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Students fast for Ramadan, charity
A line curved around a corner and down the hall of the basement in West Holmes Hall as about 50 hungry students waited to eat their first meal of the day.
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ASMSU spends $36K on upgrade for offices
ASMSU's offices will updated by the end of the year with about $36,000 worth of new technology and furniture. It is the second of three upgrades this year.
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Business school wages food war
MSU business graduate students are challenging their counterparts at colleges around the country in the battle against communal hunger. MSU Eli Broad Graduate School of Management students launched the ninth annual "MBA Food Fight" on Saturday, which pits 16 master's degree programs in business administration from colleges throughout the United States against each other.
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11th challenge drives to pint-sized goals
The big football game between the Nittany Lions and the Spartans isn't until Nov. 20, but the competition between the two schools began Friday with the first blood drive of the MSU-Penn State Blood Challenge. Entering its 11th year, the blood challenge was based off the sports rivalries in an attempt to gather more donors, said Justin Looyenga, donor recruitment representative for the Mid-Michigan Chapter of the American Red Cross. "The Red Cross was looking for new ways to gain interest in donating blood, and creating new challenges is always a good way to do that," Looyenga said. However, the competition gimmick did not influence education senior Audra Hunsberger's decision to donate blood. "The rivalry didn't make me want to donate," Hunsberger said as she munched on the remaining quarter of her glazed doughnut after giving blood Tuesday.
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ASMSU votes against bill that would allow fishing in the Red Cedar River
Lindsey Bock wasn't surprised when she caught a 30-inch salmon in the Red Cedar River behind Kellogg Center and she said other students shouldn't be either. The fisheries and wildlife senior said she catches everything from rock bass to salmon in MSU's featured waterway and, as part of the Fisheries and Wildlife Club, works to make students realize the river isn't a "toxic dump." Bock is involved with cataloging fish and other species in the Red Cedar River as secretary for the club that also takes part in river cleanups.
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Strep test finds strains in women
Group B Strep (GBS) can be fatal to newborns, but with a new test designed in part by an MSU researcher, the specific strain can be recognized and treatment can begin within 40 minutes. "This test can be done quickly and effectively - that's why this is so important," said Dele Davies, chairman of the Department of Pediatrics and Human Development. Research for the new test was a collaboration with faculty members of several North American universities including the University of Texas, the University of Calgary in Canada and the University of Pittsburgh. The molecular diagnostic test magnifies and identifies DNA specific to Group B Strep, which is naturally present in women, but can infect infants during birth. Both tests involve a strep culture, using a large cotton swab similar to the ones employed in strep throat tests.
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Students take 'Fed Challenge'
Five MSU economics students attended the College Fed Challenge competition in Chicago on Monday. The competition, which had never been held in the Midwest, required participants to understand the Federal Reserve System, analyze the economy and make policy recommendations.
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ASMSU voters pick incumbents
ASMSU re-elected two vice chairpersons in charge of its funding and programming boards on Thursday. Incumbents Jason Bucholz and Kristen Daddow kept their seats on each respective board, although the vote total is unknown because ASMSU's general assembly closed its meeting to the public during debate about the vice chairperson candidates. ASMSU can close a meeting to the public with a two-thirds vote.
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ASMSU might create new affirmative action plan
ASMSU is working on an affirmative action plan that would document its hiring procedures and ethnic makeup, and later evaluate the association's racial background. R.J.
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Students honor the dead
A commemoration of the dead will take place at 6 p.m. today at the rock on Farm Lane. Dia de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, is traditionally a time when families in Mexico set up alters and give offerings to symbolically celebrate their deceased family members' lives - how they lived and their accomplishments.
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State News names 2005 editor in chief
Witnessing MSU President M. Peter McPherson announce his retirement from the university and spending a day with the vice president of El Salvador are some of the moments The State News Deputy Managing Editor Amy Bartner said have been the most memorable during her time at the newspaper.
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Search committee selected to find provost candidate
With the help of a search and rating committee and a search firm, university officials hope to have a permanent provost picked by spring. Current Provost Lou Anna Simon will take over the university's top position on Jan.
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Halloween traditions stem from spirited past
The gnarled toothed witch, jack-o'-lanterns with a menacing glare and trays of caramel apples are all Halloween traditions, but many people don't know the symbols of this fright night began with religious intent. "Halloween is All Hallows Day, a holy day, and people should notice that," said Father Mark Inglot, a priest at St.
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Sparty Watch unaffected by construction
"The Spartan" statue has a new form of protection from University of Michigan fans this week. Surrounded by a wood and metal scaffold and encased literally from head to toe in a thick, plastic-sheet walls, the statue, located at the intersection of Kalamazoo Street and Red Cedar Road, is barely visible - only its silhouette from lights inside the construction zone can be seen. But Matthew Law, a communication junior and a member of Spartan Marching Band, said this development has hardly dampened the energy of the Sparty Watch. "It's a little disappointing, but ultimately it's not a big deal," Law said.
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Report details new residential college
By fall 2006, students could be enrolled in the new liberal arts residential college. Tentatively named after former South African leader Nelson Mandela, the college would grant degrees and have a base in international issues and would reside in Snyder and Phillips halls. The executive summary draft of the New Residential College Program Planning Committee details the new college.
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Rally defines 'black power'
The Black Student Alliance's Black Power Rally tonight will help to educate students about what the term "black power" means, BSA members said. "I think if you understand history, the initial call for black power was a term African Americans began to use to express asserting their rights in the United States," said Lee June, vice president of Student Affairs and Services.
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GEU protests over health care
A doctor in bloody scrubs, an assortment of angels and a girl sporting bandages around her head and arm hoisted signs taped to crutches as they chanted, "One, two, three, four.
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Holden Hall survey addresses assaults
An online survey given by Holden Hall Residence Life staff revealed student reactions and perceptions about the recent reported sexual assaults on campus.
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Council ponders ways to restructure classes
Reports about possibly changing the way integrative studies and math and science classes are structured dominated the Academic Council meeting Tuesday.
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Committee selected to choose provost
The search-and-rating committee for the permanent provost has been selected, President-designate Lou Anna Simon announced Tuesday. The 22-person committee consists of professors, deans and students who will interview candidates for the position and give their recommendations to Simon.