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Horse exhibition ropes 'em in

Amy Davis
March 14, 2005

Horse owners and enthusiasts packed MSU's campus this weekend to see the largest equine show in the state. The 22nd annual International Stallion Exhibition and Trade Show, sponsored by the Michigan Horse Council, was held Friday through Sunday at the Pavilion for Agriculture and Livestock Education. "People who are coming through a long winter before riding season starts know they can come here to get the things they need," said Marilyn Graff, spokeswoman for the exhibition and trade show and member of the Michigan Horse Council.

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Campus construction to resume

The last time Service Road closed for construction, civil engineering senior Sean Fitzgerel said it was a hassle for those who parked in Lot 83 behind Holden Hall, commonly known as F Lot. People who didn't know the road had closed to through traffic in summer 2003 got to where it was blocked and had to turn around, Fitzgerel said.

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Naturalist to speak on sustainability today

Jennifer Toland
March 14, 2005

Author and naturalist Terry Tempest Williams will speak at 7:30 p.m. today in B-108 Wells Hall. Author of "Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place," Williams will discuss the role of education in moving the global economy toward sustainable development.

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ASMSU: E-mail, file storage space should increase

Darrell Hughes
March 14, 2005

ASMSU members are hoping to give students additional e-mail and file storage space on the university's hard drive and to allow graduates access to their e-mail accounts indefinitely. MSU students are given a university e-mail account of 64 megabytes for academic purposes and personal use.

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Religious season ends with fasting

Josh Jarman
March 4, 2005

For some, the new year means partying, parades and good times with friends. Members of the Bahá'í Faith, however, see their new year as a chance to get closer to God. Followers of the Bahá'í Faith on campus will join fellow members from around the world in celebrating the final month of the Bahá'í calendar with 19 days of fasting, which began Wednesday.

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Cow show comes to MSU

Josh Jarman
March 4, 2005

Pat White has traveled across the country in passionate pursuit of raising Highland cattle. Today she will bring one of her favorite show animals, a 4-year-old cow named "Voodoo," to the Heritage Livestock Exhibition at the MSU Pavilion for Agriculture and Livestock Education.

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MtvU to invade campus in April

Darrell Hughes
March 4, 2005

ASMSU's Student Assembly agreed to allocate up to $50,000 to bring mtvU's Campus Invasion Tour to MSU on April 23 - two weeks before finals. After being voted down, but then reconsidered last month, the assembly decided to fund the concert that will feature European rock band Muse. Event planners microbiology junior Sarah Zohdy and international relations seniors Tahera Sakarwala and Jennifer Makarewicz presented the tour idea to ASMSU's Finance Committee on Feb.

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ASMSU aims to change students' transcripts

Darrell Hughes
March 3, 2005

Student government members are researching the option for undergraduates' transcripts to have the average class grade in a course or show where that student scored in relationship to the class. Under the average grade option, if the class earns a 2.0 grade-point average, the 2.0 average will appear on transcripts next to each undergraduate's actual GPA. The percentile option measures a student's standing in a class, compared to others in that class.

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Student to study world's legumes

Margaret Harding
March 3, 2005

This summer, nutritional sciences senior Doug Gibbons will visit Jamaica, England, Tanzania and five other countries during a free trip around the world. Gibbons won an $8,000 scholarship to travel around the world from the Michigan chapter of the Circumnavigators Club.

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Academic Senate meetings discussed

Margaret Harding
March 2, 2005

At its Tuesday meeting, the Executive Committee of Academic Council passed a motion to hold all Academic Senate meetings in future years on the last Thursday of regular courses during the fall and spring semester. "We need to set these meetings way in advance," said Muralee Nair, horticulture professor and member of the Executive Committee. The decision was prompted by the difficulty Executive Committee members had in setting this spring's second senate meeting around both faculty and administrators' schedules. Academic Senate is a faculty-wide forum that met for the first time in eight years last spring.

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RUBI raises awareness of eating disorders

There's more to eating disorders than eating. MSU graduate student Tiffany Titus knows this firsthand after suffering from both anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa for more than five years, she said. "It's a way to deal with emotions I don't want to deal with," Titus said. This week, she is helping the group Respecting and Understanding Body Image get attention for the problem as part of National Eating Disorder Awareness Week.

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CRU meets, discusses minority grad rates

Amy Davis
March 2, 2005

Culturas De Las Razas Unidas, or CRU, and the Chicano/Latino Association held a reception Tuesday night at the Union for discussion between faculty members and students to find ways to improve graduation and retention rates for minority students. Increasing communication between Chicano/Latino faculty and students helps ensure that students will make it to graduation day, said CRU co-Chair Isaias Solis.

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New exhibit reflects on 150 years of MSU history

When East Lansing residents Patricia and David Brogan were MSU undergraduates in the 1950s, they experienced events firsthand that are now history. They remember the annual "Water Carnival" on the Red Cedar River and David Brogan's attendance at the 1954 Rose Bowl as a sophomore, during which MSU defeated the University of California, Los Angeles. Photographs of these events are part of "Memories of MSU," an exhibit that opened Sunday at the MSU Museum and will continue through December. The exhibit is a look back at the last 150 years of MSU through photographs, artifacts and timelines from students' perspectives. "It's fun to see it," Patricia Brogan said.

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MSU students win photography awards

Amy Davis
March 1, 2005

State News photographers swept the category for the Michigan Press Photographers Association's College Photographer of the Year award at the organization's annual conference last weekend. The category contains first, second and third ranking and two honorable mentions. The MPPA honors professional and student photographers from across the state for submissions in categories ranging from feature photos to sports photos.