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MSU to host undergraduate linguistics conference
No matter what language students speak, a weekend conference at MSU is aiming to bring them all together.
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ASMSU General Assembly approves 2011-2012 budget
ASMSU’s General Assembly voted 20-1 to approve the 2011-2012 fiscal year budget Thursday night, which totals a little more than $1.49 million.
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MSU Cookie Club holds baking competition
Derek Tisler knows about cookies. On Thursday, Tisler put his cookie knowledge to the test and entered his batch of cookies in the MSU Cookie Club’s cookie baking competition in the basement of Mason Hall.
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MSU student groups promote openness with Sextival
It was a student dressed up as a pack of birth control that made studio art senior Sammy Brooks stop by the rock on Farm Lane on Thursday afternoon.
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Greek houses hold car wash for Make-A-Wish Foundation
Numerous students and community members made a stop from their daily routines at the Chi Omega sorority house, 229 Burcham Drive, Thursday afternoon to have their cars washed for a good cause.
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Teacher swap offers global experience
Sophia Cheng was born in Mexico, but her tongue might be German.
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MSU hosts social networking workshop for students, professionals
Students who cringe at the thought of tweeting might need to rethink the way they view social media to remain competitive in the job market, journalism professor Karl Gude said.
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MSU Fencing Club places sixth in national tournament
Following a recent tournament success, the MSU Fencing Club hopes to build on its strengths in the coming years.
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MSU awarded grants for being green
The deputy secretary for the Department of Agriculture visited campus Wednesday morning to honor MSU for being one of the greenest of the green research institutions in the country.
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MSU Police to train students, faculty for emergency events
Preparing faculty and staff to think in a survival mindset, the MSU police presented a pilot training program for active shooter and hostage situations Wednesday in the Main Library.
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Smithsonian offers internship opportunity, job to student
When art history and visual culture senior Meghan Burke received a call that she would be interning at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., she was both shocked and relieved.
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MSU students, faculty represent sustainability with fashion exhibit
Anna Motz always has been infatuated with fashion and design. It wasn’t until she stumbled upon an apparel class at MSU that she decided to switch her major from business to a double major in apparel and textile design and interior design.
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MSU trustees approve plan for new source of energy
Likely not to be hitting the fan — but powering it — a new waste-based energy source is drawing the attention of MSU officials to see if it can prove to be financially viable.
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MSU professor to debut piano piece
Derek Polischuk, an MSU assistant professor of piano and director of piano pedagogy, will perform at 8 p.m. Friday at the Music Building Auditorium.
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MSU groups to hold wildlife event
Students and community members will have the opportunity to search campus for frogs, lizards and other animals from 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 23 during the MSU Bioblitz and Herp Survey.
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Eyewitnesses to Kennedy assassination speak
On Nov. 22, 1963, three shots rang out in Dallas and echoed across the country. President John F. Kennedy was assassinated and the world was left to wonder why.
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Changes to course policy debated by Academic Council
Program changes and proposed changes to the course repeat policy were discussed at the Executive Committee of Acadmic Council, although the group did not reach a quorum during Tuesday’s meeting and could not vote on all action items.
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MSU student bikes to raise money for clinic in Haiti
For medical and public health graduate student Kyle Martin, Seguin, Haiti, was something of a second home.
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ROTC holds spring awards ceremony
The first graduating class from MSU never made it to their graduation. All of them were deployed to fight in the Civil War. Today, MSU’s ROTC is one of the largest programs in the country, and about 50 cadets within the ROTC were honored Tuesday at the annual Spring Awards ceremony.
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Conference on race to discuss justice system
Conference organizers plan to intellectually battle racial inequality in the criminal justice system this week at the seventh national Race in 21st Century America Conference.