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Apple growing focus of Fruit School event
MSU researchers and faculty partnered with MSU Extension staff members will hold a Fruit School Jan.
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Organic farming to be conference feature
On Jan. 31, the fifth annual Northern Michigan Small Farm Conference will welcome established keynote speakers and several different presenters to Michigan small farmers.
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Dorms face renovations
Two years after Shaw Hall was gutted and refitted with new wiring and stackable furniture, another residence hall is facing its deadline for a nip and tuck. Snyder and Phillips halls will be closed for about 18 months starting in May 2005 so contractors can make updates that will include renovating the community bathrooms, outdoor masonry and plumbing, electrical and heating systems.
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Olin campaign aims to modify students' drinking perceptions
A campaign launching this semester in posters and advertisements around campus is designed to help change students' perceptions about drinking. Olin Health Center is conducting a social norming campaign that seeks to correct misconceptions the public might have about an issue.
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Red Cross faces blood shortage
The Red Cross is asking students to roll up their sleeves. The Great Lakes Region of the American Red Cross is down to a 24-hour overall supply of blood.
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'U' might merge departments
The Executive Committee of Academic Council discussed the possibility of reorganizing university departments during its Tuesday meeting. A proposal to consolidate the sports medicine program to become a part of the radiology department was passed to Provost Lou Anna Simon for further action.
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Web mail updates security features
While students were on winter break, MSU's e-mail system received a full makeover - inside and out. The system, located at http://mail.msu.edu, replaced the 10-year-old Pilot system in March.
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ASMSU might join new national organization
MSU might take steps to become a charter member of the new American Student Government Association after ASMSU's Academic Assembly meets tonight. The American Student Government Association is a national organization centered in Gainesville, Fla.
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'U' organizations discuss more recycling options
As the new semester begins, on-campus organizations are looking for new ways to recycle used materials. Last semester, Residence Halls Association chose not to renew its contract for recycling service with Waste Management, and instead signed an agreement with MSU's Office of Recycling and Waste Management.
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All-night watch keeps campus roads cleared
Steve Frank's alarm clock never shuts up during the winter months. It is set to tear him out of his warm, comfy bed every two hours throughout the night.
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Brightest & Best
The opportunity to earn her master's degree at Cambridge University has made zoology senior Sarah Lansing quite nervous. Lansing is one of two MSU students nominated for the prestigious Churchill Scholarship, and although she applied for the scholarship on a whim, the Chicago native is anxious to plan her post-graduate life. "The nomination was kind of last minute," Lansing said.
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Professor to discuss abortion's influences
Adrienne Asch, an ethicist and disability rights advocate and professor in biology, ethics and the politics of human reproduction at Wellesley College, will be speaking on the medical ethics of abortion on Wednesday. Her topic is "Emerging Issues in Abortion: Beyond Pro-Life and Pro-Choice," and will take place at 7:30 p.m.
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International photo exhibit stops in E.L.
The corners of some of the pictures in a new photography exhibit at the Kresge Art Museum have begun to curl. It might be because the artwork was recently in a more humid environment, art Professor Peter Glendinning said.
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Downloads still banned despite subpoena ruling
Although the Recording Industry Association of America will now have a more expensive and lengthy process to obtain the identity of illegal file-sharers, students shouldn't see the ruling as a green light to download, university officials say. Last month the U.S.
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Sessions promote harmony, enlightenment
The chanting began with a soft, feminine voice in the corner of the room. From the opposite side of the living area, the men's deep baritones joined in. With their eyes closed, legs crossed beneath them and hands raised to the sky, the 20 present members of the MSU Buddhist Study Group began their Friday night ritual in a typical home tucked away in a quiet East Lansing neighborhood. For these men and women, their week culminates with this chanting at 7 on Friday evenings.
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Bioethics focus of Brown Bag series
This Thursday, learn while you lunch. Adrienne Asch will present "The Disability Challenge to Traditional Bioethics" at noon on Thursday in C-102 East Fee Hall.
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Career planning focus of senior seminar
Tips on networking, finding job openings and career planning top the list of advice that speaker Linda Gross, MSU's Career Service and Placement assistant director, will cover in the seminar, "Using Internet Resources to Find Job Opportunities." The Senior Class Council and the MSU Alumni Association will host the program at 7 p.m.
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Board debates tuition, parking
The MSU Board of Trustees passed several proposals at its Dec. 5 meeting to create more campus parking and electrical power and to add gender identity to the university's anti-discrimination policy. The board also, in light of the state's $920 million budget shortfall, pledged not to increase tuition for the spring semester if the state holds appropriation cuts at 3 percent or less. When Gov.
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Graduate Employees Union, 'U' to settle back-pay grievance through arbitration
Discussions between the Graduate Employees Union and the university to settle a back-pay grievance were unsuccessful and will be settled through outside arbitration this spring, officials say.
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ASMSU assembly to resolve old issues at rescheduled meeting
Unfinished business will be cleaned up a week earlier than originally scheduled as ASMSU's Academic Assembly members plan to meet Tuesday. According to code, MSU's undergraduate student government's Academic Assembly is supposed to meet the first week of classes.