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Board to vote on living costs

Amy Bartner
April 13, 2004

When the MSU Board of Trustees meets on Friday, it will vote whether to establish a School of Planning, Design and Construction and whether to increase the cost of living in residence halls by 4.4 percent. The new school would be under both the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources and the College of Social Science, and would combine four different programs from three colleges. "It's a great idea," said Robert von Bernuth, director of the construction management program.

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Student & Teacher

Rebecca Mcnulty
April 13, 2004

Cathleen Clara is pretty sure she knows what she wants to spend her award money on. A winner of the Homer Higbee International Education Award, Clara will spend the $400 prize on books to help build her library in the alternative school classroom where she is a teacher.

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ASMSU increases funds for 2 student boards

In an effort to sponsor more student events and prevent boards from running out of money, members of ASMSU's Student Assembly gave additional money to Programming and Funding boards in its 2004-05 budget. Programming and Funding boards have about $171,000 and $89,000, respectively, from MSU's undergraduate student government.

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Student environment group to hold forum

The student environmental group Eco is holding a forum at 6:30 p.m. today in B104 Wells Hall to discuss its concern about the approval of a $30 million addition to the MSU coal-burning power plant. Members worry the addition will bring an increase in campus emissions of greenhouse gases and are concerned about the effects it might have on the local environment and global warming. "We're concerned about this because the decision was made without talking to any student committee or any professors who are experts," said Eco member Chelsea McMellen. The forum aims to create a dialogue between affected MSU and East Lansing community members as well as bring a panel of experts and student representation together, she said. "We are hoping to reach a decision of what to do for energy needs and create a compromise," McMellen said.

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Cadavers replaced students in dorm

Aaron Foley
April 13, 2004

Myths abound on campus, such as ghosts in Mary Mayo Hall or how the love of your life awaits below Beaumont Tower, but one rumor is verifiably true: dead bodies linger in a dorm closed years ago. Fee Hall, originally a residence hall opened in 1964, now is the nucleus of MSU's four colleges of medical education - Nursing, Veterinary Medicine, Osteopathic Medicine and Human Medicine.

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Degree Navigator remodeled for 'U'

Meghan Gilbert
April 13, 2004

Students and advisers might have an easier time organizing class schedules and evaluating degree standing with a recent computer tool upgrade. The Degree Navigator program has been revamped from a setup of colored blocks of separate requirements to a complete text list including degree and university requirements. Degree Navigator 4 was made available at the end of February and is slowly making its way into university advising appointments. The large difference between the new and old systems, associate registrar Roberta Kelley said, is the visual layout.

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Alumni Association to host 'Day for Women'

Emily Bingham
April 13, 2004

The MSU Alumni Association will host a day-long program celebrating women and diversity Thursday. "Kaleidoscope: A Day for Women" will feature keynote speakers Ruby Dee and Ossie Davis, entertainers and social activists who met on Broadway in the 1946 production of "Jeb." Both have appeared in productions such as "A Raisin in the Sun" and "Roots." The program will begin at 8 a.m.

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Greek bands battle for charity

Joseph Clark
April 13, 2004

A bassist in a penguin suit was a member of the first team to perform, greeting a sea of glow necklaces, air horns, flashlights, whistles and noisemakers. Twelve teams of fraternities and sororities formed bands and competed in a Battle of the Bands, the latest event in the Greek Week lineup. A maximum of 10 team members but at least one from each team, was required to be on stage.

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ASMSU passes new budget, allots funds for 'U' events

During the final ASMSU Student Assembly meeting Thursday night, members addressed campus issues and events, as well as bills to increase interaction with the East Lansing. MSU's undergraduate student government also passed its 2004-05 budget. "The budget has passed - the celebration may commence," said Missy Kushlak, Student Assembly chairperson.

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Budget halts hiring, but talks leave 'U' positive

Meghan Gilbert
April 12, 2004

A Thursday evening meeting between College of Arts & Letters faculty members and Provost Lou Anna Simon left participants positive about future conversations and alternatives to large teaching assistant cuts. More than 50 people from the college filled a Linton Hall room for an hour and a half of open dialogue. Scott Michaelsen, associate professor of English, brought his experience as the director of the Ad Hoc Committee on Faculty Voice to his college and organized the meeting. "We had a very open and very productive dialogue about our shared values regarding the humanities and we agreed to work together in the coming weeks to find ways to protect and enhance our core humanities programs, both graduate and undergraduate," he said. Simon said the discussion led to an understanding between faculty and the administration as to the reality of budget cuts. "We sort of shared realities and concerns, and then tried to think about some ideas we could pursue in a context in which the resources are constrained," she said. The discussion was spawned from TA position offers made on March 31, a deadline established by the Graduate Employees Union.

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Looking forward

Elizabeth Piet
April 12, 2004

When it comes to thinking about attending college, MSU's King-Chavez-Parks College Day programs encourage underrepresented kids to start planning early.

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Few ready for upcoming session

As the 2004-05 session of ASMSU begins in two weeks, only a few new representatives are preparing for their first meeting. On April 20 and 22, members of MSU's undergraduate student government will choose who will fill chair positions for both Academic and Student assemblies, but only three representatives attended orientation last weekend. To further help new representatives ease into their responsibilities, current ASMSU vice chairs held a new-representative orientation on April 3.

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RHA adds new executives, passes legislation

Joseph Clark
April 9, 2004

More people were added to the new Residence Halls Association Executive Board on Wednesday. The General Assembly validated four more positions, leaving three positions to be confirmed next week. Those accepted Wednesday were Director of Health and Safety Megan Muscia; Director of Recycling Clark Llamzon; Executive Secretary Cory Rose and Director of Special Events Eric Bolf.

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TAs rally to save jobs

Meghan Gilbert
April 9, 2004

Cloudy skies and chilly winds did not prevent teaching assistants from spending the day outside the Administration Building and the evening in Linton Hall rallying for their jobs. Based on preliminary budget numbers crunched by individual colleges, a smaller number of teaching-assistant positions was offered by the Graduate Employees Union's March 31 deadline. Many teaching assistants consider the Department of Spanish and Portuguese to be the hardest-hit.

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Association gives last-minute funding

Joseph Clark
April 9, 2004

With the end of the semester nearing, a number of student organizations are approaching governing groups that allocate money, hoping to get one last piece of the pie. Three such requests were presented to the Residence Halls Association General Assembly at its Wednesday meeting, but only two of the bills made it to a vote. The African Student Union put in a request for $100 to the assembly.