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Miss Michigan to speak in Conrad Erin Michelle Moss, the reigning Miss Michigan, will make an appearance on campus from 7-8 p.m.
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Senior council charity bowl donates $1,400
It was a great day for football as muddy fields and a light breeze accompanied play during the MSU Senior Class Council’s fifth annual Green and White Charity Bowl. Coed teams could sign up for the event by donating $40, which went to the charity of the winning team’s choice. “We raised about $1,400 today,” Senior Class Council President Bill Novotny said.
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Society hosts U, national poets
Spoken words were filled with energy, emotion and rage Saturday night at the Black Poets Society event “Bum Rush the Stage” in the packed Erickson Hall Kiva.The poets blended a slew of topics including civil rights, history and relationships.
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Student remembered with vigil
As Sarah McLachlan’s anthem of mourning, “I Will Remember You,” poured out across the Red Cedar River, more than 75 of Clare McCormick’s friends and family gathered Saturday night to share and celebrate memories of a life ended so suddenly.
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Vigil to be held for student
Friends and family of Clare McCormick will gather Saturday for a candlelight vigil to remember her life. McCormick, a 19-year-old elementary education and child development sophomore from Alpena, was hit by a car on Chandler Road on the morning of Oct.
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Case Hall government supports Rep
Despite receiving negative feedback for comments made about minorities, Case Hall government stood behind its Residence Halls Association representative at Wednesday’s meeting.Adam Raezler recently came under fire from some of his colleagues for comments published in a the group’s newsletter, RHA Today.The comment, paraphrased by LaToya Logan, director of racial ethnic and progressive affairs, read, “Adam Raezler brought it to my attention that he represents the majority of the people in his hall, whom are white, male, heterosexuals, which excludes so-called minorities.”Raezler denies making the comments, and stated in an e-mailed letter sent to a variety of student government bodies that the comment should have read, “The role of the representatives is to represent what the majority of people from your organization deem necessary and proper for and from RHA.”The remarks in question occurred Oct.
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Students argue murder trial for practice
Sammy Jo Roenick was found brutally beaten and strangled beyond recognition in her home on the evening of March 18.
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Poetry group to sponsor event
The Black Poets Society is presenting “Bum Rush the Stage,” from 7-10 p.m. on Saturday in the Erickson Hall Kiva.
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Greeks select new executive leaders
Jennifer Granholm and Dick Posthumus weren’t the only ones sweating bullets this week in elections. Members in 21 of MSU’s 29 Interfraternity Council groups selected new executive officials Wednesday night at Lafayette Square in Brody Complex. “I feel very good about the process,” said Amy Radford, assistant director of Student Life.
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Voters rejected Proposal 4
ASMSU can rest easy now.Tireless efforts from several members of MSU’s undergraduate student government culminated Tuesday when Proposal 4 - a proposal they had been opposing since May - failed in the general election.The proposal would redirect about $8.5 billion obtained by the state in a 1998 settlement with tobacco companies.
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Donations low for U challenge
MSU could lose more than just a football game when it goes up against Penn State next week.The ninth annual MSU-Penn State Challenge launched Monday, but officials say blood drive donations are lower than expected.“A lot of people haven’t been coming out,” said David Bosman, the challenger’s chairman.The planning committee for the challenge had estimated a collection of 1,960 pints of blood - 300 pints more than last year.Bosman said “Defending Our Title, Defending the Blood Supply,” had a low turnout Monday at Bailey Hall, Communication Arts and Sciences Building and the Red Cross Donor Room, 1800 E.
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Decades of graffiti etched in Shaw walls
“HOO-HA.” “Cool kids.”“89 PAT VS. BEAKER.”All phrases - and perhaps thousands more - are immortalized on the graffiti-laden walls of Shaw Hall’s Totally Takeout.
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Smokers on campus down from 2000
More MSU students are choosing not to light up a cigarette compared to two years ago, according to a recent MSU study. The National Collegiate Health Assessment Survey was conducted in 2000 and 2002, and sighted a decrease of MSU smokers from 30 percent to about 20 percent.
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Altar promotes awareness
It started out as just a little idea, but grew into an altar that stands nearly 10 feet tall, decorated with small skulls and red and white candles. Candy was set on the altar as an offering to ancestors, and pictures of the dead are mounted on its backboard. Education sophomore Blanca Gamino and social work sophomore Rocio Vera offered to create the altar in Baker Hall as part of an effort to promote cultural awareness about their Mexican heritage and a holiday they've celebrated since childhood - Dia de los Muertos, or the Day of the Dead. The effort is supported through the Student Organization of Latino Social Workers. "It's to remember all our ancestors and those who passed away that we love," Gamino said.
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Groups to sponsor parenting programs The MSU Child and Family Care Resources and the MSU Women's Resource Center are co-sponsoring a two-part parenting series.
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Speaker to discuss Middle East, cakes
Lyman Briggs School is presenting a guest speaker at 7:30 p.m. today in C-106 Holmes Hall.Edward Burger, a mathematics professor at Williams College, will be hosting a presentation called “The Texas Cake Cutting Massacre: Can Conflicts be Resolved by Making Piece?”The lecture will discuss negotiating skills and the Middle East, relating the ideas to cakes.
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Assassin game alarms police
Student groups on campus are playing a game that is causing others to call the police.The game is called a variety of names, including “Assassins” and “game of elimination.”About five MSU police officers approached Criminal justice freshman Michael Klopp and two friends were after they were seen walking into Akers Hall with what was thought to be a handgun last week.A Capitol Area Transportation Authority bus driver reported the situation.
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Basketball to raise money for hospital
A 3-on-3 basketball tournament will take place at 3 p.m. Nov. 23 at IM Sports-Circle to raise money benefiting St.
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U.S., China seek to develop Web-based language learning
Imagine playing video games for hours, and as a result, gaining the ability to speak Chinese fluently.An MSU professor says the idea is in development.Yong Zhao, associate professor of educational psychology, is leading the design on a new platform that will incorporate teaching Chinese in the United States.
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Penn State, U battle in blood drive
Plates full of cookies and jugs of juice were placed on a table in the Bailey Hall lounge Monday. Red and blue lawn chairs were strategically placed around the rest of the room as American Red Cross workers in white lab coats patiently waited for students to come in and donate blood. The ninth annual MSU-Penn State Blood Challenge began Monday and will run until Nov.