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Olin series to inform women on importance of staying healthy

Tara May
February 10, 2004

Olin Health Center is coordinating a month-long series of events to address women's healthy sexuality during February. It's the second women's healthy sexuality month at MSU, and was developed by Olin health educators to inform MSU women about the importance of gynecological exams and keeping their bodies healthy physically as well as sexually. "There were some needs in the area of women's sexuality, such as pap smears," Olin Health Center health educator Dennis Martell said.

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Big Ten student government association to be redesigned

Because of general dissatisfaction with the structure of the Association of Big Ten Students, representatives from MSU's undergraduate student government said they plan to help reshape the organization. The association holds semi-annual conferences for student governments at Big Ten schools.

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Professors win 'geek' bowl

Katherine Schaefer Special for The State News Students from the Honors College concluded their week-long Geek Week events with a trivia game against their professors Friday night. Laura Portwood-Stacer, a telecommunication, information and media studies senior, came up with the idea for Geek Week last year.

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Students celebrate Chicano History Month

Elizabeth Piet
February 9, 2004

Chicano History Month is in full swing, with students across campus honoring their heritage through a series of events in February. The events are planned and sponsored by the Culturas de las Razas Unidas, MSU's Chicano student group Movimiento Estudiantil Xicano de Aztlan, ASMSU's Programming Board and the Chicano and Latino Studies program.

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International aid to be focus of meeting

Tara May
February 6, 2004

The Michigan chapter of Partners of the Americas is holding an informational meeting on campus to recruit interested students. The organization pairs students with experts in fields who help struggling communities in Latin-American countries, including Belize and the Dominican Republic, with ecological and social issues. The meeting will be at 10 a.m.

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New Web site exhibits 'U' artwork

Jaclyn Roeschke
February 6, 2004

A new Web site created by the MSU Public Art on Campus Committee has put campus artwork on display for the world to see. The new site, publicart.msu.edu, allows surfers to take a look at the 903 pieces of art displayed in locations throughout campus. The committee was established in 1999 by the MSU Board of Trustees.

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Years of 'human' food leads to domestic duck behavior

Amy Davis
February 6, 2004

If you feed them, they will come - they just won't leave. Several hundred ducks can be seen each day, either congregating outside the Administration Building or using their bright orange, webbed feet to battle the Red Cedar River current.

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RHA ratifies amendments

Joseph Clark
February 6, 2004

Members of the Residence Halls Association's General Assembly made major changes to the organization's constitution and bylaws at their meeting Wednesday. Eight amendments were approved by the assembly in a unanimous vote on the constitution as a whole.

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ASMSU favors adding joint committee, opposes review committee

Debating on two new committees that would allow it to better connect with students, ASMSU's Academic Assembly voted to add one and drop the other Tuesday night. MSU's undergraduate student government voted 14-5 to add a committee below the Director of Constituent Activism, a position added last year to reach out to the university's 34,853 undergraduates.

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'Swingers' win annual competition

Jaclyn Roeschke
February 5, 2004

Jumping, jiving and wailing into the spotlight, the MSU State Swing Society has tried its best to create a new niche on campus for music that was popular five decades ago. The group was created in 2000 by members of the Lansing and MSU communities who hoped to "get a group of people together who wanted to have fun while sharing a common interest and dancing to a different type of music," said group co-founder Bryan Grochowski, a 1998 MSU alumnus. Once founded, the group members set their sites on a statewide competition created by a Detroit-based group called All Night Entertainment.

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Ethnic food kicks off Diversity Week

Emily Bingham
February 4, 2004

Advertising graduate student Colleen Norwine was pleasantly surprised on Tuesday afternoon when she stopped by the lobby of the MSU-DCL College of Law building on her way to use the library. Instead of finding students studying or waiting for class to begin, she walked right into the thick of Ethnic Food Day. "I saw the sign, and I love ethnic food," she said.

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Council looks to fill administrator's vacancy

Meghan Gilbert
February 4, 2004

The Executive Committee of Academic Council discussed the policy to fill the vacancy of vice president for research and graduate studies during its Tuesday meeting. Bob Huggett will leave the position on July 1, allowing only months for a replacement to be found.