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MICHIGAN

Students tour local IT companies

Jeff Kanan
September 21, 2008

Finding a job or internship after graduation is a top priority for telecommunication, information studies and media senior Sean Kelly, who participated in a tech tour of area businesses Friday. Capital Area IT Council sponsored the tour that sent Kelly and about 30 other business students to four Lansing-area IT companies, and provided students a look at the available opportunities after graduation.

MICHIGAN

Mich. renewable energy percentage could change

Zack Colman
September 21, 2008

Approving a renewable portfolio standard for Michigan has been about numbers just as much as politics. Michigan legislators debated for months about the amount of electricity that should come from renewable sources before they agreed on 10 percent by 2015 in a comprehensive energy package that was signed into law Thursday.

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Dive-in movie makes splash on campus

Heather Guenther
September 21, 2008

With each breath, the mass of black-and-white vinyl that Evan Chisholm clutched in his hands grew a little larger. The kinesiology senior puffed life into the vinyl curtain as one fin popped up, followed by the rest of the inflatable orca. Lights from the IM Sports-West swimming pool illuminated the pool toy’s outline as its details became lost against the night sky.

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Students, residents walk for Alzheimer's

Kyle Feldscher
September 21, 2008

As Steppenwolf’s “Born to Be Wild” played on the loudspeaker, more than 400 people walked Sunday to support Alzheimer’s research at the Alzheimer’s Association Memory Walk on campus. The 18th annual event took place under gray skies that didn’t manage to dampen the festive mood of the day.

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Engineering earns $2.5M grant to boost student retention rate

Justin Harris
September 21, 2008

The National Science Foundation awarded the College of Engineering a $2.5 million grant last week to increase the number of students who stay in the program until graduation. With the help of the grant, MSU plans to implement a program aimed at increasing retention rates by 10 percent to about 78 percent, engineering associate professor Jon Sticklen said.

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ASMSU finds member attendance an issue

Thea Neal
September 21, 2008

ASMSU’s Student Assembly voted Thursday to remove three of its members who had not attended a meeting yet this semester. Representatives Ben Morlock of the College of Social Science, Kelsey Holsinger of the College of Arts and Letters and Stuart Kelly of the Eli Broad College of Business were removed. Morlock and Kelly were returning members to ASMSU.

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MSU helps with 'Extreme Makeover: Home Edition' in Lansing

Kyle Feldscher
September 21, 2008

MSU has taken a leading role in planning construction and supplying volunteers as the ABC TV show “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” is making its way to Lansing this week. MSU and Mayberry Homes, the company building the house, are partners on the project. MSU Director of Media Communications Kent Cassella said there’s been a large response from the MSU community wanting to help.

NEWS

Bridging the gap

Keiara Tenant
September 18, 2008

When Brandon White steps up to the register in the grocery store, he wishes he could just pay with cash, instead of a bright-orange food stamps card.

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Proposed calendar sees opposition

Heather Guenther
September 18, 2008

Susan Cooper stooped over the rock on Farm Lane and dipped her paint brush into the can of white paint. But instead of brushing a fresh coat of paint onto the rock Wednesday, her brush connected with the back of her sister’s green shirt and formed the words that later appeared on the rock — save Welcome Week.

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New assistant professor rises from unlikely background

Heather Guenther
September 18, 2008

What began as a career headed toward owning a business eventually led Hui Liu toward a different field of study. Liu, an assistant professor in MSU’s Department of Sociology, joined the faculty this semester — a position she never pictured herself in while growing up in China.

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MSU's finest on display

Thea Neal
September 17, 2008

Lynn Wisper looks like any other girl in any other magazine. She’s kneeling, eating mint chocolate chip ice cream, with a red and gray striped cardigan over her shoulders. The hospitality business senior has straight blonde hair and she’s grinning from ear to ear. Except, well, she’s topless. And this isn’t any other magazine. This is Playboy. But just because Wisper bares all in the latest “Girls of The Big Ten” issue doesn’t mean she bares all in person.

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McCain, Palin appear in Grand Rapids Wednesday

Zack Colman
September 17, 2008

John McCain said Wednesday he wouldn’t forget Michigan if he is elected president. About 4,000 supporters of the Republican senator from Arizona watched him speak at a “Straight Talk Town Hall” meeting at Ford Fieldhouse at Grand Rapids Community College.

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Salsa lessons kick off Hispanic Heritage Month

Keiara Tenant
September 17, 2008

University Activities Board is bringing a slice of Hispanic culture to MSU. The “Sizzling Salsa Fest” will run tonight from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. in the Union. The festivities begin with free half-hour Salsa lessons by the Bamboo! Salsa Club. A cultural disc jockey also will be in the Union Ballroom for anyone wanting to take the floor.