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Study: youth attitudes uniform through time

Jeremy Warnemuende
March 17, 2010

An MSU associate psychology professor, along with the help of a professor from Western Ontario University, recently found that America’s youth have changed very little throughout the past 30 years. Brent Donnellan, an associate professor in the Department of Psychology, analyzed data from a University of Michigan survey and said he discovered the attitudes, attributes and personalities of youth have remained relatively the same since the survey began in 1976.

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Pfizer grants MSU researcher $100K

Lauren McKown
March 17, 2010

Apoorv Kalra, an assistant professor in MSU’s College of Human Medicine, was one of nine researchers chosen nationwide to receive Pfizer’s 2009 Young Investigator Antibacterial Research Award for his study on the effects of the antibiotic linezolid on the Staphylococcus aureus bacteria, a common cause of staph infections.

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Retirees honor Irish past

Jeremy Warnemuende
March 17, 2010

Burcham Hills Retirement Community, 2700 Burcham Drive, held a St.Patrick’s Day party Wednesday for residents of the community and their family members. Partygoers enjoyed various snacks, green beer and traditional Irish entertainment.

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Academic Council approves updates for bylaw changes

Brittany Shammas
March 17, 2010

After about four years of work, the last of a series of Academic Governance bylaw changes were approved to move on to the next step of the process during a Tuesday Faculty Council meeting. The goal is to have the document through the next step of approval — Academic Council — by the end of April, said Robert Maleczka, Executive Committee of Academic Council, or ECAC, vice chairman.

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MSU works to improve Asian crops

Jeremy Warnemuende
March 16, 2010

Researchers from MSU and University of California-Davis are working with researchers and students from three Central Asian countries — Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan — to create more environmentally safe methods of pest management in those countries.

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MSU hopes for more Asian study abroad

Brittany Shammas
March 16, 2010

Of the thousands of MSU students who studied abroad in the last year, about 11 percent made Asian countries their destination, said Cheryl Benner, communications manager for the university’s Office of Study Abroad. This percentage puts MSU on par with other universities nationwide that see lower numbers of students choosing Asia as their study abroad destination. Eleven percent of American college students who go abroad pick Asia as their destination, while more than half of students choose European countries, according to The Chronicle of Higher Education.

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MSU lecture discusses abortion

Emily Wilkins
March 16, 2010

Abortion has long been a hot-button issue in America, and a possible solution might be in Japan. The Asian Studies Center and the Center for Ethics and Humanities in the Life Sciences hosted a lecture called Abortion, Reproductive Technologies and Feminist Bioethics in Japan, on Tuesday.

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Kellogg Bird Sanctuary offers class

Jeremy Warnemuende
March 16, 2010

The Kellogg Bird Sanctuary, 12685 E. C Ave. in Augusta, Mich., is offering its third annual Field of Ornithology Course, or FOC, this spring. The course will run from Wednesday through May 22 and include lectures and field trips every other week.

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MSU to host Shamrock Run-Walk-Roll

Emily Wilkins
March 15, 2010

MSU Tower Guard will host its 10th annual 5k Shamrock Run-Walk-Roll on Saturday at Conrad Hall. This year, Tower Guard reached out further to the East Lansing community, involving about 20 local businesses which have donated more than $3,000 in sponsorships.

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Student group protests new art museum

Zane McMillin
March 15, 2010

Members of a new campus group contend construction for the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum destroyed a small wetland, but MSU officials and a local environmental consulting firm insist it could not be classified as such.

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Foundation awards MSU students money

Jeremy Warnemuende
March 15, 2010

The CHS Foundation recently granted three MSU students with $1,000 scholarships for their involvement in agriculture. Agribusiness management junior Kayla Lehman, animal science senior Rosemary Rice and crop and soil sciences senior Tim Wilke were awarded the scholarships.

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MSU celebrates agriculture, natural resources week

David Barker
March 14, 2010

More than 80 programs and annual association meetings occurred on campus last week during the 95th annual Agriculture and Natural Resources, or ANR, Week. MSU’s College of Agriculture and Natural Resources hosted the event, which ran March 5 through Saturday.

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MSU programmers develop land mine avoidance game

Zane McMillin
March 14, 2010

A team of MSU instructors and students is developing a computer video game to educate people — primarily kids — in Cambodia on how to avoid land mines and other explosive jungle perils. The team created a maze-like video game that uses image repetition to embed warning signals in players’ minds.