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Performance raises drug war awareness
The Climbing Poetree and MSU Students for Economic Justice will present "Uniting the State of Americas" at 7 p.m.
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Free trade forum to feature poet-activist
Members of Students for Economic Justice are asking MSU students to join them and poet-activist Alixa Garcia for a discussion on free trade. Colombian native Garcia will share her experiences organizing against the Free Trade Area of the Americas at 8 p.m.
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Education creates awareness for Domestic Violence Month
Lansing - Area residents are using education to respond to widespread domestic assault during Domestic Violence Awareness Month this October. In 2002, Lansing had almost 500 domestic assault arrests, the Lansing Police Department reported. "The only way that we break this cycle is if we educate people that this is what happens in domestic violence cases," said Judge Amy Krause of the Lansing 54-A District Court, the keynote speaker at a vigil at the Capitol on Tuesday evening. Several area support groups, including MSU Safe Place, Capital Area Response Effort and End Violent Encounters, Inc., collaborated in events which have drawn victims, survivors and advocates to create awareness for the national concern. In a rally Thursday afternoon, 75 people from across the state gathered at the Capitol to ask for clemency for 20 women.
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Department supervisors recognized
Before most of campus was awake, employees from MSU's Office of University Development stood in quiet darkness, anxiously waiting to surprise two of their bosses during the 3rd annual Supervisor Recognition Awards.The MSU Fight Song blared from boom box speakers, on Thursday as Charles Webb, vice president of University Development, and Marti Heil, associate vice president of University Development, walked in the door of the second floor conference room at the Eyde Building, 4660 S.
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New black, Latino student affairs leaders arrive
Two new Office for Racial Ethnic Student Affairs coordinators began this month, and they say they hope to improve minority leadership in the community at MSU.
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What's new is old for 'U' T-shirt designers
It all began in a Mayo Hall dorm room in January with the inspiration of a Magnum P.I., iron-on, T-shirt design. Criminal justice junior Sean Maday had stumbled upon the vintage design on eBay and ordered it on the spot.
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State Democrats split about voting via Internet
Democrats inside and outside the MSU community are split on a new form of voting via the Internet. The plan, introduced by the Michigan Democratic party, becomes effective during the Feb.
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Group to sponsor Indian dance session
Indian rhythm will flow Friday in the IM Sports-West basement at 8 p.m. at "Tarang." ASHA for Education, a volunteer organization which raises funds for educational projects in India, is sponsoring the event, the first fund-raiser for the organization. Participants will learn a dance called Garba/Raas and MSU's Bhangra dance team will perform.
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E.L. firefighters reach 4-year deal
More than 14 months after their contract expired, East Lansing firefighters have reached a four-year agreement with the city amidst a shrinking budget.The contract seeks a balance between the city's money woes and concerns about staffing and overtime among firefighters, officials on both sides of the agreement say.Fire Union President Don Carter said members are not thrilled with the agreement, but understand that economic troubles cause "some give and take on both sides."The firefighters' contract is among the most expensive for the city, accounting for an estimated $4 million of East Lansing's $30 million general fund, said George Lahanas, the city's human resources director."The budget is tight and health care issues are increasing demands on our shrinking budget," he said.The new contract calls for no reductions in the department's overall staffing levels, which stand at 51 including the chief.One concern among firefighters is the reduction in the minimum number of firefighters required to be on duty at any given time.
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Clemency rally to be at noon at Capitol
The Michigan Battered Women's Clemency Project and the Lansing Chapter of the American Civil Rights Union will hold a rally on the steps of the Capitol today at noon. They'll present 20 petitions asking Gov.
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Program sends 'U' to under-served areas
MSU will join various university and community health institutions to form the Michigan Center for Health Education Training in the Communities, using a $5 million federal grant. The program, funded by the U.S.
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Lecture to discuss autoworker today
Auto worker and labor organizer James Boggs will be discussed in a symposium presented by the African American and African Studies departments today. Writer Grace Lee Boggs will speak on "James Boggs: The Man, Organic Intellectual and Activist." A roundtable discussion called "Race and Labor in 21st Century America: Lessons from James Boggs" will follow. Grace Lee Boggs was trained as a philosopher and was once partners with James Boggs in what the departments are calling "the struggle for a new America." The symposium, called "James Boggs' 'The American Revolution: Pages from a Negro Worker's Notebook' - 40 Years Later," runs from 1 to 5:15 p.m.
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State requests funding to fight beetle, save trees
Michigan legislators are asking Congress for an additional $42.7 million to combat the Emerald Ash Borer and protect the remaining 700 million ash trees across the state. The U.S.
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Candidates to hold 3-day, Arab-issue conference
Leading presidential candidates will address the Arab-American community for the first time on the campaign trail this weekend in Dearborn.The Arab American Institute will host a three-day conference in metro Detroit, home to the largest concentration of Arab Americans outside of the Middle East - with about 403,000 people of Arab descent.The event has attracted eight presidential candidates and representatives from President Bush's re-election campaign to speak either in person or via satellite.Civil liberties, U.S.
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Conference to look at African concerns
Concerns about Africa will be addressed today at the 20th Annual World Food Day Teleconference. "Collaboration or Calamity: Africa in Peril" features Urban Jonsson, UNICEF regional director for Eastern and Southern Africa.
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Task force to address defense funding
Members of Michigan's judicial system are working to change public defense practices.The Institute for Public Policy and Social Research sponsored a forum Wednesday titled "Reducing the Corrections Budget through Effective Public Defense" for senators, MSU-DCL College of Law faculty and state officials.The forum offered the information from a task force assigned to make recommendations to reformat Michigan's defense system.According to the task force, Michigan offers no state funding for trial defense services and assigned counsel receive some of the lowest wages in the country.
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Work continues on campus accessibility
It's the seemingly little things. A toilet paper holder at the proper height. Door signs with Braille. Or it's the big things.
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Swing Society hosts dance lessons
More than 60 people concentrated as the smooth sounds of jazz rhythmically pulsed throughout the MSU Union Ballroom on Tuesday night.