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City council to discuss liquor licenses, violations
A track record of the city's liquor-selling establishments will be discussed at a East Lansing City Council work session 6 p.m.
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eBay criticized for offensive language
The world's largest online auction house is coming under fire for allowing some racially offensive language to remain in its item listings.Last week, the National Alliance for Positive Action protested Internet auction site eBay and asked the company to stop listing items they believe are racially offensive and degrading to blacks.The alliance is opposing eBay's decision to continue to sell a number of books, card games, prints and musical compilations listed with or including racially offensive titles.Earl Ofari Hutchinson, president of the National Alliance for Positive Action, said he and several other groups are planning rallies to protest eBay and are requesting the company to either remove all offensive items or provide disclaimers on the Web site.Hutchinson said those items include cast-iron banks that are caricatures, described on the Web site using a racial slur and shown with large red lips, dark skin and rolling eyes."No response has been made from eBay," Hutchinson said.
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Researchers to discuss bioethics, cloning at Wharton forum
A panel of researchers and medical ethicists will convene for an animal biotechnology forum to discuss cloning at 7 p.m.
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Lansing City Council picks new member
Lansing - The Lansing City Council appointed Randy Williams on Monday to fill its empty third ward seat. The position was vacated when Tony Benavides became mayor last month.
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Proposed student greenhouse model to be displayed in Union
A model of the proposed student greenhouse project will be displayed from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday on the first floor of the Union. The model is five feet in diameter, said Philip Lamoureux, director of the Student Greenhouse Project, and includes running water, benches and lights.
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Computer science sees decrease in enrollment
Enrollment in computer science classes is declining at MSU.George Stockman, a professor of computer science and engineering, said in his 20 years at MSU, he's seen waves of student demand in the field."When I came here in 1982, we were graduating a lot of bachelor's degree students, and not so many graduate students," he said.
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Mock trial team heads to Iowa for competition
The MSU Mock Trial Team will be heading to a national competition in Iowa. The team won a bid to the American Mock Trial Association Grand National Tournament, which will take place April 4-6 in Des Moines, Iowa. "I couldn't believe it," international relations sophomore Justin Kuxhaus said.
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Student with illness out of intensive care
The female journalism sophomore diagnosed with a meningitis-like disease last month has been moved out of intensive care, a source close to the student said Sunday. The student, whose identity and condition are being withheld at her family's request, is recovering at Lansing's Sparrow Hospital, where she was previously in a medically-induced coma. Hospital officials confirmed the student is still in the hospital's care. The student will undergo rehabilitation at the hospital and doctors are not certain when she will be released, the source said. The student, who is a resident of the ninth floor of South Hubbard Hall, was diagnosed with meningococcemia on Jan.
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Event unites native students
More than 50 students came to hear actor Wes Studi speak on the parallels between the Iraqi people and Native Americans at the first annual North American Indian Student Organization conference this weekend.Four schools - the University of Michigan, Northern Michigan University, Lansing Community College and MSU - were represented at the two-day conference in the Union and attended workshops about leadership and affirmative action.The conference didn't draw as many people as the group had hoped, NAISO Co-Chairman Bryan Newland said."There wasn't as much as we were expecting, but I think the weather caused some problems," he said.
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RHA debuts updated interactive Web site
Students have a new way to keep up-to-date with the MSU Residence Halls Association. RHA has developed a new, more interactive Web site to make it easier for students to get information, RHA technology director Nick Clark said. Clark said he has been working on the site since last summer, but it is now easier to use. The site sports the group's new logo and many Web forums. "The site that they had last year was really bad because it was just one page of text that didn't get changed, ever," Clark said.
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Chess: Simply child's play
Lansing - The sound of chess pieces hitting the game board was all that could be heard while players had looks of intense concentration on Saturday during a children's chess tournament. The players were as young as 5 years old.
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ASMSU urges respect for faculty
ASMSU is putting the pressure on student groups to remind them that pies are for eating, not throwing.MSU's undergraduate student government has been discussing harassment toward professors and might initiate a proposal to condemn such actions.Statistics and probability Associate Professor Vincent Melfi was hit with a cream pie-like object as he was lecturing to his Statistics 315 class on Nov.
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Capitol Update
State Rep. proposes changing distribution of public school funds State Rep. Mike Pumford, R-Newaygo, proposed what he calls a more fair distribution of cuts to public schools than Gov.
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Gender clause takes next step
A proposal to amend MSU's Anti-Discrimination Policy to add a gender identity footnote will reach MSU's Academic Council on Tuesday, after going through several committees in the Academic Governance system since the fall.
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Dance raises funds to replace Sparty
While the band played a-ha's "Take on Me," Sparty jumped out from the middle of the dance floor and dragged Kelly Higginbotham onto the floor to finish out the song.A little reluctant, Higginbotham left her friends at the table and danced hand-in-hand with the 6-foot, tuxedo-wearing mascot."It was the highlight of my evening," the journalism sophomore said.
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Students debate U-M admissions support
Students from MSU and the University of Michigan put their rivalries aside Friday to discuss a Supreme Court case challenging U-M's admissions policy.
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Speaker honors Malcolm X week, promotes culture
A cold forced him to speak in a softer-than-usual tone, but Na'im Akbar's message was still strong. "His voice isn't as powerful as it usually is," said Murray Edwards, senior coordinator in the Office of Racial Ethnic Student Affairs.