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MSU, Ferris to share Grand Rapids med school building

MSU students and faculty will have company when they move into the College of Human Medicine’s Grand Rapids campus in 2010. At last Friday’s meeting, the MSU Board of Trustees approved a 10-year lease to Ferris State University’s College of Pharmacy, giving Ferris’ program access to the Secchia Center’s seventh floor.

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Cuts could stall MSU research

MSU chemical engineering professor Dennis Miller spends his days researching a seed 1/16th of an inch in diameter. The canola seed, which can be used to produce biodiesel, could be one answer to achieving energy independence, he said.

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Scientists study plants for breakthrough

Imagine a world where a plant could be engineered for a specific job. It might sound like a scenario out of a science fiction novel, but biochemistry and molecular biology professor Robert Last is working on just that.

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Students plan trip to energy conference

About 10,000 college students from around the nation, including about 70 from MSU, will travel to Washington, D.C., on Feb. 27 to engage in Power Shift ’09 — a youth conference to influence Congress and the Obama administration to enact legislation to combat global warming.

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ASMSU chairperson steps down

A week after his job performance came into question, Christopher Kulesza resigned from chairperson of ASMSU’s Academic Assembly on Tuesday night. Kulesza planned to become the Director of University Budgets, but the assembly did not confirm him to that position.

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Man guilty of 2 counts from October assault

The man charged with assaulting a female student on campus in early October was found guilty on Tuesday of felony assault and attempted false imprisonment. Jason Evans, of Mason, who was 25 at the time of the crime, was found guilty of attacking a 19-year-old female student on Oct.

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Council talks riot, rezoning

To better define what types of conduct during a riot will result in prosecution, the East Lansing City Council set public hearing dates for March 3 and March 17 for the creation of a new ordinance. The ordinance specifies that citizens must clear the streets and not re-enter when police deem an event an unlawful assembly.

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Police Brief 02/18/09

A 22-year-old female student reported a textbook stolen while she worked out Friday at Jenison Field House, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.

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Mount Hope intersection upgrades considered

The intersection where an MSU visiting scholar was killed in a vehicle-pedestrian accident Sunday will be considered for safety upgrades after police complete an investigation. East Lansing police Chief Tom Wibert said police continue to investigate what caused the accident that killed Tao Li, 44, who had arrived from China earlier Sunday.

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Local man dies from cancer, familiar face lost to MSU

If you’ve spent enough time on MSU’s campus, chances are you’ve crossed paths with Bill Brooks. Maybe it was on a Saturday afternoon at Spartan Stadium, where Brooks attended every home game. Or maybe it was when Barack Obama came to East Lansing last year, with Brooks sitting in the front row, listening attentively to the future president.

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Faculty Council addresses state budget cuts

The budget crunch, music therapy program and academic integrity had the attention of MSU’s Faculty Council at the body’s Tuesday meeting. MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon said the university needs to do what is right not only for today, but for tomorrow, in terms of the budget and future cuts. “It is my personal view that everything we do is valuable, almost every thing we do is better than someone else and a case can be made for almost anything,” Simon said.