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Lecture, teach-in to talk about possible Iraqi war
Events objecting to the war on Iraq will take place Friday on and off campus.A teach-in on Iraq will take place from 3-5 p.m.
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U Karate Club kicks students into shape
After receiving an e-mail from the MSU Karate Club, Stacey Ninemeier thought she was getting into an aerobics class.
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Author to host slide presentation on India
Author Robert Arnett will be visiting East Lansing and MSU this weekend to show a slide presentation about the culture and people of India.
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DCL rules against political bill
A debate on a bill about Palestinian rights Tuesday ended before the proposal’s merits could be discussed at a Student Bar Association meeting at the MSU-Detroit College of Law Building.The association decided it was not in its position to take a side on political issues because it represent the entire student body as the majority of the board voted against the bill.
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Speaker to discuss about life with AIDS
Miss Black and Gold and Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity are sponsoring speaker Rae Lewis-Thornton to discuss the AIDS epidemic with the public and discuss how it has affected her life.
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Board of Trustees, students to debate
Four of the candidates for the MSU Board of Trustee will debate at 6 p.m. Wednesday in 145 Communication Arts and Sciences Building. Bill Ballenger, editor and publisher of Inside Michigan Politics, will serve as the moderator. The 90-minute debate, sponsored by the Council of Graduate Students and The State News, will include incumbents Colleen McNamara, a Democrat, and Don Nugent, a Republican, as well as State Sen.
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U employee gets obscene call
An MSU employee received an obscene phone call from an unknown man stating he was coming after her last week.Police say a 34-year-old woman received four obscene phone calls in her Administration Building office between 8 a.m.
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College of Education awarded 2 grants
The MSU College of Education will be part of two grants worth about $20 million awarded by the National Science Foundation to improve education. MSU is the only university to be part of both grants at the K-12 and post-secondary level. The grant, awarded for the study of Higher Adult and Lifelong Education, is worth $10 million over five years and will launch a relationship with the University of Wisconsin and Penn State University to establish the Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning. “Starting from day one for this to be a success it will go way beyond Wisconsin,” said James Fairweather, MSU educational administration professor.
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Students active in IM sports
Seventy-five thousand screaming fans and national TV coverage are not needed for an exciting, competitive football game to take place.According to avid residence hall sports fans, all that’s needed are floor mates or fraternity brothers, color coordinated T-shirts and $35 to sign up for one of the most popular sports in the dorms - IM football.“I love it,” communications junior and IM assistant supervisor Andi Osters said.
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Black Caucus to sponsor haunted house Friday
The Case Hall Black Caucus is sponsoring a haunted house Friday night for students and area residents.
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Report: Plant adds phosphorus to river
The banks of the Red Cedar River are not as clean as they look, according to data issued last week by the Public Interest Research Group in Michigan.The group gathered information on pollutant violations from 1999 to 2001 from the Environmental Protection Agency and Michigan Department of Environmental Quality.
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Cultural center to host lunchtime events
The African Studies Center in 201 International Center will present two lecturers. The African Studies Brown Bag with linguistics Professor Grover Hudson is on “Linguistic Analysis of the 1998 Ethiopian Census” at noon Thursday.
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Palestinian debate to be held by students
A proposal supporting Palestinian rights and a U.N. resolution is causing a stir among the student body of the MSU-Detroit College of Law that is culminating in a debate at 9:30 p.m.
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Health information to be sent out in e-mail
The University Physician’s Office at MSU is sending health information e-mails to MSU employees, retirees and health care providers. The Healthy Email Project provides information on common health concerns that has been reviewed by physicians.
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RHA begins recycling program in dorms
Students living in residence halls will no longer have an excuse to walk by empty blue bins marked plastic, paper and glass. The Residence Halls Association begins its recycling program today, available in all the residence halls on campus.
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Bills might give nursing students aid
A new nursing scholarship could provide the state of Michigan with $4 million that could potentially offset the shortage of nurses statewide.
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Night raises cultural awareness
With puppets and henna tattoos, ethnic foods and maps of the East, a group of volunteers made efforts to educate Holmes Hall students Sunday. The Asian-African cultural night was part of an effort by the group Raising Awareness by Internationalizing Students’ Education, or RAISE, to visit the residence halls and promote awareness. RAISE is a program within the Office of Internationalizing Students, which is a part of the Department of Student Life.
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Mayor speaks to students on change
Social relations senior Luisa Schumacher left Friday’s speech by Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick at Kellogg Center a changed woman.“When I graduated, I always said I was going to go to Washington, D.C.,” Schumacher said after the event, sponsored by the James Madison Founders Circle.
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U professors perform concert for Spartan Spectacular event
It was exactly the way the Spartan Marching Band wanted to end a busy Homecoming weekend as they joined the School of Music and a surprise guest conductor Saturday for the 2002 Spartan Spectacular.
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Parade provides fun despite cold weather
“Guys, we’re gonna get candy!” Lyman Briggs freshman Shelby Newman shouted to her friends as they patiently waited at their spot on Grand River Avenue for the Homecoming parade to start Friday night.Newman and her friends are freshmen, and they know all the words to the MSU’s fight song - and they made sure other spectators knew that by proudly belting it out and clapping as they waited to hear the Spartan Marching Band’s version.With more than just a hint of fall in the air, families, alumni, students and MSU fans lined the streets as the more than 120 units supporting everything from political candidates to role playing groups marched along the parade route.There also was an appearance from the green-skirted mascot, Sparty.