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Group honors Filipino heritage

In honor of October being Filipino History Month, the Philippine American Student Society sponsored a celebration Tuesday at the rock on Farm Lane to educate students and provide information about the organization.The group painted the rock in the afternoon to commemorate the first-time event.

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MSU receives grant to study celebratory drinking

With Saturday’s “Cold War” hockey game, five more home football games and countless birthday parties, MSU students will find plenty of reasons to celebrate this fall - often with alcohol. Over the next two years, MSU will receive more than $350,000 to study that link between celebrations and drinking.

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Science professor receives prestigious award

More than 150 people assembled at the Plant and Soil Sciences Building on Friday to witness Michael Thomashow become the first MSU professor to receive the prestigious Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Award.The award honors those who have made significant strides in agricultural research in the United States over the past five years.

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October devoted to educating women

National Breast Cancer Awareness Month gives women the opportunity to learn more about the disease - the sooner the better. Activities throughout the month will help women recognize the importance of early detection. Today is “Tell a Friend Tuesday,” which encourages women to call eight friends they care about who are older than 40 and remind them to get their yearly mammogram. Lansing Mayor David Hollister will be placing calls in support of the program at City Hall from 10-10:30 a.m. Sharon Greenhoe, a spokeswoman for the Lansing-area American Cancer Society, said early detection is the most important treatment of the disease. “Early detection is 97 percent curable,” she said.

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Mentors run, walk for awareness month causes, foundations

With Breast Cancer Awareness Month and Domestic Violence Awareness Month both recognized in October, leaders at Williams, Yakeley and Gilchrist halls are eager to show their support.Mentors, minority aides and other staff held a kickoff event at midnight Sunday for 31 Marathons in 31 Days, a fund-raiser sponsored by Residence Life.Participants took the first steps toward their goal by walking or running 1 mile around West Circle Drive.For the next 31 days, whenever they are walking or running on campus, they will keep a tally of the number of miles they covered - hopefully until they reach the equivalent of 31 marathons.“It’s going to be really interesting to see if we can pull this off,” said Jason Leonard, an electrical engineering senior and mentor at Williams Hall.

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Minority aides host open student forum

The South Complex minority aides are offering an opportunity for students to express their opinions about racial issues through an open forum today.The event, “Aftermath of Blame: Risks for Communities of Color,” will be held from 7:30 p.m.

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AIDS WALK help to raise awareness, money

Walk a mile in someone else’s shoes. The AIDS Walk Michigan twisted this familiar saying and asked volunteers to “walk a while to pay for someone else’s shoes.”Six hundred people from around Michigan gathered to participate in AIDS Walk Michigan at Valley Court Park in East Lansing on Sunday.

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New director heads Office of Study Abroad

The Office of Study Abroad has something new to offer the MSU community this year, and it’s not in a different country.Its new director, Kathleen Fairfax, plans to use her experience to keep the program strong.“I really love my job and the fact that I am personally enthused about study abroad makes me good at what I do,” Fairfax said.

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Faculty tour may open Lithuania to study abroad

MSU students may soon be able to set their sights on a country that once laid beyond the iron curtain - Lithuania.Robert Huggett, MSU vice president of research and graduate studies, joined a group of three faculty members in a tour of the country’s universities last month.He said he hopes to establish opportunities for students to study abroad in the nation, which was formerly under Communist influence.“We discovered what appears to be a great interest in collaborating with MSU,” he said.

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U donates time, honors Gandhi Day

The Coalition of Indian Undergraduate Students took the opportunity to honor Mahatma Gandhi on Saturday by facilitating its second day-long volunteer effort.The event was designed to coincide with Gandhi Day, celebrated on Oct.

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Program provides companionship for HIV patients

Anyone looking to donate some time and caring effort may find an opportunity through the Lansing Area AIDS Network. The network is looking for volunteers for its buddy program and for this Sunday’s AIDS walk. “Being a buddy can change your life,” said David Bialski, a buddy program volunteer.

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Campus briefs

Red Cross to sponsor disaster relief trainingA student chapter of the nationwide group, Physicians for Social Responsibility, is sponsoring a Red Cross Disaster Relief Training session from 9 a.m.