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Program will discuss foster experiences

Surviving and Thriving in Foster Care, the kick-off event for the third annual Child Welfare Learning Collaborative, takes place tomorrow in the Gardner Middle School auditorium.The event runs from 4-6 p.m.

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Museum founder recalls near-lynching

James Cameron was scheduled to be lynched in Marion, Ind., on Aug. 7, 1930.The 89-year-old man sat in his wheelchair in front of a full auditorium in the Kellogg Center on Monday speaking in a slow and calm, yet strong, voice about his near-lynching experience.

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DCL begins intellectual property classes

It's at a rock concert. It's on soft-drink labels and all over newspapers.It's intellectual property - the issues surrounding copyrights, trademarks, patents and Internet law - and MSU-DCL College of Law Professor Peter Yu said it's increased in importance as society's focus shifts to biotechnology, cloning and online file sharing."You drink a Coca-Cola and the brand name is right there," Yu said.

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Week to educate on farm safety, health

National Farm Safety and Health Week will be held Sept. 21-27 to educate farmers on safety regulations that could help workers avoid the dangers of the second most hazardous industry in the United States. MSU Extension received a four-year grant from the U.S.

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Sparrow to hold Hepatitis C meeting

An informational meeting on Hepatitis C will be held from 6-8 p.m. on Sept. 25 at Lansing's Sparrow Hospital. The meeting, sponsored by the Ingham County Health Department, will discuss Hepatitis C, how it's transmitted, treatment options and prevention measures. Reservations are not required for the free meeting in the Clark Conference Room on the Sparrow's St.

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Biology women form group

After noticing a shortage in the number of tenured women professors, two women from the Department of Plant Biology decided to take action by forming a discussion group.Anna Monfils, an MSU alumna and instructor in the department, and Kathleen Kay, a plant biology graduate student - along with about 25 female plant biology students - met Friday with tenured women faculty members in a question-and-answer session.Monfils and Kay said they hope to start a discussion group that meets regularly to help women in plant biology with their career goals and Friday's discussion was the first."I was having concerns about women in science having role models," Monfils said.

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ASMSU accepts applications after loan officer leaves

After two years of handling multiple aspects of ASMSU's loan program from the business office, loan clerk Gary Reason left his position Friday afternoon to pursue an inventory specialist position at Value City Furniture."It is very sad," the 39-year old Reason said after his co-workers presented him with a cake to honor his last day at ASMSU.

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Greenhouse proposal revised; student focus holds steady

Members of the Student Greenhouse Project revised their proposal for a dome-shaped greenhouse and met with administrators in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources last week and the College of Natural Science Thursday to push the approval of a public greenhouse in the center of north campus. "It's a process of getting various stakeholders and administrators for broad support to get final approval," said Phillip Lamoureux, member of the Student Greenhouse Committee and main developer of the proposal.

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Music, food, activities highlight Frankenfest

"Frankenfest" will be from 5 to 9 p.m. tonight on the Union lawn as part of East Lansing and MSU's second annual "One Book, One Community" program. Every year the program coordinators choose a book for the whole community to read and then plan activities that relate to the book.

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New Mormon building opens

More than a year after a blaze brought their facility to the ground, the Mormons of the Lansing Michigan Stake are back at home. Members of the Mormon stake in East Lansing had been continuing their work in Lansing and Holt while the 24,500-square-foot building at 431 E.

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Grad council discusses funds

MSU's Council of Graduate Students met Wednesday for its first meeting of the school year and discussed the budget and future events.COGS' budget was passed last April, but some members questioned a few of the expenses.

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Trustees to consider expansions

Investing more than $100 million in renovations and expansion to campus buildings is one of the topics the MSU Board of Trustees will vote on at its Friday meeting. The expansion and renovation proposals to Spartan Stadium, Snyder and Phillips halls and IM Sports-West, along with an overview of the 2002-03 university budget and the release of preliminary enrollment numbers for the class of 2007, will all be addressed at the meeting, which begins at 2 p.m.