.m. Saturday in Wonders Hall Kiva. A professional environmental panel will discuss the state of Michigan’s energy policies, focusing on job creation.
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Organization sets chapter meeting
The MSU chapter of People to People International, or PTPI, will hold an organizational meeting from 5-6 p.m. The meeting will be held in Room 204 of the International Center.