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Teach For America recruiting students Monday for service
Teach For America recruiters will have an open house from noon to 2 p.m. Monday in room 13 Student Services.
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Lab gets $25 million fund increase
MSU’s National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory will receive a 50 percent increase in funding, university officials announced Thursday The Cyclotron’s funding, provided by the National Science Foundation, will increase from about $50 million to $75 million for the next five years.
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Skate park nearly done; bikers still out of luck
Lansing - Skateboarders and skaters are one step closer to getting their own skate park - but bikers may be out of luck. Residents gathered Wednesday to talk about the progress of Ranney Skate Park, 300 Frandor Ave.
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RHA renews contract for recycling program
The Residence Halls Association wants students to take out the papers and the trash. RHA’s recycling program negotiated a contract this month with Waste Management, 16320 Grove Road in Lansing.
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E.L. officers train in Ukraine
East Lansing police officers will be leaving on a jet plane - for the Ukraine.As part of Project Harmony’s Community Connections program, officers Marc Smith and James Campbell will be leaving Feb.
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Net offers easier way for some to learn, chat about religion
Tamika Powell goes to church. The Internet, though, is making it easier for people like herself to keep track of religion without going to a service.A variety of religion Web sites are making it possible to learn and chat about religion, hear interviews with religious leaders and listen to church services online.
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Italian speaker talks history
Visiting guest speaker Luca Codignola will hold a lecture from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. today in 340 Morrill Hall on the topic “Early European Expansion: Evidence from the Jesuit Missionaries in North America.” Codignola, originally a history professor for the Universita di Genova in Italy, serves as the Emilio Goggio visiting professor of Italian Studies at the University of Toronto. Codignola specializes in early Canadian history and went to Toronto to teach Canadian history to the students from an Italian viewpoint. Anne Meyering, MSU associate history professor, met Codignola last year while Meyering was holding a seminar.
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Restaurant to offer free food
From noon to 8 p.m. Sunday, Qdoba Mexican Grill will serve food to its customers - for free. Qdoba, 1127 E.
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Address to focus on families, clean, safe neighborhoods
Lansing - Continuing to make Lansing a “first class city” is on the minds of several Lansing city council members - and they hope Mayor David Hollister agrees. Hollister, who was elected in 1993, is serving his third term as the city’s mayor. Monday’s State of the City address, the mayor’s ninth such appearance, will begin at 7 p.m.
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Program lets computer users help researchers find anthrax cure
From the comfort of their own home or residence hall room, students can take part in a program that is working to help researchers find a cure for anthrax, a potentially deadly bacteria. The project, funded by Microsoft and Intel Corp., uses a screen saver-type program to link participating computers together, creating a virtual supercomputer.
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Fine arts professor displays Cuban book info at Kresge
After opening an exhibit in Havana and returning back to the United States, Anne Gilman will appear at Kresge Art Museum to present her book art at 7:30 p.m.
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Engler highlights spread of auto industry
The automotive industry has been an unforgettable part of Michigan’s past and, according to Gov.
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Engler highlights spread of auto industry
The automotive industry has been an unforgettable part of Michigan’s past and, according to Gov.
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ASMSU revamps committees
A reorganization of the undergraduate student government could make its two assemblies work closer and more efficiently, ASMSU representatives said this week.The organization’s Steering Committee - the agenda-setting committee for ASMSU - is being revamped.“It provides a greater voice for organization wide decision making,” said Matt Clayson, Academic Assembly chairperson.
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E.L. may paint more crosswalks
Jen Hubinger doesn’t own a car. The child development junior said she prefers to walk, but isn’t always happy with drivers.“Some drivers, when the signal to walk flashes, turn right even though I have the right of way,” she said.The city is examining a proposal to place several crosswalks between Bogue Street and Hagadorn Road on Grand River Avenue.Approximately 30,000 vehicles travel on Grand River Avenue daily, said John Matuszak, the city’s engineering administrator.“We are aware of the problem pedestrians have had and not only that, the roadway is fairly poor,” he said.The area is under review by city officials who are considering painting crosswalks, adding pedestrian lights and replacing sidewalks with 6- and 8-foot pathways.If the project gets a green light, it is estimated to cost $550,000 and may not see completion until 2004.
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HOPE scholarships open doors
Lansing - Dart Auditorium at Lansing Community College was packed Tuesday, but Yolanda Botello was one of the lucky few to have a seat. She could hardly sit still. Botello was one of more than 500 proud parents who filled the auditorium to watch their children receive an opportunity of a lifetime. Five hundred Lansing-area sixth-graders received the Helping Other People Excel Scholarship, granting them two years of paid tuition at LCC, providing they graduate from high school. “I was so excited when I found out,” said Botello, whose son Thomas is a student at Dwight Rich Middle School in Lansing. “I have five children.
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Academic Assembly to lobby against tuition cap
ASMSU’s Academic Assembly passed a resolution Tuesday encouraging the state Legislature to give more money to the state’s 15 public universities to keep tuition increases reasonable. Some assembly members will lobby for increased state appropriations at the Capitol beginning Feb.
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U police hope to improve relations
MSU police Capt. Ken Hall has a big job ahead of him. The MSU Department of Police and Public Safety announced the formation of the Student Support Division this month to increase communication between students and police. The division was created in response to the Task Force on Student-Police Relations, and will be overseen by Hall. The task force was appointed by MSU officials in the wake of the placement of an undercover officer into the student group United Students Against Sweatshops, now called Students for Economic Justice, beginning Feb.
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Campus briefs
Conference helps minorities adjust The False Expectations Appearing Real conference will be held from 9 a.m.
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Campus briefs
Conference helps minorities adjust The False Expectations Appearing Real conference will be held from 9 a.m.