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RHA holds seminar
University groups that use Robert’s Rules of Order to direct their meetings are invited to attend the Residence Halls Association’s parliamentary seminar at 6:30 p.m.
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Organizations to help society kick off program
When her roommate found a lump in her breast last October, special education junior Jeanette Lantzy knew she wanted to do something to help out.“It was a scare for all of us,” Lantzy said.Although her friend’s lump turned out to be benign, the reality of breast cancer motivated Lantzy and a group of friends to team up with about 30 campus organizations to participate in Tell a Friend, Save a Life, a campaign associated with National Breast Cancer Awareness Month.Breast cancer can appear in college-aged women, but the Tell a Friend, Save a Life campaign will focus on women over the age of 40, when most women are at risk.
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Graduate union seeks arbitration
Amid a contract dispute between the Graduate Employees Union and MSU, the union decided to seek arbitration after a grievance filed last month was rejected by the university.The union formally announced its decision at Friday’s Board of Trustees meeting.“MSU administrators should abide by the contract they signed,” union President Scott Henkel said in his speech to the board.“While we hope that this matter will be resolved soon, it would be irresponsible for us to allow the administration to violate our contract without being held accountable for those violations,” Henkel said.After the union files for arbitration, an agreed upon third-party person will hear both sides and settle the contract dispute.The contract states that teaching assistants with at least four semesters of experience will be promoted to the third level of pay in a three-tier system, which is $700 more per year.
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Students rally for unity
Spartan Soul dancers shook their bodies in rhythm to the fast beat of the music.As the music slowed, they raised their hands to the sky and Martin Luther King Jr.’s booming voice overtook the music.
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Families, recipients of organ donors honored at Kellogg Center
At age 5, Patrick Pruitt was already losing his eyesight. As an avid reader, he detected his gradual blindness when he could no longer read the words on the pages of his books. However, with help from the Gift of Life and the Michigan Eye-Bank and Transplantation Center, the psychology freshman was able to receive a cornea transplant, which restored his sight.
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Women awarded by police for saving life
Joyce Ann Colby will never forget the morning of Sept. 18 as she was sipping coffee and suddenly fell to the ground.Neither will Jo Hartwell or Patti Prince, the women who saved Colby’s life.
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Events to promote diversity
A series of events for Palestinian Awareness Week will take place Monday through Friday. Students for Palestinian Human Rights are co-sponsoring the event with Muslim Students’ Association, Students for Economic Justice and the Peace Education Center. Ilan Pappe, a history and political science professor at Haifa University, will be hosting a lecture called “Israel: a State of Denial” at 7:30 p.m.
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Event on workers rights
The MSU School of Labor and Industrial Relations and the American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations are teaming up today for a two-day conference on worker rights. The first session begins at 8 a.m.
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Proposal to be debated
ASMSU will meet with 500 representatives from the state’s private and public colleges to rally against Proposal 4 this weekend. The rally will be at 1 p.m.
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Housing fair educates students
Crunch time is approaching and students will soon face the yearly decision of where to live.To ease the process, ASMSU, East Lansing and the Community Relations Coalition in East Lansing cooperated in bringing the first annual Housing Fair to the Union Ballroom on Wednesday.
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Grant aids Kresge projects, facility
Kresge Art Museum received a two year grant for $112,500 last week from the Institute of Museum and Library Services which will be used to update the facility and will be used toward an internship program.Officials for the museum have applied for the grant before, but this is the first time they have been awarded the money.
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Crime not rising, but free legal services sees rush of students
The number of students getting free legal help from MSU’s graduate and undergraduate student governments has skyrocketed, but the director of ASMSU/COGS Legal Services says that’s a good thing. At least 565 students have come to the Student Services law office for help so far this fall - 46 percent more than sought help in fall 2000, Legal Services director Rachel Huhn said. But the increase doesn’t mean that more students are getting into trouble with the law.
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Pulitzer winners speak at forum
Four Pulitzer Prize winners representing three different decades debated the relationship between the war on terrorism and the first amendment in the 33rd annual Frederick S.
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Eminem movie to be shown at screening
Universal Pictures along with the Residence Halls Association is showing an advanced screening of “8 Mile” at 7 p.m.
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ASMSU director seeks to fill open positions soon
Gaping holes in staffing have plagued ASMSU since the beginning of the school year, and the group’s association director said he hopes the problem will be remedied by Oct.
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Students needed for disorder research
Students with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder are needed for a research project being conducted on campus.Christine Chan, a doctoral student who also has the disorder, is looking for 24 student volunteers as quickly as possible who would be willing to participate in the confidential project.The project involves working with a program called Nestor, an experimental Web browser that draws navigation maps while searching the web.Nestor was originally designed for teachers to track students’ research methods on the Internet, but Chan believes the visual software can be helpful to people with the disorder.The whole process will take no more than two hours and students will receive a private consultation with Chan after participating.Interested students must have certified documentation of the disorder and can contact Chan at chanchri@msu.edu.Tara May
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Company turns grass into mementos
You don’t need to get tackled to feel the new grass in Spartan Stadium.A Connecticut-based manufacturing consultant company came up with the idea last year to take clippings from the new turf and make keepsakes from it.“They bought the trademark from us,” Terry Livermore, spokesperson for MSU Licensing said. “It’s sold by Spartan Marketing Inc., so they have all say on how it’s being marketed.”Barton Associate Inc. has put the trademark to use once already and patented a mouse pad.“We made paper with it,” Barton Associate Inc. President John Barton said.
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Group to sponsor free massage program
MSU’s Healthy ‘U’ team is sponsoring a free massage program as part of its Relaxation and Stress Management program on Oct.10 for MSU faculty and staff.
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Technology Club to hold meeting Friday
The MSU Medical Technology Club will be hosting its next meeting Friday in the Union’s Ohio State Room.
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Physicists to meet at Kellogg, discuss adding women to field
More than 500 nuclear physicists from around the world and 200 students from the United States will inundate Kellogg Center later this week for the fall meeting of the American Physical Society’s Division of Nuclear Physics.MSU’s Cyclotron is sponsoring the event for the third time - the first since 1991 - and local scientists say the conference, which runs from Thursday through Sunday, will focus on several issues.