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Archive for virtual history of quilts completed

It's taken five years for MSU MATRIX coordinators and The Alliance for American Quilts to piece together a worldwide database to preserve hundreds of years of American quilt storytelling.The archive opened Monday and serves as a virtual collection to make the history and background of quilts across the nation available online."Quilts are folk culture, and over the last 20 years, we have come to realize that we can learn a lot about the time periods they came from," Mark Kornbluh, director of MATRIX, said.

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Forum to address city noise ordinance

ASMSU leaders will host a forum tonight with East Lansing officials for students to express concerns about the city's stiffened policy on party noise. Student leaders and city officials are expected to address the policy and answer questions about the five-week-old ordinance that calls for jail time and steep fines for hosts of unruly parties. East Lansing police issued 11 citations under the policy during its first two weeks. Concerned students are conducting a petition drive in hopes of forcing the East Lansing City Council to reconsider the ordinance. The forum will begin at 7 p.m.

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Swarms of bugs due to warm weather, do not harm humans

Esther Gim
October 9, 2003

When Elizabeth Keson walks out of buildings, she sometimes gets attacked by a swarm of various ladybug-like insects."They're all over the doorways of all the buildings, so when you go in and out, they end up on your clothes," the food science sophomore said.

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Experts speak against antibiotics

Sam Finch said he is worried the medicine his Olin Health Center doctor gave him for bronchitis might make him more sick. After trying to battle a sore throat, nasal congestion, coughing and infection in his left ear without medication, the telecommunication, information studies and media senior said he decided he needed to go to the doctor.

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Board to discuss projects, finances

Antonio Planas
October 9, 2003

Renovations to campus buildings and the university's funding requests to the state are the main issues on the agenda for Friday's MSU Board of Trustees meeting.University Engineer Bob Nestle said he expects the board to approve construction plans to renovate the Brody Complex and the Clinical Center and Life Sciences Building.The Brody Complex renovations are expected to cost about $1.5 million, Nestle said, and the Clinical Center and Life Sciences Building costs are estimated at $740,000."There are two types of projects," Nestle said.

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Hate crimes focus of 'Act Out' day

The bruise surrounding Kat Superfisky's eye was a garish blue-green. She stood over a black T-shirt, taping a sexist slur onto the front with masking tape.The studio art sophomore was preparing for Wednesday's second annual Act Out, part of National Coming Out Days at MSU.The face-painted bruises would wash off at the end of the day, but from 8 a.m.

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Documentary film to be shown at Wells

Students for Peace and Justice will show the second film in their fall film series Wednesday night. "Incident at Oglala: Leonard Peltier Story" will begin at 8 p.m.

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ASMSU officials concerned with college merger

Amy Davis
October 8, 2003

Some ASMSU officials plan to show concerns about lack of student involvement in a decision to downsize the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources.The university's student government plans to follow the lead of the college's own student government, the student senate, which recently passed a bill to show its opposition to the merger that was discussed without student opinion.Two representatives in MSU's undergraduate student government introduced a bill during the weekly Academic Assembly meeting last Tuesday, but it was put on hold pending further student involvement and current student reactions to the merger.

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Psychological clinic offers screenings

The MSU Psychological Clinic will offer free mental health screenings in Olds Hall from 5 to 9 p.m. Thursday as part of the National Depression Screening Day, an annual effort to properly diagnose depression.Organizers of the event suggest students come down to the screenings if they have had symptoms of depression for two weeks or more.

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DuPont donates 3 patents to 'U'

Antonio Planas
October 8, 2003

MSU was awarded three patents to advance a method of processing petroleum, regularly used to make everyday materials such as milk cartons and cellophane.The patents were donated to the university by the Delaware-based DuPont Chemical Solutions Enterprise in an attempt to advance research techniques using the naturally-occurring mineral group called zeolites in the process.Stephen Craft, technology licensing sales manager for DuPont, said the patents were donated to the university because of similar research the university conducted in the past."MSU has just an outstanding department as it relates to catalyst research," Craft said.

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Debate team come in 2nd at tournament

The MSU debate team placed second out of 41 schools at its first tournament of the season.The team competed in the Georgia State University National Debate Tournament from Sept.

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MSU-DCL decorates walls with Austrian art

Contemporary paintings from Bregenz, Austria, will be on display at the MSU-DCL College of Law building for two months beginning this Friday.The free gallery of 47 paintings by artists who live and work in Bregenz will be open from 4 to 6 p.m.MSU-DCL professor and event organizer Nicholas Mercuro said the program is another step in MSU's relationship with Bregenz, which began with a Study Aboard program."MSU's relationship with Austria goes back four years ago," Mercuro said.

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Career fair to offer information, advice

More than 170 companies will be on campus Thursday offering jobs to students. MSU's Career Gallery 2003 will be at Breslin Center from 3 to 7 p.m. Career Gallery officials suggest students sign up on www.monstertrak.com before attending the gallery, because some companies require students to do so in advance. Students may get tickets at the doors but can avoid the line by picking them up between 8 a.m.

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Center celebrates five years over three days

The National Food Safety & Toxicology Center turns 5 years old this year and is celebrating this week.To commemorate the event, the center, located in room 165 of the Food Safety and Toxicology Building, will hold several events.

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Bathroom walls: Medium for 'U' thought

Helen Nethaway-Mindiola has seen it all. She's seen riots, war protests and students' cries for help. And she's seen it all from the writings inside a bathroom stall. Nethaway-Mindiola is a custodial worker who changes sheets of paper in the women's bathroom of the MSU Main Library.

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Kresge hosts walking tour through campus

Those interested in taking an early evening stroll around campus are invited to Kresge Art Museum today. A walking tour, led by the author of "MSU Campus: Buildings, Places, Spaces: Architecture and the Campus Park of Michigan State University," will begin at 5:30 p.m.

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Kabuki show closes Japan Week

By Joshua Carr Special for The State News Performer Umenosuke Onoe closed out Japan Week on Friday with his rendition of the ritualistic transformation and traditional Kabuki Onnagata performance to the nearly packed Kellogg Center auditorium. Hiromi Maenaka, assistant director at MSU's Asian Studies Center, worked with an official from the Japanese Consulate in Detroit to bring the show "Kabuki, Onnagata, and Creating a Feminine Ideal" to campus. Onnagata is a term referring to when a man performs a female role, and the technique stems from the 400-year-old art form Kabuki, Onoe said. "I chose Onnagata when I was 16 years old in high school," Onoe said through a translator. During the show, Onoe walked the audience through the painful makeup and wardrobe process he endures as a Kabuki performer to transform from a man into an Onnagata woman.