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Artist conveys racial struggles in performance

Josh Jarman
February 21, 2005

A flashing sword blade split a single flower Friday as part of a performance by Los Angeles artist Dan Kwong. The event, which took place at the Hannah Community Center, 819 Abbott Road, was called "From Inner Worlds to Outer Space: An evening of performance with Dan Kwong." Kwong blended narrative monologues with projected images, music and physical action to tell his story of growing up as an Asian American. "I was always looking for a way to combine life and art," Kwong said.

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Rodeo draws national crowd

Amy Davis
February 21, 2005

MSU Rodeo Club member Curtis Wegner adjusted his black cowboy hat and tightened his grip on a rope around the bull he was sitting on.

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WEB ONLY: Student group holds dinner, introduces scholarship

Amy Davis
February 21, 2005

MSU students and faculty members dined and danced to the smooth sounds of jazz during the Black Student Alliance's 17th annual dinner at Kellogg Center on Friday night. The event connected students, faculty and staff members on a social level outside of the academic environment, said Tammye Coles, MSU's African American Student Affairs Coordinator. "Opportunities like this are rare and wonderful opportunities," Coles said.

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ASMSU gives $50K for exercise equipment

Darrell Hughes
February 18, 2005

ASMSU members decided this week to put money from its $600,000 risk management account to use. The undergraduate student government passed a bill to give IM Sports-West up to $50,000 to help pay for new exercise equipment.

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WEB ONLY: Jones Soda president speaks at MSU Business College

Sarah Norris
February 18, 2005

Peter van Stolk, president and founder of Jones Soda Co., discussed his company's unorthodox approach to business and marketing strategy Thursday at the Business College Complex. About 125 students came to see van Stolk speak at the "Meet a Pop Star" event organized by human resource management freshman Adam Finkel. Finkel began planning at the beginning of the year, when his proposal to have van Stolk speak originally was rejected by Jones. "A lot of schools have programs where they bring in speakers talk to students, and I thought we should have a similar program, with unique entrepreneurs," Finkel said. With help from the Lear Career Service Center, which provides career planning for business students, Finkel was able to complete his project. In his speech, van Stolk discussed his story - a professional skier who decided to start a beverage distributor instead of going to college.

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Virus with authentic look attacks e-mail accounts

Margaret Harding
February 18, 2005

A "clever, nasty little" virus has been infecting MSU Webmail accounts, MSU officials said. The MyDoom virus is a variant of an existing worm that sends out e-mails with different subject lines and addresses that look like authentic messages about mail problems, said Rich Wiggins, senior information technologist for Academic Computing & Network Services. "This is spreading all over the world," Wiggins said.

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Diversity, heroism honored in presentation competition

Amy Davis
February 18, 2005

The legacies of Fredrick Douglass, Rosa Parks, Nelson Mandela, Susan B. Anthony and George Washington Carver were brought to life by MSU students Wednesday night in the fourth annual MSU Multicultural Heroes Hall of Fame competition. For the last month, five teams of three members gathered information about an assigned hero to make a 10-minute presentation to three university officials about why that person should be inducted into the hall of fame.

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Cafeteria celebrates black culture

Josh Jarman
February 18, 2005

Getting down and filling up were the main orders of business in the Holden Hall cafeteria Thursday, during the fifth annual "Holden's Soul Food Extravaganza." The event was sponsored by the Holden Hall cafeteria and brought food and entertainment together in a celebration of black culture. "We wanted to do something for Black History Month that wasn't so preachy," said Holden Complex Director Joshua Gillespie.

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Jazz dinner features speakers, live music

Amy Davis
February 18, 2005

The 17th annual Black Student Alliance Jazz Dinner is at 8 p.m. today in the Kellogg Center. The Fuzz Band will play contemporary jazz during dinner and a ceremony to present an academic scholarship and achievement award for an MSU faculty member. The dinner's theme, "The Beautiful Struggle," is about overcoming adversity and roadblocks in the road to equality, said sociology graduate student Temple Smith. "Historically, there have been lots and lots of struggles for equality, but in spite of all of that, there is continued optimism," Smith said.

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Restaurants plan to leave campus in spring

Tom Keller
February 17, 2005

Students craving a Frosty, a Gordita Supreme or some Crazy Bread will have to look somewhere other than the MSU campus next year. The Wendy's and Taco Bell in the International Center and the Wendy's and Little Caesars Pizza in the Union will close at the end of Spring semester after they decided not to rebid on their current contracts, said Jim Sheppard, manager of the Union. Taco Bell and both Wendy's locations have been at those MSU spots since 1995, and Little Caesars is the longest-running restaurant on campus, having been open since 1987, Sheppard said. Both Wendy's stores are operated by Stanton & Associates Inc., which owns 63 Wendy's locations in Mid-Michigan. Randy Israel, a partner at Stanton, said there were multiple reasons why the company decided not to stay. Both stores must operate during summer and winter breaks when students aren't on campus, which makes for slow business, Israel said. He added that the stores experience peak business during lunch hours, but receive almost no customers before or after, due to a lack of foot traffic. "If you're a student after 5 p.m.

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WEB ONLY: Student group launches academic integrity campaign

Josh Jarman
February 17, 2005

Members of the Public Relations Student Society of America will be promoting academic integrity and giving away candy today on campus. The group launched an awareness campaign earlier this week to educate MSU students of the dangers of academic dishonesty and its long-term effects.

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ASMSU inks bill to make offices more accessible

Darrell Hughes
February 17, 2005

ASMSU members are attempting to make their offices compliant with the American Disabilities Act. In the Student Assembly's meeting last week, student government members passed a bill to fund up to $3,000 for ADA-compatible office signs. The money will be allocated from the assembly's Special Project account, which consists of rollover funds from other accounts. The signs will have raised numbering and Braille coding that will be within reach for vision-impaired persons.

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Students weigh outcome of alcohol ban

A week after the MSU Board of Trustees approved a ban on open alcohol on campus, some students say they are questioning how effective the ban will be. Landscape architecture sophomore Alex Kretschmer said he hadn't seen many people carrying open alcohol before the ban was implemented. "I don't really see a difference," Kretschmer said.

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University discusses increasing staff input

Margaret Harding
February 16, 2005

The elimination of Faculty Council was one of the possible structural changes suggested by a committee that looked at ways to increase faculty participation in academic governance. "We sit here and listen to this - folks say it's almost a waste of time," said Michael Moch, a committee member and management professor.

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Former Black Panther offers insight

Josh Jarman
February 16, 2005

David Hilliard, former chief of staff for the Black Panther Party spoke on campus Tuesday about the history of the group and the misconceptions surrounding it. Jeremy Nufer, the Black Caucus liaison to the Wilson Hall government, which helped bring Hilliard to campus, said it was important for people to learn more about the movement. "So many people see the Black Panthers as violent thugs," Nufer said.

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Students compete for cultural heroes

Amy Davis
February 16, 2005

A group of students will compete today to prove which famous hero is worthy of being inducted into the MSU Multicultural Heroes Hall of Fame. For the last month, five student teams, which are made of three members, have been gathering information about famous figures in history such as Nelson Mandela, Princess Diana and Rosa Parks.

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University officials discuss alcohol ban

Preliminary meetings began Tuesday among members of MSU's administration to create guidelines for exceptions to MSU's new open-alcohol ban. The process to establish discussion is still in its early stages, said Sue Carter, secretary to the MSU Board of Trustees. More information will be available next week, Carter said. A ban on open alcohol was approved by the board Thursday by a vote of 7-0.