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MSU to release endowment report
MSU is expected to issue a report to Congress today detailing MSU’s use of its $1.2 billion endowment, MSU spokesman Terry Denbow said.
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Student groups might join ASMSU if referendum passes
Students will decide if two organizations join ASMSU’s Programming Board during this spring’s student referendum.
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GEU looks to waive fees
Just what do the College of Engineering’s program fees pay for? That was the question Art Covert and a group of other graduate students from both the Graduate Employees Union, or GEU, and the Computer Science and Engineering Graduate Association asked. The answer they discovered, they didn’t like.
MICHIGAN
Chances for TB low in Mich., hospitals prepared for outbreak
As drug-resistant tuberculosis cases soar to record levels in parts of Asia, local health care experts said there’s a slight cause for concern in Michigan.
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Underage drinking in dorms tops 300
The sound of friends cracking cans open and the thump of ping-pong balls hitting party cups echoed off the dorm room walls when journalism sophomore Dan Schmidt heard a knock on the door.
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Tour spreads awareness of Iraqi people and American soldiers
March will mark the fifth anniversary of the war in Iraq. Since it began, thousands of lives have been affected by the war, including the lives of Raed Jarrar, an Iraqi political analyst, and Patricia McCann, a U.S. veteran of the Iraq war.
NEWS
Police Brief 02/28/08
A multicolored American Eagle wallet containing several credit cards and forms of ID as well as a black T-Mobile Motorola cell phone were reported stolen from a Bryan Hall dorm room sometime between 2 and 2:30 p.m. Sunday, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
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Mugabe degree debate
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe is, in his own words, a “Hitler of the time.” “This Hitler has only one objective: justice for his own people, sovereignty for his people, recognition of the independence of his people and their right to their resources,” Mugabe said in a 2003 speech at the state funeral of one of his cabinet ministers.
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Mentors train to recognize danger signs in student health
In the aftermath of two mass university shootings in the past year, the responsibility of identifying and treating troubled campus residents falls to MSU residence halls and Counseling Center staff.
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Diocese of Lansing names bishop
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Lansing announced Bishop Earl Boyea as Rev. Carl Mengeling’s successor Wednesday at St. Mary Cathedral, 219 Seymour Ave., in Lansing.
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MSU research focuses on life after child foster care system
Angelique Day said she never imagined that the 18 months she spent in foster care would make her an asset to the child welfare system. But they have. Day, a social work researcher, said she was embarrassed of her foster care history when she began her journey as an MSU student.
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Center aids disabled students
Tapping her index finger on the table, 13-year-old Lexie Edwards followed along as two MSU students read from Dr. Seuss’ “Horton Hears a Who!” Across the room, two students flipped through a car magazine, asking a boy with autism to pick out his favorite.
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MSU assistant professor wins prestigious award
Alexandra Gade, an assistant professor at MSU, was drawn to the university because of its rare premier isotope laboratory, the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory.
NEWS
Bars identified in reported sexual assault
MSU police have identified the two local bars visited by a woman who reported she was drugged and sexually assaulted by an acquaintance early Sunday morning.
NEWS
Briefing fills in public on Farm Lane closure
MSU students and faculty members who park in the Commuter Lot might need to find a different route for the 15 months after they return from spring break.
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Project plan might displace half of East Village residents
About half of the 2,000 people in the area home to Cedar Village apartments could be displaced during the first phase of a redevelopment project slated to begin in 2009.
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MSU professor investigates students' scientific literacy development
Diane Ebert-May thinks all students at MSU should be scientifically literate. That’s why the plant biology professor, along with a team of faculty, began research to determine the impact of general science education courses on students’ quantitative and scientific reasoning skills.
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Iraq war veteran, analyst to speak Wednesday in Wells Hall
Both an Iraqi political analyst and a U.S. veteran of the Iraq war will share personal experiences of the war in Iraq at 7 p.m. tonight in B108 Wells Hall.
MICHIGAN
Students expand spring break destination choices
Even with a national economy close to recession, many students are choosing to splurge on spring break this year.
MICHIGAN
Michigan considers prohibiting salvia
Tripping on salvia divinorum extract could mean a trip to prison if legislation being considered by a Michigan House of Representatives committee is passed. The hallucinogenic plant’s effects have been likened to LSD and ketamine.