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Product center adds 3 new staff members
The MSU Product Center for Agriculture and Natural Resources added three staff members on Sept.
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Ele's Place festival offers food, mazes
Ele's Place, a children healing center, will host EleFest from 1 to 5 p.m. on Sunday at A Maizen' Fun Corn Maze, 6275 Clark Road in Lansing. The festival will feature Melting Moments ice cream, live music by The Chenille Sisters, arts and crafts vendors, games and prizes, hayrides and one of the country's largest corn mazes. Ele's Place provides support groups free of charge for children who have experienced the death of a family member. Each week, Ele's Place serves more than 180 children and their families. The corn maze is donated courtesy of A Maizen' Fun, Inc. whose owners, Sue and Steve Lonier, brought their two sons to the center when their daughter died two years ago. For more information about EleFest or the support center, call Ele's Place at (517) 482-1315.
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People's Law School offers $15 courses to Lansing residents
Lansing- area residents will be able to attend law school for $15 this fall. The People's Law School, sponsored by Sinas Dramis Law Firm, Thomas M.
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Week to educate on farm safety, health
National Farm Safety and Health Week will be held Sept. 21-27 to educate farmers on safety regulations that could help workers avoid the dangers of the second most hazardous industry in the United States. MSU Extension received a four-year grant from the U.S.
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Sparrow to hold Hepatitis C meeting
An informational meeting on Hepatitis C will be held from 6-8 p.m. on Sept. 25 at Lansing's Sparrow Hospital. The meeting, sponsored by the Ingham County Health Department, will discuss Hepatitis C, how it's transmitted, treatment options and prevention measures. Reservations are not required for the free meeting in the Clark Conference Room on the Sparrow's St.
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Biology women form group
After noticing a shortage in the number of tenured women professors, two women from the Department of Plant Biology decided to take action by forming a discussion group.Anna Monfils, an MSU alumna and instructor in the department, and Kathleen Kay, a plant biology graduate student - along with about 25 female plant biology students - met Friday with tenured women faculty members in a question-and-answer session.Monfils and Kay said they hope to start a discussion group that meets regularly to help women in plant biology with their career goals and Friday's discussion was the first."I was having concerns about women in science having role models," Monfils said.
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Seminar will address speech program
A symposium on the "Speech-To-Speech" program will be held from 10 a.m. to noon on Sept.
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Chemistry lecture to address electrons
The Department of Chemistry will sponsor a lecture from California Institute of Technology professor Harry B.
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ASMSU accepts applications after loan officer leaves
After two years of handling multiple aspects of ASMSU's loan program from the business office, loan clerk Gary Reason left his position Friday afternoon to pursue an inventory specialist position at Value City Furniture."It is very sad," the 39-year old Reason said after his co-workers presented him with a cake to honor his last day at ASMSU.
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Officers run week-long marathon
Lansing - Law enforcement officers traded in their uniforms for running shorts and T-shirts last week for Special Olympics Michigan.
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Humane society hosts annual walk
The dog days of summer may be coming to a close, but for the Capital Area Humane Society, it is a great time for a walk. The Capital Area Humane Society 2003 Walk for the Animals will be held Saturday from 10 a.m.
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Music School starts program for seniors
The MSU Community Music School will launch the New Horizons Band program, which will give senior citizens an opportunity to develop new musical skills.
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Cristo Rey displays classic cars
Lansing - Classic cars and motorcycles filled the Cristo Rey Community Center parking lot on Saturday to help celebrate its 35th anniversary.
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Decision delayed for housing development
On Wednesday, the East Lansing Planning Commission deferred a request from Gillespie Development & Management to build The Beaumont, a 40-acre housing complex that would consist of apartments, townhouses and retail space.
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Greenhouse proposal revised; student focus holds steady
Members of the Student Greenhouse Project revised their proposal for a dome-shaped greenhouse and met with administrators in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources last week and the College of Natural Science Thursday to push the approval of a public greenhouse in the center of north campus. "It's a process of getting various stakeholders and administrators for broad support to get final approval," said Phillip Lamoureux, member of the Student Greenhouse Committee and main developer of the proposal.
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Eatery offers variety in Asian dining
Mee goreng and roti are just two of the items found at one of East Lansing's newest restaurants. The MSU Rice Kitchen, 551 E.
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Recruitment begins for greek organizations
The Interfraternity and Pan-Hellenic Councils will kick off greek recruitment next week. Women's Pan-Hellenic Council Recruitment will begin with Spirit Day from noon to 6 p.m.
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Music, food, activities highlight Frankenfest
"Frankenfest" will be from 5 to 9 p.m. tonight on the Union lawn as part of East Lansing and MSU's second annual "One Book, One Community" program. Every year the program coordinators choose a book for the whole community to read and then plan activities that relate to the book.
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New Mormon building opens
More than a year after a blaze brought their facility to the ground, the Mormons of the Lansing Michigan Stake are back at home. Members of the Mormon stake in East Lansing had been continuing their work in Lansing and Holt while the 24,500-square-foot building at 431 E.
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Grad council discusses funds
MSU's Council of Graduate Students met Wednesday for its first meeting of the school year and discussed the budget and future events.COGS' budget was passed last April, but some members questioned a few of the expenses.