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Campaign conference visits 'U'

Margaret Harding
October 1, 2004

Schmoozing is the art of politicking, as the "Shaking Hands and Kissing Babies: Campaigns and Elections in American Culture" conference will present this weekend. The American Studies Graduate Students Association, or ASGSA, is bringing speakers from across the country to the Union Gold Room today and Green Room Saturday to discuss how candidates appeal to the masses. The keynote speaker, Gary Gerstle from the University of Maryland, will lecture 8 p.m.

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Illegal sharers to be sued

As many as four MSU students could be spending a minimum of $750 for each song they illegally downloaded on the university server. The Recording Industry Association of America announced Thursday that 762 illegal file sharers were being sued for copyright infringement.

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Committee set to find acting provost

Rebecca Mcnulty
October 1, 2004

University officials are one step closer to appointing an acting provost with the selection of the search and rating committee. The committee, which is composed of two students, one dean and three professors met for the first time Friday, and are planning to meet again Monday.

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Honors adviser retires

Rebecca Mcnulty
September 30, 2004

Many Honors College students know him as the name that appears daily in their e-mail inboxes, but Scott Vaughn has been helping students plan their academic career for the past 35 years. Vaughn, the assistant director of the Honors College, will retire Friday. "It's very rewarding, advising is a lot like teaching in certain respects," Vaughn said.

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Sen. crusades against junk food

Kris Turner
September 30, 2004

State Sen. Virg Bernero, D-Lansing, urged health and food services officials from K-12 schools across the state to clean up cafeteria food and teach proper eating habits to students in a conference held Wednesday at Kellogg Center. "It is outrageous what our schools are doing," he said.

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Muslim group to discuss revoked visa

Maddie Trier
September 30, 2004

The case of Tariq Ramadan and his revoked visa is a cause of outrage for members of the Muslim Students' Association of Michigan State University, but it might have only a minimal impact on the lives of international students. The association, a nationwide student group, is holding presentations at campuses across the nation in an attempt to educate students about what happened to Ramadan. In August, Ramadan, an internationally recognized Islamic scholar, and his family were in the process of relocating to Indiana to teach at the University of Notre Dame, when the U.S.

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E.L. council, ASMSU work to bridge gap

ASMSU will host a visit from East Lansing City Councilmember Bill Sharp at its general assembly meeting tonight to discuss recent city development plans that compromise city and student relations.

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Republican trustee candidate comes to 'U'

Lauren Phillips
September 29, 2004

MSU Board of Trustees candidate Melanie Foster made her first campaign stop at MSU Tuesday. The fund-raiser reception was held in the atrium of the Radiology Building to promote the current Central Michigan University trustee's campaign.

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Recent campus attacks discussed at meeting

Lauren Phillips
September 29, 2004

About 30 students met Monday evening in the basement of the Union to generate discussion about the sexual assault cases on campus this semester. The meeting focused on how the administration, faculty and media are handling the assaults.

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Officials: International students target of telephone grant scam

Jun Yang
September 29, 2004

Officials from the Office of International Students and Scholars are warning of a phone scam that collects processing fees for a fake grant. According to an e-mail sent by the office, an MSU international student received a phone call last week from a person who claimed to be from a federal government grant agency and said he or she had an $8,000 grant.

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ASMSU plans upgrade to long-criticized Web site

ASMSU might soon upgrade its Web site that has been criticized for being ineffective and difficult to navigate. A bill to allocate funds for new technology to expand MSU's undergraduate student government's Web site and offices will be brought forward Thursday in ASMSU's Student Assembly general meeting.

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'U' delegates question effectiveness of alliance

After the Association of Michigan Universities conference this weekend at MSU, some of ASMSU's delegates said the association is an ineffective body that doesn't accomplish more than ASMSU can do by itself. "There wasn't a whole lot to be gained from this conference," said Tim Howes, a representative for the College of Engineering in ASMSU's Academic Assembly and an AMU delegate.

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Council to answer criticism

Rebecca Mcnulty
September 29, 2004

Members of the Executive Committee of Academic Council will meet to respond to a letter sent from representatives of the American Association of University Professors.

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Campus site of 2 crashes

Kris Turner
September 29, 2004

A mail truck driven by a 43-year-old male from DeWitt hit a Chevy Equinox on the corner of Red Cedar Road and Shaw Lane yesterday afternoon, MSU police Sgt.

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Marriage amendment addressed

Margaret Harding
September 29, 2004

Students and faculty members discussed the possible repercussions of an amendment that would define marriage as a union only between a man and a woman. MSU's Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Faculty, Staff and Graduate Student Association, or GLFSA, hosted a forum Tuesday to evaluate the local effects on domestic partnership benefits at MSU. "We are taking a two-tiered approach," GLFSA President Val Meyers said.

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Most bikes stolen from Brody halls

Some students heading off to class in the morning are receiving a surprise once they reach the bike racks - their bikes are gone. Residence halls are the source of most bike thefts, said MSU police Sgt.

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New diagnostic center opens

Maddie Trier
September 28, 2004

After almost three years of construction, the Diagnostic Center for Population and Animal Health will be dedicated at noon on Thursday. The center, which is now located at the corner of Beaumont and Forest roads, has existed on campus for years, but had previously been divided into separate laboratories across campus. "It improves the efficiency and allows us to improve our turn-around time with results for our clients and puts us in a better position to maintain the integrity of the specimens," said Willie Reed, director of the center. The new laboratory will provide services for homeland security, animal care and the study of diseases such as bovine tuberculosis. Reed said the facility took almost three years to complete because of the sophisticated equipment and the large size of the building.