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U to vote on ASMSU constitution changes
ASMSU officials are requesting changes to three parts of the organization’s constitution, including leadership guidelines.
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Math chair adjusts to position at U
Pink Floyd and the Pythagorean Theorem aren’t related - but Peter Bates, the new chairman of the Department of Mathematics, has experience with both.Between studying math books and taking tests at the University of London in the 1960s, Bates booked the rock band for a campus activity.“The student union wasn’t putting on any events so my friends and I took it upon ourselves and booked Pink Floyd,” he said.
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Web-broadcast may be forced to pay listener fees
Radio stations broadcasting on the Internet may have to dig deep into their pockets to keep the United States Copyright Office and the Recording Industry Association of America away.By May 21, a copyright office committee will decide whether to levy fees for Internet broadcasting.
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History department lecture series to start
Carleton College Professor Adeeb Khalid will give a speech entitled “Reform and Contention in Modern Islam” Tuesday. Khalid is appearing as part of a lecture series titled Middle East Contexts for September 11th. The lecture series accompanies a Department of History course this spring dealing with the Sept.
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Tour promotes nuclear physics
When Charles Breneman finally saw the high-tech equipment and white tiled floors of MSU’s Cyclotron, he was impressed.His son had worked at the facility as a summer job while attending MSU years ago, but he’d never seen the particle accelerator before.“It is a fascinating thing,” the Haslett school board member said.“There are so many opportunities and you don’t have to have a Ph.D.
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Elders to speak about alcohol on Tuesday
Former U.S. Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders will speak in East Lansing Tuesday about attitudes, behaviors and perceptions associated with alcohol in university communities. Elders, the first black surgeon general, will give a speech entitled “Prevention or Punishment: Challenging the Environment of High-Risk Drinking in a University Community.” The presentation will be at 7 p.m.
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U-M graduates to strike
The University of Michigan’s Graduate Employees Organization will have a one-day walk-out today, as members voted in favor of the action 462-106 last week. Organization members will form picket lines around major buildings and high traffic areas on the Ann Arbor campus.
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Local officials prepare for possible attacks
Six months after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, Lansing Mayor David Hollister still has his eye to the sky. “We have been advised that middle-America capital cities could be targeted,” Hollister said.
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RHA election announces 2002 president
For Tim Liss, the election for Residence Halls Association president ended where it began - Akers Hall.The journalism junior, who began his residency at MSU in Akers Hall, walked away from Wednesday’s RHA presidential elections with a victory over Holmes Hall Rep.
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RHA money runs out, goes to student groups
MSU Residence Halls Association’s general assembly is about to run out of money for the semester, but only after supplying money to every money-requesting student group that met the association’s donation criteria.When the association returns to business March 13, the MSU Student Food Bank and Case Hall likely will receive the remaining $3,417.33 in the general assembly budget for student activities.
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Parking prices upped for athletic events
Attending athletic events at MSU will be a little more expensive beginning this summer. Beginning July 1, parking rates will increase for all MSU athletics, university officials announced Thursday. The increase was put into effect to help defray the cost of increased security and parking lot repairs. Officials estimate MSU hosts about 650 special events every year.
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Offensive column raises controversy
Tuesday’s issue of Wayne State University’s student newspaper caused some to take a second look at a headline.
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NPR correspondent to speak on campus
National Public Radio White House correspondent Don Gonyea will speak on campus next week. Gonyea, an MSU alumnus and native of Monroe, will present “Stories from the Bush White House” at Kellogg Center at 7 p.m.
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$1 tax rise sought for U paper
The State News is requesting a $1 per semester tax increase when the universitywide polls open online March 12-16. The increase would up the tax from $4 to $5 per semester. “The State News wouldn’t be asking for it if it wasn’t needed,” Editor in Chief Jeremy Steele said.
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Groups plan strike to support GEU
For some students, spring break may be extended by one day.A one-day strike that calling for undergraduate students not to participate in class March 11 is being sponsored by Lansing-based Direct Action and Students for Economic Justice.The strike will be in support of MSU’s Graduate Employees Union, which is negotiating for its first contract.
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Lab animal bill to ease cost of research
Sally Walshaw loves working with animals, especially the furry little mice and rats used for laboratory research - but she hates the paperwork involved with them.“We already have steps in place that ensure that all of the animals used for research here at MSU are taken care of and treated with the highest quality of care,” said Walshaw, acting director and training coordinator for MSU’s University Laboratory Animal Resources Center.Although birds and rodents are not covered by the Animal Welfare Act, some animal rights activists have been lobbying to have them included in the act, the chief federal law regulating the use of laboratory animals.
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Speaker to offer perspective on culture in educational presentation
Rodney Patterson said the Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr. will have a positive and educational message to offer students who attend his presentation today.
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Sheep facility teaches, births about 100 lambs
As part of his nightly routine, Dan Kiesling delivers babies into beds of straw and hay. In the middle of the night Tuesday, Kiesling, an animal science sophomore, prepared a sheep to nurse her newborn twins.
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Immigration workers rights to be discussed
A presentation titled “Mexican Immigration Workers: Is Working in the U.S. Good or Bad for Health?” will be held noon Thursday in 301 Nisbet Building.
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Cereal company donates patents to U
Kellogg Co., a longtime contributor to MSU, has made another donation to the university.The MSU Board of Trustees, in a special meeting via conference call, approved Tuesday the donation of two sets of patents.The 11 U.S.