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Study says move hurts Lansing

Health Management Associates, a medical consulting firm, told area leaders last week that moving MSU's College of Human Medicine might have damaging effects on Mid-Michigan's health care without reaping financial benefits for MSU, news reports said. The firm was hired by a committee working to keep the college in the Lansing area. In January, officials from both MSU and Grand Rapids said they were having discussions about the school's possible expansion or relocation into that area.

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'U' officials block known form of virus

Meghan Gilbert
March 5, 2004

False e-mails claiming to be from the "msu.edu team" have been blocked from entering faculty, staff and student inboxes. The MSU Computer Center, now known as Academic Computing and Network Services, has blocked the known sending addresses at a rate of one per second.

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Students spend breaks giving aid to communities in, out of U.S.

Students looking for a change of pace for spring break this year are volunteering their time to help in communities throughout North America. The MSU Center for Service-Learning and Civic Engagement is involved with the Alternative Spring Break program that will take about 330 student volunteers to 17 different locations from Pennsylvania to Puerto Rico.

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WEB ONLY: Memorial service set for 'Can Man'

Sarah Mcevilly
March 5, 2004

A memorial service will take place later this month for Ernst Lucas, known to many members of the MSU community as Ernie the Can Man. Lucas died in January at the age of 68. The memorial is being planned by his brothers, Jack Lucas of West Hartford, Conn., and Alexander Lucas of Rochester, Minn.

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ASMSU criticizes BAMN

For the first time in at least four years, an ASMSU chairperson had to break a deadlocked vote Tuesday night. Chairperson Jared English broke the tie to pass an Academic Assembly bill that stated MSU's undergraduate student government condemned the actions taken by the Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action & Integration and Fight for Equality By Any Means Necessary, or BAMN, at a MSU College Republicans meeting last week. Barbara Grutter, plaintiff in the University of Michigan Law School admissions case, spoke at the meeting while BAMN members countered her views.

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WEB ONLY: State News designer wins awards

Melissa Domsic
March 4, 2004

Journalism junior Nick Mrozowski received two awards for his design work in The State News from the Society for News Design. The society, an international professional organization, gives out awards each year for excellence in newspaper design.

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Student government supports Granholm pact

ASMSU's Academic Assembly caught up on old business and internal housekeeping at its last meeting before spring break. MSU's undergraduate student government voted on a set of bills introduced Feb.

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State News staffers win awards

After spending the past year shooting photographs across the nation, Megan Spelman was named College Photographer of the Year by the Michigan Press Photographers Association last weekend. This was Spelman's second year receiving the award.

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WEB ONLY: Students nominated for national Truman Scholarship

Two MSU students recently received nominations for the nationally competitive Truman Scholarship. Animal science senior Annora Sheehan and Randy Neice, a political theory and constitutional democracy and international relations senior, earned their nominations after a MSU faculty committee reviewed their applications. Although neither is a finalist for the national award, a $26,000 grant, the university's nomination still is an honor, they said. "It certainly has opened up a lot of doors, just the process of being a nominee," Sheehan said. She found out that she was a nominee on Dec.

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McPherson, students discuss work in Iraq at campus session

Amy Bartner
March 4, 2004

There was little standing room in a tiny conference room Wednesday as MSU President M. Peter McPherson led a public discussion about his six-month stint in Iraq. The discussion, "Reflections of Iraq Experience," was part of the Noontime Conversation Series, sponsored by Student Life.

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New virus hits 'U' e-mail boxes

Meghan Gilbert
March 3, 2004

A new computer virus has hit e-mail inboxes, tricking users into downloading zip files and entering password information. The virus, called variations of Beagle or Bagle by different virus-protection companies, changes domain and password information, making it next to impossible for virus-scan companies to protect against. "What's really going on is, unfortunately, the folks drafting these things are getting more sophisticated," said Richard Wiggins, MSU Computer Center's senior information technologist. The current form entering MSU inboxes appears to be written from MSU admission or e-mail staff. The first version congratulates the person for being accepted to MSU and directs him or her to download an MSU instant messaging service.

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Student government launches candy bowl

Standing next to blue books and application forms, an empty candy bowl found a new home Monday in the ASMSU Business Office. The office, located in Student Services, soon might join the dozens of college and department offices on campus that provide a bowl of free candy for visitors. On Thursday, Comptroller Mike Trudeau plans to present a bill to the Student Assembly regarding his "Candy Initiative," and if it passes, candy would fill the bowl beginning after spring break. Trudeau said he contacted representatives from Housing and Food Services for their backing on the bill, and he brought a proposal before the student group Respecting and Understanding Body Image, RUBI, Monday. Next to the bowl, there is a stack of surveys inquiring about visitor candy preferences.

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New employees promote ASMSU activity

David Whitehurst and Joe Obringer haven't had a lot of time to sit around since arriving at ASMSU two weeks ago. After months of delays, ASMSU's Web site soon will be updated.

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Volunteers dictate texts

Emily Bingham
March 2, 2004

Sitting in a soundproof room furnished only with a chair, a lamp, a dictionary and a four-track cassette recorder, education sophomore Virginia Birringer turned toward a thick physics textbook and prepared to record herself reading it.