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Gender amendment to change
The committee leading the push to include gender identity in the university's anti-discrimination guidelines has changed its proposal.
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Study Abroad Fair to offer program resources
The Office of Study Abroad will hold a Study Abroad Fair from 12-6 p.m. on Sept. 18 on the second floor of the MSU Union.
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Speaker series to address HIV and AIDS
The MSU faculty will present a special speakers series on HIV/AIDS as a development crisis as part of their regular Friday forum.
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New chairman impacts MSU's ROTC
Lt. Col. David Taylor said he has wanted to be in the army since his childhood.And now, after a 17-year-long military career, Taylor is the MSU ROTC program's new chairman.
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Relay will raise funds for Special Olympics
Law enforcement officers statewide will run this week to raise awareness and funds for Special Olympics Michigan.More than 2,000 Michigan law enforcement officials will participate all week in local races and a five-day-long marathon.
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Ingham Regional to offer cancer forums
The Ingham Regional Healthcare Foundation is sponsoring several community prostate cancer programs.The Prostate Cancer Education Forum will be from 6:30-8:30 p.m.
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Business groups, clubs appear at fair
Business-affiliated clubs and organizations will be available with membership information on Wednesday from 6 to 7:30 p.m.
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"Fake the Funk," auditions this month
For those who think they have what it takes to "Fake the Funk," auditions for the lip-sync competition are coming up. Fake the Funk 13 will be holding auditions from 9:30-10:30 p.m.
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Students for Dean hold first meeting
MSU Students for Dean will hold its first general members meeting of the year at 7:30 p.m. today in the Northwestern Room of the Union.
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Roommate matches work
As soon as Amelia Zukowski and Heidi Schanhals found out they'd be roommates at MSU, the pair pushed their apprehensions aside and met in Lansing for a day of shopping before classes began.Three weeks into the school year, the freshmen said going in blind was a good decision.
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Upgrades might be necessary after power outages
Computer engineering freshmen Brandon Turner and Eric Puidokas found themselves in the dark and worried about missing early classes when Case Hall lost power early Monday morning - twice."We sat in the hallway with our mentor just talking about stuff until about 1:15," Turner said.
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Spartan Travel has new MSU Web site
Spartan Travel is now supplemented by a discount travel Web site for MSU employees and their families that launched yesterday.
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Greek Week kicks off with several events
Greek Week 2003, which started this week, will continue until Friday across campus as the National Pan-Hellenic Council hosts events each day.A Greek Symposium will be held today at 8 p.m.
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Professor to speak about African issues
MSU geography professor Harm J. de Blij will give a lecture called "Why Africa Matters" from 3-5 p.m.
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State News ad protest finished
About 20 people congregated outside Student Services Friday in a final push for students to reclaim the $5 State News tax included in their tuition.
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Hillel Jewish Center appoints new Rabbi
The Hillel Jewish Student Center hired a new rabbi. Rabbi Elazar Meisels will work in East Lansing on Mondays, teaching classes and meeting students. Meisels is head of the Dirshu Institute of Jewish Education in Oak Park, where he lives with his wife and four children. "I very much look forward to meeting and working with the students and adding my own personal touch to the warm environment already found at Hillel," Meisels said in an e-mail sent to students involved. He welcomed students to visit him at the student center at 260 Charles St.
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Students' reactions vary on NAACP racism complaint
Some MSU students have mixed reactions to the racial discrimination complaint the NAACP filed in the end of August against Florida's education system. The complaint by the NAACP Florida State Conference of Branches wants to stop use of statewide assessment tests until there is no achievement gap between minority and white students.
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Concert to celebrate First Amendment
A concert will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Fairchild Theatre of banned or censored songs and multi-media displays.
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Fair brings LBGT resources
Live music, poetry, food and speakers helped bring communities together at the Lesbian, Bi, Gay, Transgender and Ally Resource Fair and Solidarity Slam on Wednesday. The Alliance of Lesbian-Bi-Gay-Transgender and Straight Ally Students, along with about a dozen other campus organizations, developed the information-packed fair, now in its tenth year. Resources, which included information on getting involved, help centers and groups across the state, were available at the fair, which was in the Union Parlor rooms.
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Marimba player to perform on campus
Marimba soloist David Hall will perform a mix of classical, Brazilian, ragtime, and contemporary music at 3 p.m.