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Fall brings business, fun to Lansing area

Andrew Krietz
September 26, 2010

Brisk winds, caramel apples and beautiful days for football are indications of only one thing — fall has arrived. Since Wednesday’s official ushering in of the new season, East Lansing residents and students swapped bikinis and shorts for sweatshirts and blue jeans. “I usually wear layers and layers of clothes,” said Jimmy Johnson, a psychology and premedical sophomore. “I’m already starting to do that and it’s bad because it’s just fall.

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Hubbard Hall celebrates renovations

Andrew Krietz
September 23, 2010

After a summer of renovations to Hubbard Hall’s interior, university officials ushered in a new phase of MSU’s living and learning experience, presenting it to the public during a grand opening event Thursday afternoon. Changes made to the hall is the first step in MSU’s plan to expand the Neighborhood Concept pilot project.

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Professor to speak on quantum mechanics

Kyle Campbell
September 23, 2010

Wolfgang Bauer, an MSU professor of physics and astronomy, is giving a speech on quantum mechanics today in Anthony Hall titled “Quantum Computing, the Next Big Thing?” The speech will deal with recent advances in quantum mechanics that allow computers to process exponentially more information than conventional digital processors. Bauer, a native of Germany, has worked on the Cyclotron since 1988 and has been a professor at MSU since 1996. Bauer now works in the Department of Physics and Astronomy and in 2007 was named a University Distinguished Professor. The speech will take place at 11:30 a.m.

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COGS hopes to develop grad student center

Megan Durisin
September 23, 2010

The Council of Graduate Students, or COGS, is working to develop more graduate wellness programs and create a graduate student center on campus, after a survey sent out last spring showed graduate students were concerned about those and other issues.

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Fraternity rush signs vandalized

Kyle Campbell
September 23, 2010

Passersby on Farm Lane on Thursday might have noticed the fraternity rush signs usually seen this time of year looked a bit different. The signs were vandalized and knocked over sometime during Wednesday or Thursday, Interfraternity Council President Bill Zajac said.

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Senator to visit MSU's campus

Megan Durisin
September 23, 2010

Government and university officials will be on campus today to celebrate the announcement of five federal grants awarded in Michigan under the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative.

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Snyder, Bernero to debate in Wixom

Karen Confer
September 22, 2010

A one-on-one coffee meeting in Lansing on Wednesday between the gubernatorial candidates secured what five weeks of meetings between their lawyers could not — an agreement to a debate. Republican gubernatorial candidate and Ann Arbor businessman Rick Snyder and Democratic candidate and Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero will debate at 7 p.m.

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Career fair draws hundreds

Josh Sidorowicz
September 22, 2010

Hundreds of students gathered at Spartan Stadium to take part in the largest law school fair ever at MSU, Thursday evening. The fair welcomed 94 law schools from across the country and was open to all students in all majors and colleges.

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Report: Work before grad school a plus

Lauren McKown
September 22, 2010

Gordon Jensen had a plan — to graduate with a degree in computer science, spend a few years in the workplace and return to MSU for a master’s degree in business administration. Not all students take Jensen’s approach.

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New computer system to save time, energy

Andrew Krietz
September 22, 2010

Sparty and the green splash screen will no longer welcome users to the World Wide Web — both will instead take a backseat to Microsoft Windows’ shade of blue. Employees at MSU Academic Technology Services, or ATS, implemented a new login system to 2,000 public university computers for the fall semester, creating a reduced system startup time, said Matt Kolb, assistant director of ATS. During a summer pilot program to compare the new and old systems, ATS employees noticed a 30 percent power reduction between the “green screen” and the new Windows login as energy-conserving settings could be enabled, he said. “The previous system was based on multiple-generations-ago technology,” Kolb said.