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MSU professor shares expertise in climate change study

Kayla Habermehl
November 30, 2008

An MSU professor will help “give science advice to the nation” in regard to future environmental policy. Thomas Dietz, the director of the MSU Environmental Science & Policy Program, was selected to participate in the America’s Climate Choices study, sponsored by the National Academy of Sciences, or NAS. The data gleaned from the two-year study will help advise the U.S. Congress on its environmental policies.

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Community recognizes 20th World Aids Day

Kayla Habermehl
November 30, 2008

“Stop AIDS. Keep the promise.” People all over the world will rally around that slogan today, which marks the 20th anniversary of World AIDS Day. East Lansing will be no exception, with events today and Friday.

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Formation of MSU Eagle Scout club in works

Pat Evans
November 30, 2008

The Chief Okemos Council, with the help of MSU students, is attempting to form something no other university in the country has: An Eagle Scout club. “There isn’t an organization in the country at a university for Eagle Scouts,” said Dan Bettison, scout executive of the Chief Okemos Council. “We wanted to start something up to show what Eagles can do.”

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Magic Johnson to appear at bookstore

Thea Neal
November 30, 2008

Earvin “Magic” Johnson will be back in East Lansing to sign copies of his latest book, “32 Ways to Be a Champion in Business,” from 7-9 p.m. Tuesday. The signing will be held at Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 333 E. Grand River Ave. The bookstore will begin giving out wristbands at 9 a.m. Tuesday. The wristbands will be free and will determine the order in line.

NEWS

Cashing out

Jeff Kanan  and  Justin Harris
November 25, 2008

Mandy Moran is going home. When the marketing senior graduates in a week and a half, she won’t be heading off to Chicago or San Francisco to begin her career. Rather, she’ll head home to Rochester Hills in hopes of getting a seasonal job until the summer, when she said she hopes to get hired by a company.

MICHIGAN

Family faces holiday without missing student

Abby Lubbers
November 25, 2008

Thanksgiving dinner will be quieter for Krista R. Lueth’s family this year. The 34-year-old MSU student has been missing since Nov. 11 and investigators are still approaching the investigation as a missing person case, State Police Sgt. Kevin Mark said.

NEWS

Salt, road repair prices climb

Kayla Habermehl  and  Allison Bush
November 24, 2008

With the first snows of winter come snowmen, snowball fights and salt sprinkled across the roads. However, coating campus roads with salt will be trickier this year, as an increase in the price of salt caused MSU to cut back on its purchases. Even though MSU will look at alternative ways to remove snow and ice, East Lansing will continue primarily using salt, as its budget allocations have increased as a result of the price change.

NEWS

Decreased tax revenues pose pothole problem

Kelly House
November 24, 2008

Michigan taxpayers have a choice to make during the next year, experts said: Deal with a higher gas tax and possibly other tax hikes, or watch as potholes slowly consume the road. Unless funding for transportation infrastructure doubles, Michigan’s roads, bridges, airport runways and shipping ports will fall into severe disrepair, according to a report released Nov. 10 by Michigan’s Transportation Funding Task Force.

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Money requested for MSU institute

Thea Neal
November 24, 2008

MSU has applied for $20 million to expand the new Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute, which will be located in West Fee Hall. The institute will promote various forms of research, from clinical to community-engaged.

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Seasonal preparation eases professors' commutes

Heather Guenther
November 24, 2008

For more than three decades, Mother Nature’s worst couldn’t stop Chi Chang from teaching class. The chemistry professor begins his 45-minute drive from Brighton to East Lansing earlier once snow starts to turn I-96 white, but those extra allotted minutes aren’t always enough.

MICHIGAN

Professor uses Legos to teach

Jeff Kanan
November 24, 2008

A Lego-based wall-climbing robot kicks its legs up high like a chicken and walks with suctioned feet across a table in the office of Dean Aslam, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering. For the past 10 years, Aslam has been applying Lego-based objects to complicated engineering tactics as part of his university research and as a method of outreach.