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Group seeks hugs, debate over views
Standing at the bridge to the north of Wells Hall, anthropology senior Jason Munford drew quite a few odd looks from students walking to class.
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Near & Far
More than 40 dissertations and 12 finalists, but only one winner: Eli Broad Graduate School of Management doctoral student Linda Shi.
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Approved RHA tax to benefit campus movie channel, Office of Programs
Voters solidly supported the increase in the Residence Halls Association's tax from $21 to $22 during student elections held Wednesday and Thursday. Results from the vote, held at www.student-elections.msu.edu, showed about 67 percent of students voting in favor of the tax, while about 30 percent voted against it.
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COGS chooses new leaders
The Council of Graduate Students elected Carl Newman as its new president and appointed a new executive board to serve for one-year terms on March 17. Newman, former COGS treasurer, said he plans to expand the council's presence at MSU. "In general, I would like to make COGS more visible on campus and try to differentiate between graduate students and undergraduates," Newman said.
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Assembly supports biodome
The 6-year-old Student Greenhouse Project received support from ASMSU's Student Assembly on Thursday night after representatives realized their constituents agreed with the plan for a biodome on north campus. Assembly members debated the bill heavily, pointing out that it could contradict a year-old plan passed by ASMSU's Academic Assembly that outlines a brick amphitheater in the same location, south of the Old Horticulture Building.
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School seeks minority apps
The Eli Broad Graduate School of Management has joined a nonprofit organization that focuses on increasing applications from underrepresented ethnic minority students pursuing masters' degrees in business administration. Management Leadership for Tomorrow is a New York-based organization that provides one-on-one interview coaching, admission test preparation classes, financial planning and school information for students.
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Freshman sells himself on eBay
When premedicine freshman Steve Swancoat couldn't find love on campus, he turned to eBay. On Tuesday, Swancoat, a long-time eBay user, placed himself in the dating market through the Internet. "It was kind of like for laughs and giggles," Swancoat said.
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Conference connects 'U' women
In the basement of McDonel Hall, graduate student Angie Allen sat with a group of undergraduates, laughing and discussing what it's like to be a woman on campus as part of the Women's Leadership Conference and Banquet Sunday. "I'm taking away how connected we are," Allen said, explaining what she learned during the four-hour event.
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ASMSU approves new attorney contracts
Instead of using nearly half of its remaining project fund to cover an estimated $9,810 budget deficit, ASMSU representatives voted Thursday to approve a new contract with its two legal attorneys. The new 10-year contract will save MSU's undergraduate student government more than $30,000, including $15,000 next year. "Concerns were expressed with issues on budgetary concerns," ASMSU attorney Brian Jeffries said.
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Final RHA elected position decided by runoff ballot
The last of Residence Halls Association's elected positions were filled Wednesday with the appointment of Campbell Hall representative Josh Rabinowitz as vice president. Rabinowitz faced three other candidates: East Complex Black Caucus representative Jonathan Jones, Case Hall representative James Hensley and Michigan Organization Communications Coordinator Cory Rose.
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WEB ONLY: Activist focuses on nonviolent solution
Spreading a message of nonviolence is a crucial part of positive globalization, peace and justice activist Michael Nagler stressed in his speech Thursday night in Wells Hall. MSU's Peace and Justice Studies Program presented the second annual Peace and Justice Studies Lecture on Thursday night. Nagler, the founder and former chair of Peace and Conflict Studies at University of California at Berkeley, has spread his ideas across the country and written books concerning nonviolence and globalization. "The nation state has become subordinate to this network of corporations," Nagler said, stressing the need for a nonviolent fight against negative, corporate globalization. Community members came to hear Nagler's opinions and learn more about globalization. "I think especially in the times we're experiencing in this country, things like this are really important," Amanda Batts, a family community services junior, said.
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'Spartan Scooters' travel around 'U'
Ashley Bloom Special for The State News Every Tuesday morning, Seth Barnett smacks his alarm clock, grabs anything clean to wear and rushes out the door.
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Conference to look at women's leadership
The Women's Leadership Conference and Banquet will take place Sunday to celebrate women on campus.
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Peace and justice program raises global awareness
After three years on campus, faculty from MSU's Peace and Justice Studies program are hoping to support research development and a graduate student component, if more funding from the university and outside donors becomes available. "We're trying to think about how we can respond to this tremendous danger of warfare and the proliferation of weapons," said Richard Peterson, philosophy professor and co-director of the program.
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Domestic violence shelter to host race
MSU Safe Place is holding its annual Race for the Place 5K to benefit the nation's only on-campus domestic violence shelter.
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Libraries ask 'U' to donate extra books
The MSU Libraries are accepting entries for the annual MSU Student Book Collection Competition. The contest is open to both undergraduates and graduate students. Entries must be turned in to the director's office of the Main Library by Thursday. For more information, visit lib.msu.edu/events/contest.html.
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WEB ONLY: Farm labor leader's speech to honor Chavez
Baldemar Velasquez, the founder of the Farm Labor Organization Committee, will speak at 3 p.m. Thursday in Spartan Rooms B and C in the International Center.
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Dinner, music celebrates Chavez
The potent aroma of empedrado salad and enchiladas de jocoque wafted through the Wonders Hall cafeteria Wednesday.
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Peace, justice focus of professor's speech
MSU's Peace and Justice Studies Program is sponsoring a speech by Michael Nagler at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in B104 Wells Hall.
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Cycling Club, Bike Project perform, discuss upkeep
Hoisting bicycles up on T-shaped bike stands as if they were cars on mechanic lifts, the MSU Bike Project and the MSU Cycling Club joined forces Wednesday evening to teach students how to fix their wheels. Set up in the Demonstration Hall Ballroom, the public bicycle clinic was created to help students and community members learn how to maintain their bikes.