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Engineers prepare for off-road tourney
The MSU Mini-Baja Team will compete at the Society of Automotive Engineers Mini-Baja West Competition from Thursday through Saturday in Portland, Ore.
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'U' student groups plan change of concert venue
A concert series planned for the fall welcome week might change venues to become a music festival at Munn Field. Members of ASMSU, MSU's undergraduate student government, are moving forward in plans to program new events for the days before classes begin.
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Officials: Revisions for bylaws needed
On average, the Residence Halls Association passes about six bills per weekly meeting. Generally, at least one of those bills proposes a change to the constitution or bylaws, but officials in the organization say they are unconcerned with the revisions. So far this semester, RHA's General Assembly has passed 11 bills amending the organization's bylaws.
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Dancers celebrate tradition in E.L.
With elaborate costumes in brilliant shades of purple, red and gold flowing around them, women of the Habibi Dancers swirled and shimmied across the stage. Their movements told the story of "The Resurrection of Osiris," the lover of the goddess Isis.
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Honors & Rewards
It took only one semester for Daniel Bouk to choose associate history Professor David Bailey as his mentor. "I'd follow him back to his office like a lost puppy," said Bouk, a 2002 graduate. So when Bouk received one of the 2004 Andrew W.
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Classes ready for child development
The Department of Family and Child Ecology is accepting applications for a number of programs taking place at its Child Development Laboratory in the summer and fall.
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WEB ONLY: Students learn to use field equipment at Plow Day
More than 30 horses stood patiently in their trailers Saturday morning, licking from pools of rain water and waiting to help out with MSU's Plow Day. The second Plow Day was held for members of MSU's draft horse class to learn how to use a field plow. "The students have been driving small carts and wagons since the third week of class, but this was the first time they plowed," said Cara O'Connor, a research assistant who teaches the class. The MSU Draft Horse program began in 1999 after two Belgian draft horses were donated to the school.
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Fraternity 'totters' for McDonald house
The rock on Farm Lane, which changes colors about as often as a chameleon, was painted black on Friday afternoon.
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Telescope dedication draws students, officials
Pushing his way to the front of the crowd gathered around the SOuthern Astrophysical Research Telescope, or SOAR, observation room, eighth-grader Keval Patel fired questions at tour guide and astronomy Professor Megan Donahue.
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Greek Week closes with performances
Fraternity and sorority members gathered at the Auditorium on Sunday for Songfest, the final event of Greek Week. Twelve teams presented performances with the theme of "Great Achievements." Performances were five to seven minutes long and featured teams of 30 to 40 members, each singing and dancing an original routine. Athletes from Area 8 Special Olympics also were present for the event, and area Assistant Director Kathlynn Doran served as a judge. "The greeks do a lot of volunteer work with Special Olympics throughout the year.
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Mixed-race conference helps people celebrate identities
To tap into the growing number of people who have more than one racial or ethnic identity, a student-planned conference was held Saturday to celebrate mixed-race people and address multiracial issues.
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WEB ONLY: African culture celebrated through dance, music at annual gala
Angela Duncan Special for The State News The African Culture Gala, held Saturday night in the MSU Auditorium, bounced with rhythm from start to finish. In its more than six years in motion, the weekend's event was the first of its kind to take place at MSU.
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'U' fraternities, groups help to 'supersize' event
Musicians and athletes will combine efforts on Saturday to benefit the Ronald McDonald House of Mid-Michigan. Two MSU music fraternities, the Acafellas, 53 Feet of Brass, local band the giveaway and more than 100 runners and walkers will meet at the rock on Farm Lane for the first Rock 'n' Run 5K run/walk event. But sponsors and beneficiaries agree that this is no ordinary benefit race.
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College, minority reps differ on allocations
Differing priorities between college representatives and minority delegates on campus have been revealed through recent ASMSU voting. Three Student Assembly bills passed within the past few months showed divided voting patterns lining the Council of Racial Ethnic Students (CORES) and Council of Progressive Students (COPS) against college representatives when it came to allocating money to student events and programs. "It's something I've noticed - bills are defeated along CORES and COPS lines, or passed with all the CORES and COPS," said Andrew Schepers, Student Assembly vice chairperson for internal affairs.
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Excellence in diversity honored at ceremony
Students and staff members across a wide range of disciplines were honored Thursday at the All-University Excellence in Diversity 2004 Recognition and Awards Convocation.
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RHA board position still vacant
Although the Residence Halls Association's new Executive Board was sworn in Wednesday, one position remains unfilled. Jasmine Gary, a social relations sophomore and president of Case Hall Black Caucus, did not receive the approval of the General Assembly for the director of racial ethnic and progressive affairs.
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Departments ask for transfer to different college
Two academic units requested transfers to a different college at the Executive Committee of Academic Council meeting Tuesday. The Department of History and MATRIX - the Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences - formally requested that the Office of the Provost move the two entities from the College of Arts & Letters to the College of Social Science.
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Workshop focuses on women's identity
Women looking to find balance in their lives will have an opportunity to examine personal power issues through a workshop today. The Women's Resource Center will sponsor "Creating the Life You Want," a program designed to address life-coaching skills and personal and professional empowerment for women.
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'U' officials' meeting on workers' rights brings student protest
University officials say they will continue to protect workers' rights despite a student group's protest of a meeting between MSU President M.
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'U' eliminating paper billing, switching to electronic bills
Postal mailboxes no longer will be filled with envelopes for billing information from MSU. Starting in the summer, all tuition and housing bills will be available only on the STUINFO Web site.