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Area officials to meet for tuition discussion
University and state officials will discuss rising tuition costs at a town hall forum tonight. The discussion will be held from 7 -9 p.m.
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EMU president to switch with student
Eastern Michigan University President Samuel Kirkpatrick is serving up tacos today. Kirkpatrick, who leads Michigan’s fifth largest university, will trade places with Eastern Michigan political science junior Angelina Hamilton for one day. Kirkpatrick will attend Hamilton’s classes starting at 9:30 a.m., fill in for part of her shift at Taco Bell, and serve dinner at Hamilton’s Delta Zeta sorority house, Eastern Michigan spokesman Ward Mullens said. But Hamilton, whose application was selected as the best one for the job, has a long day.
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College Board may make over SAT
One test commonly used for college admissions could be changing. Recommendations of changes to the SAT will be made to the College Board’s trustees at a June meeting. Although officials at the College Board, the company that created the test, would not comment about the proposed changes, they did acknowledge possible changes such as the addition of a writing test, the reduction of analogy questions and the addition of a more advanced math section.
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ASMSU launches redesigned, user-friendly Web site
Sparty, Beaumont Tower and snow-covered trees welcome Web surfers as they access ASMSU’s redesigned Web site. The undergraduate student government’s site was recreated and came online March 16 at www.asmsu.org. The previous site had not been changed for about a year and a half. The Web site’s home page is split into four sections: About ASMSU, Services, Projects and People.
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U attends legal policy symposium on rights, networks in Washington
MSU faculty, staff and students are in Washington, D.C., today attending the James H. Quello Communication Policy & Law Symposium.Representatives from the MSU community are primarily from MSU-Detroit College of Law.National security, social and political rights, access to Internet networks, providers and services and the evolution of the legal industry will be discussed, said Barbara Anselmo, assistant director of marketing for MSU-DCL.The symposium is at the Willard Inter-Continental Hotel and is sponsored by the Quello Center at MSU, the Law Review at MSU-DCL and the Institute of Public Utilities at MSU.“When the law is changing this quickly, it is sometimes more important to learn the theory, rather than the actual law at the time,” said Brian Kalt, an assistant professor of law.Kalt, who is the co-chairman of the Law Review advisory committee, said telecommunication and administrative law is at the forefront of law discussion.“Well this is, I think, broader than any one particular class,” he said.“This is dealing with some cutting-edge issues - law, communication and policy.”He said professors and people from top firms and government, such as Michael Powell, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, will be attending and speaking at the event.Kalt said Law Review students will be publishing the proceedings of the event and will have the opportunity to make contacts and become familiar with important issues.Kalt said MSU-DCL Dean Terence Blackburn will kick off today’s events with a welcome to those attending and an introduction of the day’s events.Although there has been restrictions put on technology since the Sept.
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Womens studies prof to lecture at Union
The second of a three-part series on women’s issues will take place tonight in the Union Green Room. The series, called “Borders, Barriers and Bridges,” deals with various issues affecting women.
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Student leader looks to raise involvement
Jim Ciszewski decided three weeks ago that he was up to a challenge - he wanted to become president of the Council of Graduate Students.Last week, members of the graduate student government officially gave him the task.
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Activist trustee dies
Don Stevens spent his life fighting unpopular fights. An MSU trustee from 1958-78, Stevens was instrumental in the hiring of Clifton Wharton, MSU’s first black president. Stevens died Friday at age 87. “Don Stevens was the kind of guy who always kept his word,” Wharton said.
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Groups to review guidelines
Undercover police investigation guideline recommendations were finalized by the University Committee on Student Affairs last week.Other groups will receive the guidelines before they are submitted to MSU President M.
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Racism discussed during conference
Lindsay Verwey vividly remembers the last time she was the target of a racial slur.The Lansing Eastern High School freshman was shopping for makeup when she was approached by another girl.“She just gave me a dirty look and called me a ‘spic,’” she said.Incidents like that aren’t a common occurrence, Verwey said, but they do happen from time to time.“It hurts you inside - you feel like you’re not wanted,” she said.
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Web site shows professors ratings
After more than five years of planning, MSU officials uploaded a Web site that shows results of students’ opinions about teachers.The site, Students’ Opinion of Courses and Teaching, www.soct.msu.edu, allows students, faculty and staff members to see students’ ratings for undergraduate courses and course instructors.
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Graduation event stirs debate
Black students at MSU have the opportunity to graduate twice in one weekend.MSU’s first Black Celebratory will be May 3 in Wharton Center’s Pasant Theatre.
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Group holds conference for biracial, bisexual students
A conference titled “The Mixed Experience” will be held from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at the Multicultural Center in the Union basement.
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RHA completes board elections
The Residence Halls Association’s executive board wrapped up elections Wednesday, adding Holden Hall Rep.
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Speaker rallies for prisoners release
Phyllis Englebert will be seeking support for the freedom of a Middle Eastern prisoner from 4-6 p.m.
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Jewish, Great Lakes exhibits come to U
The MSU Museum received two grants Wednesday to showcase Jewish and Great Lakes-area cultures later this year.The Michigan Humanities Council awarded the museum $12,432 to display a U.S.
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Campus briefs
Panel discussion to address conserving campus energy The panel discussion “Michigan’s Energy Future: Shaping the New Century,” will be held at 7 p.m.
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Speaker addresses public health
Madalyn Pollock fidgeted with her pearl necklace Wednesday as tears filled her eyes.Photos of her husband flashed across the screen in Wharton Center’s Pasant Theatre as an introduction to journalist Laurie Garrett’s presentation.
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U-M graduates to help GEU reach quicker contract
The University of Michigan’s Graduate Employees Organization coming to an agreement with university officials this week has left members of MSU’s Graduate Employees Union with mixed feelings. “I think the mood is sort of people are excited and optimistic, but also frustrated with the lack of progress we’ve been making in bargaining,” said Jessica Goodkind, the graduate union’s president. MSU officials were unavailable for comment on Tuesday. Goodkind said the union and MSU agreed on a few issues, including training and development of teaching assistants, on Monday.
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Student elections resume
The unversitywide student polls for ASMSU and University Apartments’ Council of Residents reopened Tuesday with few problems. On the main menu of the ballot a help page is available if any voting problems occur for the second set of elections.