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International Center to expand

Eric Morath
October 22, 2001

A dream for an improved International Center is starting to become reality for Delia Koo.The addition of a third floor to the center is set to begin in the coming months and preparations, including building a temporary loading dock, are underway.Last fall, Koo donated an undisclosed amount to fund the project and the MSU Board of Trustees later announced the center’s academic wing will be renamed the Delia Koo International Academic Center.Koo, who received her master’s from MSU in 1954, said the idea originated when the Volunteer English Tutoring Program, which until recently she was coordinator for, needed more space.“It will provide a nice place for all international students and scholars to stop and realize that Michigan State University is interested in helping them.” Koo said.

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Formula race team appreciates sponsors

Ryan Wallace
October 22, 2001

Taking turns at high speeds while adrenaline rushes through the driver’s body and wind rushes over his or her head. This is how sponsors of MSU’s Formula SAE (Society for Automotive Engineering) Race Team described their experiences on a makeshift track Saturday at Lot 89, the commuter lot. The team wanted to recognize those who make the design and construction of the car possible. “This is a day to show appreciation to the businesses, faculty and parents that help us out,” said Matt Palomaki, team project manager and mechanical engineering senior. Palomaki is one of about 40 MSU students who design, manufacture and race against 135 teams from all over the world every May at the Pontiac Silverdome. “We’ll finish up our final design the first of November, start manufacturing after that and finish by the beginning of May,” Palomaki said. Last year, the team finished 25th overall, but came in second place in a category based on design and marketing.

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Fraternity educates area families

Sara Luneburg
October 22, 2001

Smokey Bear may have lost some of his notoriety, but East Lansing children can still have fun while learning the importance of fire safety.For the second straight year, the Phi Delta Theta fraternity teamed up with the East Lansing Fire Department to host an afternoon of fire safety awareness for area children.About 200 people came to tour the ambulance and fire truck in front of the fraternity house at 626 Cowley Ave., to try their hands at spraying a fire hose, check out a variety of fire safety booths and see the fire department’s musical performance skit, “Pumper & Pals.”“This month is Fire Safety Month,” East Lansing firefighter Bill Drury said.

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Science center bonds children to chemistry

Shaun Byron
October 22, 2001

Lansing - Science was trying to make an impression on some children Saturday. Impression 5 Science Center, 200 Museum Drive, along with the MSU Chemistry Department and MBI International, 3900 Collins Road, sponsored Chemistry Day for children and parents. “Chemistry Day celebrates Chemistry Week and we have been celebrating for 15 years,” environmental engineering Professor Susan Masten said.

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Volunteers head to streets

Ryan Wallace
October 22, 2001

More than 150 students, some armed with rakes and hoes and all with hands and a heart, took to the streets Saturday to volunteer in the Greater Lansing area.MSU and LCC students took part in the annual Into the Street Kick-Off by giving four hours out of their day to provide different services at more than 20 locations.This year’s theme, “United We Stand with Helping Hands,” was dedicated to the Sept.

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United Way gives to Red Cross fund

Leslie Escobar
October 19, 2001

The Capital Area United Way announced this week $17,188.26 was raised from their local 9/11 Response Fund and will be given to the American Red Cross National Disaster Relief Fund in New York.After the terrorist attacks in New York on Sept.

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Photographer shows oil drilling effects

Shaun Byron
October 19, 2001

Lenny Kohm’s pictures were worth 1,000 words.And all of those words summed up the idea of protecting wildlife.Kohm, a wildlife photographer, spoke to members of the Central Michigan Group of the Mackinac Chapter of the Sierra Club and MSU’s Resource Development Undergraduate Organization on the problems of oil drilling in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.The speech included a sideshow with pictures of the area the petroleum industry wants to drill.“In 1987, I went up there on a photo assignment, ever since I have been going around talking about it,” Kohm said.He has been touring universities and clubs speaking about the ecological damage oil drilling can have on the area.“We don’t need the oil, it would be 10 years before it would even come online,” he said.Kohm said just searching for the oil would destroy the area.“I’m not going to give in on what I consider America’s treasures to those criminals,” he said.Ken Smith, a member of the Gwich’in peoples, calls the area home and also spoke.Smith said if the petroleum industry does drill in the area, the caribou herds would disappear.“We depend on the caribou herd and there is a cultural significance of it,” he said.

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Greeks soccer tournament benefits Make-A-Wish

Kristy Austin
October 19, 2001

Chi Omega and Delta Sigma Pi will host a benefit soccer tournament Sunday to Make-A-Wish for Karen King. The second annual Karen King Kickoff soccer tournament will raise money for the Make-A-Wish Foundation in honor of King, an MSU student who was killed in January 1997. King was sexually assaulted and killed after being abducted outside a store in Saginaw. Two men were convicted of first-degree murder, first-degree criminal sexual conduct, carjacking, armed robbery, kidnapping and possession of a firearm.

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Union mural lacks minorities, sparks debate

Camille Spencer
October 19, 2001

Students heading downstairs to the cafeteria and Multicultural Center in the Union are greeted by a mural of 12 faculty members - only one of whom is a minority.And the Council of Racial and Ethnic Students, which consists of executive board members from Black Student Alliance, Culturas de las Razas Unidas, Asian Pacific American Student Organization and North American Indian Student Organization, isn’t happy with the display.The 55-foot mural was painted in April 2001 by Okemos artist Lori Lechler as part of a project to create a theme for the cafeteria, with a different mural on each of four walls.The mural, however, is adjacent to the Multicultural Center’s entrance.Like many other CORES members, Nasbah Hill, co-president of NAISO, said the wall should depict the essence of the center.“It wasn’t right to put it up without contacting representatives from the CORES groups to let us know what’s going on,” the psychology sophomore said.

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Stroke patient care assessed through 1-year CDC grant

Ryan Wallace
October 19, 2001

MSU has received a grant of nearly $1 million from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to participate in an effort to assess treatment and care of stroke. The one-year grant, which is one of four given out by CDC, will fund the Michigan Acute Stroke Care Overview & Treatment Surveillance System, a pilot program to survey stroke victims in Michigan and how they are treated. The other three grants will go to universities in Ohio, Massachusetts and Georgia. Nigel Paneth, chairperson of the Department of Epidemiology, said the Michigan program is not only an MSU project - it’s a joint effort with the University of Michigan and Wayne State University. “This is a really big deal for not only us - but the entire state of Michigan,” he said.

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Former professor remembered for his humor

Megan Frye
October 18, 2001

The MSU community lost a former professor and associate director to cancer Tuesday. Photography, jazz and traveling enthusiast Dale Brickner came to MSU in 1973 as a professor of labor and industrial relations.

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Williams residents to revote on locks

Jamie Gumbrecht
October 18, 2001

A hallwide vote in Williams Hall earlier this month determined at least two floors will have locks placed on bathroom doors.But Melissa Winchester’s won’t.Winchester led the lock safety movement after an unidentified man entered a bathroom in Williams Hall at about 9:30 p.m.

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E.L. may annex portion of Meridian

Sara Luneburg
October 18, 2001

The city of East Lansing survived a recent bout of growing pains and could be extending its northern borders in the coming weeks.East Lansing City Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to pass a resolution to annex a 66-acre section of Meridian Township at the corner of Park Lake Road and Saginaw Highway, as well as an urban cooperation agreement between the township and city.“This annexation resolution is consistent with the township interests to protect the integrity and quality of life of the people of their township living in the area,” East Lansing Mayor Mark Meadows said.