MICHIGAN
Council candidates run eco-friendly campaigns
The East Lansing City Council elections are approaching, but the scarce number of lawn signs throughout the city wouldn’t indicate it.
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Association to award 14 distinguished alumni
Recipients of 2007 MSU Alumni Association awards range from former NASA employees to former MSU Trustees members and multi-million dollar philanthropists. Fourteen individuals and organizations are expected to receive awards Thursday at the Kellogg Center commemorating them for their work with the university.
MICHIGAN
House pressured to override Bush's veto of child health insurance
Gov. Jennifer Granholm, along with a host of others, is fighting to influence U.S. House of Representative members to override President Bush’s veto of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program, or SCHIP.
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Police Brief 10/11/07
Two female students were each assaulted twice Sunday between 12:45-1:15 a.m. after an argument over a picture on Facebook.com, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
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Wharton Center celebrates 25 years of entertaining
The Wharton Center is getting ready to blow out 25 birthday candles this week.
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How do professors' opinions affect the classroom?
For Maggie Endres, a class is more unique when she gets to hear her professor’s position on an issue … But Endres said there has been a couple of circumstances where she felt pressured to agree with a professor to get a good grade.
MICHIGAN
Sculpture celebrates E.L.'s 100th
The agitating noises of construction traveled from the West Village redevelopment to Valley Court Park at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, but during this 2007 East Lansing Centennial Celebration, the sounds were symbolic.
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Pro-choice minister to discuss abortion
Religion and abortion — two topics typically thought of as polar opposites — will come together for a lecture today given by a minister with the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice, a national pro-choice organization.
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Stabenow visits ISS class
Students in an ISS class were treated to a first-hand discussion with U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., on financial aid and rising health care and tuition costs and her position on the war in Iraq.
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Views differ on proposed reduction of student voice
As MSU takes the next steps in restructuring the Academic Governance system to increase faculty voice, students may see a decrease in theirs.
MICHIGAN
Sept. 11 tribute visits Lansing
The National September 11 Memorial & Museum Tribute Exhibition visited Michigan’s Capitol Building on Wednesday as part of a 25-city nationwide tour.
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Innovations: Veterinarian studies animal genetic diseases
It was her love of horses as a child that left Susan Ewart knowing what she wanted to do in life — become a veterinarian.
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Ground beef may return to MSU cafes as early as Friday
MSU cafeterias switched ground beef distributors and could be serving ground beef again as soon as Friday evening, university officials said.
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UAW reaches agreement with Chrysler
Less than seven hours after it started, the United Auto Workers union called off a strike that sent thousands of Michigan autoworkers pacing the picket lines.
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Council votes on housing grant
East Lansing will seek financial assistance from the state to help families afford housing units in the Virginia Avenue project.
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Democratic candidates pull out of primary
Democratic presidential candidates Sen. Barack Obama, John Edwards, Gov. Bill Richardson and Sen. Joe Biden have withdrawn their names from Michigan’s primary ballot.
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MSU police hope to add more students to emergency text message system
About 12,300 recipients have subscribed to the university’s emergency text system that launched about six weeks ago, MSU police said.
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GOP comes to Mich.
Michigan and the nation’s economy, Iran and nuclear weapons, free trade and alternative energy were topics of debate for Republic presidential hopefuls Tuesday evening in Dearborn’s Ford Community & Performing Arts Center. The debate was the first one to feature former Tennessee senator and “Law & Order” actor Fred Thompson.
MICHIGAN
Pricey gas means scooter sales soar
When gas prices gouged students at more than $3 a gallon this fall, Tim Soule and Colin Shellhorn started selling scooters.
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Adjunct physics professor at MSU wins Nobel Prize
This year’s Nobel Prize for physics winners Albert Fert and Peter Grunberg’s research could potentially allow for more songs on an MP3 player or more memory on a laptop.