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Competition to decide fate of heroes
A group of students will compete today to prove what famous hero is worthy of being inducted into the MSU Multicultural Heroes Hall of Fame. Since Jan.
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Professors for virtual classes teach more
Distance education allows instructors to teach anywhere around the world - and one study says they are teaching more than their counterparts who don’t use it. A report released last week by the U.S.
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V-Week celebration begins with art, awareness
The cast of “The Vagina Monologues” transformed from actors to artists with paintbrushes, chalk and markers to draw vaginas. ASMSU Women’s Council sponsored the event to kick off V-Week, the week of the play’s opening at the Auditorium’s Fairchild Theatre.
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Archivist to revisit E.L. in upcoming photo book
Historical facts mixed with the personal tales and photographs of families in East Lansing will be featured in a new book.Whitney Miller, an MSU records archivist, is writing a book about the history of East Lansing.
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ASMSU assemblies find increase in applications
Monday marked ASMSU’s election application deadline, and the collected number of applications for the undergraduate student government are up slightly from last year.ASMSUofficials tallied about 23 Student Assembly applicants and 15 Academic Assembly applicants at the 5 p.m.
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Latin groups performances shine in talent show
A performance of Brazilian martial art in the form of a dance Friday night featured a group of four students symbolizing the actions of indigenous Latinos and slaves who sought to overthrow their masters.Brandon Mauro, an East Asian languages and cultures sophomore, participated in the dance, known as Capoeira, during Latin Explosion, the talent show sponsored by Culturas de las Razas Unidas.Mauro said the event helped open people’s eyes to Latino culture.“It’s important so people get more exposure and a better understanding,” he said.
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ASMSU calendar to list events
A 4-foot-long and 3-foot-wide events calendar was put on the wall outside 307 Student Services by ASMSU, the undergraduate student government. The $130 calendar will post all ASMSU Student and Academic assembly events.
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Political speaker sparks racial debate at ASMSU
A debate concerning racism arose during ASMSU’s Student Assembly meeting on Thursday during a vote to fund a presentation by a political speaker who is anti-affirmative action.The undergraduate student government assembly unanimously voted to allot $2,948 for the appearance of David Horowitz, who will speak on campus in March about his experiences with student activism.Crystal Price, Student Assembly’s Black Student Alliance representative, left the meeting after more than an hour of debate about the speaker.Price said she is against funding Horowitz because of his anti-affirmative action beliefs.
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U hosts global warming program
Folk music played softly Friday in Conrad Hall as the lecture hall filled with more people than it usually holds.The hall housed the beginnings of “Turn Down the Heat,” a weekend-long conference on global warming organized by ECO, a student organization concerned with environmental issues.Booths lined the lobby with representatives from groups such as Washington, D.C.-based Power Shift, who enthusiastically told its audiences about issues such as alternative energy and the effect of global warming on beer - humidity and parasites from the higher temperatures can ruin the quality.“We had scientists look into it,” said Power Shift member Mark von Topel.
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Wireless Western has U wondering about benefits
Last fall, MSU finished wiring students on campus to Ethernet. This spring, students at Western Michigan University went wire-free. Phase one of the Wireless Western project was completed last week, giving the university’s core campus in Kalamazoo Internet access from anywhere. The new system will serve as a supplement to the standard Internet cable connection in most buildings about Western’s campus.
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Gardens open for use
The Garden Project, sponsored by the Greater Lansing Food Bank, allows area residents to have their own garden and grow any kind of annual produce, from tomatoes to watermelons. “The idea came out of the 1982 recession when all the GM workers were out of work,” said Bob Kirkby, a coordinator for The Garden Project.
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Varicella vaccine is useful to students
An Emmons Hall resident was diagnosed with varicella, commonly known as chickenpox, last Friday. Emmons Hall residence director Glen Midkiff said the student went to Olin Health Center Friday after noticing a rash.
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Catholics prepare for Easter
Each year Amy Frazier tries to give up something for Lent. And each year, she forgets to stick to her choice. “I’m giving up chocolate this year,” the education sophomore said.
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Speech to empower women
Maria Zavala suffered second- and third-degree burns on her face and hands last November in an accident involving a gas stove. For Zavala, a community organizer for the Chicano Development Center in Lansing, said she hopes discussing the accident will help strengthen women in the community when she speaks at Saturday’s Dia de la Mujer Conference. “I am pretty scarred, and it’s very visible,” said Zavala, one of the conference’s founders.
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Comedian speaker to discuss civil rights movement
Dick Gregory will speak about “Entertainers in the Civil Rights Movement” at 4 p.m.
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Breast cancer walk to raise funds
Last summer Lisa Priebe’s grandmother died of lung cancer. When Priebe recently discovered her friend’s mom was diagnosed with breast cancer, she felt like she needed to help. “My grandma was the first person close to me to die of cancer,” the communication senior said.
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U commits to limited tuition increase
As the university is preparing to tighten its finances, MSU has formally committed to a deal that would freeze state appropriations and limit tuition increases to 8.5 percent this year.MSU President M.
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U-M offers low-cost software
At the MSU Computer Store, students and faculty can purchase brand-name computing products at a discount - better than the prices available in retail stores.But with many products, students in Ann Arbor get a better deal.Some software companies offer “educational pricing” to universities and research institutions.
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Campus briefs
Judge Robert Weiss was reappointed to the MSU-Detroit College of Law Board of Trustees Wednesday. Weiss was first appointed to the MSU-DCL board in 1996 and served on the MSU Board of Trustees until Feb.
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ASMSU recruits U for student elections
A combination of Sparty and Uncle Sam is pictured on ASMSU’s office door, sporting a black top hat embroidered with an “S.” It points at people walking by, declaring, “We want you.” The undergraduate student government applications for its mid-March elections are due Monday. Candidates are approved to run as representatives for their colleges on ASMSU’s Academic or Student assemblies after applications are turned into 307 Student Services by 5 p.m.